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Ch.12 Flashcards

1
Q

Multiple-family dwellings are occupancies the house _________

A

3 or more families

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2
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What is the average amount of people living in an apartment?

A

4 people

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3
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In large buildings, an _____ should be placed at entry and exit points.

A

Accountability officer

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4
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Priorities for a multiple-floor search include:

A
  • Fire Floor
  • Floor above the fire
  • Top Floor
  • Rest of Building
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5
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Occupants are isolated from the hazardous area and remain where they are:

A

shelter-in-place

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6
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First-floor garden apartment fire with potential fire spread to the cockloft requires _______

A

total evacuation of the entire building

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7
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Multiple family dwellings typically have _____ between floors and _______ between apartments.

A
  • unprotected vertical openings

- unprotected horizontal openings

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8
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Older Apartment Buildings:

A
  • Built around 1900’s
  • constructed of fire-resistive brick exterior and solid wood interior
  • between 4 and 6 stories high
  • approx. 30ft wide and 80ft deep
  • 2-4 apts per floor
  • Age is an issue
  • Lack of fire protection systems and fire stops
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9
Q

Possible avenues for fire extension:

A
  • pipe recesses
  • Utility shafts
  • air/light shafts
  • Dumbwaiter shafts
  • Renovation/alterations
  • Auto-extension from floor to floor
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10
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In older apartments, an extreme life hazard to occupants and fire fighters is present because __________

A

The size of the interior stairwell

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11
Q

It is imperative that the first hose line be stretched through the front door to the ________

A

cellar stairs

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12
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The ventilation company should never use _______ to access the roof in an older apartment; the bulkhead or scuttle could be padlocked form inside

A

interior stair

*Use adjoining building or aerial or tower ladder

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13
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After lifting the door to a roof bulkhead, a firefighter should ___________________

A

Reach in and probe the stairs leading to the roof fro possible overcome victim

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14
Q

For maximum ventilation, open windows _____ from top and _____ from bottom.

A
  • 2/3 from top

- 1/3 from bottom

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15
Q

_________ reduce damage done to a structure during overhaul phase and still provide for a complete overhaul.

A

Thermal Imaging camera

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16
Q

Newer Apartment Buildings:

A
  • Built in late 1900’s
  • Higher, Wider, Deeper than older apartments
  • biggest structural difference is unprotected steel I-beams
  • E, U, H, double H
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17
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The biggest structural difference in newer apartment buildings is the introduction of _____________

A

Unprotected Steel I-beams

*Used for both vertical and horizontal components

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18
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Newer Apartment buildings have at least 2 wing sections and an area called the ______ that separates the wings.

A

Throat

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19
Q

Apartments at newer apartment buildings are generally located in the __________
The stairs and the elevators are located in the _____

A
  • wing sections

- Throat

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20
Q

Advantage of newer apartment building is that there is NO ______________

A

NO interior stars leading to the basement

*Access to basement is through exterior courtyards and alleys

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21
Q

Stairs that serve a certain part of the building. A single set of stairs:

A

Isolated Stairs

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22
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Stairs in which you cannot go from one wing to another unless you are in the lobby:

A

Wing Stairs

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23
Q

Stairs located on opposite sides of a building with multiple wings. Greatest feature is that you can cross from one wing to another on each floor:

A

Transverse Stairs

  • located remotely from one another but are connected via hallways
  • are smoke stop doors in middle of hallway
  • they assist evacuation
24
Q

In newer apartment buildings, vertical beams may be boxed in by ______________

A

Sheetrock or concrete or fire-retardant spray

*cannot be relied on to prevent vertical fire travel

25
Q

The extensive use of steel I-beams allows _________

A

a path for fire to travel

26
Q

One 50-ft length of hose at the base of the stairs can usually reach ________

A

5 floors

27
Q

Even if there is an adjoining building, ________ is still the preferred method of getting to the roof.

A

An adjoining stairway

28
Q

A trench cut should be performed when:

A

after a sufficient vent hole is cut over the main body of the fire.

29
Q

A trench cut should be started approximately ______ feet from the main ventilation hole.

