Ch 17 Store Fires-taxpayers And Strip Malls

Question 1

What is a taxpayer? Pg 430

Answer 1

Is a term used to describe a row of stores and other occupancies.

Question 2

Steel bar joist are spaced how many feet apart? Pg 432-433

Answer 2

2 to 6 feet apart

Question 3

How many feet are wooden bowstring trusses spaced apart? Pg 433

Answer 3

20 feet apart

Question 4

How many members would be required for 2 lines of medium size hose? Pg 435

Answer 4

At least 4

Question 5

One of the firefighter traps that a store fire offers is what? Pg 438

Answer 5

Ceiling height

Question 6

Roof operations demand at least how many fire fighters? Pg 445

Answer 6

4

Question 7

What is the minimum number of people per store that are needed to pull ceilings in the taxpayer with suspended ceilings when fire is in the cockloft? p. 442

Answer 7

Six

Question 8

Where is the biggest extension problem located in the taxpayer? p. 440

Answer 8

Cockloft

Question 9

Which style of roof is usually found over larger single-tenant occupancies?
p. 431

Answer 9

Bowstring truss

Question 10

What shape hole should be placed into the security gate to cool the store when steel plating is discovered in the
walls and/or roof of a taxpayer store?
p. 437

Answer 10

Triangle

Question 11

How can ceiling height in the commercial building be estimated by the firefighter? p. 439

Answer 11

Extend a pike pole to touch the ceiling

Question 12

What type of nozzle tip should be used for the best results during cockloft operations at the taxpayer?
p. 443

Answer 12

Solid

Question 13

Where should a preliminary ceiling opening be made when a suspended ceiling is present in the taxpayer?
p. 441

Answer 13

Entrance to each area

Question 14

What length are steel-bar-joists? p. 433

Answer 14

60 feet

Question 15

What type of construction is used to build newer-style taxpayers? p. 430

Answer 15

Noncombustible

Question 16

How much should the firefighter advance each time while searching for the fire in the cockloft of the taxpayer?
p. 439

Answer 16

8-10 feet

Question 17

What allows firefighters to operate in strip malls with a bar-joist roof?
p. 433

Answer 17

Hose streams can protect the steel

Question 18

What should be the minimum assignment of ladder companies at all serious taxpayer fires? p. 436

Answer 18

One

Question 19

What should be heard when you have reached the roof boards when making a preliminary opening when a. suspended ceiling is present? p. 441

Answer 19

Solid sound

Question 20

Which size hoseline has a reach of over 80 feet and delivers between 250 and 325 gpm? p. 435

Answer 20

2 1/2-inch

Question 21

Where must a stream be operated from when you encounter a fire in the cockloft of the newest taxpayer?
p. 433-434

Answer 21

Exterior

Question 22

What material is typically used on the exterior of older style taxpayers?
p. 431

Answer 22

Brick

Question 23

What must be completed before venting the front windows of the taxpayer? p. 437

Answer 23

Roof ventilation

Question 24

What is the minimum width opening that should be made in the ceilings of stores ahead of a severe cockloft fire in a taxpayer? p. 439

Answer 24

Three

Question 25

Which is the most highly maneuverable master stream
available that can be used to hit fires in the cockloft of the taxpayer? p. 443

Answer 25

Elevating platform from the ground

Question 26

How many times more firefighters are killed in nonresidential occupancies with extremely low civilian life hazard than in occupied residential buildings?
p. 429

Answer 26

Four times

Question 27

Up to what level do partition walls in older-style taxpayers usually extend?
p. 431

Answer 27

Ceiling

Question 28

Which gates should initially be forced when responding to a taxpayer fire where the stores are protected by steel gates? p. 437

Answer 28

All exposed stores

Question 29

About how much will a 100-foot steel beam expand lengthwise when it is heated to 1,000F? p. 444

Answer 29

9.5 feet