Fire Tech Promotion Course 8/01/14 SUMMER 2014 On-line Program Flashcards
PART I – BISP MANUAL CHAPTER 3: 2008 CDA Guide: PART II – INSTRUCTOR INSTINCTS: (SERIES 2)
1. Construction sites at which a building more than 35 feet in height or with a footprint of more than 7,500 square feet is being constructed or demolished will be inspected by the Department at least once every \_\_\_\_\_ days when construction or demolition operations are in progress, unless the Department’s risk assessment of the specific construction site indicates a heightened or diminished risk warranting a different inspection frequency. Please fill in the blank? (Page 1) A) 30 B) 45 C) 60 D) 90
- A
2. Which agency is the only agency that can shut construction down on an entire construction site? (Page 3) A) FDNY B) DOB C) DEP D) HPD
- B
- Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the below statement? (Page 1)
Construction is defined by the Building Code as: “Any or all work or operations necessary or incidental to the erection, demolition, assembling or equipping of buildings, or any alterations and operations incidental thereto.”
A) Agree or D) Disagree
- A
- Units shall ensure that the required written permit from the Buildings Department authorizing construction, demolition or alteration is present at the site. Please choose an incorrect item about permits from the list below? (Page 3)
A) Copies of all permits should be displayed in a conspicuous location readily visible by the public.
B) If DOB Permit(s) is/are not present at the site, units shall forward a High Priority Referral Report.
C) Construction activities normally are limited to Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
D) Where circumstances warrant it, the Department of Buildings will issue a permit variance for after hours or weekend work, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
E) It shall be unlawful to construct, alter, repair or demolish any building in the city until a written permit from the Commissioner of the FDNY has been issued.
- Answer: E = It shall be unlawful to construct, alter, repair or demolish any building in the city until a written permit from the Commissioner of the Department of Buildings has been issued.
- At a height of no more than 12 feet above the ground on each perimeter of a construction or demolition site fronting a public thoroughfare, a sign shall be erected containing the following information: Please choose the most correct answer? (Page 4)
A) The name, address and telephone number of the owner of the property.
B) The name, address and telephone number of the general contractor.
C) The phone number for reporting complaints.
D) All of the above.
- D
- Internal-combustion-powered construction equipment shall be used in accordance with the following requirements at construction sites: Please choose the incorrect item from the list below? (Page 5)
A) Equipment shall be located so that exhausts do not discharge against combustible material.
B) Exhausts shall be piped to the outdoors.
C) Equipment shall not be refueled while in operation.
D) Fuel for equipment shall be stored in an approved outdoor area, and shall be moved in approved containers not to exceed 10 gallons
- Answer: D = not to exceed 5 gallons.
- Buildings or structures under construction, alteration or demolition shall be provided with not less than one approved portable fire extinguisher and sized for not less than ordinary hazard as follows: Please choose the most correct answer? (Page 11)
A) At each stairway on all floor levels where combustible materials are being stored or combustible waste is being generated.
B) At the entrance of each storage and construction shed.
C) Additional portable fire extinguishers shall be provided where flammable and combustible liquids are stored, handled and used.
D) All of the above.
- D
- Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the below statement? (Page 11)
“If Fire extinguishers are provided they should be serviced semi-annually and have a current service tag attached.”
A) Agree or D) Disagree
- Answer: D = If Fire extinguishers are provided they should be serviced annually and have a current service tag attached
During construction, alteration or demolition operations, standpipe systems shall comply with the following; (Answer questions #9, 10, and 11 based on this opening statement.)
9. When work reaches a height greater than ______ feet in a building for which a standpipe system will be required, a permanent or temporary standpipe shall be kept in readiness at all times for use by firefighting personnel. The system shall be a dry system when freezing conditions may be encountered. Please fill in the blank? (Page 110)
A) 50
B) 65
C) 75
D) None of the above
- Answer: C
During construction, alteration or demolition operations, standpipe systems shall comply with the following; (Answer questions #9, 10, and 11 based on this opening statement.)
10. Concrete Construction: Standpipe must be maintained up to and capped one floor below the stripping floor or \_\_\_\_\_ floors below recently poured floor. Please fill in the blank? (Page 11) A) two B) three C) four D) five
- Answer: B = Floor being poured (10th fl.)» Frame work (9th fl.)» Stripping Floor (8th fl.)»> Standpipe maintained Capped (7th fl).
