National Institute of Standards and Technology | NIST Fire Research: Positive Pressure Ventilation for the Fire Service @NIST | Uploaded January 2015 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The aim of this National Institute of Standards and Technology video is to improve firefighter safety by enabling better understanding of structural ventilation techniques, including positive pressure ventilation (PPV) and natural venting. PPV techniques remove heat, smoke, and other contaminants from a structure so that other firefighting tasks can be performed in a more tenable atmosphere. Findings from tests and fire experiments in a three-story training building, 30-story high rise (Toledo), and 16-story apartment building (Chicago) are presented. Prepared by fire protection engineers Dan Madrzykowski and Steve Kerber. For more go to: nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861457
The aim of this National Institute of Standards and Technology video is to improve firefighter safety by enabling better understanding of structural ventilation techniques, including positive pressure ventilation (PPV) and natural venting. PPV techniques remove heat, smoke, and other contaminants from a structure so that other firefighting tasks can be performed in a more tenable atmosphere. Findings from tests and fire experiments in a three-story training building, 30-story high rise (Toledo), and 16-story apartment building (Chicago) are presented. Prepared by fire protection engineers Dan Madrzykowski and Steve Kerber. For more go to: nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861457
