Chapter 6 Positioning Aerial Apparatus

Question 1

If buildings are less than 5 stories (60 feet) high, Where? and the aerial apparatus should park where?

Answer 1

engine companies should park on the side of the street closes to the building

on the outside.

Question 2

If buildings are taller than 5 stories, where should the engine be placed in relation to the aerial device?

Answer 2

On the outside and the aerial device is closer to the building

Question 3

The proper distance between the objective and the aerial apparatus is the distance that affords what 3 aspects?

Answer 3

Max. stability
Best climbing angle
Adequate extension

BAM

Question 4

What are the 4 main tactical uses for an aerial device?

Answer 4

1. rescue
2. access to upper levels
3. ventilation
4. fire suppression

Question 5

What is the preferred procedure to protect the aerial device in a rescue situation?

Answer 5

wide-angle fog stream to push the heat or fire away

Question 6

When providing access for ventilating a flat roof, where should the aerial apparatus be placed?

Answer 6

on the unburned side as close to the portion being vented as possible.

Question 7

How far above the roof level should aerial ladders be extended?

Answer 7

at least 6 feet

Question 8

When operating a aerial platform, the driver/operator should position the platform how?

Answer 8

so that the floor of the platform is at roof level

Question 9

What is a blitz attack?

Answer 9

aggressive attack upon a fire from the exterior with a large diameter fire stream

Question 10

When is the stability of the aerial device the greatest?

Answer 10

when operating the aerial device directly over the front or rear of the vehicle–along the longitudinal axis

Question 11

What is the least stable angle of operation of an aerial device?

Answer 11

operating the aerial device perpendicular to the body

Question 12

When jackknifing a tillered apparatus, the greatest stability occurs when?

Answer 12

When the angle is approx. 60° from in-line and the aerial device is extended away from this angle

Question 13

When jackknifing tilllered apparatus, good stability occurs up to ____ degrees, but beyond that stability rapidly decreases.

Answer 13

90°

Question 14

Maximum loading for unsupported aerial devices occurs when operated at angles between __ and ___.

Answer 14

70° and 80°

Question 15

How big should the “collapse zone” be?

Answer 15

at least equal to 1 ½ times the height of the building

Question 16

What are the 2 levels of staging?

Answer 16

1. Level I–applied to initial response

2. Level II–greater alarm situations

Question 17

Railroad companies advise that vehicles be kept how far from tracks if possible?

Answer 17

25 feet