Fire Station Sliding Pole
Fire Station Sliding Pole
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Does anyone have any knowledge of a design standard for brass fire station sliding pole? Specifically I'm looking for the lateral load imparted by a fire fighter when approaching, grabbing, and slidind down.






RE: Fire Station Sliding Pole
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For lateral load, you could probably use the pole capacity in bending as the basis for lateral load, since it won't transmit more load than the pole itself could withstand.
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I also googled the heck out of it and came up zero.
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http://www.slidepole.com/
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Have to be careful with going down one... about 50 years back a fireman once told me that they sometimes have fractures from 'bad' use of them (just before I used one at the old local firehall).
Dik
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Fire Station Sliding Pole
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Brad
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In addition to Ron's suggestion, it would be possible with, say three volunteers of known weights, say 175, 200 and 250# (you coule throw in 120# too if you wanted), a light, a black background with a lateral deflection scale, combined with trigonometry, to determine the actual lateral deflection of the pole under use, and see what the actual lateral force to weight ratio is.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Would not you need a remote sensor or reflection-based device so the pole remains interference free? Friction free?
(Seriously, a 250 lb barroom pole user? )