Trench Cuts: Where Do They Work?
laurence delorme,(fireball) Says: May 21st, 2008 at 12:14 pm this article is very interesting!great job.i thought that when you talked about trench cuts,you could cut like small triangles on the roof?maybe i’m wrong.i’m not firefighter,just civilian. Nate DeMarse Says: May 21st, 2008 at 12:45 pm Laurence, Thanks for leaving a comment. The triangle cuts are called inspection cuts and are used in conjunction with a trench cut. Inspection cuts will be discussed in the upcoming drills which will outline cutting a trench step-by-step. Thanks again, Nate DeMarse http://brotherhoodinstructors.com Chris Minick Says: May 21st, 2008 at 3:45 pm Hi Nate, I’ve been to a number of garden apartment fires over the years. Typically they burn the roof off until they get to a fire wall seperating groupings of 8 to 12 apartments around the center stairs. The only time that I’ve seen a trench cut at this type of structure that could be considered “successful” occured because the fire had self vented and ha
