Rescue / Home Office, Scottish Home Department.

  • Great Britain. Home Office.
Date:
1960
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rescue / Home Office, Scottish Home Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6.12 Effect on framed buildings Framed buildings stand up well to blast and unless there is complete collapse, the debris from walls is prevented by floors from collecting in one large heap in the basement. (The panel walls are, in fact, no “lighter” than domestic house wails, e.g. 9-in., or 11-in. brick.) In framed build- ings, whether of reinforced concrete or steel frame construction, there are usually reinforced concrete slabs (e.g. in floor, roof and sometimes in walls) and these, in the form of debris, present special problems that can be dealt with only by the experience and equipment of the fully trained rescue parties. Blocks of flats, modern cinemas and theatres, hotels, and city offices embody the framed types of construction.