*Bk 100- Highrise Flashcards
What company is responsible to check two floors below the fire floor for the suitability for Staging?
The initial fire attack company
In high rise incidents the Rapid Intervention Company(s) is normally assembled and deployed from ________.
Staging
The Division Supervisor reports to the _______ or __________ and is responsible for fire suppression and rescue activities within a geographic area, usually aspecific floor.
Incident commander or operations chief
Who supervises and coordinates the activities of Lobby Control, Systems Control,Base, Ground Support, Supply Unit, Communications Unit, and Medical Unit?
Logistics chief
Requests from Staging for equipment and supplies will go through the _________ chief to Base or Ground Support.
Logistics
The Lobby Control Officer reports to the _________ chief or the ________.
Logistics section chief or IC (if logistics is not set up)
What group is responsible for locating and searching for unaccounted elevators which may contain building occupants?
Elevator group
If needed, a ___________ unit can be implemented to assist Lobby Control with monitoring and maintaining the buildings built-in fire control, life safety, environmental control, communications and elevator systems.
Systems control unit
If implemented, the systems control unit reports to who?
Logistics chief.
Can also be contacted directly from operations chief
The ___________ group is responsible for providing transportation for personnel,equipment, and supplies; providing refilling of SCBA cylinders and maintenance of SCBAs; provide fueling, service and maintenance of vehicles and portable power equipment and tools; and implementing the ground level traffic/movement plan at the incident including marking safe access routes and zones and coordinates the transportof equipment via the stairwells.
Ground support group
The Ground Support supervisor reports to the _______ Branch Director (if established) or the _________ Chief.
- Support branch director
2. Logistics chief
Base shall be established a minimum of _____ feet away from the incident structure.
200 ft
In a high rise incident, a minimum of a ____ member initial fire attack team shall ascend to the reported floor.
4
The second-in company to a high rise fire has what responsibly?
Establishing lobby control
The command post should be established a minimum of how many feet from the structure?
200 ft
Who has the ultimate responsibility to authorize (or discontinue) the use of elevators?
The incident commander
The Rapid Intervention Company at a high-rise should involve what kind of resource(s) as a minimum?
Light force, engine or squad AND an ALS rescue
Where should the RIC team be located during a high rise fire?
Staging or 1 floor below the fire
Once occupants have been evacuated from the structure, they should be moved a minimum of _____ feet from the affected structure.
200
Normally, how many companies should be kept at Base for each company held in staging?
2
How should you position an apparatus in the apparatus parking area of base?
Diagonally
Who is responsible for verifying a water supply is established in the standpipe system.
Lobby control
If the building is not equipped with pressurized stair shafts, utilize _______ to pressurize the stairwells.
Blowers
Do all access stairwells need to be pressurized?
Yes
Who shall notify the Incident Commander of the elevator status and any elevators that are not accounted for and their location?
Lobby control
Who assigns and supervises Fire Attack, Staging, Division Supervisors, Group Supervisors, Rapid Intervention, and Air Operations?
Operations chief
Who is responsible for the transport of equipment via a stairwell, on a priority basis, from ground level to the Staging floor?
Ground support unit
When moving equipment up a stairwell for ground support, normally there should be one member per how many floors?
2 floors
A high rise building is defined as a building which is over ____ ft in height,measured from ground level access to the floor level of the highest floor intended for occupant use.
75 ft
For a working fire, relocate occupants from the fire floor and at least ____ floors above and ____ floors below the fire to a safe location, preferable below the fire.
2 above and 2 below
Does the Fire Code require an interior OR exterior lock box? for Fire Department use in a high rise?
Interior
The fire attack team should grab what two things from the lockbox before proceeding to the fire floor?
1 set of keys and a copy of the building inventory
Who sets the Fire Attack Team’s pace when climbing a stairwell?
The officer
Some outside stairwell doors are held closed by a magnetic device requiring _____ pounds of pressure to overcome it.
25
What is the approximate time it takes a fully suited up firefighter to ascend one story of stairs in a high rise?
