Longtime Fire Engineering Writer and FDIC Instructor Greg Havel Passes On
The staff of Fire Engineering/FDIC International is saddened by the passing of our longtime magazine and Web author and instructor Gregory Havel.
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Construction Concerns
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Construction Concerns: IBC 2021 Heavy Timber Proposal
If we wish to avoid increasing the incidence of firefighter injuries and fatalities in these unfamiliar structures, we will need more planning, education, and training…
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Construction Concerns: Boiler Controls and Safety Devices
Greg Havel discusses some considerations for firefighters responding to an emergency at a facility with a boiler or other heating appliance with a discharging pressure…
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Construction Concerns: Foundations, Part 2
Gregory Havel continues his look at the basic construction and building blocks of the structural foundations to which firefighters will eventually have to respond.
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Construction Concerns: Concrete Reinforcement
For his latest Construction Concerns, Gregory Havel examines the combustibility of concrete reinforcements in common structures.
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Construction Concerns: Complacency and Building Design
For his new Construction Concerns, Gregory Havel examines the structural issues surrounding the July 17, 1981, collapse of the Hyatt Regency skywalks in Kansas City,…
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Construction Concerns: Hole Covers
Greg Havel reviews the hazards holes present for firefighters working at construction sites and how hole covers may factor into fireground safety.
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Construction Concerns: Thermal Breaks
Greg Havel looks at how building methods to reduce heat loss through and around windows may impact firefighting operations.
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Construction Concerns: Galvanic Corrosion
"Galvanic corrosion" is damage caused when two dissimilar metals are joined in the presence of an electrolyte. Greg Havel on how this phenomenon can affect…
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Corrosion Protection in Dry-Pipe Systems
Greg Havel looks at methods for mitigating corrosion in dry-pipe sprinkler systems, including nitrogen generators, and what firefighters need to know about them.
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Construction Concerns: Corrosion
Corrosion of a metal can be defined as its degrading from a reaction with its environment. Greg Havel looks closer at this phenomenon and what…
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Construction Concerns: Shotcrete
In this new column on building construction details for firefighters, Greg Havel looks at another method used for placing concrete at construction sites.
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