The Unique Challenges of Fires in Straw-Built Construction

摘要

Fisher discusses the unique challenges that firefighters will encounter when fighting fires in straw building construction. Among other things, he elaborates that because the design of straw construction is to create a solid space, the walls are stacked on each other with no fire blocking in the walls. The top of the wall is the only fire blocking in straw houses, and it is designed to have a top cap placed over the wall unit. This isolates the straw and limits fire spread; without it, fire can extend up to the attic.