During construction, alteration or demolition operations, standpipe systems shall comply with the following; (Answer questions #9, 10, and 11 based on this opening statement.)
- Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the below statement? (Page 11)
“Steel Construction: Standpipe maintained and capped on floor below the walking floor. This could be considered the last tacked Q-Decking floor.”
A) Agree or D) Disagree
- Answer: A
12. You are working a day tour when you receive a first due response for a fire in a construction site. You know from working in the area that a new 20 story steel office building is being constructed at the listed address in the response ticket. The building sticks out in your mind because it is 100 x 100 facing on one street front. Upon your arrival you are presented with the following office building under construction: Floor # 9 (90 feet high) Floor # 8 (80 feet high) Floor # 7 (70 feet high) Floor # 6 (60 feet high) Floor # 5 (50 feet high) Floor # 4 (40 feet high) Floor # 3 (30 feet high) Floor # 2 (20 feet high) Floor # 1 (10 feet high) Visible fire is showing from floor number 9 the last floor to have construction started, the First Due Ladder Officer reports that he has a light fire condition on floor number 9 and he is calling for an immediate line. He also states that he has concrete floors on 1 thru 8, floor 9 has tacked Q-decking. You would know to tell your members to hook up to the standpipe outlet on which floor? (Page 11) A) Floor #7 B) Floor #8 C) Floor #9 D) Floor #6
- Answer: B
- Please choose an incorrect item about standpipes at demolition sites? (Page 12)
A) Existing standpipe systems in structures undergoing demolition shall be maintained as dry standpipes.
B) At the commencement of demolition, the standpipe risers shall be capped above the outlet on the floor immediately below the floor being demolished so as to maintain the standpipe system on all lower floors for Fire Department use.
C) Standpipe hose, nozzles and spanners are required to be maintained and cannot be removed.
D) Siamese hose connections shall be kept free from obstruction and shall be marked by a metal sign reading, “STANDPIPE SIAMESE CONNECTION” and by a red light lit at night.
- Answer: C = Standpipe hose, nozzles and spanners are not required to be maintained and may be removed at any time.
- Existing standpipe systems shall not be utilized to convey compressed air at construction sites unless the standpipe consists of _______ or more risers. Please fill in the blank? (Page 12)
A) one
B) two
- B
- Please choose an incorrect item about sprinklers at demolition sites? (Page 12)
A) In structures undergoing demolition that have existing sprinkler systems with siamese connections such systems shall be maintained as a non-automatic sprinkler system.
B) When demolition starts, the sprinkler risers shall be capped immediately below the floor being demolished to maintain the sprinkler system on all lower floors for Fire Department use.
C) A metal sign must be present at the Siamese connection for the sprinkler system reading “SPRINKLER SIAMESE CONNECTION” with a green light over the sign. The green light must be lit at night.
- Answer: C = A metal sign must be present at the Siamese connection for the sprinkler system reading “SPRINKLER SIAMESE CONNECTION” with a red light over the sign. The red light must be lit at night.
16. Where a building has been constructed to a height greater than 50 feet or four stories, or where an existing building exceeding 50 feet in height is altered or demolished, at least \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ temporary lighted stairway(s) shall be provided, unless one or more of the permanent stairways are erected or maintained as the construction or demolition progresses. Please fill in the blank? (Page 14) A) one B) two C) three D) four
- Answer: A
17. Whenever construction or demolition work reaches a height greater than 75 feet, at least one elevator, or a hoist shall be kept in readiness at all times for Fire Department use. The maximum distance between the highest accessible floor from a temporary elevator or hoist and the working deck of the building under construction or demolition shall be no more than \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Please fill in the blank? (Page 15) A) 45 feet or 4 floors B) 55 feet or 5 floors C) 65 feet or 6 floors D) 75 feet or 7 floors
- Answer: D
- The construction industry utilizes several types of heating devices for curing concrete and drying plaster that generically are referred to as salamanders; these include coke salamanders, natural gas-fueled salamanders, propane-fueled salamanders, and kerosene- fueled salamanders. These devices can be used for human comfort. Please indicate if you agree or disagree with the paragraph above? (Page 17)
A) Agree or D) Disagree
- Answer: D = These devices are not to be used for human comfort.
