La Fire Roof Operations

Deputy fire chief william mccloud was hired as a fire fighter with los angeles county fire department in 1986 and has been a chief officer for over ten years.

La fire roof operations.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Make firerescue1 your homepage open the tools menu in your browser. Attach garden hoses to faucets and place them so that they can reach all areas of your house. Shut off butane propane or natural gas valves.

16 foot fire escape ladder construction straight ladder with trussed beams. The ability to reach the seat of the fire quickly with an aggressive fire attack and then conduct efficient search operations simultaneously undoubtedly saves lives at many residential fires. Reach 15 feet applications used primarily for fire escape work but may also be used to gain access to basements through sidewalk trap doors. That is why firefighters on the roof must operate with full.

Roof operations are dangerous by nature. Los angeles firefighters battled a massive blaze at a commercial building in the pico robertson area of los angeles on friday. As a fire fighter chief mccloud functioned as a certified emergency medical technician licensed paramedic a hazardous materials technical specialist and a peer support counselor. Leather strap provided at top of ladder to secure ladder to fire escape balconies.

Also 1st story windows and. Close window shutters and blinds if they are fire resistant. Los angeles county fire department reviews several roof operation watch outs while developing situational awareness for firefighter safety on structure fir. The greater alarm fire was reported around 11 32 a m.