Brownstones (construction/fire travel/characteristics) Flashcards
(26 cards)
In a brownstone..basement is the..?
FIRST FLOOR
- 3 to 5 stories in height
- cellar
- width 20 to 25 feet
- depth varies to about 60 feet
First floor is only floor with…?
2 means of egress
-interior stairway to 2nd floor (parlor) and cellar
Second floor is known as…?
PARLOR FLOOR
-main entrance to building
Upper Floors, small bedrooms may have only entrance from the hall (front and rear)…these rooms are known as..?
DEADMAN’S ROOM
Open interior stair connects…?
PARLOR FLOOR (2ND) To upper floors
Access to roof via…?
SCUTTLE
Bars often found on both front and rear______windows and iron gates beneath_____?
FIRST FLOOR
FRONT STOOP
Normally a REAR entrance from the yard on the ??
1ST FLOOR (basement)
In some Brownstone’s, we may need_____to pull ceilings on the 2ND FLOOR?
10 FOOT HOOKS
Most Brownstones, do NOT have…?
FIRE ESCAPES
These building may have been renovated ….
-absence of stoop (main entrance 1st floor)
CONVERTED TO MD’s: fire escapes added OR sprinklers were installed in the INTERIOR HALLS in lieu of secondary means of egress
-SPRINKLER lines were further extended into individual rooms when buildings were converted to ROOMING HOUSES …
presence of these SPRINKLERs, may indicate absence of FIRE ESCAPE…
- in many instances, these buildings are being utilized as ILLEGAL MD’s with SRO;s or entire families on all floors, with NO FIRE ESCAPE OR SPRINKLERS
The___often becomes involved in fire and/or heavily charged with smoke?
SINGLE OPEN INTERIOR STAIR
-IMMEDIATE VEIS of the TOP FLOOR is mandatory and is considered to be one of the most important operations at these fires
Cellar fire is peculiar in that there is limited means of…?
VENTING
-COUPLE of small windows at ground level in the rear, opening under a grating near the FIRST FLOOR VESTIBULE ,and possibly coal chute
It is a punishing operation for the Engine Company to advance down…?
ONE INTERIOR STAIR
-may be necessary for the Ladder company to cut holes in the first floor (basement), near windows to adequately vent cellar..CHARGE HOSELINE SHOULD E POSITIONED
Rear Extensions added on the first floor, may have their own..?
COCKLOFT
-may be 2 -3 stories in height and 10-20 feet deep
DUPLEX?
APT. on 1st and Parlor (entrance on 1st floor)
APT. on Upper floors (entrance on Parlor)
-unprotected stairs between floors within each apartment
Roof?
majority are flat construction with NO PARAPET IN THE REAR
-access via iron ladder (scuttle), usually found in a CLOSET
Cockloft space is approximately..?
2 feet to 3 feet in height
roof pitched toward rear
Interior Construction of a Brownstone is basically…?
NON FIRE PROOF
Fire is generally confined to original building, however..?
- spread in cellars, due to adjoining beams
- COCKLOFT, deterioration and faulty construction
- yankee gutter/cornice
Points of examination inside a Brownstone…
- DUMBWAITER SHAFTS
- hot air ducts/registers
- pocket doors
- large open stairway from 2nd floor to roof/combustible flue
- some have open stairs in rear of the building from 1st to 2nd floor (SERVANT STAIRS)
- transom windows
Brownstone interior is ______, while the exterior shall is _____?
COMBUSTIBLE
NON COMBUSTIBLE
FIRST FLOOR:
kitchen in rear
dining room in front
3rd and 4th floors:
2 BEDROOMS each with hall rooms in FRONT and REAR, off stairway
