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He works best who knows his trade

The Monroeville Fire Department's Rescue team arrived at the scene of an apartment building in the early morning hours to find heavy smoke and fire venting out of a basement apartment. The building was a garden apartment structure with two storeys in the front and three in the rear because of the topography, since it was built into a hillside. Each floor had four apartments between stairwells. Firewalls or separation walls protected each stairwell. The basement apartment was fully involved in the rear. The crew stretched a preconnected 1,5-inch hoseline through the front door and down the steps to attack the fire and protect the interior.

The other first-alarm units arrived and began normal fire ground operations, search and rescue, water supply, ventilation, and secondary fire attack lines. The arriving chief quickly ordered the second alarm.

Upon my arrival, on a second-alarm engine, the fire had autoextended up the rear of the building, entering the cockloft, and was venting through the roof in several areas. The third alarm was sounded. We were assigned the task of stretching a 2-inch handline up the southern stairwell, pulling the ceiling, and supporting the firewall. By supporting the firewall, I mean we were to ensure that the fire did not get past us into the next set of apartments. A second engine company with a 1-inch handline assisted us. Although an uncommon procedure today, we operated for the duration of our SCBA bottles, exited for fresh bottles twice, and returned.

After our third SCBA bottle we exited the building and were told to take a break. By this time the fire was under control, forward extension stopped, and the fire would just require overhaul. It was daybreak. The scene in the daylight was impressive. At the height of the fire, three elevated master streams had operated over the main body of fire while six handlines supported interior firewalls, preventing further horizontal fire spread.

What I saw and experienced reinforced everything I had learned from fire academy instructors and through training. For a safe and effective outcome, the suppression of fires requires a coordinated attack, with crews working under a controlled command system and all personnel carrying out the assignments given them. Firefighters must understand the importance of fire suppression techniques and understand the role they play on the fire scene. At this fire, spread was prevented by the incident commander knowing the proper application of fireground tactics and the firefighters understanding suppression methods, application of water, and working as a team.

Street Story by James Angle, Chief, Palm Harbor

Fire Department, Palm Harbor, Florida

basement apartment – квартира на цокольном этаже

garden apartment structure – жилое строение в саду

firewall - брандмауэр

first alarm – первый сигнал пожарной тревоги

autoextend – самораспространиться (об огне)

handline – рукавная линия небольшого диаметра

SCBA bottle – баллон дыхательного аппарата автономного действия

master stream – сплошная струя

suppression – тушение пожаров

fireground tactics – противопожарная тактика

suppression methods – способы тушения

8. Выпишите из текста (задание № 7):

Между двумя лестничными клетками – between two stairwells; баллон дыхательного аппарата - SCBA bottle; поиск и спасение людей - search and rescue; узнал от преподавателей пожарной академии и посредствам тренировок - had learned from fire academy instructors and through training; предотвратить последующее распространение огня - preventing further horizontal fire spread; мне была поставлена задача - I was assigned the task; правильное применение пожарной тактики - proper application of fireground tactics.

9. Переведите предложения на английский язык, пользуясь лексикой текста (задание №7):

1. При тушении пожара была использована предварительно присоединенная полуторадюймовая рукавная линия. – A preconnected 1,5-inch hoseline was used to suppress the fire

2. Огонь проник на мансарду и уже начал пробиваться сквозь крышу в нескольких местах – The fire had entered the cockloft, and was venting through the roof in several areas

3. Продолжительность работы баллонов дыхательного аппарата составляет 20 минут. – The duration of SCBA bottle is 20 minutes

4. Сообщалось о нескольких жертвах этого пожара. – Several victims of this fire were reported

5. Главный очаг пожара находился в дальнем конце строения. - The main body of fire was in the far end of the building

6. Главным фактором успеха были совместные усилия всей команды. - The main factor of success was the joint efforts of the whole team