General collapse Info

Question 1

The national fire protection association states that leading causes of fire fighting deaths are

Answer 1

-Stress
-responding and returning to fires and emergencies
-Falls
-Falling objects
Coming in contact with objects
-Firefighters caught and trapped
-Burning building collapse

Question 2

Name four factors that will increase burning building collapse?

Answer 2

1 age of building
2 abandonment
3 lightweight, construction materials
4 faulty renovations

Question 3

A structure that is 75 or 100 years old, like a person is near the end of its life expectancy. Name for symptoms of an old building.

Answer 3

Wood shrinks, and rots. mortar loses its adhesive qualities and steel rusts.