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  1. Bowstring Truss Roofs

    Video

    Tue, 7 Dec 2010

    Paul Dansbach discusses the dangers of bowstring truss roofs with Deputy Chief Steve Kalman of the Hackensack (NJ) Fire Department, as well as steps the department took to identify these roofs after the deadly 1988 Ford fire in Hackensack.

  2. 'Hidden' Bowstring Truss Roof

    Video

    Mon, 21 Feb 2011

    Paul Dansbach shows us another commercial building in which the presence of a heavy timber bowstring truss roof can't be detected from the exterior.

  1. Construction Concerns for Firefighters: Trusses

    Online Articles

    Wed, 27 Feb 2013

    in construction, and that the bowstring truss (photo 1) is the most hazardous ..... built around 1960, and used the bowstring truss so that there would be a large ..... decades, fires in buildings with bowstring truss roofs have caused catastrophic

  2. First-Due Battalion Chief: Information Is Vital

    Online Articles

    Wed, 26 Sep 2012

    thinking that if the building had a bowstring truss roof, the guys may not have much ..... case, a hip is a feature of a bowstring truss --the part of the roof that ..... fail. According to Brannigan, bowstring truss construction is a compressive

  3. SHOULD THERE BE A SMOKE CONTROL SECTOR?

    Magazine Articles

    Wed, 1 Sep 1999

    companies immediately opened the bowstring truss (often called an "arched truss ..... were killed by the collapse of a bowstring truss , many articles in fire service ..... placed special emphasis on the bowstring truss . The fact is that a truss is

  4. The Smartphone: A Versatile Tool for Incident Operations

    Magazine Articles

    Tue, 1 May 2012

    on the sunlight angles in the overhead satellite view, you might even be able to discern the telltale curve of a bowstring truss roof. This does not replace the important 360 survey, since it does not give you a real-time picture of conditions

  5. Truss Roof Fire, Wyckoff, New Jersey

    Magazine Articles

    Tue, 1 Sep 1998

    concrete block masonry walls, and a bowstring truss roof. The interior of the truss ..... firefighters perished in a collapse of a bowstring truss roof during a fire at the Hackensack ..... REINFORCED A significant fire in a bowstring truss void area necessitates the commencement

  6. Journal Entry 6, February 2011: Fire Prevention, Public Education, and Firefighter Safety...A Perfect Trio

    Online Articles

    Wed, 2 Feb 2011

    in blood. On July 1, 1988, a fire at the Hackensack Ford Dealership claimed the lives of five firefighters when a bowstring truss roof collapsed. On November 29, 1988 , in Kansas City (MO), a trailer full of ammonium nitrate exploded as companies

  7. Firefighter Casualties: When "Old-School Firefighting" Doesn't Work

    Magazine Articles

    Mon, 1 Mar 2010

    lightweight (discussed in the next section), but often the roof is supported by larger truss assemblies (e.g., a bowstring truss or a parallel-chord timber truss), which have caused multiple LODDs over the years. One proactive measure would

  8. Commercial Building Fires: When To Go Defensive

    Magazine Articles

    Tue, 1 Mar 2011

    building fires. On July 1, 1988, five firefighters were killed at Hackensack (NJ) Ford. The men died when the bowstring - truss roof of an auto dealership in which they were working collapsed on them. On December 3, 1999, an accidental