Agile training facility suits firefighters.HICKSVILLE Hicksville, uninc. city (1990 pop. 40,174), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; founded 1648. It is chiefly residential, with electronic and metal products manufacturing and some nearby truck farming. Hicksville also has a major retail shopping complex. , N.Y., firefighters are able to conduct training drills at home with multi-room, two-story structures developed by Drager Safety Inc. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (pĭts`bərg), city (1990 pop. 369,879), seat of Allegheny co., SW Pa., at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers, which there form the Ohio River; inc. 1816. , Pa. "This new structure provides the department with the ability to conduct search-and-rescue, confined space Confined space is a term from labor-safety regulations that refers to an area whose enclosed conditions and limited access make it dangerous. Description A confined space is any space: 1) that has limited or restricted means of entry or exit; 2) is large enough for a , ventilation ventilation, process of supplying fresh air to an enclosed space and removing from it air contaminated by odors, gases, or smoke. Proper ventilation requires also that there be a movement or circulation of the air within the space and that the temperature and , rappelling, confidence course, and other cold drills at a local facility," says a spokesman. The structure is composed of three 40-foot long, land-sea cargo containers. The first two containers comprise the first floor with the remaining container making the second floor. Included are three smoke generators that are all controlled from a single point. |
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