FC1 Flashcards
Quarterly (JAJO) inspections
- Ice/ Cold water rescue (Jan/July-hang for 48hrs, lube zipper- close/open 2-3x, store-open pos)
- Emergency Alert Plan (in FH)(Also reviewed: when initiated, new mem, changed)
- Rad50 battery change (9v)
- Training Roll Call- at completion of an operation.
- Akron NYer routine maintenance
Only Chief Officers Call
Vent fans
Cockloft Nozzle
Light Train
3rd Stage
Units out of cellar to reposition HL
FireIce application
HR Nozzle(DIRECTED BY IC)
Removal of manhole covers at gas leak incident (ALSO need UC approval)
How Big is Your Cockloft?
- Rowframes
- Brownstones
- New Law H-Type
- Taxpayers
- RF- 1ft to height of man (could be common CL)
- BS- 2’ to 3’
-H-Type- Large CL/ Top floor
ceiling several feet below
main roof beams(as much as 4ft deep)
-TP-4” to over 6ft. Usually common over all stores/ 1900-1920s CL access behind cornices, 1920s-1960s probably not behind cornices
ONLY intrinsically safe FDNY issued powered equipment?
Emerg: Gas 9.1.2
Handie-Talkie
NG Detector
NG Meter
Flashlights issued by FDNY
Not Intrinsically Safe:
Non-FD Flashlights Dept Fans TIC Battery Hurst Tool Megaphones Cellphones
Non-FP: 1. Extending to exposure 2. Fire in exposure 3. Fire on 2 floors...and if not knocked down quickly H-Type/ Large MD: 1. 2 floors of fire or ext to CL 2. Medium fire condition (2 HL required) TP: 1. Fire in exposure, advanced ceil fire, into CL 2. 2HL in operation EIFS building fire? BS: 1. 2 floors of fire? 2. Heavy fire in cellar and basement?
Non-FP: 1. 2nd alarm 2. 3rd alarm 3. Extra eng and truck...not KD- 2nd alarm H-type: 1. 2nd alarm 2. Extra eng and truck TP: 1. 2nd alarm 2. Extra Eng and Truck EFIS: 10-75 extra Eng and Truck BS 1. Extra Eng and Lad 2. 2nd alarm
RowF:
- 1floor fully in (front-rear)?
- 2+floors full in or extend to CL?
- 2buildings involved?
- Beyond 2 buildings?
RF:
- Advised extra Eng/Lad
- 2nd alarm considered
- 2nd alarm
- 3rd alarm considered
Patient Triage Tags
Black- No transport/ Deceased
Red- Immed. Transport/ Critical
Orange- Life threatening/ Urgent
Yellow- Non-ambulatory/ Delayed
Green- Walking wounded/ Minor
Odors
Nerve Agents= Tabun- Fruity Sarin- No odor Soman- Camphor, fruit VX- No odor
Blister Agents= Lewsite- Geraniums Mustards: (Delayed reaction) -Nitrogen- Fishy, Musty -Sulfur- Garlic
Chocking Agents= Chlorine- Bleach
Phosgene- Musky hay, Grass. (delayed reaction)
Blood Agents=
Hydrogen Cyanide- Burnt Almonds (lighter than air)
Priority Order of Removal
I HAVE FIVE LITTLE RATS
- Interior stairs
- Horizontal exits
- Fire Escapes
- Ladders
- LSR
Siamese Connection Colors
Fireboat Valve Wheel
AUTO SPRINKLER- Green
STANDPIPE- Red
COMBO- Yellow
NON-AUTO and PERFORATED PIPE SPRINKLER- Silver/ Aluminum
FIREBOATS:
Fresh water- Light Blue
Foam- Brown
DO NOT CUT
- Coaxial Cable (Cell Phone Site)
- Orange High Volt on car (sometimes Light Blue)
- LW Open Web Steel Joists Roofs
- Peak or Flat LW construction roofs
NLT after 4/18/1929
- Firewalls can go to top/bottom of roof broads(FW enclose 3,000ft)
- FE common
- Non storage garage below
- Not unusual for 7, 8, 9 stories w/o standpipe
NLT 1916-1929
Large 150’X 200’
Floor plan 2,500ft or less
Has dividing walls go to ceiling of top floor— leave large CL
Dumb waiters- 2apt share
Cellar entrance- exterior open stairs with door at cellar level
Unprotected steel beams support wood floor joist
Vert steel columns run height of building
NLT 4/12/1901 to before 1916
6-7 sty Large cockloft 35’ to 50’ wide/ 85’ deep 5-6 apts per floor Exterior cellar stairs Interior stairs- fireproof and enclosed -Usually has FE -firestops at each story Steel “I” Beams DO NOT span enlarged floor areas
1st flr (cellar ceiling)- Fireproof and unpierced
OLT
Dimensions? Stories?
Cellar entrance?
4window front-front FE, no front FE?
Partition walls that’s separate apartments?
3-7 sty/ 20’-25’wide, 50’-85’deep
2 means egress for each apt
Cellar entrance inside
Shafts between buildings
2-4 apts per floor
4 window front: with front FE- 3 to 4 per floor w/o front FE- 2 RR flats
Partition: NOT Fire stopped between ceiling of one floor and floor above. Permits lateral extension.
Firewalls
Floor area sizes?
Goes up to?
One structure to another or one area to another
Can withstand collapse on either side
Up to 1929-break floor areas into 2500sqft
After 1929-floor area into 3000sqft
“CUT”- Before 1930 to CEILING of top floor
- B/w 1930-1940 to UNDERSIDE of roof beams
- After1940 to TOP of roof beams
Fire Partition
At least 3 hour fire resistance
Bearing wall
Wall carries weight other than its own
Foam
Finish FF Foam
Unstable air/foam solution for firefighting
Foam Solution
The mixture of concentrate and water
Foam Con➡️Foam Solution➡️Finishing Foam
Foam Concentrate
The liquid that is mixed with water
liquid + water= Foam Solution
NFPA 704 Diamond
Health Hazard
BLUE SECTION (Left) “N-SHED”
4 Deadly
3 Extreme Danger
2 Hazards
1 Slightly Hazardous
0 Normal Materials
NFPA 704 Diamond
Flammability
RED SECTION (Top)
4 Flash point below 73*
3 FP below 100*
2 FP above 100* (below 200*)
1 FP above 200*
0 Will Not Burn