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The Firemanâs Guide to Main Street: The Bowling Alley
The various construction styles, bowstring roofs, exposure buildings, wooden floors covered in wax and oil, and endless hidden voids make bowling alley fires a recipe for incendiary disaster. These fires are notoriously difficult battle spaces for even the most skilled fireman.
The Firemanâs Guide to Main Street: The Old Mill
The old mill: What would a town be without the mill? Nonexistent, thatâs what. Unless youâre in a planned bedroom community platted in the 21st century then itâs highly likely your town grew around industry during the American Industrial RevolutionâŚ
The Firemanâs Guide to Main Street: The Taxpayer
The Type 3 Taxpayer: AKA âMain-street USAâ. These are the quintessential multi-story brick buildings that exist in some version in every North American town, big or small. Ordinary Type 3 construction is by far the most commonâŚ
The Firemanâs Guide to Main Street: The Old House
The older single family homes in historic districts and around Main streets come in a countless styles and forms. From large ornate Victorians that line avenues from early prominent landowners to small shotgun bungalows withinâŚ
The Half-Story
There will always be debatable hot topics in the fire service, fog vs smooth, interior vs exterior, wood ladders, metal ladders, this helmet vs that one
Renaissance Rising
If you look up the definition of renaissance youâll find it means âa revival or renewed interest in something, a rebirth of old waysâ Iâm here to tell you thatâs exactly what is happeningâŚ