Forgotten tools

The advantages are obvious, such as minimal, if any, water damage. They provide the reach necessary to operate outside the immediate interior collapse zone. It gives overhead vertical reach into spaces that would otherwise require a firefighter to use a 6- to foot attic ladder to gain hose line access.

It allows water application below grade and into tight spaces where a regular nozzle inserted at the hose end would prove ineffective due to the inability to aim or adjust the nozzle, as well as the inability to support the weight of the charged hose line.

The fog tip applicator permits firefighters to aim a fog pattern around a corner using a wall or a door as a heat shield. Most importantly, it can provide a blanket of water spray, protecting firefighters on attack lines or protecting those involved in Rapid Intervention Team operations without the force of the water from an automatic nozzle flowing in excess of gpm at psi.

Think about the protection it can offer a trapped firefighter while the Rapid Intervention Team works on extrication. Though the handline fog pattern velocity is superior to the fog applicator, the firefighter using it does not have the same reach because of the nozzle weight. The fog nozzle cannot reach around a corner like the fog applicator.

Piercing nozzles can be operated much more aggressively, much like a forcible entry tool. They can be rammed or struck into any kind of building material except steel, and deliver a water fog pattern of 95 gpm at psi into a concealed space. Limited swinging clearance can present problems and render the tool ineffective. A common call firefighters respond to is a vehicle fire. Although they can be quite spectacular, they are easy to extinguish, except for the engine compartment.

That is largely because getting access can be challenging. There is a trick of jamming the forked end of a Halligan through the grill and twisting the release cable. Inevitably, firefighters start whacking, chopping, prying and probably swearing, while the public looks on in disbelief.

Slam an axe pick deep through the hood and make a hole just big enough to insert the foghead. Open up the bail and watch the fire go out. Another method is to slide the fog tip applicator along the ground underneath the engine compartment, with the nozzle pointed up. Lift up on the stem for better reach and open it up. Both techniques are very effective because it is a sprinkler head flowing 54 gpm into an enclosed space.

Then, you can take your time opening the hood for overhaul. Though the benefits and preferences of direct attack versus indirect attack can be argued and debated, the science behind indirect attack cannot. Thank You! Please check your email to confirm your subscription! If you don't get an email straight away, be sure to look in your spam folder - I frequently seem to end up in there! We don't like spam either. You may have heard of terms like: Crystals, Meditation, Affirmations or Law of Attraction Or maybe it's a different spiritual term that you've heard.

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So the user can model one bay, then copy and paste it across to the rest. Then it is adding the eaves and ridge beams, bracing, and purlins. This is where the frame generator tool can build the whole frame for you at once. Start off with how many bays you require to the number of frames and the spacing between each.

Before starting, ensure you have set the section database regional settings to your country; otherwise you cannot select the correct steelwork. You can load in the correct element type and size whilst using the tool. I would always load in the correct size of sections beforehand anyway.

Then you have all the element sizes to choose from in the selection drop-downs. You have the option to model a single pitch or gable roof; you just need to make sure you select the type required.

Although Autodesk has been enhancing and adding new reinforcement tools over the years, placing reinforcement using the out-of-the-box tools in Revit is still a manual process, and it can take you some time to add all the necessary bars to each concrete element.

Users can only place bars to one face at a time or in one span direction at a time, which does take some time to do and requires users to keep selecting the command each time to place more bars. Using the Reinforcement extensions tools is a great way to add the reinforcement quickly to your model elements such as columns, beams, foundations, floors, and many more elements with Revit. The tool allows users to complete all reinforcement at once instead of adding just the distribution bars, then the stirrups links , etc.

This can be a much faster way to add the reinforcement to elements. Also, if you are detailing a number of elements of the same type, you can simply select them all and the tools will add the reinforcement to all. Please note: if you select columns and select different sizes or shapes, the tool will not recognize this and will only detail the first one selected. Even though these tools help users automate the process it still does not do everything for them.

For example, it won't automatically add the bars into the correct element partition, so you can schedule the bars correctly. I am afraid that is still a manual process. Say you have modeled walls from the ground all the way up to fourth floor. Just like adding bars manually, the extension tools will follow the same rules and model the bar length the full length of the wall, leaving it up to the user to adjust the bar lengths or splitting the wall down into pouring lengths.

Maybe the new precast tools will help with this.