

Several years ago, Georgetown Township converted an old leaf vac to an insulation suction unit. On most house fires where the fire gets into the attic, the insulation needs to come out of the attic due to the smoldering properties of insulation. One small ember left in an attic can smolder for hours or days before reigniting and starting a working fire. It used to take hours of labor intensive work to send guys into the attic to pull down insulation material. With this insulation suction unit, as long as the material is relatively dry we can suction out an attic in an hour or two depending on the size of the attic. Hot embers and all are placed into the steel bin where it can be emptied in the driveway and burning material is hosed down. This insulation suction machine has been called out all over Ottawa County and even nearby Kent County for structure fires saving man hours and time.
The pictures above are from a fire last week Thursday where some burning wires in the attic were located. The area around the burnt wires was found smoldering 3 inches down inside the insulation. The insulation would have started the house on fire if it had been left unchecked.
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