FORT GORDON, Ga. -- The installation fire department invested in high tech, low maintenance doors and reduced their response time to emergencies.
Fort Gordon's fire trucks roll out of the Fire and Emergency Services Building on Rice Road a lot quicker with the help of Rytec spiral high performance rigid rolling doors installed May 7. "The new doors helps reduce our response time between 30 to 45 seconds and this can make a big difference when responding to an emergency," said Fort Gordon's Fire Chief Lester Porter.
"The main reason for the change [in doors] was reduction in maintenance cost," said Assistant Fire Chief Robert Gruber. "Our trucks can be dispatched faster to handle an emergency on post. With an opening speed up to 60 inches per second, the Rytec spiral doors offer the speed needed for high-traffic situations such as ours."
The low maintenance cost of the doors offer security too. Rigid, aluminum slat construction eliminates any need for a second overnight security door.
In addition, the unique spiral roll-up design features no metal-to-metal contact, thus offering whisper-quiet operation, according to Ted Hill, Overhead Doors of Augusta's sales and job site supervisor. This was the company who installed the new doors. The variable speed Alternate Current Drive system with soft acceleration and braking smooths out routine stops and starts, which eliminates the clunking gear engagements one associates with typical overhead door operation.
The doors are energy efficient and tight sealed. Aluminum slats along with durable rubber membrane cover the aluminum connecting hinges providing 100 percent seal against dust pollution, drafts and inclement weather, according to Hill. The amodized aluminum in the doors will resist corrosion.
Since the installation of the new Rytec spiral doors at the Fort Gordon Fire Station representatives from Richmond County Fire Department and Columbia-Martinez Fire Department have been out checking their performance and are considering having them installed in their fire stations. The Fort Gordon Fire Department is the first stand alone fire station in this region to get the high tech doors, according to Fort Gordon's Assistant Fire Chief John Ryan.
Fort Gordon firefighters learned about these doors from a local prison that had them installed in 2008.
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