The Burn Shack - A Must-See Video!

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Check out this video to see Ther­ma­Cote® in action.

On July 16^th, 2009 Tommy Sharp (President/​CEO) and Sam Rangel (Sales & Mar­ket­ing Direc­tor) were in Forsyth, GA and con­ducted a “burn” on what we named the “The Burn Shack”. This struc­ture con­structed of 4 (four) 4′ X 8′ sheets of OSB Par­ti­cle Board was coated with +/​-​​ 100 mils of Ther­ma­Cote® Spe­cial Fire Resis­tant Coat­ing. Fire­man Ray Fit­ting, who con­ducted the “burn” and is now retired, was a 25 year vet­eran of the depart­ment. To ignite the fire, he used “Excel­sior” with an accel­er­ant to set the fire. Based on his expe­ri­ence, Fire­man Fit­ting (and know­ing the extreme flam­ma­bil­ity of OSB Par­ti­cle Board) expected the “Burn Shack” to be burnt to the ground and in ashes within 3 min­utes. As we are doc­u­ment­ing this shack stood up to an absolutely intense fire for almost 14 min­utes (13:43 min­utes). Although the “Shack” fell apart at the 13:43 minute mark, the back wall was still pretty much intact and con­tin­ued to burn sev­eral more minutes.

Tes­ti­mo­nial from Cap­tain Ray Fit­ting
Dis­claimer: The video and the par­tic­i­pa­tion of Fire­man Ray Fit­ting by no means rep­re­sent any type of endorse­ment by the Geor­gia Fire Acad­emy or The Geor­gia Fire Marshall’s Office expressed or implied.

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