Ch 16 Garden Apartment and Townhouses Fires

Question 1

What is a garden apartment? Pg 419

Answer 1

Are usually low rise multiple dwellings, one to three stories high, although many are being built that range as high as six stories of wood frame. They are surrounded by lawns, trees, and so on.

Question 2

What is a fire wall or party wall? Pg 424

Answer 2

Extends up through the building from foundation, through the cockloft, at least to the underside of the boards and preferable above the roof.

Question 3

A well built fire wall is made up bricks and extends up how many feet above the roof? Pg 425

Answer 3

3 feet

Question 4

What is the open framed stage? Pg 427

Answer 4

Occurs when all the wall, floor, and roof supports are in place, with the exterior plywood siding and roof decking, but not of the interior gypsum board, doors, or windows

Question 5

Buildings built from what decade on should it be assumed are built with lightweight techniques? p. 423

Answer 5

1970s

Question 6

What is normally used to separate townhouses from each other?
p. 425

Answer 6

Common wall

Question 7

Which is NOT a correct statement about townhouses? p. 420

Answer 7

There is typically a common cockloft

Question 8

What size hoselines should be used for the routine room and contents fire in a garden apartment or townhouse?
p. 422

Answer 8

1 3/4- or 2-inch

Question 9

What is the biggest difference between fire operations in garden apartments and townhouses and fire operations in other apartment buildings due to? p. 423

Answer 9

Heavy presence of lightweight combustible construction

Question 10

What size tip can be attached to the nozzle for overhauling at the garden apartment or townhouse? p. 424

Answer 10

1 3/4-inch

Question 11

To which of the following is the townhouse similar? p. 420

Answer 11

One-family private home

Question 12

What is the space between joists or trusses supposed to be filled with when a party wall is present in a townhouse? p. 425

Answer 12

Masonry

Question 13

During which stage of construction of the garden apartment or townhouse will the largest losses occur? p. 427

Answer 13

Open-frame

Question 14

Where should the hoseline be applied on the fire side of the party wall in a townhouse? p. 426

Answer 14

Ceiling

Question 15

Where is the only place to make a stop in a garden apartment when the fire has entered the common cockloft?
p. 424

Answer 15

Party wall

Question 16

When working at a garden apartment or townhouse what is labeled as Exposure 1? p. 426

Answer 16

Street in front of the original fire building

Question 17

What is the maximum length of hoselines that should be used off the engine when operating at a garden apartment or townhouse? p. 422

Answer 17

300 feet

Question 18

To how many floors can one engine and one ladder be committed when conducting top floor ventilation in a
townhouse exposure? p. 425

Answer 18

One floor

Question 19

What do problems begin with at townhouses and garden apartments?
p. 421

Answer 19

Access for the apparatus