Brownstones/ROWFRAMES

Question 1

Brownstone
cockloft 2-3 feet in height

row frame- one foot to tall of enough for a man

h type- up to 4 feet deep

taxpayer - 4 inches to 6 feet

Answer 1

interior combustible
exterior NON combustible
20-25 feet
depth 60 feet

**fireground …DO NOT USE WORD
“BASEMENT” use first floor **

-1st floor –ONLY FLOOR WITH TWO MEANS OF EGRESS
-parlor floor -2nd floor main entrance
-scuttle iron ladder to roof …CLOSET (rowframe–scuttle in hallway )

-venting cellar –windows in rear
-coal chute
-grate near front vestibule
-cut holes on 1st floor near window–CHARGE LINE IN PLACE
-setbacks one or two story…have own cockloft

–may have open rear staircase
1st to 2nd floor –servant stairs

Question 2

Brownstone fire spread

Answer 2

–cockloft
-cornice /yankee gutter
-cellar beams butting against one another

Question 3

Brownstone Fires / Engine ops

Answer 3

1 3/4” ALL HOSELINES
cellar fire -1st line front door /1st floor and down stairs…2nd line-front door first floor remain at top of stairs

1st floor fire (basement)–1st line - stretched through front door 1st floor
2nd line- if not needed to back up first line on first floor…stretch to 2nd floor parlor floor

Question 4

BROWNSTONE FULLY INVOLVED

Fully involved with extension into exposure
FIRST TWO LINES INTO FIRE BUILDING
3RD LINE -EXPOSURE

Answer 4

-DROP 2 HOSELINES in front of building AND POSITION APPARATUS FOR POSSIBLE USE OF MULTIVERSAL OR SUPPLY TL
-1st LINE FIRE BUILDING
2ND LINE -FIRE BUILDING AS BACK UP
-3rd line -ORDERED BY IC
a. fire building (if no fire in exposure)
b. EXPOSURE -IF THERE IS EXTENSION
c. NO EXTENSION–THROUGH AN EXPOSURE TO REAR YARD OF FIRE BUIDLING

Question 5

BROWNSTONE

Answer 5

SPECIAL CALL EXTRA ENGINE/TRUCK FOR 2 FLOORS OF FIRE

-TRANSMIT 2ND ALARM FOR HEAVY FIRE IN CELLAR AND BASEMENT

Question 6

ROWFRAME
BALLOON OR BRACE FRAME CONSTRUCTION

SALIENT FEATURE COMMON COCKLOFT
1 FOOT- TALL ENOUGH FOR MAN

LONGER length building have light shafts

Roof access –scuttle / IRON LADDER IN HALLWAY NEAR SKYLIGHT OVER STAIRS

-cellar may run under more than one building with no separation
partition walls spread fire
division walls not reliable

Answer 6

3 WINDOW FRONT - BROWNSTONE LAYOUT–ONE APT FRONT TO REAR WITH NO REAR FIRE ESCAPE…basement not used -FIRST FLOOR

4 WINDOW FRONT- OLT
TWO RAILROAD FLATS PER FLOOR WITH REAR FIRE ESCAPE…DEPTH OF BUILDING DETERMINES SIZE AND NUMBER OF ROOMS
-may have dumbwaiter and light shafts (not 3 window front )

*heavy fire in cockloft , burn roof supports and cause ROOF COLLAPSE INTO TOP FLOOR
*rear walls pull away and collapse in one section
*side wall collapse especially when building in row has been demolished even if wall is braced
*indiscriminate movement of structural members can cause partial or complete collapse, as can weight of fire escape

Question 7

TOP FLOOR FIRE IN BROWNSTONE ROW FRAME

Answer 7

2nd truck splits and check exposure

top floor in OLT BROWNSTONE–2ND TRUCK ADJOINING APT.

Question 8

Examination holes in RETURNS of exposure

Answer 8

RETURNS REMOTE FROM FIRE SHOULD BE AVOIDED

Question 9

ROWFRAME
ENGINE OPS –1 3/4”
-engine ordered to stretch hoseine to TOP FLOOR of exposure, take 6 foot hook to pull ceilings

Answer 9

CELLAR FIRE
1st hoseline - front door and down to cellar…..if line can’t be advanced, protect public hall…this hose line can be advanced to upper floors AFTER CELLAR FIRE HAS BEEN CONTROLLED BY 2ND HOSE LINE
2nd hoseline–back up first hoseline at top of interior cellar stairs….if FIRST HOSELINE ADVANCED INTO CELLAR AND BACK UP NOT NEEDED…2ND line can advance to upper floors
***if 1st hoseline is covering 1st floor and back up NOT NEEDED…2ND LINE CAN ADVANCE TO CELLAR VIA EXTERIOR ENTRANCE

1ST FLOOR FIRE
1ST HOSELINE- first floor entrance
2nd hoseline– back up first , if not needed..go above (brownstone type row…2nd line goes to parlor floor if not needed to back up)

UPPER FLOOR FIRES
1ST LINE–MAIN ENTRANCE TO FIRE

**2ND LINE MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE STRETCH TO EXPOSURE IF FIRE IS REPORTED IN EXPOSURE **

Question 10

ROWFRAME FULLY INVOLVED
HOLDING OPERATION

Answer 10

STRETCH 3 1/2” AND 1 3/4” FOR FIRE BUILDING
1ST line into fire building
2nd line back up, if not needed can go INTO MOST SEVER EXPOSURE
3rd line- if 2nd went to fire building, go to SEVER EXPOSURE
IF 2nd line went to exposure , GO TO OPPOSITE EXPOSURE (3RD line never goes to fire building )

Question 11

ROWFRAME VACANT/FROW OF OCCUPIED

Answer 11

Drop 3 1/2” and 1 3/4” line
1ST LINE–MOST SEVER EXPOSURE (not fire building)
2ND LINE - not needed to back up first , FIRE BUILDING OR OPPOSITE EXPOSURE
3rd line - FIRE BUILDING OR OPPOSITE EXPOSURE depending on 2nd line

Question 12

ROW FRAME VACANT/ ROW OF VACANTS

Answer 12

Drop 3 1;/2” and 1 3/4” ….
1st line - operate on outside until we get TL SETUP, THEN STRETCH TO MOST SEVER EXPOSURE
2ND LINE - if not needed to back up, OPPOSITE EXPOSURE OR THROUGH EXPOSURE TO REAR YARD

Question 13

BC

Answer 13

-determine how much fire in cockloft
-how many buildings involved
-fire in rear
-access to rear

*AS FIRE PROGRESSES IN COCKLOFT, IC MUST GET REPORTS OF STABILITY OF ROOF…MUST DECIDED WHEN MEMBERS SHOULD EVACUATE ROOF

**When any doubt exist, members ordered off roof and fire escapes **

-HIGHER COCKLOFT , greater the danger

Question 14

ALL HANDS and FIRE IS NOT UNDER CONTROL

Answer 14

may be necessary to call for EXTRA ENGINE AND TRUCK

Question 15

FLOOR FULLY INVOLVED FRONT TO REAR

Answer 15

Advisable for EXTRA ENGINE / LADDER

Question 16

TWO or more floors fully involved / FIRE IN COCKLOFT

Answer 16

2ND ALARM CONSIDERED

TWO BUILDINGS - 2ND ALARM

MORE THAN TWO BUILDINGS - PROMPTLY CONSIDER 3RD ALARM

Question 17

CUT FIRE IN COCKLOFT traveling to exposures

Answer 17

MAY SKIP A BUILDING