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KNOCK OUT Blue B Flashover in action KNOCK OUT Key features: Takeaways and Path Forward Mechanical actuation is simple , powerful , and feasible for this device How to achieve maximum mechanical advantage? Existing Tools Halligan


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Blue B

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Flashover in action

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Key features:

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Takeaways and Path Forward

  • Mechanical actuation is simple, powerful,

and feasible for this device

  • How to achieve maximum mechanical

advantage?

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Existing Tools

Halligan Axes and Pike Poles $100 and upwards

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References

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Fire Administration, 2017, “Firefighter

Fatalities in the United States in 2016.”

  • Robertson, H., 2009, “Recognizing the Warning Signs of FLashover,” Fire Rescue

Magazine

  • Salzano, M., 2014, “Firefighter Safety: Understanding and Avoiding a Flashover,” Fire

Engineering.