Fire Department Bay Floors

Apply one coat of floor epoxy 1600 clear 100 solids epoxy as a receiver coat and then broadcast industrial grade quartz aggregate into the fresh epoxy to the point of rejection and allow to cure starting to create the non slip coating.

Fire department bay floors.

Robert tutterow retired as safety coordinator for the charlotte nc fire department and is a member of the fire apparatus emergency equipment editorial advisory board. Florock s epoxy coated flooring for fire stations provides the superior performance needed for the success of daily operations. Finding the highest quality fire station floor resurfacing products was of monumental importance. Apparatus bay door heights less than 14 feet will limit a fire department s options with respect to apparatus with aerial devices and top mounted features on engines.

To become the best epoxy floor coating company serving fire stations rescue and ems facilities in the nation. For an added touch graphics can be incorporated into these floor coatings. His 34 year career includes 10 as a volunteer. Issue 10 and volume 23.

Quality epoxy floor products for fire station floors rescue and ems facilities. Our sales and installation departments have more than 90 years of experience handling all phases of firehouse flooring projects. By selecting engine bay floors as your concrete floor resurfacing contractor you ll benefit from a team dedicated to making your project a complete success. More about apparatus bay floors in coming issues.

In floor radiant heat systems use pipes or tubing located within the apparatus bay slab to convey warmed liquid typically generated at a boiler or solar panel array through the bay floors. Thermal shock resistance for the geographic location especially in colder climates where the opening and closing of bay doors can expose floors to dramatic changes in temperature and even freeze thaw cycling all winter long. As home to the fire department the fire station or firehouse is an invaluable institution within the community. Engine bay floors had always had one business goal.

The apparatus bay is complete with direct connect vehicle exhaust in floor heat natural daylighting parallel trench drains under the trucks and all of the proper utilities to the apparatus. Photo courtesy of armor tuff fire house flooring decaprio says that more than 75 percent of the fire departments he s worked with choose the 4000 series of floor finishing. Floor epoxy 1600 flooring system for fire station bay floors. Special purpose aarf vehicles are typically 12 feet wide and need a correspondingly wider door.