High Rise

Question 1

What is the height in meters and number of floors of residential high rise according to building code?

Answer 1

Normally 10m or 6 stories

Question 2

What is height in meters and floors of commercial high rise according to building code?

Answer 2

36m and over 11 stories

Question 3

What does CFD consider an highrise?

Answer 3

Any building 6 or more stories

Question 4

What is the building construction type for high rise structures?

Answer 4

Type 1, Fire resistive

Question 5

What are the 2 command options as per CFD incident command?

Answer 5

1. In command (with a staged location)

2. Mobile command

Question 6

If an auxiliary crew is first on scene, can they be in command and go investigate?

What about an engine crew? And who is in command when an second engine or aux arrives?

Answer 6

No, not enough man power.

Yes, then transfer command to next arriving officer.

Question 7

Other then PPE, what addition equipment/gear should be present during high rise calls?

Answer 7

• TIC
• Drager x-am 2500
• Irons
• High rise appliance bag
• High rise hose packs 44&65
• Lockbox keys

Question 8

What 3 main areas should size up occur?

Answer 8

1. Exterior on arrival
2. Lobby area
3. Interior staging level to fire floor

Question 9

When looking at the alarm panel, what information should be relayed to command? And what information would mean a higher chance of a working incident?

Answer 9

• Precise information like floor number and location.

- when 2 or more devices are going off, or consecutive floors are in alarm.

Question 10

What information is in a firer safety plan? Where should it be located?

Answer 10

• Information on crossover floor locations, FDC standpipe and sprinkler locations, floor layouts and HVAC instructions
• The main entrance or with security

Question 11

What is import information to gather from stairwells?

Answer 11

• There location
• Smoke conditions
• People evacuating
• Are they pressurized?
• Fire attack/ evacuation side

Question 12

What is a crossover floor? How many floors are there allowed to be before a crossover in needed?

Answer 12

• Unlocked stairwell door, allowing a crossover through the floor from one stairwell to another.
• Maximum of 5

Question 13

Where is the staging floor usually?

Answer 13

• 2 floors below the fire floor

Question 14

What is a C.A.N report?

Answer 14

• Conditions, Actions, Needs

- Report to command when exiting the elevator and as well as arriving on fire floor

Question 15

Why do we check the floor below the fire floor when ascending the stairs from below?

Answer 15

• Visually check the floor layout
• If there is a room or suite number, look to see where it is
• Identify hose cabinets and standpipes

Question 16

What is the first part of the size up when arriving on the fire floor?

Answer 16

• Examining the stairwell door, with the back of a hand and the TIC. This must be done prior to opening the door.
• If there is a possibility of fire behind the door, a charged hose line must be present before opening.

Question 17

What are the 3 priorities of the Incident Action Plan?

Answer 17

1. Life safety
2. Incident Stabilization
3. Property conservation

Question 18

Residential vs commercial heights to floor and sill

Answer 18

Residential: 10 feet to floor, 3 feet to bottom of sill.

commercial: 12 feet to floor and 4 feet to sill