AFD Highrise Flashcards
1
Q
Highrise
A
-Doors for human access > 75’ above lowest point of FD access
2
Q
Basic Operation Plan
A
- Determine fire floor
- Verify fire floor
- Control building occupants and firefighters
- Control building systems
- Confine/extinguish fires
3
Q
3 Categories of Highrise Response
A
- Fire alarm activation
- Report of smoke and/or fire
- Determination of a working fire and/or sprinkler activation
4
Q
Dispatch for Alarm Activation
A
- Engine company/first arriving unit assumes initial command
- Ladder company: lobby control, analyze systems, help with equipment
- B.C. assumes command, engine company investigates, begins attack, clears stairwells, determines alarm floor.
5
Q
Tools for Highrise Attack
A
- Irons
- TIC
- Fire Extinguisher
- Pike Pole
- 100’ utility rope
- Spare SCBA cylinders
- Flashlights
- Radios
- Highrise kit
- 3 staircase carries
6
Q
Dispatch for Smoke & Fire
A
- 4 engines, 3 ladders, 3 rescues, 2 squads (Squads 1 or 3 and Squad 2), Unit 78, 3 Battalion Commanders
- 1st BC establishes command in lobby, 2nd is fire attack branch, 3rd support IC in lobby
7
Q
Systems Branch
A
- Stairwell designations (ideally attack/ventilation/evacuation separately)
- Control of building systems: immediately recall elevators
- Status of building systems must be id’d
8
Q
Accountability Branch
A
-All units assigned to interior of structure will check in with accountability branch director BEFORE proceeding to their tactical assignment.
9
Q
Fire Floor Divisions
A
- 2 Engines, 1 Rescue
- 3 officers, rescue, 2 drivers, 4 firefighters
- 2 engine drivers establish water supply
10
Q
Fire Floor
A
- Engine officer + 3 firefighters advance 2 1/2” attack line.
- Other engine officer and firefighters are IRIT in stairwell.
- Officer controls line flow pressure.
- Rescue personnel conduct primary search of fire floor.
11
Q
Search and Evac
A
-Unit 78/2 Rescues designated 2 or more floors above fire
12
Q
EMS
A
-3 floors below fire
13
Q
Staging branch
A
-2 floors below fire
