Garden Apartment Manual

Question 1

What defines the term garden apartment?

Answer 1

Two to five stories in height with one to four units on each floor.

Question 2

Garden apartments in the 1940’s-1950’s were predominantly made out of what materials?

Answer 2

Ordinary construction with masonry walls

Question 3

Garden apartments in the 1960’s-1970’s were predominantly made out of what materials?

Answer 3

Wood frame with masonry veneer walls and masonry and concrete stairwells.

Question 4

The building boom in the 1980’s to present produced what kind of garden apartments? (construction type)

Answer 4

Lightweight wood-frame construction containing wood stairwells and some form of combustible materials for siding

Question 5

What is unique about the lowest level of a garden apartment?

Answer 5

Its typically a terrace level which is laid out differently. Most upper levels have stacked kitchens and baths due to utilities

Question 6

Garden apartment buildings of ordinary construction typically do not exceed how many stories and feet in height on the address side?

Answer 6

4 stories and 50 feet

Question 7

In ordinary construction style apartments with hip roofs, how many walls are load bearing?

Answer 7

typically all 4 when it has a hip style room

Question 8

At was degree angle finish are ordinary style floors?

Answer 8

typically 30-45 degree angle finish

Question 9

How far apart are floor joists typically in garden style apartments of ordinary construction?

Answer 9

16 inches on center

Question 10

Ordinary construction style apartments typically have two types of balconies, what style are they?

Answer 10

Extended or recessed

Question 11

What kind of locks are typically found in a garden apartment with ordinary construction?

Answer 11

Typically doorknob and add on rim locks; however post remodel youll find mortise deadbolt and latch

Question 12

What kind of alarm systems do ordinary construction garden apartments have?

Answer 12

local alarm systems

Question 13

Where is the plywood known as fire retardant plywood typically found?

Answer 13

A distance of two to four feet outward of the firewall

Question 14

Where can significant voids be found in interior walls of garden apartments?

Answer 14

kitchen area behind cabinets

Question 15

Cathedral ceilings in newer construction garden apartments can be how how many feet and higher?

Answer 15

12 feet

Question 16

What is a spandrel space?

Answer 16

Area over/under windows which may not have brick but instead some kind of plywood with combustible siding, extending all the way up to the soffit overhang

Question 17

What kind of roof has all four exterior walls load bearing?

Answer 17

Hip roof

Question 18

What are firewalls constructed of?

Answer 18

Gypsum board or masonry

Question 19

Smoke issuing from a band board may indicate fire has breached what area?

Answer 19

The truss floor space

Question 20

Windows in 1970’s garden apartments are typically what kind?

Answer 20

Double hung or horizontal with aluminum frames

Question 21

What kind of balcony doors were most common in the 1960’s-1970’s era?

Answer 21

Aluminum frame sliding door

Question 22

1960’s-1970’s style garden apartments typically have what kind of door jam?

Answer 22

metal

Question 23

1960’s-1970’s doors typically have what kind of locks?

Answer 23

rim or mortise. Some may have multiple lock cylinders or both types of locks on one door.

Question 24

What kind of stairwells do garden apartments of the 60’s and 70’s have?

Answer 24

enclosed in glass

Question 25

1980's and newer garden apartments typically have what kind of stairwells?

Answer 25

open, non enclosed, made of wood

Question 26

What kind of sprinkler systems may newer garden apartments have?

Answer 26

13R

Question 27

Each level of a typical garden apartment has how many apartments with up to how many bedrooms?

Answer 27

1-4 apartments with 1-4 bedrooms each

Question 28

Fire flow estimate for a typical garden apartment?

Answer 28

10 GPM per 100 square feet

Question 29

What is typical pressure at a gas meter before the regulator and what is typical pressure after the regulator?

Answer 29

5-10 psi and 0.5 psi

Question 30

What are two distinct factors in regards to collapse of a lightweight construction garden apartment?

Answer 30

Presence of lightweight trusses and fire entering void spaces

Question 31

How big should a collapse zone be?

Answer 31

1 1/2 times the height of the wall

Question 32

What factors drive the tactical decision making process when fighting garden apartment fires?

Answer 32

location and extent of fire

Question 33

How many companies are typically sufficient to handle the tasks in any one garden apartment?

Answer 33

two (one engine and one truck/rescue)

Question 34

Where is the initial attack line typically advanced from on a garden apartment fire?

Answer 34

Through the stairwell and into the apartment from the floor landing

Question 35

Ladders should initially be placed where at a garden apartment fire?

Answer 35

In the front and rear at the fire floor and all floors above

Question 36

How is ventilation typically accomplished at garden apartment fires?