1 minute per floor
If the fire is reported to be on or below the _____ floor, the stairwell shall be used.
6th
Which two types of elevators should not be utilized until it is determined safe by fire department personnel on the desired floor(s) of operation and their use approved by the Incident Commander?
- Elevators not equipped with emergency service
2. Freight elevators
Elevators should not be taken closer than ____ floors below the reported fire floor or ____ floors below the lowest alarm activated floor location.
2 and 2
No more than ____ personnel with equipment is permitted in any elevator.
6
The Fire Attack Team should give an assessment of conditions found in the stairwell every ___ or ___ floors and, if elevators are used,during the precautionary stops every ___ floors.
- 5 or 6 floors
2. 5 floors
Once you have identified the fire floor, before opening the stairwell door, you must check what floor and report your findings to the Incident Commander?
The floor above the fire
Standpipe pressure in a high-rise building could be controlled by what three means?
Pressure regulating devices, pressure restricting devices, or orifice plates
The orifice plate controls pressure by restricting _____ and is limited to its design requirements for supplying ____ g.p.m.
- Volume
2. 200
The pressure regulating devices are set to _____ gpm.
300
Do pressure regulating devices control volume, flow or pressure?
Pressure
Pressure restricting devices work by restricting pressure, flow or volume?
Flow
The orifice plate controls ______ by restricting volume.
Pressure
Flashover may be possible with temperatures as low as _____ Fahrenheit.
700
A downward draft, or “reverse stack effect,” becomes more pronounced when outside temperatures are higher or lower?
Higher
Stair shafts that service odd or even floors of a building are also known as ________ stairways
Scissor
Stair shafts in high-rise buildings constructed after what year are required to employ a stair shaft ventilation system?
1974
What era would you find openable windows on all sides of a high rise building?
Pre-1960
What era would you find tempered glass on at least two sides of a high rise building? (At corners, and at 50-foot intervals or less.)
1960-1974
What era would you find tempered glass on four sides of a high rise building? (At corners, and at 50-foot intervals or less.)
Post 1974
Tempered glass windows are identified by ___ inch luminous or reflective decals in a lower corner which indicate they are “For Fire Department Use.”
3”
What year implemented the requirement of Smoke Control Systems (Uniform Building Code) in high rise buildings?
1996
Smoke Control Systems (Uniform Building Code) in high rise buildings has eliminated the requirement of the installation of what type of windows?
Tempered glass windows
Unless the HVAC system is contributing to the spread of fire or smoke throughout the building, it should be left in the ______ position.
On (operating)
Water turbine blowers produce significantly less noise and will provide more than ____ the cubic feet of air per minute than a like-sized gasoline powered blower.
Twice
High-rise buildings constructed after 1974 are required to employ an emergency smoke control system that is comprised of what 3 components?
- Pressurized Stairshaft
- Mechanical Smoke Removal System
- Tempered Glass or Openable Windows
Who shall be responsible for ensuring that stairwells are pressurized?
Lobby control
Regardless of size, portable blowers should be placed ___ to ___ feet back from the stairwell doorway and angled back at least __ degrees
- 4 to 6 ft
2. 5 degrees
Placing fans in a _______ is more effective than placing them in-series for stairwell pressurization.
V-shape
If windows must opened/broken for ventilation purposes, utilize the windows on the ______ side of the building, if possible.
Leeward
If it is necessary to cross ventilate floors above the ____ floor, it may be necessary to utilize an additional blower in the pressurized stair shaft.
25th
Additional pressurized air may be necessary due to the leakage (through vents,unsealed openings, etc.) in stairshafts over ___ floors high.
25th
In a high rise, there shall be a smoke detector installed adjacent to the elevators at each landing, usually in a vestibule on each floor except in the _____.
Lobby
During a phase I recall, automatic elevators having a total travel of more than ___ feet (or ___ feet after 1975) may be recalled to the lobby by sensing devices (smoke detectors) or a three position key switch in the lobby
- 50 ft
2. 25 ft
Phase I for elevators is also known as “_____ phase”
Recall
