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Coeur d'Alene staff recommend FARS ordinance change to let firefighters refill air inside tall buildings
Summary
City staff recommended the council consider allowing firefighter air replenishment systems (FARS) in new tall buildings to reduce the manpower and safety burden of hauling SCBA bottles; the council vote recommended placing the ordinance change on the full agenda.
City staff presented a proposal to allow firefighter air replenishment systems, or FARS, in new tall buildings and recommended the City Council take the item up on the full agenda.
Staff introduced a short video and explained the system, which they described as "a standpipe for air" that lets firefighters refill self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) bottles inside a building at stairwell fill stations in about two minutes. Presenters said FARS can reduce the need for a so-called "bottle brigade" — crews carrying heavy…
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