Brownstones And Rowframes

Question 1

Is a BS basically FP or NFP

Answer 1

NFP

Question 2

True or false: The fire in a BS generally confined to the fire building

Answer 2

True

Question 3

How can a fire spread in a BS

Answer 3

Cellars- Due to beams butting up against eachother

Cockloft- Due to deterioration and faulty construction in division walls

Cornice and/or Yankee Gutter

Question 4

Cornice fails on a BS when?

Answer 4

After heavy fire for a considerable time. In pieces or as a whole.

Question 5

Particular points of examination at a BS

Answer 5

Dumbwaiter shafts
Hot air ducts
Registers running throughout building
Pockets in walls on parlor floor

Question 6

Some BS have open stairs from where to where

Answer 6

First floor (Basement) to second floor (parlor floor) separate from main stairs

Question 7

Easy place for fire spread in a BS

Answer 7

Large open stairways with wood paneling creating a combustible flue

Question 8

Where are transom windows in a BS, what’s a problem with them

Answer 8

Over interior doors

Can fail and allow heat and smoke into the halls allowing easy fire spread

Question 9

What can a RF be considered

Answer 9

A large rectangular box of dry lumber

Question 10

RF interior constructions points

Answer 10

Similar to tenements and BS
Lathe and plaster
Wood studs

Question 11

All exterior of a RF is

Answer 11

Wood or a veneer over outer wood sheathing

Question 12

Unseen fire travel in a RF

Answer 12

In the airspace formed when vertical wood furring strips are used between veneer and outer sheathing

Question 13

A BIG problem with RF fire spread

Answer 13

The Common Cockloft