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Ch. 10 Reading Buildings: How to Size Up a Building Flashcards

1
Q

When does size up begin

A

During pre planning and when driving around

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2
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Two types of size up

A

The initial-180

The expanded-360

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3
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Should you always do a 360

A

Yes, unless you have a good exception

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4
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What should the size up include, for the building?

A 
The general use and size classification
Basic construction, era, features
Building status
What is burning
The foreground clock
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5
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First clue of size up is

A

Address

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6
Q

5 sub groups of occupancy for rapid street guide

A

Single Family dwelling. Institutional
Multi family dwelling. Public assembly
Main Street commercial. Misc building
Mfr/warehouse
Office/hotel

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7
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For the Main Street commercial, you should probably announce what in size up?

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The actual business type, strip mall, retail store, eatery

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8
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Manufacturing/warehouse by defn does not allow and can involve what?

A

The general public

Hazardous material

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9
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Institutional includes what types of businesses?

A

Schools, jails, courts, hospitals,

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10
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Public assemblies can be what size and include?

A

Small to medium sized and include restaurants and churches

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11
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What are some buildings in the Misc category?

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Grain silos
Telephone exchange
Kit buildings
Utility substations, toll plazas

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12
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For the 360 size up, what will the good officer scan for?

A

Building construction considerations
Smoke and fire conditions
Status of building( are people there)

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13
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The initial size up includes a brief judgement on:

A

Building size
Apparent use
Obvious fire and smoke conditions

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14
Q

What’s the best hand held light source for size up?

A

Flood style hand light, not pencil beam
Or lantern

Allows to see more features and refract off of smoke

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15
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Modern town homes are most likely from what era?

A

Lightweight

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16
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Dwellings with centrally located fireplaces are from what era?

A

Industrial and or historic

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17
Q

Dwellings with attached or adjoining garages with small doorways are from what era

A

Prior to Industrial

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18
Q

Commercial buildings with arched, bridge truss or sawtooth roofs are probably from what era?

A

Prior to post WWII-legacy

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19
Q

Unreinforced masonry is from what era?

A

Prior to pre WWII industrial

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20
Q

Exposed rafter tails of 2x4’s are from:

A

Engineered LW era

21
Q

Long Windows, rolling doors and pilasters mean:

A

Wide open interior and early collapse possible

22
Q

4 building status classifications

A

Occupied
Unoccupied
Vacant
Abandoned

23
Q

How should you treat residential buildings for status?

A

As occupied unless reliable info proves otherwise

24
Q

What can a large white X across a red background mean on a building?

A

Abandoned building that is too dangerous structurally for interior firefighting

25
Q

What does one slash on a background mean?

A

The building might be sound, but interior ops should be limited to a quick search by permission from IC

26
Q

Why should you always carry a pike pole?

A

To determine what is burning. Pull ceiling, take a look

27
Q

What is burning?

A

Structural members?

28
Q

Turn back time for lightweight and conventional exposed structural members

A

Lightweight- 5 minutes

Conventional-15-20

29
Q

Define foreground clock by the author’s standards.

A

Once personnel are on scene, how long will it take to make a visible impact on the fire?

30
Q

For his foreground clock, what 5 tasks are to be accomplished?

A 
Exit and PPE
Conduct a 360
Deploy hose/water
Force entry
Move water and get it to the fire
31
Q

3 factors that will work against you at a fire.

A

Gravity
The fire is weakening the building
Water weighs 8.35 lb per gallon

32
Q

National average for collapse of lightweight wood trusses?

A

5-7 minutes

33
Q

How does a building on fire affect the fire ground clock if it was burning when you pulled up?

A

Add that to the known fireground implementation clock

34
Q

6 tactical challenges for buildings

A 
Fire spread
Collapse
Forcible entry
Ventilation
Search
Specific hazards
35
Q

3 factors that determine fire spread

A

Internal geometry of the building
The fire load
The heat and intake (flow path)

36
Q

2 odd signs of collapse:

A

Doors out of plumb

Water flowing out of the building that doesn’t match amt going in

37
Q

Collapse is an algorithm of :

A

Construction method
Fire
Heat exposure
Elapsed time

38
Q

Forcible entry is a two part operation that consists of:

A

Forcible entry and forcible exit

39
Q

In regard to Search as a tactical challenge, what has changed?

A

Society changed the fire (high heat, explosive gases) and society changed the building (LW and air tight)

40
Q

How long can a person survive in 300 degrees?

A

1 minute

41
Q

What do heat cracked Windows and high velocity smoke indicate?

A

A non survivable room

42
Q

8 specific hazards that effect tactics:

A 
Storage of Hazardous materials
Hoarding
Multiple overhead lines
Access/egress
Previous fire and collapse
Aging 
Windowless bldg
Multiple entry levels or sloping grade
43
Q

3 primary hazards of Facades

A

LW material
Common attic on the exterior and may be to the attic
They can collapse over an entry or exit

44
Q

What are the game changing hazards?

A 
Green movement
Base of operations
Facades
Access/egress
Building name/utilities
45
Q

Who has the role to triage and predict collapse on a fire?

A

The person assigned to continually read the building (IC or Safety)

46
Q

Triage can set the stage for predicting what?

A

Partial
Localized
And general collapse

47
Q

What are the two questions asked in Joe’s Triage BS?

A

When not to enter a Bldg

When to get out

48
Q

In Chapter 10 fucktard decides to say how far a collapse zone should be for unreinforced masonry construction. It is now

A

3 times the height. Fucker

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