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2. Ventilation (firefighting) - Wikipedia

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   Ventilation is a part of structural firefighting tactics, and involves the expulsion of heat and smoke from a burning building, permitting the firefighters to more easily and safely find trapped individuals and attack the fire. It is frequently performed from the outside of a burning building while the fire is being extinguished on the inside.

3. Heat and smoke vent - Wikipedia

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   The majority of guidance available for design of heat and smoke building vents installed in buildings is restricted to nonsprinklered, single-story buildings. [4] This is partly a historical consequence of the installation of heat and smoke vents following the August 1953 General Motors, Livonia, MI major fire in a nonsprinklered manufacturing facility which effectively stopped the production ...

4. Attic fan - Wikipedia

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   An attic fan installed underneath a roof. A powered attic ventilator, or attic fan, is a ventilation fan that regulates the heat level of a building's attic by exhausting hot air. A thermostat is used to automatically turn the fan off and on, while sometimes a manual switch is used. An attic fan can be gable mounted or roof mounted. Additional ...

5. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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   In summer, ceiling fans and table/floor fans circulate air within a room for the purpose of reducing the perceived temperature by increasing evaporation of perspiration on the skin of the occupants. Because hot air rises, ceiling fans may be used to keep a room warmer in the winter by circulating the warm stratified air from the ceiling to the ...

6. Attic - Wikipedia

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   Louvered attic vent in a gable. Modern building codes permit both vented and unvented attics in all climates, if a building is otherwise correctly constructed. [5] However, unoccupied attics should usually be ventilated [6] to reduce the accumulation of heat and moisture that contribute to mold growth and decay of wood rafters and ceiling ...

7. Bellingham Fire Department: Apartment building fire caused by ...

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   An apartment building fire that forced residents to evacuate Monday morning in Bellingham was determined to be caused by a faulty ceiling fan, according to Bellingham Fire Department Capt. Dustin ...