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Fire Prevention Flashcards

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Motto of Fire prevention

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There is no honor in extinguishing a fire that could have been prevented.

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Who said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”?

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George Santayana

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Fire code is written in ____

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blood

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Fire inspectors look at ____, _____, and _____

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people
processes
product

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Iroquois Theatre Fire

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a. 12/30/1903
b. 1900 in attendance
c. 602 dead
i. 517 died on scene
ii. 212 kids
d. 250 injured
e. Worst single building fire in US history
f. Advertised as fireproof

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What went wrong with Iroquois Theatre fire?

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i. Stage light shorted, arced and lighted the curtain on fire
ii. Asbestos curtain failed to drop
iii. Emergency exits were hidden behind curtains/unmarked/locked with European bascule locks
iv. Fire equipment not up to standards
v. Lobby doors were locked
vi. Balcony stairs were blocked
vii. Fire escapes were unfinished
viii. Overcrowded

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Triangle Shirt Waste Factory

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a. 3/25/1911
b. 146 dead
c. Worst workplace disaster in NYC until 9/11

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What went wrong with Triangle Shirt waste factory

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i. Large quantities of combustible textiles on floors
ii. No fire protection (water buckets)
iii. Smoking allowed
iv. Gas lanterns for lighting
v. Fire escapes not maintained
vi. Only two exits, one chained and locked and one filled with fire

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Coconut Grove fire

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a. 11/28/1942
b. 492 dead (hint 1942 and 492 dead…)
c. Worst nightclub fire in US history
d. Barney Welansky convicted of 19 counts of manslaughter

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What went wrong with Coconut Grove fire?

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d. Barney Welansky convicted of 19 counts of manslaughter

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Our Lady of Angels Catholic School fire

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a. 12/1/1958
b. 95 dead (1958 and 95 dead…) hundreds injured
c. Many jumped to death
d. Boys admitted setting trash can on fire in basement but later recanted…

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What went wrong with Our Lady of Angels Catholic School fire?

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i. No automatic fire alarms
ii. No fire detection systems (smoke detectors not widely available)
iii. No sprinklers (not required)
iv. Unmarked manual alarm switches
v. Only one fire escape
vi. Fire extinguishers 7ft off ground
vii. No classroom occupancy limit (60+)
viii. Access to school limited by locked gate
f. School was in legal compliance with fire code

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Beverly Hills Supper Club

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a. 5/28/1977
b. 165 killed
c. Panic hardware came about from this fire

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The Station Nightclub Fire

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a. 2/20/2003
b. 100 dead
c. Filmed by college kid filming for a paper on overcrowding…

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Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire

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a. 6/18/07

b. 9 FFs killed (they were freelancing….)

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Code enforcement work is done, right?

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a. US leads the world in fire deaths and property loss
b. Serious fire and life safety problems still exist despite improvements firefighting training, knowledge, and equipment
c. Fire prevention can do more to reduce these losses than any other activity
d. More people, more buildings…. More fires!

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Fire prevention goals

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a. Protect the public
b. Protect the firefighters
c. Keep our customers in business
i. After a major fire less than 50% of businesses are able to reopen
ii. Of those 50%, only half stay open for more than a year
iii. Bottom line: if your business has a major fire, your business has less than a 25% of surviving!

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Strategic objectives

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a. Life Safety
b. Incident stabilization
c. Property Conservation

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Three E’s of fire prevention

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a. Life Safety
b. Incident stabilization
c. Property Conservation

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Deputy Chief Mike Carsten (Fire Marshal)

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  1. Responsible for
    a. TFD official fire code
    b. Fire prevention
    c. Fire code development
    d. Inspector certification
    e. Liaison to city for code enforcement
    f. Environmental management program
    g. Community risk reduction
    h. Kinder Morgan pipeline liaison
    i. Community safety/public education
    j. Tier II reporting
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Captain Phil Morgan

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code enforcement

a. Responsible for
i. City civic events
ii. 4th ave fair
iii. Special events
iv. Frats/sororities
v. Fire code review committee
vi. Pyrotechnic permits
vii. FRMS inspection program
viii. IROL database
b. Inspectors
i. Brian Cobb
ii. Andrew Rico
iii. Nick Janton
iv. Steve Anderson
v. Marc Lewis

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Capt. Jeff Langehans

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Business Assistance

a. Responsible for
i. City fire code enforcement
ii. Hazardous waste program
iii. Environmental permits
iv. TCC special events
v. Above/underground storage tanks (AST/USTs)
vi. FRMS inspection program
vii. Fire code review committee
viii. Spill control
ix. Landfills
x. Fireworks permits (65 permits issued annually)
b. Inspectors
i. Glenn D’Auria
ii. John Valenzuela
iii. Tom Sisterman
1. Juvenile Fire Setters Program
iv. Jim Hinrichs

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Capt Goeff West

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Fire Investigations and licensed care facilities

a. Responsible for
i. Investigating all incendiary fires
ii. Assist TPD with arson investigators
iii. Works with PC Arson Task Force
iv. Juvenile fire setter program
v. licensed care facilities
vi. Division C.E. Coordinator
vii. Fleet Control
c. Inspectors
i. Mike Pursley
ii. Dominic Cuffel

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Why don’t they just call it arson?

