Firefighting Training Unit

摘要

A metal container with a combustible liner for use as a portable firefighting training unit. The combustible liner is formed of particle board sections loosely assembled inside the metal container with an opening in the liner in registry with an access opening in the metal container. The unit may be used to demonstrate various phenomena associated with a developing fire including the flammability of unburned products of combustion, hose stream techniques with a spray bottle filled with water, flashover and backdraft.

主权项

1. A portable firefighting training unit comprising a metal container for use with a combustible liner,
said metal container having an outer wall, a bottom wall and a lid, said outer wall having a top edge and a bottom edge, said bottom wall joined to the outer wall near the bottom edge of the outer wall to define an open cavity, said outer wall having an access opening adjacent the bottom wall and a peripheral flange above the access opening below the top edge, said lid hinged to the outer wall opposite the access opening for movement relative to the top edge of outer wall between a closed and an open position, said lid having a swing bolt carried in trunnions attached to the flange and to the outer wall above the access opening, said swing bolt having a threaded shank with a handwheel threadedly engaging the shank, said lid having an open slot through which the shank of the swing bolt may be passed for securing the lid in closed position when the handwheel is screwed down against the lid, said unit further including a cover for blocking an air pathway through the access opening.