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re: Fire fighting needs to be rethunk
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:34 am to Kujo
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:34 am to Kujo
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Encased in fire resistant insulation, covered by fire retardant gypsum board....hell even most "wood floors" are fire retardant planking.
Amazing these things still catch on fire. Almost as if there's more material in a house than just flame retardant things.
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Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:35 am to Kujo
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Houses aren't made of wood anymore. We use fire retardant gypsum board, and other resistant construction materials....add smoke detectors and fire fighters on call are overkill.
Trollin arse muthafricka you.
This post was edited on 4/12/18 at 9:36 am
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:36 am to Kujo
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overed by fire retardant gypsum board
Not required in residential construction.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:36 am to Kujo
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we don't need an engine and full crew at each location
Uh, yeah we do. I need variety for my calendar.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:37 am to Kujo
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Fire fighting needs to be rethunk
I have an idea, literally fight fire with fire. Maybe the fire in the building will run away.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:37 am to Kujo
None of what you just typed is common i residential homes.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:40 am to Kujo
I’m gonna agree with the rest of the OT crew.
You dumb.
You dumb.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:41 am to Goldrush25
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I have an idea, literally fight fire with fire. Maybe the fire in the building will run away.
I mean, that's sort of what they do for forest fires. I don't want them relying on that method in my neighborhood, when a house around the block is on fire, though.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:41 am to Kujo
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f we just look at the 346,150 at an average base salary of $50k....not including medical, pension, and other expenses
346k X 50k = at least 17.3 billion vs 7 billion in damage.
Seems like they are just paramedics, we don't need an engine and full crew at each location. Just a couple guys who respond in an ambulance and if a structure is on fire they just evacuate and call a main fire crew. So it takes an extra 15 mins for them to get there, smoke damage, soot, etc ruins everything anyway.
This math is hokey as frick. You're looking at damages incurred, not damages avoided.
Also completely ignores the other benefits that they provide, like saving people from fires.
This post was edited on 4/12/18 at 9:45 am
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:42 am to Kujo
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at least 17.3 billion vs 7 billion in damage.
compared to our $700 billion defense budget is this really that much for shite we actually might use?
This post was edited on 4/12/18 at 9:42 am
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:43 am to Kujo
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Encased in fire resistant insulation
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:43 am to Kujo
Damn, I started reading before I realized it was a kujo thread
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:44 am to LZ83
I would say the waste in money is due to sending too many people and vehicles out to calls. In many places, if you cut yourself with a knife in the kitchen and call 911, they send police, ambulance, and fire truck. The fire truck is definitely not needed on that call.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:45 am to Kujo
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rethunk
WTF how do you think this is a word
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:45 am to Kujo
I had a good friend that said "if you want something to burn, call the fire department"
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:47 am to Salmon
that's not really a great thing.
"Hey, we will pay you $10 an hour, but you will work a 100 hours a week so you will be a baller"
"meh I could fix appliances and make that in 20 hours, sorry"
"Hey, we will pay you $10 an hour, but you will work a 100 hours a week so you will be a baller"
"meh I could fix appliances and make that in 20 hours, sorry"
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:47 am to Kujo
Considering theres 200+ Million people most sleeping in stick houses- 2,500 deaths is remarkably low.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:47 am to Kujo
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Houses aren't made of wood anymore. We use fire retardant gypsum board, and other resistant construction materials
What do you think the fire retardant gypsum board is attached to?
OP is intelligence retardant.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:48 am to starsandstripes
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In many places, if you cut yourself with a knife in the kitchen and call 911, they send police, ambulance, and fire truck. The fire truck is definitely not needed on that call.
They're called first responders for a reason. Plus depending on the type of call, they don't always send the truck on those calls. If the Expedition/Suburban vehicle is available, they use that.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 9:49 am to Kujo
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Encased in fire resistant insulation, covered by fire retardant gypsum board
Fire retardant. Not fire proof. It's purpose is to make it more difficult for a fire to start. It can help to dampen the spread at the very beginning, when the fire isn't super hot yet. Which means it gives firefighters just enough time to get there before things get out of hand. Once that fire gets hot enough, that stuff does nothing.
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