A large warehouse fire in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, Tuesday forced neighbors to evacuate and sent some of the 150 firefighters battling the blaze to the hospital with heat-related medical issues.
With all but the largest facilities having advanced fire brigades, and with the public fire service being either unwilling or unable to operate in a complex warehouse environment, what is the facility operator left to do? It is time to reconsider the use of contracted expert firefighters for these situations.
A full-scale fire sprinkler test usually consists of two forty-foot-long double row racks with single row tacks on each side as a target.
An estimated 40,000 square meters of warehouse space involved.
Tuesday fire in Bremen follows a 3½-day blaze last week that destroyed 10 warehouses.
No cause for the fire has been determined
Firefighters evacuate workers from nearby factory
Company recently donated production to make fabric for medical masks
Concerns about toxic smoke keeps local residents indoors
Volunteer firefighter acting on his own rescues one before the fire brigade arrived
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