Cycle 3

Question 1

What size ladder does one need to make it to the 4th floor of a brownstone?

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Answer 1

35’ Extension Ladder

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Question 2

What size ladder does one need to make it to the 3rd flood of a brownstone?

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Answer 2

24’ or 35’ Extension Ladder

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Question 3

What is usually the fastest way to get a ladder to the rear yard of a Brownstone?

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Answer 3

By going through the second floor (parlor floor) of an adjoining Brownstone and passing it out the rear window

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Question 4

Where should one place the ladder at a Brownstone to gain access to the “Deadman’s Room”

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Answer 4

The adjoining window next to it to avoid the building’s stoop.

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Question 5

For Tenements and MD with rear fire escapes what is a good ladder for gaining access to a party balcony?

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Answer 5

12’ Hook Ladder

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Question 6

I’ve got a victim in a window 16 feet above, how far out from the building do I need to walk with my ladder to get a 75 degree angle?

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Answer 6

4 feet
(16/4=4)

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Question 7

If a portable ladder is to be left unattended, who should secure the tip?

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Answer 7

The first FF up the ladder.

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Question 8

Portable Ladder Capacities,
GO!
1) Special Ladders
2) Roof, Straight or Extension Ladders (26’ or Less)
3) Extension Ladders (27’ to 35’)

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Answer 8

1) 300 lbs
2) 500 lbs
3) 600 lbs

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Question 9

When nested, a telescoping ladder is BLANK inches and extended can be as high as BLANK feet?

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Answer 9

32 inches
12 feet

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Question 10

True or False
A telescoping ladder can be used for laddering a fire building?

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Answer 10

False
(It has no heat resistance)

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Question 11

True or False?
One must never secure a telescoping ladder at the top and hang it vertically (like a straight hook ladder)

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Answer 11

True
(It will not support weight when deployed in this manner)

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Question 12

When is rescue complete?

Answer 12

When the victim is removed from the fire area and given first aid.

Question 13

when should one assume a bed is a bunk bed?

Answer 13

Always, always assume that

Question 14

should you move furniture during a search?

Answer 14

Only when necessary, and even then only to the wall you’ve already searched.

Question 15

what tool do you use to search a crib?

Answer 15

None, use your hand

Question 16

You’ve found a victim in a bed, what’s your next step

Answer 16

search the bed again, there may be another victim.

Question 17

What is a secondary search?

Answer 17

A thorough and painstaking search to ensure that no possible victims are overlooked.

Question 18

What is wrong with this sentence

“After conducting a primary search during overall ladder 1 conducted a secondary search.”

Answer 18

The company that performed the primary search cannot search the secondary search

Question 19

What do you do when faced with a bed?

Answer 19

Punch up.

Question 20

what is a 10-45?

Answer 20

Victim found

Question 21

Define search

Answer 21

An orderly and systematic exam of a building or area for the purpose of locating persons, or locating fire and extension of fire

Question 22

Where in a brownstone is VEIS mandatory?

Answer 22

Upper Floors

Question 23

How can one check in a row house if two share a common cockloft

Answer 23

Are the windows flush, if so

Question 24

OLT 4 windows and front fire escape. How many apartments per floor?

Answer 24

Four

Question 25

What type of construction is Row Frame?

Answer 25

Brace Frame Construction

Question 26

What is a major weakness of private dwellings?

Answer 26

Open unenclosed stairway

Question 27

Queen Anne
width
depth
floors

Answer 27

25-30 wide
30-50 deep
2 1/2 to 3 1/2

Question 28

What is missing in a balloon frame construction?

Answer 28

No sole Plate or fire stopping between floors

Question 29

How does one operate the nozzle?

Answer 29

clockwise

Question 30

When accessing a rear tenement which way is the ladder brought in?

Answer 30

Tip First