Brannigans Building Construction CH.9 heavy timber and mill construction

Question 1

These types of homes utilize exposed large dimension, hand hewn structural members connected with mortise and Tenon joints; exterior walls featured exposed wood members with brick or plaster filling gaps between them

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Half Timber homes

Question 2

Type of construction that use basic elements of structural framework of half Timber Construction

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Post and beam Construction

Question 3

The exterior wooden walls of such structures were particularly vulnerable to a fire; factories that emerged during the Industrial Revolution

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Mills

Question 4

Construction of mills shifted to masonry exterior walls during first half of 1800’s known as

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mill Construction

Question 5

In mill construction, exterior load-bearing and non load-bearing walls are

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Solid Masonry, usually break or stone such as granite or sandstone

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in mill Construction, columns and beams Arif heavy Timber with cast iron connectors used to cover

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Joint where fire my obtain a hold; chamfered column has beveled corners for same reason

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in mill Construction, floors are constructed of

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Thick groove, splined, or laminated planks

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in mill Construction, roofs of thick splined or laminated planks are supported by

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Beams or Timber arches and trusses

Question 9

in mill Construction, opening between floors are in close by adequate

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Fire barriers

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in mill Construction, end of girders are fire cut to

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Release in event of collapse without bringing wall down

Question 11

For fire cut girders what is built into the wall to receive the end of the girder

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Cast iron box

Question 12

in mill construction, sometimes the beans are set on a

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Corbelled brickshelf

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Drains in the wall

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Scuppers

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in mill Construction, combination of what is provided to reduce water damage on Lower floors

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Waterproof floors and scuppers

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in mill construction what is eliminated

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Concealed spaces; finish is open without voids

Question 16

Type of mill structure that had a set of windows in the vertical portion of each tooth

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Sawtooth mill structures (1900’s)

Question 17

The most important thing to have in a mill is what

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Automatic sprinkler system with water flow alarm and an alarm connection to Fire Department

Question 18

in Mill Construction, special hazards should be located in

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Detached buildings

Question 19

Fires in properly built and maintained buildings of what can be brought under control before the building is involved in the fire

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Heavy Timber buildings

Question 20

Slow burning characteristic is an advantage only as long as the fire department can maintain

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Interior offensive operations

Question 21

A fully involved multi-story heavy Timber building is a conflagration breeder for a variety of reasons

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-Tremendous amount of radiant heat
-numerous large fire Brands carried by tremendous updraft of Fire
-large collapse zones
-lack of sprinklers and most churches and synagogues
-improper fire doors and lack of compartmentation
-sealed up Windows in old mills

Question 22

What has been observed that often remains intact in multi-story heavy Timber buildings after a fire and can potentially be an area Refugee for evacuating firefighters even if the rest of the building collapses

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Stair shafts

Question 23

In what type of fire would you need a large water supply, numerous heavy-caliber streams, large collapse zone, an extensive brand Patrol downwind, and look to prevent a conflagration

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Uncontrolled fire in heavy Timber building

Question 24

What is used to attach Timbers to other members and can provide a path for heat to reach the interior of the building

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Long bolts and nuts

Question 25

Long solid Timbers are hard to obtain so you should be careful for repairs consisting of

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Spliced Timbers with overlapping joints and metal connectors

Question 26

The only fire protection measure that can reasonably be expected to prevent a disaster and a heavy Timber building

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Full fire sprinkler protection adequately maintained

Question 27

In newly renovated heavy Timber buildings, particularly in the case of residential units in office spaces in mills, the creation of what is common despite the fact that current building codes do not allow it

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Creation of ceilings with concealed spaces (enclosures)

Question 28

Most common modern heavy temperature cheese substitute solid Timbers with what

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Glued laminated Timbers (glulam)

Question 29

What type of construction has been classified as type 4 construction

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Heavy Timber

Question 30

These buildings were constructed of non-combustible exterior load-bearing walls and wood structural members of specified sizes

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Heavy Timber Construction

Question 31

Like buildings of ordinary Construction, heavy Timber structures have used

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Masonry load-bearing walls and wood structural members

Question 32

By definition buildings of heavy Timber construction have what a structural elements

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Massive Timbers

Question 33

In a heavy Timber structure, the minimum Dimensions required by code for floor beams are

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6x10 in.

Question 34

Typically incorporates 2x4, 2x6, or 2x8 ft pieces of softwood (pine) laminated (glued) together under pressure and stacked layers with each layer laid perpendicular to the adjacent layers

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Cross-laminated Timber (CLT)

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The numbers of layers for CLT can vary from what; usually an odd number for purpose of structural stability

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3-7

Question 36

These panels can range from 2x10 ft wide and as much as 60ft long

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CLT panel

Question 37

In 2015, International building code allowed to use of CLT as a component of rated exterior walls, provided the exterior surface of the CLT is covered in what

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Non-combustible material, gypsum board, or fire retardant treated wood sheathing

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New category of heavy Timber construction that allows a maximum of 18 stories, provided Mass Timber Wood is covered with gypsum board

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type 4-A

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New category of heavy Timber construction that allows a maximum of 12 stories, with limited areas of mass Timber walls and ceilings left exposed

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type 4-B

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New category of heavy Timber Construction that allows a maximum of 9 Stories with all of the mass Timber exposed (Timber having been subjected to a 2-hour fire resistance test)

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type 4-C

Question 41

The traditional form of heavy Timber construction would not be designated as

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TYPE 4-HT

Question 42

Uses the same concept of manufacturing for typical plywood using thin fiber wood veneers that are placed on top of one another; resins (glue) are applied to the veneer layers and they are passed through both cold and heat presses to create the panel

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Mass plywood panels (MPP) (can be as large as 12 ft wide, 48 ft long, and 24 thick)

Question 43

Hydrants with 2-1/2 in outlets and no pumper connection; can be seen an old mills

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Yard hydrant

Question 44

Although a sprinkler system may be turned off, you should attempt to do what only if there's fire confined to a limited area of the building and it is safe to do so

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Feed the system through the fire department connection if system is still intact

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Yard hydrant would never intended to supply Pumpers, they should not be used unless it is clear that doing so will not

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Steal water from sprinkler system

Question 46

Structural collapse will be determined by failure of the weakest component this is particularly true of

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Timber trusses

Question 47

for fire in old mill of heavy Timber Construction, the initial pump pressure required to support a sprinkler system should be

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100 psi

Question 48

For confirmed fire with fused sprinklers in old mill building of heavy timber construction, the maximum pump pressure to support a sprinkler system should be

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150 psi

Question 49

If the fire flow capability of available resources exceeds the required fire flow for the building what type of attack can be initiated

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Offensive attack

Question 50

If the fire flow requirements exceeds the fire flow capability of available resources what type of operation is required

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Defensive operation

Question 51

If you cannot deliver the required gallons per minute to extinguish the fire you have to go

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Defensive

Question 52

In heavy Timber Construction, ceilings Place directly on their beams create what

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Dangerous concealed spaces for fire spread