Garden Apartments - January 2013 Flashcards
During this time frame, garden apartments were predominately ordinary construction with masonry walls.
1940s and 1950s
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During this time frame, garden apartments were predominately wood-frame construction with masonry veneer walls and a masonry and concrete stairwell.
1960s through the 1970s
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The building boom that extends into present day began in what decade and what type of apartment construction did it produce?
1980s
It produced almost exclusively light weight wood-frame construction containing wood stairwells and some form of combustible materials for siding.
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This is where large three or four bedroom apartments occupy portions of quadrants A, B and C, while smaller efficiency apartments occupy part of the B and C quadrants.
Wrap-around style apartment
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Garden apartments will be in a configuration of ____ to ___ per floor.
1 to 4
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In garden apartments, the lowest level is usually different from the rest in that it may incorporate: _______.
Terrace level apartments, storage rooms, trash rooms, laundry rooms and / or utility access.
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This type of construction has masonry bearing walls with wood floors and roof components.
Ordinary construction
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The most prevalent floors in this type of construction are wood with 2”x 6” or 2”x 8” wood beams for joist covered with 1”x 3” plank board subfloor and tongue-and-groove hardwood, or parquet, floor.
Ordinary construction
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Garden apartment buildings of ordinary construction typically do not exceed ____ stories or ____ feet in height on the addressed side.
4 stories
50 feet
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The void space in flat roof construction is commonly referred to as the _____
Cockloft
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In the majority of apartment buildings built between the 1940s and 1950s, which walls are typically load bearing?
The front and rear (A and C)
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Which walls are load bearing on apartments with a hip style roof?
All four outer walls.
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This type of window will have a steel frame set in concrete or masonry.
Casement window
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When did light weight construction become the standard for building in garden apartments?
The mid to late 70s.
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Fire flow estimates for garden apartments will be based on ____ GPM per 100 sq. ft.
10 gpm
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How far out should a collapse zone be established?
1.5 times the height of the building.
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The greatest factors that will drive the tactical decision making process are ___________.
The location and extent of the fire.
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What is the only tactic that should delay locating the fire?
An obvious critical rescue
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Where should ladders for rescue and egress initially be placed?
The front and rear of the fire floor and every floor level above
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If fire is showing from the bedroom window where should crews ladder?
The balcony or if there is no balcony, to the largest window not showing fire.
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What are the initial actions for the first due engine?
Pull past the involved structure or stop short, allowing room for the truck to have the front.
On-scene report, layout, size-up, situation report, initial attack line, search as the line is advanced.
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What are the initial actions for the second due engine?
Water supply for the first engine
second attack line
while moving into the building check the floor below the location of the first engine.
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What are the initial actions for the third due engine?
Secondary water supply
Check for fire extension
Visual inspection of the side opposite the first due engine
Line to the the floor above
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What are the initial actions for the fourth due engine?
Complete secondary water supply if necessary.
If the vehicle is not needed for secondary water supply, position out of the way.
Assume the role of RIT.
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What are the initial actions for the first due truck?
Position on fire front with the first engine.
Proceed to fire floor
Force entry if needed
Search
Ventilation
Ladders
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What are the initial actions for the second due truck?
Position opposite the first due truck (typically the rear or side C of the building)
Proceed to floor above
Force entry if needed
Search
Ventilation
Rear laddering
Possible roof operations
Check Attic
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What are the initial actions for the rescue?
Force entry if needed
Search
Ventilation
Ladders
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What are the initial actions for the first due EMS unit?
Park away from the building in an area that allows rapid egress if a patient needs to be transported.
The crew should assemble their EMS equipment on a stretcher and report to command
If the EMS unit is staffed with personnel trained as firefighters, the crew should don their protective clothing to include SCBA.
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If the truck is entering the block from the opposite direction, it is imperative that the engine does what?
Why?
Stop short of the involved unit.
The goal is to have the first arriving ladder truck in front of the fire occupancy with access to its ground ladder bed.
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Where does the first due truck position?
At the most strategic location with the turn table positioned either directly in front of the involved unit or upwind from the involved area.
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At the most strategic location that will allow for rapid placement of ladders, access to the roof, and entry into the structure. –> The fire side of the building. If nothing evident from the outside then on side Alpha.
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If the third due engine can not access side charlie, where should it position?
At the end of the row closest to the involved unit.
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Where should the second due truck position when there is no access to the rear?
On side A in front of the uncovered exposure.
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What are the typical initial hose line deployment?
