Book 100 High Rise Manual Flashcards
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What is IC responsible for?
- Responsible for all incident operations
- Plans and directs the overall strategy for control
- Establishes organizational elements
- May assign deputy IC to assist
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Operations section chief
- When implemented, manages all tactical operations involving primary fire supression.
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What is the first on scene company respponsible for?
- be fire attack
- Enter the building
- Determine safe ascent
- Locate the emergency
- Staging two floors below
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What does the first on scene company become if there is a fire?
- The officer becomes division
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What is a division and what is a group?
- Division= geographic area
- Group= A specific function, not limited to a geographic location
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Who does RIC report to?
Reports to IC/Operations and normally deploys from staging
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What is search group Supervisor?
Supervises companies involved in search and rescue of building occupants
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What is a staging manager?
- Normally located 2 floors below the fire
- Orders supplies and equipment directly from logistic/base
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What are the functions of lobby control?
- Recall elevators
- Operate fire control room
- control vertical access
- Operated elevators
- Control HVAC system
- Pressurize stairwells
- Movement of supplies between base and staging
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Where is base located and how many companied for each 1 company In staging?
200 feet minimum from building
2 companies in base for each 1 company in staging
Reports to logistocs, support branch director or IC if no logistics
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Who is sent to a high rise incident?
- 2 trucks
- 3 engines
- an airborne engine company component (tast force)
- 1 bls ra
- 1 Als ra
- 1 B/C
- EMS captain
- 1 Squad
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What does the second comapny on scene do?
- Lobby control
- Officer becomes IC
- Supply water- 1st 200 engine, if 1st and 2nd are engines, 2nd engine will supply water
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How far sould air ops be?
- Atleast 1/2 mile from building
- Remain 500 feet from building and command post
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Elevators
- Equipped with phase 1 and phase 2 may be used
- IC has ultimate responsibility to authorize or discontinue use
- imperative offices have knowledge of phase II elevators
- If elevators are utilized they shall not be taken to a location closer than two floors below the reported fire floor or two floors below the lowest indicated alarm floor location.
- in this situcation, fire attack team will exit elevatir two floors below reported floor and proceed to an appropriate stairwell.
- the officer shall notify IC of the stairwell being utilized.
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RIC operations
- Minimum- engine, light force or squad and ALS rescue
- May need more than 1 RIC team (based on size)
- Reports to IC/operation, the supervisor when filled
- Rescue group supervisor is usually B/C
- Consider 1 RIC per stairwell
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What does lobby do?
Second company on scene becomes lobby control and IC.
- Elevators
- Stairwell access
- Contact building engineer
- Activate building communication system
- Air handling system
- Monitor Fire control room
- Ensure fire pumps are operating
- movement of personnel and equipment from base to staging
- Initial pressurization of stair shafts
- Verify water supply is established into standpipe
- Inform IC the number of floors
- Reports to logistics or IC
- Move civilians a minimum of 200 feet from the building
- Pre 1960 building, IC needs to inform lobby of companies that by-pass lobby
- Access knock bob for keys, inventory plans
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Building Constructed since 1974 over 75 feet
- Fully sprinklered, class III combination standpipe
- Public address system, occupant cant use, 1 way system
- 2 means of egress per floor
- 2 hour fire resistive between floors
- Fire department lock box
- stand by emergency power
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Pre 1974 construction
- 2 means of egress per floor
- enclosed stairwells, except openable windows
- tempered glass at least 2 sides
- modified hvac system
If 150 feet or more
- communication system
- in a working fire, pressure stairwells with department blowers.
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Where should you locate patients if inside of the building?
Relocate people atleast 2 floors above and 2 floors below fire
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How many pounds of pressure is required to open a magnetic door?
25 pounds of pressure
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When taking an elevator how many members max?
6 members
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What are the three ways water pressure is controlled on a standpipe?
- Pressure regulating devices: control pressure
- Pressure restricting device: Restricts flow
- Orface plates: Restricts volume to 200 GPM connecting to orface plates
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What is center core design?
- Includes office area or living area surrounded by stairwells and elevators.
- To prevent wrap around, 1 line offensive and 1 line defensive
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What year was ventilation system built in stairwells and highrise?
After 1974
