High Rise Flashcards
In most cases, elevator control rooms are located:
On the roof
A high rise building is defined as:
A building with six or more stories
Every alarm after the first will bring at least…
Three engines, one truck, one Battalion Chief
Responsibilities of the fifth due engine include…
Lobby control
A high-rise building is defined as…
6 or more stories or greater than 75 feet
Fire control rooms are usually located where?
Near or at the main lobby entrance, typically at an outside well
_______ 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.
Stack effect
To prevent ______, it is imperative that the overhead area is cooled with hose streams.
Flashover
The _______ space or area above the ceiling, is a clear avenue for a rapid collection of smoke and super-heated gases.
Plenum
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?
4th engine
Which unit establishes the “base area”?
6th engine
Where is staging set up on a fire in a High-Rise?
At least two floors below the fire floor
________ is the area for assembling resources close to the operations on the fire floor, ideally two floors below the fire floor.
Staging
_______ is the area where incoming fire apparatus and other vehicles park.
Base
In buildings built prior to ______, sprayed on asbestos river may be present.
1980
The window panes that can be broken are marked with a ______ of a fire helmet etched in the lower corner of the pane.
Maltese cross
These stairs are simply independent stairwells on either side of the core, serve every other floor.
Scissor stairs
The presence of a security gate at the lowest floor level signifies…
Last floor with exterior entrance
A hydrant should be located within ____ ft of the standpipe and sprinkler.
100
________, the doors will not open until the “door open” button has been actived.
Firefighter service
_______, the elevator car doors will open automatically when arriving at the specified door.
Independent service
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?
Corridor pressurization
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.
Control occupants
Which unit’s entire crew reports to the lobby area of the building to assume Lobby Control?
5th engine
Which unit establishes the “base area”?
1st engine one the second alarm
