High Rise

Question 0

In most cases, elevator control rooms are located:

Answer 0

On the roof

Question 1

A high rise building is defined as:

Answer 1

A building with six or more stories

Question 2

Every alarm after the first will bring at least…

Answer 2

Three engines, one truck, one Battalion Chief

Question 3

Responsibilities of the fifth due engine include…

Answer 3

Lobby control

Question 4

A high-rise building is defined as…

Answer 4

6 or more stories or greater than 75 feet

Question 5

Fire control rooms are usually located where?

Answer 5

Near or at the main lobby entrance, typically at an outside well

Question 6

_______ is the natural movement of air within a relatively tightly-sealed building due to the temperature difference between the air on the insides and outside of a structure.

Answer 6

Stack effect

Question 7

To prevent ______, it is imperative that the overhead area is cooled with hose streams.

Answer 7

Flashover

Question 8

The _______ space or area above the ceiling, is a clear avenue for a rapid collection of smoke and super-heated gases.

Answer 8

Plenum

Question 9

At a fire in a High-Rise, which engine company’s entire crew proceeds to the attack stairwell one floor below the fire floor as the RIT?

Answer 9

4th engine

Question 10

Which unit establishes the “base area”?

Answer 10

6th engine

Question 11

Where is staging set up on a fire in a High-Rise?

Answer 11

At least two floors below the fire floor

Question 12

________ is the area for assembling resources close to the operations on the fire floor, ideally two floors below the fire floor.

Answer 12

Staging

Question 13

_______ is the area where incoming fire apparatus and other vehicles park.

Answer 13

Base

Question 14

In buildings built prior to ______, sprayed on asbestos river may be present.

Answer 14

1980

Question 15

The window panes that can be broken are marked with a ______ of a fire helmet etched in the lower corner of the pane.

Answer 15

Maltese cross

Question 16

These stairs are simply independent stairwells on either side of the core, serve every other floor.

Answer 16

Scissor stairs

Question 17

The presence of a security gate at the lowest floor level signifies…

Answer 17

Last floor with exterior entrance

Question 18

A hydrant should be located within ____ ft of the standpipe and sprinkler.

Answer 18

100

Question 19

________, the doors will not open until the “door open” button has been actived.

Answer 19

Firefighter service

Question 20

_______, the elevator car doors will open automatically when arriving at the specified door.

Answer 20

Independent service

Question 21

Fans that pressurize the fire floor hallway to prevent the entry of smoke into the common area form the involved unit is which of the following?

Answer 21

Corridor pressurization

Question 22

The operational plan for high-rise fires must consist of five basic points: determine fire floor, verify fire floor, ________, control of building systems, confine and extinguish fire.

Answer 22

Control occupants

Question 23

Which unit’s entire crew reports to the lobby area of the building to assume Lobby Control?

Answer 23

5th engine

Question 24

Which unit establishes the “base area”?

Answer 24

1st engine one the second alarm