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  1. Incendiary: human caused.

2. Arson: only used after conviction. Sort of like “felon”. You can’t just say that until they are convicted

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Fire Investigators

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i. Pete December – A shift
ii. Will Motto – A shift
iii. Brian Corrales – B shift
iv. Jorge Loya – B shift
v. Tomasz Piotrowski – C shift
vi. Wanye Cummings – C shift

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Thomas Quesnel

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ATF Accelerant Canine Detection program
Died due to cancer from outgassing items on Fireground. Fought hard to get it classified as a work related death. He won, but still died.

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Inspectors/investigators need your help!

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a. Contact fire prevention if it looks wrong, because it usually is.
b. Contact FCIU for multiple fires over a short period.
c. Preserve fire scene as much as humanely possible. Please!
d. Produce thorough and detailed fire reports.
e. Know the call out criteria and use it!!!

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FCUI call out criteria

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a. Any suspicious or incendiary fire or explosion with an identifiable suspect
b. Any suspicious or incendiary fire or explosion with over $1000 damages
c. Regardless of cause, any fire or explosion resulting in death of a person.
d. Regardless of cause, any fire or explosion resulting in emergency treatment
e. Regardless of cause, any fire or explosion resulting in $10000 damages.
f. Regardless of cause, any fire or explosion where on scene officer cannot determine cause.

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Ken Brouillette

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New Construction

a. Inspectors
i. Carl Schulz
ii. Nicole Sprenger
iii. John Vincent
iv. Chris Basaldua
v. Carrie Clark
b. Harvey Brown – Fire plans examiner
c. Responsibilities
i. Compliance new construction
ii. Review construction plans
iii. Monitor sprinkler systems/alarm systems annual maintenance
iv. FD liaison to contractors
v. Fire code review
vi. Permit issuance
vii. High rise buildings
viii. FRMS Inspection Program

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Capt Andy Skaggs

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Community Risk Reduction and Public Education

a. Responsibilities
i. Community risk reduction strategies with operations
ii. Prevents unintentional injuries/death through education
iii. Monitor/provide intervention for community needs
iv. Public Information
v. Drowning prevention
vi. Adopt a school program
vii. Senior Safety Programs
b. Teachers
i. Clint Gerber
ii. Cecilia Mendoza
iii. Amaris Vasquez
c. Inspectors
i. Randall Tinnen
d. Professional educators
i. Injury prevention education outreach program

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Fire Prevention jobs

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i. Building inspection
ii. Certificate of occupancy inspections
iii. Public complaints
iv. Health care institutions
v. City own facilities
vi. Civic events
vii. Fire Training
viii. Fire code review and adoption
ix. HAZMAT inspections
x. High rise buildings
xi. Fireworks and pyrotechnics
xii. Code enforcement
xiii. Plans review for new construction and tenant improvements
xiv. Fire protection system inspections

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So what does a TFD officer really do?

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Manages liability for the CoT

  • recreational fires
  • residential barbecues
  • propane tanks
  • fire apparatus
  • address display
  • consumer fireworks
  • fire protection systems
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Rules for recreational fires

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i. The burning of materials other than rubbish where fuel being burned is not contained in an incinerator, outdoor fireplace, barbeque grill, or barbeque pit and with a total fuel area of 3ft or less in diameter or 2ft or less in high for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking or similar purposes
ii. Shall not be conducted within 25ft of structure or combustible materials unless fire is contained in a barbeque pit
iii. Shall be constantly attended until extinguished
iv. Shall have an approved method for extinguishment
v. Shall be immediately discontinued when determined by TFD personal to be a fire hazard or smoke nuisance

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Residential barbeques rules

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i. Open flame cooking devices shall not be operated on combustible balconies or within 10ft of combustible construction
ii. Exception 1: 1 and 2 family dwellings
iii. Exception 2: where building and decks are protected by automatic sprinkler systems
iv. Stucco over wood frame construction is combustible

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Propane tanks rules

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i. Propane tanks shall not be stored in balconies
ii. Residential building shall be limited to 2.7lb cylinders and not exceed 5.4lbs total
iii. Note: Barbeque propane cylinders of 4.7gal (20lbs) shall not be stored within dwelling units

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Fire apparatus access

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i. Shall extend to within 150ft of all portions of the exterior of the building (1st floor)
ii. Shall have unobstructed width of not less 20ft and minimum vertical clearance of 15ft
iii. Dead-end fire apparatus access roads that exceed 150ft shall be provided with an approved turn around
iv. Fire lanes shall be posted every 100ft.

