BY FRANCIS L. BRANNIGAN,SFPE (FELLOW)
Editor's note: For further reference, consult Building Construction for the Fire Service, Third Edition (BCFS3). Page numbers, where applicable, are included after the caption.
Heavy wood firestopping was removed to install a standpipe main requested by the fire department. The Fire Department of New York, which developed standpipe operations, finds it is faster to stretch directly to the third floor instead of using the standpipe Here, the firestopping was not replaced because the gypsum board ceiling was installed right after I took this picture. A void fire would spread throughout the voids, following the fire main.
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