It can travel from the basement to the attic destroying everything in between. This causes a problem for firefighters because the fire could be anywhere in the structure, requiring lots of manpower to try and keep the fire under control. In this scenario, this Victorian-style balloon frame house is three stories, that’s pretty big. Then, the fire started in the basement and spread to the main floor, the main floor fire was suppressed but because of the balloon frame it was already in the attic and probably in the walls also. As stated by Corbett and Brannigan (2015), “the basement is of a balloon frame building is the worst place for a fire to start. It has unimpeded access to the entire structure because of the unfirestopped walls. The fire will quickly move to the top of the structure” (p.196). Some possible solutions is to make sure one have enough men power and copious amounts of water. One will need the manpower so that they can be placed on each floor …show more content…
Also, safety officers would be assigned to observe the structure from the outside and have truck company ventilate the