Showing posts with label truss roofs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truss roofs. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Near-miss at commercial fire

Click HERE to view an excellent near-miss video at a commercial fire.


June 5, 2008 - Firefighters from Sacramento Fire Department narrowly escape death or catastrophic injury as they ventilate a truss roof at a beauty supply business.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Building Construction - The Truss Roof

Here's an excellent publication from NIOSH that all firefighters (and especially company officers) should read.

NIOSH Publication No. 2005-132

Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Fire Fighters Due to Truss System Failures

You can download the publication as a .pdf document here.