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Cleveland Fire Department Operations Manual c. Effects of Wind Truck crews opening a roof or any roof feature should keep their backs or sides to the wind. If they face the wind, their faces may be subjected to a blast of fire, heat, or smoke and gases. d. Openings below the Skylight If the area below the opened skylight is boxed in, the cockloft must be vented through an opening in the roof. If the fire is directly under the roof (that is, on the top floor of the building), a roof opening should be made as close over the fire as safety allows. Otherwise, the opening will draw the fire across the top of the fire floor, under the roof or ceiling. Roof Scuttles (Hatches) A scuttle is placed in a roof to allow access to the roof from inside the building. Sometimes a ladder is built into the wall below the scuttle. In multiple occupancies, scuttles are usually located above and at one end of the top-floor corridors. In stores and other business establishments, they are usually located at the rear of the building. a. Opening Scuttles If a cover cannot be removed quickly, the top of the cover should be cut out. It can easily be replaced. b. Opening Below the Scuttle Ventilators As with skylights, the area below a scuttle might be boxed in to separate it from the cockloft. Once the cover is removed or cut, Truck crews should check to see if the scuttle is closed at ceiling level. If smoke pours out, these areas will have to be probed with tools. Some ventilators open only into the cockloft. Others open into the top floor of the building. Others may be on vertical shafts that extend the full height of the building. Each of these ventilators can be used to vent a building. Truck Company personnel should be familiar with the different types of ventilators and the type of venting each provides. Removing Ventilators Smoke coming from a ventilator indicates that the fire has reached the area it serves. The ventilator should be opened to remove the restriction at the top (weather cover.) Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 203 Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley
Cleveland Fire Department Operations Manual Cutting Through Roofs A roof made of boards under standard roofing materials can be cut with axes or a power saw and the cut areas forced with a halligan tool or the pick of an axe. A plywood roof should be cut with a power saw. In either case, firefighters should be careful not to cut joists or other structural members; this will weaken the area in which they are working. Roof openings shall be opened to 4' x 4' for residential and to 4' x 8' for commercial buildings. All the roof boards shall be cut through before any of them are pulled up. When pulling up the cut boards, Ladder/Truck crews shall keep their backs to the wind. When all the boards have been ripped up, the ceiling below shall be knocked down with a pike pole or similar tool. The ceiling hole shall be made as large as the roof hole. Special care must be taken when the fire is immediately below the roof -- that is, in the attic under a gabled roof, or in the cockloft under a flat roof. In such cases, the roof must be opened as close as possible to the seat of the fire. Trench In buildings that are long and narrow and those with common attics, such as a warehouse or a large multifamily apartment, a trench may be cut to stop the lateral spread of fire. A trench should be cut at a point where you desire the spread to be stopped. This operation is time consuming and may require all members of the Truck Company. Multiple hand and power tools will be required. The cut should be 2' to 4' wide and run from the ridge to the lowest point of the roof. Cut on both sides of the roof. The boards and roofing materials will be removed as described above. Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 204 Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley
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