Construction

Question 0

Balconies on apartment buildings built in the 1940s and 1950s or of what Gen. two types?

Answer 0

Extended

Recessed

Question 1

How can the addition of a new roof be identified on a apartment building?

Answer 1

Difference in siding color at the gable ends of the building or a building with a pitched roof that has cockloft vents.

Question 2

Apartment doors and apartments built in the 1940s and 1950s are normally what type of construction?

Answer 2

Solid wood with a wood frame and swim into the apartment

Question 3

If this is in use it can be an indicator that the unit is occupied?

Answer 3

Safety chain

Question 4

What is the construction of the stairwells in apartment buildings built in the 1940s and 1950s?

Answer 4

Enclosed Masonary with concrete or steel steps and risers. The windows in the stairwells are typically casement or double Hung

Question 5

During size up the chimney may be an indication of the location of what?

Answer 5

Boiler room

Question 6

On Garden Apartments fire resistive plywood was normally use near the firewall outward of a distance of how many feet?

Answer 6

2-4 feet

Question 7

The potential for rapid fire spread and early collapse of lightweight floors is great if fire enters where?

Answer 7

The truss floorspace

Question 8

Smoke issuing from the band board area of a exterior wall may indicate what?

Answer 8

The fire has entered the truss floorspace

Question 9

In 1960s and 1970s basement areas in quadrant A and D or below grade and normally house what?

Answer 9

Storage

Utility rooms

Trash rooms

Laundry rooms

Question 10

In apartments built in the 1960s and 1970s the basement area in quadrant B and C house what

Answer 10

Apartment units usually labeled T1 and T2

Question 11

Windows in the 1970 apartment buildings are of what construction

Answer 11

Double Hong or horizontal sliding

Question 12

Balconies in apartment buildings built in the 1970s or of what Gen. two types?

Answer 12

Extended

Recessed

Question 13

Doors in apartment buildings built in the 1970s have what type of doors?

Answer 13

Anything from hollow metal to insulated metal covered doors. Almost all of these buildings have a metal door jam

Question 14

Apartment buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s had what kind of material that enclosed the stairwells?

Answer 14

Glass windows

Question 15

Apartment buildings built in the 1980s and later typically have what type of stairwell?

Answer 15

Non-enclosed open to the outside and constructed of wood

Question 16

Modern apartments have what type of sprinklers?

Answer 16

13R with no fire pump