PART II – INSTRUCTOR INSTINCTS: (SERIES 2)
1. An Engine company is operating at a fire in a multiple dwelling where they have stretched 5 lengths of 1 ¾” hose to the fire apartment on the 4th floor. In this situation, the ECC would be most correct if he determined the pressure required for this handline to be? (TB—App P-3—10.1)
A. 155 psi B. 160 psi C. 165 psi D. 170 psi
1) ANSWER: C = 5 lengths of 1 3/4 @ 20 lbs per length is 100 psi + 50 psi at nozzle + 5 psi for each floor above grade. 100 + 50 + 15=165 PSI
- A ladder company arrives first on the scene of a chemical attack in an underground subway and is informed by escaping occupants that there is a fruity odor in the subway station. In this situation, the officer of this first arriving ladder would be most correct to?
(ERP—Add 2—6.1, 6.2, 6.3)
A. Suspect a blister agent
B. Direct ambulatory victims to immediately proceed to a casualty collection point
C. Have the backup team of the first ladder immediately establish the contamination reduction corridor
D. Have the first LCC assist in establishing a communications relay to the IC
2) ANSWER: D
- A CFR-D Engine arrives on the scene of a response where they find a victim who is breathing, but unresponsive with no gag or cough reflexes. In this situation, the unit would be correct to? (CFR-D Chap 2—3.9.3, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14)
A. Ask the dispatcher for an ETA of the responding ambulance
B. Consider the patient as “Potentially Unstable” in their CUPS status
C. Transmit a 10-37 Code 3
D. Perform a physical exam and package the patient only after treating for any life threat
3) ANSWERS: A = B—Unstable, C—10-37 Code 2, D—Package while treating
4. First alarm units arrive on the scene of an Under River Rail incident where there is a train that has derailed in one of the tubes between the Bronx and Manhattan. Regarding the removal of any Non-Ambulatory Victims from the tube, the primary method of moving these patients should be to use? (FFP-Under River, 7.3) A. Victim Removal Relay Teams B. Sked stretchers C. Rail carts D. A rescue train
4) ANSWER: C
- You are the officer of an Engine Company that arrives first at the scene of a Bio-Detection Alarm at a USPS mail handling facility that has over 700 employees on duty. In this situation, it would be most correct for you to initially report to the: (HM 14—6)
A. Initial Emergency Response Meeting Point and if the BDS alarm is verified, transmit a 10-80 Code 3
B. Initial Emergency Response Meeting Point and if the BDS alarm is verified, transmit a 10-80 Code 4
C. Incident Command Post and if the BDS alarm is verified, transmit a 10-80 Code 3
D. Unified Operations Post and if the BDS alarm is verified, transmit a 10-80 Code 4
5) ANSWER: A
- A Lieutenant from an Engine Company who is conducting drill on the Ultraradiac monitor was correct to state that? (ERP—Add 4D—1.1, 1.2, 5.1, 7.1, 7.4)
A. It can detect the rate of alpha, beta, or gamma radiation in an instant of time
B. By pressing the “Alarm” button, a member can determine their “Stay Time”
C. A low rate alarm will occur with a slow beeping and a slow green light flashing at rate of 1 mR/hr
D. A high dose alarm will occur with a quick beeping and a fast red light flashing at a dose of 10 Rem
6) ANSWER: B
1.2 The UltraRadiac has the capability to detect Gamma and X-ray radiation. Therefore, the
UltraRadiac will measure the RATE and DOSE based only on the presence of these
specific types of radiation
- FUNCTION KEYS
5.1 The primary function of each of the function keys is briefly described below.
• ON/OFF Press and hold to turn the unit on and off.
• RATE Press to change to the Rate Mode.
• DOSE Press to change to the Dose Mode.
• ALARM Press to see the Stay Time. Stay Time is the number of minutes
you can stay in an area without exceeding the High Dose
threshold. The Stay Time will change as the dose rate in the area
changes and the accumulated dose increases.
• LIGHT Press to illuminate the display for about five seconds (the backlight
may not be visible in daylight or normal room lighting).
• CLR/TEST Press and hold to enable the Display Test Sequence while in the
Rate Mode. - 1 Low Rate Alarm 2 mR/hr
- 2 High Rate Alarm 50 R/hr