Jan 28, 2025
Modern warehouses and distribution centers are huge. Some have
footprints larger than 60 American football fields and are filled
with densely packed racks up to 100 feet tall. When a giant
building like this catches fire, what can firefighters
do?
Today on the podcast, we talk to a veteran firefighter and a fire
protection engineer who just co-authored a detailed report on the
many challenges that the fire service faces in responding these
storage fires. We find out what we know, what we need to find out,
how modern warehouses are changing, and what fire departments
should be doing now to prepare for fires in these giant
facilities.
LINKS:
Read
the full Fire Protection Research Foundation report: “Identifying
Challenges to Fire Service Response in Storage Settings.”