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1
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

What (2) hazards can trash fire present:

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  • Presence of hazardous materials
  • dangerous fuels and accelerants secondary to arson
2
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

What should you be aware of during overhaul?

A

The fire may have been started to conceal a crime

3
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

Trash chute fires are extremely hard to overhaul and may require:

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Standby companies

4
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

Individual tactics should be based on the assumption that the materials involved are considered to have:

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Little or no value to the owner

5
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

Trash fires should be approached from?

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Upwind

6
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

Large piles of trash or rubbish should be attacked defensively and only after these 2 things have been addressed:

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  1. Exposures are protected
  2. Fire containment lines are in place
7
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

What action may be preferable to raking through a dumpster with a pike pole?

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Flooding it

8
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[A501 Dumpster, Trash, and Chute Fires]

What is a significant problem at chute fires:

A

Exposure problems

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