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A MASSACHUSETTS FIRE CHIEF HAS DONE A good job of getting a vital message across to the citizens.  Chief Kevin Gallagher has teamed up with Boston’s Channel 25 WFXT-TV to illustrate a severe fire potential that is built into some modular homes.  The culprit here is a foam-epoxy glue that is used to assemble rafters, joists, and sections.  The excessive quantities used beyond what is necessary are leading to extremely rapid fire spread.

Watch this video report that was produced as  result:

This is  good example of effective use of the media to not only educate the public, but this kind of publicity is sometimes the only way to jolt lawmakers and bureaucrats into paying attention.

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Chief Gallagher
(South Coast Today photo)

As a side note, it was just last month that the Acushnet Fire Dept. was fully merged with the local EMS to become the Acushnet Fire and EMS Department.  It is a combination career/paid-on-call department with three stations and they have a good WEBSITE HERE.

Posted by on March 3, 2010 • Filed under: Building construction, education, Fire Prevention & Education, public relations, Videos • Tagged: , , , ,
  • DaGonz

    A tip of the leather to Chief Gallagher and Fox 25 News ( Joe Shortsleeve.. this is how investigative reporting is done!)

    I sent the link to the video to all of our personnel as well as the the Building Department and Code Enforcement.

    We have 4 modular homes that I know of… the void space betyween floors has basically made waht was “platform construction” to “horizontal balloon frame”. Forewarned is forearmed!

  • DaGonz

    I just got an email from the Building Department with a listing of the modular homes they have on record… 21 plus the 4 I mentioned previously.

    Get out in your districts and look around…

  • laurence Delorme

    hello,
    interesting video and article:here most of the houses are made of concrete,so with such article we learn interesting things about building and materials in the USA.

  • DaGonz

    A tip of the leather to Chief Gallagher and Fox 25 News ( Joe Shortsleeve.. this is how investigative reporting is done!)

    I sent the link to the video to all of our personnel as well as the the Building Department and Code Enforcement.

    We have 4 modular homes that I know of… the void space betyween floors has basically made waht was “platform construction” to “horizontal balloon frame”. Forewarned is forearmed!

  • DaGonz

    I just got an email from the Building Department with a listing of the modular homes they have on record… 21 plus the 4 I mentioned previously.

    Get out in your districts and look around…

  • laurence Delorme

    hello,
    interesting video and article:here most of the houses are made of concrete,so with such article we learn interesting things about building and materials in the USA.