A201.5 High-Rise Fires Flashcards
A High-Rise Alarm complement shall consist of _________ for investigating a report of a high-rise fire and mitigating incipient fires
four Engines, three Aerial Apparatus, one Rescue unit, two Battalion Chiefs, and a Safety Chief.
The first arriving ________ or _________ will assume Inside Truck and serve as the Division Supervisor on the fire floor until the arrival of a chief.
Aerial Apparatus
Rescue Unit
Inside Truck is responsible for truck work on the fire floor including
locating the fire,
forcing entry for access to the fire,
primary search in the fire area,
salvage
The first arriving initial attack team will respond to the _____________ to check the ___________ , obtain ____________ , and obtain _____________
Fire Control Room
fire alarm panel
building keys
plug-in phones
initial attack teams communicate their actions and give size-up reports from five locations:
i. The exterior upon arrival; # of stories and if fire/smoke is showing.
ii. The Fire Control Room; including the information obtained from the fire alarm panel.
iii. The Fire Attack Stairwell; including the designation of the Attack Stairwell and smoke conditions within that stairwell.
iv. The fire floor; including confirmation of the fire floor #, the fire/smoke conditions on that floor and actions being taken.
v. The fire room/apartment; including the fire room/apartment number and actions being taken
Other information such as status of __________ , if __________ are being utilized, whether or not a ______________ is operating, etc. should also be conveyed
occupant evacuation
elevators
sprinkler system
Tests have proven that PPV fans can be used to pressurize the Attack Stairwell to prevent the products of combustion from entering. This is best accomplished by placing one fan blowing into the stairwell at_______ and a second fan blowing into the stairwell ______________.
the bottom
three floors below the fire floor
Hoselines should initially be placed on the floor of fire origin, and the fire should be attacked at that area. Secondary hoselines should then attack any extension ___________
on the floors above
Hoselines should initially be placed on the floor of fire origin, and the fire should be attacked at that area. Secondary hoselines should then attack any extension ___________
on the floors above
Secondary hoselines should then attack any extension on the floors above. Except in _______ circumstances, fire cut-off on floors above the origin floor should not be undertaken unless the fire ____________.
Rescue
below is under control
The second arriving Aerial Apparatus or Rescue Unit will assume the function of _______ . This group is responsible for operations above the fire floor(s)
Recon Group
Recon Group should use an Evacuation Stairwell and respond above the floor(s) to search for _________ and check for __________.
Occupants
fire extension
The third arriving Aerial Apparatus or Rescue Unit Officer will assume _________ and the driver will assume __________.
Logistics
Systems Control Unit
Logistics Chief is initially responsible for all activities that support fire attack, this includes
Water Supply,
Lobby Control
and
Systems Control.
Systems Control Unit is responsible for staffing the
Fire Control Room
Systems Control Unit: After Lobby Control has secured entry/exit points and prevented occupant re-entry _______
, silence any audible alarms with Command approval.
The fourth arriving Aerial Apparatus or Rescue Unit will ascend with the _______ and will assume ____________ fire floor
RIC equipment
Staging two floors below the
the on-call Prevention Inspector should be assigned to
the Systems Control Unit
Department Engineers should be assigned to
the Planning Section as Technical Specialists
The second arriving Rescue Captain will assume the function of the __________.
RIC Group Supervisor
Upon upgrading to a 2nd alarm, the Logistics Section and all Companies reporting to Logistics should
switch to the assigned alternate channel
A rule of thumb is to have _____ companies in reserve for each company committed to the fire attack.
two
