Fire Professional
How do components play a role in your work as a fire professional?
Research shows structural components perform better in fire events than some may think. In the event of a fire event, components are better able to provide a visual of the components being effected by the fire before there is a collapse unlike other framing methods. The structural building component industry has worked with fire officials for year to determine how components should be designed to ensure they are structurally sound under fire conditions.
Components are designed with highly sophisticated software to ensure the structure can exceed load requirements and constructed with high quality products manufactured in a controlled environment. Understanding the science, math, technology and many other factors that go into structural building components can give you a leg up the next time you are called to inspect a home or large project.
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Topical Library for Fire Professionals SBCA generates a large volume of timely, applicable information to its members and the industry at large on a wide variety of topics. Recognizing it can sometimes be difficult to locate a specific resource among this volume of content, we’ve created a topical library on the most prevalent subjects of interest to component manufacturers today. This topical library pulls together the most relevant articles, news items, best practices and other online resources on each topic. |
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Truss Configurations View a brochure that shows 23 widely-used truss configurations and defines truss terminology. |
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Truss Truce In this article, you’ll get to know the truss – up close and personal. You’ll understand a truss’ components and how it all works. By the end of it, you will come to see trusses as a reliable and predictable engineered product. |
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Fire Education & Training Resources on fire-related construction, fire service education, and fire damage. |
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Fire Department Constructs Station with Trusses Crew members with A.L.B. Building, with the help of a crane operated by Industrial Engineers Inc., moved trusses Thursday for the new roof of Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department. The new trussed roof will replace the building's current flat roof, which leaks. |
