Contact us for a consultation: 800-411-6313 • information@firetrain.com
Regarding System Maintenance
HIGH TEMPERATURE LININGS
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Five Year Maintenance & Check Up
Five Year Maintenance & Check Up
Dear Customer:
We expect our System 203 lining systems to last at least twenty-years. NFPA mandates that live fire training structures be inspected every five years by a structural engineer specializing in live fire training structures. Because our lining systems typically cover most of the structural elements in a burn building, preventing the inspecting engineer from conducting a thorough visual inspection; and because the engineers do not thoroughly inspect our lining system, it is important to have HTL complete a maintenance on our systems at the same time the engineer performs their inspection.
Two maintenance cycles should ensure that you attain the expected twenty-year lining-life. The total cost for both maintenance services is typically only about 5% to 10% of the initial cost of the installation.
Our services include a thorough evaluation and maintenance of the lining system. We remove and replace inspection tiles to facilitate the engineer’s inspection. We go through the system, looking for damage from normal wear and tear, and possible damage from water migrating behind the systems. We replace bolt hole mortar as needed, tighten the system and replace damaged refractory cast-in-place packing and/or curbs. We may also make comments and/or recommendations with respect to the overall structure if we observe deficiencies.
Since our systems are lasting longer than even we projected, we feel it is incumbent upon HTL and yourself to take proactive steps to confirm that your training structure is safe, sound, and capable of providing continued service throughout the life of the lining. We hope you agree that this is a logical and prudent approach.
We make every effort to coordinate with your schedules to avoid disruptions to training.
Please let us know if you require a proposal or contact us to let us know how your structure and our lining system are performing. Thanks for your time and safe training.
Bill/William E. Glover
Regarding Warranties
Ask yourself a simple question. "Are my burn rooms white? Or black ?" If the answer is white, you need to ask yourself a much more critical question. "Are we burning too hot?" My guess is the honest answer will be yes. And when your honest answer is yes, ask one more question. "Why?" That is the most basic "black and white" question. Why are you burning so hot? What, exactly, is the point? Because I can almost guaranty that you are damaging gear and quite possibly, subjecting your recruits and, perhaps more critically, your stokers to unrealistic conditions that they should frankly never encounter on a real fire ground. If such conditions developed on the ground, say in a residence, the structure would undoubtedly be compromised, and the firefighter should have already evacuated. Remember, I don't care how hard you try, you will not burn down one of our live fire training structures. But I can also guaranty that you can create environments that are critically damaging to your gear and yourselves. And it simply isn't necessary. Two items that should be of interest to all fire training instructors: The new 2012 NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions includes important requirements and procedures for documenting and controlling fuel loads and burn room conditions. Secondly, NFPA, in cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, have sponsored a webinar reporting the conclusions of a study into The Hazard Assessment of Fire Service Training Fires . We encourage you to promote the spirit of both resources as you offer the best and safest training.
800-411-6133
Design/Estimating/Construction- ext 1 (Bill Glover)
Accounting/General - ext 6
PO Box 1240
White Stone, VA
22578