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FDNY Hi-Rise Blanket Deployed In Training

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Caught some training of the high rise blanket at the Rock several weeks ago:

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Good shots! New if only there was some fire, lol.

Just for clarifications sake, that is the KO Curtain. There is a blanket, but that's different. That which you've pictured is carried by every truck company and brought by the first due roof man at all fireproof high rise fires. The blanket is much larger and carried by SOC units.

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Controlling wind driven fires. In other words it stops unwanted ventilation

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What is this piece of equipment used for?

At a wind impacted fire, ventilation is not occurring that way we would want it to. If the windows have failed and high winds are causing the building's interior to be the easiest flow path for fire, traditional extinguishment methods have proven ineffective and in some cases deadly. If windows have failed, but fire and smoke are not venting, this curtain may be placed across the window by a truck company from the floor above and the floor below. The device is intended for one time use, but should hold up long enough to allow the engine company to make a push.

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