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Address display rules

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i. Residential
1. 50ft from curb requires 3in numbers displayed a minimum of 36in above the ground at the primary access point
ii. Apartments
1. Entrance numbers shall be 12in
2. Building numbers shall be 15in
iii. Commercial
1. 50ft requires 15in numbering on building
3. Tenant space numbers shall be 3in

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Fire protection systems

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i. A required system shall not be out of service for more than 8 hours without written consent
ii. What kind of occupancy is it?
iii. Does it require a fire watch?
iv. …where required by the fire code official, the building shall be evacuated or an approved fire watch shall be provided for all occupant left unprotected by the shutdown…

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Fire Protection system types

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  1. Non-addressable – may be difficult to determine exact location of an activated device. May be zoned by floor or wing.
  2. Addressable – Fire alarm control panel (FACP) or remote annunciator will give a specific location and/or description device in alarm.
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Types of signals

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trouble
supervisory
general

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Trouble alarms

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a. Sounds at FACP and signal is sent to monitoring company.
b. Some reasons for trouble alarms may include disconnected wires, battery, phone line, or detector issues
c. 4hours to check it out
d. Trouble alarms should be referred to fire prevention at 520-791-4502

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Supervisory alarms

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a. Sounds at FACP and signal is sent to monitoring company.
b. Some reasons for supervisory alarms are closed sprinkler valves or duct smoke detectors that have been activated
c. 2hr window to check out
d. Supervisory alarms should be referred to fire prevention at 520-791-4502

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General alarms

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a. The only alarm that suppression units should be responding to.
b. Sends signal to GACP and monitoring company, TFD notified for response
c. Audible and/or visible notification devices (horns, strobes) will activate in the building
d. FACP or remote annunciator may indicate the location of initiating device (smoke alarm, heat detector, water flow) in alarm

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Steps to take with general alarms

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  1. Determine if key or code is necessary to activate panel
  2. Read panel to determine device in alarm or location if possible
  3. Push ACK (acknowledge) if available on panel
  4. Silence when determined to be false alarm or evacuation is complete
  5. When incident is over, press RESET button and hold for 2 seconds.
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Problems resetting fire alarms?

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  1. Request the on call fire inspector
  2. They can assist in resetting the alarm system and allow you to go back into service
  3. Can establish a fire watch basted on 2012 IFC and TFD SOGs
  4. Keys or codes to operate panel should be location in the FA room or in a key box. Keys or tools to reset PULL stations shall be available
  5. Note: in none found, notify fire prevention
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Orphaned waste

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i. What is it?
ii. Hazardous or toxic waste with no known responsible party or owner
iii. What do we do?
iv. If leaking, stop the leak or contain it.
v. Consider HAZMAT if it is unknown
vi. Contact MA31 (Capt. Langejans) or MA32 for disposal option
vii. HAZ Waste disposal programs cannot take leaking or unidentified materials
viii. Once identified, we can take it and dispose of it properly
ix. If there is contaminated soil, notify the above personnel for follow up

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Waste in a wash

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i. Storm water quality must be notified
ii. MA31 or MA32 can do this
iii. If they are unavailable, have Fire Alarm contact the on call inspector.
iv. If it is not critical that this notification be made immediately, an email to Capt. Langejans and Inspector Sisterman will suffice

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Really big messes….

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i. Contact MA31
ii. Have Fire Alarm contact the CoT Environmental Management Program Coordinator
iii. Do not have them call
1. Pima County Dept. of Environmental Quality
2. AZ Dept. of Environmental Quality
3. Federal EPA
iv. Why not?
1. The city has designated personnel to interact with regulatory agencies
2. We are not trying to hide anything, but we need to get the facts straight before notifying them
3. Deferent agencies regulated different environmental issues
4. No one expects you to know who does what in the environmental area

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Situations with schools….

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i. Public and charter schools are under the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshall
ii. Public Schools have their own security personnel, contact fire alarm to access them
iii. You may be out of service waiting for a while
iv. Request ETA and consider having the on call Fire Inspector respond
v. Charter and Private schools should have their contacted info posted on the property

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Problems we face

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i. Access
ii. Traffic
iii. Forcible entry problems
iv. Security problems
v. Evacuation difficulties
vi. Elevation changes
vii. #1 problem we face is human error

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Hoarding

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i. Has gained traction as a mental health issue requiring counseling to change the repetitive behavior
ii. HCDD is primary agency to follow up but we need to maintain presence at the scene until their arrival
iii. With delayed response, consider using TPD, and EC, or the on call inspector

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How can we (fire inspectors) help you?

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a. We are a resource for you!
b. Normal hours 791-4502 or email appropriate supervisor
c. After hours: Request the on call inspector to respond for consultation

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