A

20 to 30 feet

*FF should be assured a 2nd way to get off roof

30
Q

Fire Resistive Multi-Family Dwellings:

A
  • Fire usually contained to apartment

- Served by 2 fire-resistive enclosed stairwells

31
Q

In Fire-resistive Multi-family dwellings, fire departments will use at least ______ hose line to advance down a hallway where an apartment door has been left open.

A

2 1/2”

32
Q

2 fires where fatalities occurred due to leaving the apartment door open where in ______

A

1998

*Lack of public education

33
Q

Units taking elevators to get to the fire floor should stop at least ____ floors below the reported fire floor and take stars rest of way.

A

2 floors below

34
Q

Exposure protection in a fire-resistive multiple family dwelling should focus on ___________

A

adjoining apartments on the same floor

35
Q

Back-up hose lines should be stretched from _________

A

at least 2 floors below fire floor

36
Q

Feature that is unique to fire-resistive multi-family dwellings is the presence of _________________

A

incinerators or compactors for disposal of refuse

  • Incinerator is accessed by a shaft running vertically the entire height of building
  • Used by occupants, with closets
37
Q

A shaft with an incinerator is designed to ______ wheres a compactor shaft would not withstand heat exposure.

A

burn

38
Q

If a large fire is in a compactor shaft, a hose line must be stretched from water source into shaft opening located _________ the burning material.

A

one floor above

39
Q

Row-Frame Multiple-Family Dwellings:

A
  • Constructed solely of wood
  • built side-by-side
  • Built turn of 20th Century
  • Tall as 5 stories
  • 1 or 2 apartments per floor
  • Run from front to rear
  • Fire-resistive materials were not used
  • Air/light/dumbwaiter shafts present
40
Q

In Row-Frame Dwellings as many as _____ buildings can be found in one row.

A

20

41
Q

Fire Spread in Row-Frame:

A
  • Utility shaft
  • Air/light shafts
  • Interior walls
  • Building exterior
  • Common Cockloft
  • Common Cornices
  • Common Cellars’
  • Cellar Beams
42
Q

One of greatest threats to Fire Fighter safety in Row-Frame dwelling is:

A

underestimating the need for adequate personnel early in the incident.

43
Q

In Row-Frame every attempt to use an aerial or tower ladder for roof access would be safest. If interior of building must be used, use a building _______________

A

Several buildings away from fire building

44
Q

Any hose lines stretched into Row-Frame multiple-family dwellings must be _______________

A

sufficient length to cover entire structure from front to rear

45
Q

Brownstone Multiple family dwellings:

Take up entire Blocks

A
  • Built in late 1800’s and early 1900’s
  • used non-fire resistive construction
  • Typically 3 to 5 stories
  • Today usually occupied by 3 or more families
  • Or used as single-room occupancies
  • Individual rooms rented and share same bath and kitchen
46
Q

Brownstone buildings we originally constructed with a high stoop that leads to _________

A

Second-floor parlor

*This is the MAIN floor

47
Q

Brownstone:

The ground floor (the entrance) is under the high stoop, is the first floor or the ___________

A

Basement

*Below the first floor is the cellar

48
Q

In Brownstones, high ceilings on the second floor (parlor), may require the use of ______ to pull down ceiling.

A

10 ft pike pole

49
Q

Brownstones-
Second Floor:
First floor:
Below first:

A

Second Floor: Parlor
First Floor: Basement
Below: Cellar

50
Q

Doors that side into the wall; when doors are closed creates a void for vertical fire extension:

A

Pocket Door

51
Q

________ contain brick walls between buildings

A

Brownstones

52
Q

Garden Apartments:

A
  • Construction began in 1940’s during baby boomer generation
  • built of wood covered with siding or brick veneer
  • 2-4 stories high
  • Long, several hundred feet in length
  • typically have balconies with glass openings
  • Set back from parking lot
53
Q

Are surrounded by landscaping and greenery as opposed to concrete:

A

Garden Apartments

54
Q

In Garden Apartments the interior stairways serve _________

A

Each Floor and several apartments on each floor

55
Q

These type of apartments may require LONG hose lays:

A

Garden Apartments

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