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Thread #123112   Message #2708642
Posted By: Rapparee
25-Aug-09 - 09:32 PM
Thread Name: BS:Building in Fire prone areas - 2009 fire season
Subject: RE: BS: Building in Fire-prone areas
I don't know what "metal screens" mean in Oz, but here in the US they are a wire gauze used to keep insects out and let breezes in. If they are solid we'd call them "metal shutters".

As for oxygen depletion...I stand by my statement as long as firefighters wear SCBA.