Ch 16 Garden Apartment and Townhouses Fires Flashcards
What is a garden apartment? Pg 419
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.
What is a fire wall or party wall? Pg 424
Extends up through the building from foundation, through the cockloft, at least to the underside of the boards and preferable above the roof.
A well built fire wall is made up bricks and extends up how many feet above the roof? Pg 425
3 feet
What is the open framed stage? Pg 427
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
Buildings built from what decade on should it be assumed are built with lightweight techniques? p. 423
1970s
What is normally used to separate townhouses from each other?
p. 425
Common wall
Which is NOT a correct statement about townhouses? p. 420
There is typically a common cockloft
What size hoselines should be used for the routine room and contents fire in a garden apartment or townhouse?
p. 422
1 3/4- or 2-inch
What is the biggest difference between fire operations in garden apartments and townhouses and fire operations in other apartment buildings due to? p. 423
Heavy presence of lightweight combustible construction
What size tip can be attached to the nozzle for overhauling at the garden apartment or townhouse? p. 424
1 3/4-inch
To which of the following is the townhouse similar? p. 420
One-family private home
What is the space between joists or trusses supposed to be filled with when a party wall is present in a townhouse? p. 425
Masonry
During which stage of construction of the garden apartment or townhouse will the largest losses occur? p. 427
Open-frame
Where should the hoseline be applied on the fire side of the party wall in a townhouse? p. 426
Ceiling
Where is the only place to make a stop in a garden apartment when the fire has entered the common cockloft?
p. 424
Party wall
When working at a garden apartment or townhouse what is labeled as Exposure 1? p. 426
Street in front of the original fire building
What is the maximum length of hoselines that should be used off the engine when operating at a garden apartment or townhouse? p. 422
300 feet
To how many floors can one engine and one ladder be committed when conducting top floor ventilation in a
townhouse exposure? p. 425
One floor
What do problems begin with at townhouses and garden apartments?
p. 421
Access for the apparatus
