"Timing Fire Fighting?" Video Description for the Visually Impaired (back to video)

NIST Fire Test video description for the visually impaired.

Text on screen: NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Text on screen: Jason Averill, NIST fire researcher

Visual:

Fire truck, or engine, appears in the background. Averill, in the foreground, speaking.

Averill: This is the first time in a national study that we have been able to isolate the effects of crew size. In this case, two persons, three persons, four persons and five persons on an engine.

Visual:

Four firefighters fully outfitted and wearing breathing masks stand next to a large green cargo container. A fire engine drives past them leaving a line of hose behind it. The engine continues to move and a two-story concrete with building with a door and four upper level windows comes into view.

Averill: Also, look at the effects of engine arrival time, the spacing between the subsequent engines, and the different fire growth rates …

Visual:

A firefighter stands at the top of a ladder positioned next to the building’s right corner window with an axe in his hand and an oxygen tank on his back. Smoke billows from the window.

Averill: … all together in a single study to understand the relative influence among these variables on the fire risk in a community.

Visual:

Four firefighters stand outside the door to the building. One firefighter opens the door before another enters.

Text on screen:

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