![]() ![]() ![]() In many such cases the 6-foot pole would be too short. The 'interior truck' should NOT be thinking of pulling ceiling straight down dropping debris on top of everyone, but angling the pole to drop ceiling ahead of their position. The 6-foot pole might work in a certain type of building with 8-foot ceilings, but when dealing with higher ceilings in such buildings as commercial, institutional, office, or industrial it should be obvious that 8-foot and even 10-foot poles need be used.The firefighter working as the 'interior truck' should be trained on selecting the right type of pole or hook for the type of building being entered: The next thing he remembered was being picked up from the hallway floor after the engine company crawled over him to knock down heavy fire in the room he had just pulled ceiling in - a concealed space backdraft had occurred. As he had entered the room he was ordered to pull the ceiling. In an old plaster and lath ordinary constructed apartment building the nozzle was positioned the hallway and the smoke pushing from the ceiling of an adjoining room was unusual. ![]() Retired Chicago FD District Chief Bennie Crane relates that experience as a firefighter on a truck company.
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