Answer 36

Windows and balcony doors.

Question 37

What resources are assigned to the report of a garden apartment fire?

Answer 37

4 engines; 2 trucks; 1 rescue; 1 EMS; 2 BC; 1 aid; 1 EMS supp.

Question 38

What is the first due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

Answer 38

pull past/stop short of the involved structure; initial attack line; on- scene report; size up; layout; situation report

Question 39

What is the second due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

Answer 39

water supply for the first engine; second attack line, check the floor below the location of the first engine

Question 40

What is the third due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

Answer 40

secondary water supply; check for extension, visual inspection of the side opposite first due engine; line to floor above the fire

Question 41

What is the fourth due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

Answer 41

Complete secondary water supply if needed; park out of the way if not needed; Assume role of RIT

Question 42

What is the first due trucks responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

Answer 42

position on the fire front with the first engine; proceed to fire floor; force entry; search; vent; ladders

Question 43

What is the second due trucks responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

Answer 43

opposite the position of the first truck; proceed to fire floor; force entry, search, vent, rear ladders, possible roof operations, check attic

Question 44

After viewing as many sides as possible, where should the first due engine park and what consideration should be made?

Answer 44

A position for rapid advancement of hose lines into the structure, leaving priority positions for truck company.

Question 45

Where should the turntable be positioned?

Answer 45

directly in front of the involved unit or upwind from the involved unit. Spotting the turntable at the center of the fire quadrant will often provide the ability to scrub that entire side of the building and cover multiple tasks

Question 46

If the opposite side is unavailable, where should the third engine park?

Answer 46

At the end of the row closest to the involved unit, this is to ensure hose lines can be placed and access apartments on the rear

Question 47

Where should second due truck park if there is no access to the rear?

Answer 47

Side alpha in front of the uncovered exposure

Question 48

How should apparatus position on scene of a fire?

Answer 48

Typically in a single file, preferably on the "fire side" of the street

Question 49

When should water supply plans be developed?

Answer 49

During pre-incident planning

Question 50

What is the primary purpose of the initial attack line?

Answer 50

advance to the seat of the fire for confinement and extinguishment

Question 51

Who is to ensure water supply is complete for the first engine?

Answer 51

The second due engine company

Question 52

How many hose lines can be stretched through one entrance of a building?

Answer 52

Typically only two

Question 53

What is the job of the first due engine on a second alarm?

Answer 53

Report to the staging area and be responsible for those duties unless otherwise ordered.

Question 54

What is the most efficient exterior protection line?

Answer 54

Narrow fog stream

Question 55

Why do fires in the terrace/basement pose the greatest threat to occupants?

Answer 55

products of combustion in the entire building via the common stairwell

Question 56

How many entrances do storage rooms typically have?

Answer 56

Two, one at each stairwell

Question 57

What kind of construction would use of cellar nozzles on the floor above be avoided in?

Answer 57

Lightweight frame

Question 58

Attics are considered under what kind of roof?

Answer 58

Pitched

Question 59

Cocklofts are considered under what kind of roof?

Answer 59

Flat

Question 60

How deep are typical garden apartments?

Answer 60

50 feet

Question 61

If nothing is evident upon arrival of a first due garden apartment fire, where should the first truck position?

Answer 61

Side alpha

Question 62

Garden apartments typically dont have windows on which sides?

Answer 62

Bravo and Delta

Question 63

What determines apparatus positioning?

Answer 63

The tasks that will or may be performed during the incident

Question 64

The duties of laddering and ventilation typically are completed by whom?

Answer 64

First due truck, typically the driver

Question 65

First due units should try and position where?

Answer 65

The fire side

Question 66

Second due truck should take position for operations where?

Answer 66

Opposite side of the building of the first due truck.

Question 67

Driver of second due truck has duties to do what?

Answer 67

Laddering and ventilation opposite from the first due truck

Question 68

How can ventilation of an enclosed stairwell happen?

Answer 68

- Rooftop over the stairwell - Opening small window in stairwell - Through a top floor apartment after it has been cleared of occupants - Through a top floor apartment assisted by a PPV fav

Question 69

Which is the least desired method to vent a enclosed stairwell?

Answer 69

Breaking a large pane of glass

Question 70

Ideally a hole in the roof above a stairwell should be located where?

Answer 70

5 to 8 feet from the eave in a pitched roof or 5 to 8 feet from the edge of the roof on the side of the building where the entrance is located

Question 71

What are the two exceptions to laddering a bedroom window?

Answer 71

Fire is showing from the window or if the ladder would be exposed to flame impingement from below

Question 72

The roof over a stairwell should be laddered with what kind of ladder?

Answer 72

The aerial device if possible