Hazards

Question 0

Fires and lower floors of a apartment building increase what?

Answer 0

The life hazard

Question 1

What is the number one priority for firefighters?

Answer 1

Life hazard

Question 2

How should outside vent crews remove window air conditioners from apartment windows?

Answer 2

Cautiously push window air-conditioner units from the outside

Question 3

Garden apartment buildings are considered to have what type of fire loading?

Answer 3

Low

Question 4

This tactic will slow the spread of fire from combustible siding, insulation, or wooden balconies from entering through the roof soffit windows and door

Answer 4

A quick exterior knockdown

Question 5

When a quick exterior knockdown tactic is being used a additional line must be quickly placed into the building to check for what?

Answer 5

Check for fire spread with emphasis on the attic and upper floors

Question 6

What is one of the primary means by which fire extends an apartment buildings?

Answer 6

Pipe chases in kitchens and baths

Question 7

When confronted with a gas explosion at a apartment building the first arriving unit should do what?

Answer 7

Turn off the gas at the meter

Question 8

Lightweight woodframe construction is subject to early failure because of what two distinct factors?

Answer 8

Presence of lightweight trusses

Fire entering the void space is degrading the structural members

Question 9

What should the collapse zone be identified with?

Answer 9

Barrier tape