Venting A Roof With An Axe

Attempting to gain access with an ax to a commercial metal roof or lightweight concrete will only waste time and resources related firefighter trainin g rieger on the quickie ridge vent cut.

Venting a roof with an axe.

Rumson fire company members performing roof ops using the flathead axe at an acquired structure in rumson. When we talk about roof ventilation we often focus on the cut itself. In a cold climate the primary purpose of ventilation is to maintain a cold roof temperature to avoid ice dams created by melting snow and to vent any moisture that moves from the conditioned. When ventilating flat roofs the most common openings are.

However there are many other critical steps that we need to master in order to make roof ventilation an efficient process.