Line 1 - Attack line
Line 2 - Back-up line / line above the fire
Line 3 - Top floor / attic line
Line 4 - RIT / Stand by line
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*Page 38 and Page 50 says Third line goes to the floor above the fire
When should advancing the attack line in the enclosed stairwell through the front door be delayed?
When occupants of the building are actually in the stairwell.
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When considering the option of advancing the initial attack line through the balcony or terrace door, what 5 things should you consider?
- The fire should typically be in the rear bedroom area.
- The fire should typically be on the first or second floor apartments
- The apartment should be accessible via no more than a 24 foot ladder.
- The apartment door to the common hallway must be closed.
- The apartment has a safe balcony or terrace entrance.
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When should you not use the option of advancing an attack line through a balcony or terrace door?
When smoke, heat, or fire has already compromised the stairwell
And
When balcony is crowded with furniture, bicycles or other items.
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If the initial line is deployed over a balcony where should the second line be deployed? Why?
The second line may enter the stairwell and stand by at the apartments door.
Only one line should be advanced over a ground ladder. Also by not taking the same path as the attack line it can be re-deployed quickly to the floor above.
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What is the max amount of hose lines that should be stretched through one entrance?
Two
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Unless otherwise assigned by command, which unit is is responsible for staging duties?
The first engine on the second alarm.
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Smoke showing from more than one stairwell in a garden apartment is an indication of what?
A basement / terrace level fire.
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In regards to attic fires, the garden apartment manual list 6 methods that have proven effective. What are those 6 methods?
- Gaining access and placing a hose line at the level of the fire into the attic.
- Hooking the ceiling and directing the stream from below into the attic area.
- Placing a wide fog stream into an access hole if the fire has not self-vented.
- Access to the attic area by cutting an access through the gable end.
- Distributor / cellar nozzle deployed through a hole cut in the roof while member is independently supported on a ladder or tower.
- Access through the cock loft vent or man-made opening
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Some flat roofs may have several feet of space between the flat roof and the ceiling of the top floor.
What is this area called?
The cockloft
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Garden apartments are typically about how many feet deep?
50 feet.
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What does the garden apartment recommend about when to use a smooth bore nozzle or fog nozzle on master streams?
If you do not need reach or penetration then use a narrow fog master stream because it will extinguish fire more rapidly than a smooth bore nozzle.
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The second due truck should take a position in preparation for _________.
In preparation for operations on the opposite side of the building from the first truck.
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The second arriving truck will be responsible for positioning ___________.
Opposite the first arriving truck.
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The second due truck may be responsible for what 7 task?
- Forcible entry
- Searching the remaining apartments on the fire floor
- Searching the floors above the fire
- Ventilation
- Laddering (opposite side)
- Roof Ventilation (If required)
- Attic access (If required)
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What are the duties of the third arriving special piece in a garden apartment?
The third due special piece will be assigned by the IC based on the immediate needs at that point in the incident.
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After ventilating the fire apartment and the apartment above the fire, what is the next priority for ventilation?
The enclosed stairwell.
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When using vertical ventilation on a pitched roof to vent an enclosed stairwell. Where should the cut be?
Directly over the stairwell and not at the top of the gable. About 5 to 8 feet from the eaves.
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When using vertical ventilation on a flat roof to vent an enclosed stairwell, where should the cut be?
5 to 8 feet from the edge of the roof on the side of the building where the entrance is located.
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When roof top venting is ordered, someone should be assigned to a safety watch. What exactly does this job entail?
Their job is to do nothing but watch the crew doing the work and the progress of the fire (to or in the attic space). They should be afforded the authority to stop the operation immediately and order the crew off the roof.
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Many newer buildings are using the attic space as living space. Venting this area my require opening up what area? Why?
The area next to the dormer. Opening this area will ventilate the knee wall.
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What are some ways to help locate the location of the fire if it is not immediately obvious?
Feel the top of each apartment door for heat.
Look for smoke or black stains around the door frames.
Listen for each department’s smoke detectors.
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Ladders for egress at apartment buildings will normally be thrown to which windows first?
Bedroom windows. Laddering to bedroom windows shall be done to the front and rear of all floors at and above the level of fire involvement with the priority given to the side of building in which fire is located.
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There are two exception to laddering bedroom windows. What are they and where should you ladder instead?
When fire is showing from the window or if the ladder would be exposed to flame impingement from below.
Balconies or living room windows (in absence of balconies) will be used for laddering instead.
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