High-Rise

Question 1

What is a high rise?

Answer 1

A building of greater than 75ft and has 6 or more floors

Question 2

What is required in occupied high rises greater than 75ft?

Answer 2

Fire control room

Question 3

What type of construction is mainly used for high rises

Answer 3

Type 1 fire resistive.

Question 4

Atleast how many exits are needed on a high rise?

Answer 4

2

Question 5

In building built prior to _____ my have sprayed asbestos

Answer 5

1980

Question 6

What are isolated stairs?

Answer 6

Usually have individual entrances and access only one section of the building

Question 7

What are scissor stairs?

Answer 7

Stairs that may only serve every other floor

Question 8

What are accommodation stairs

Answer 8

Access stairs are open unprotected stairs leading floor to floor

Question 9

Windows on a high rise building are normally what type of glass

Answer 9

Lexan
Tempered
Plate

Question 10

In the even of an emergency some windows may be marked with what to indicate they can be broken?

Answer 10

Fire helmet or Maltese cross

Question 11

Outward swinging doors in a hallway on a high rise are normally what?

Answer 11

Electric, telephone or any other type of closet

Question 12

After 1976 a hydrant should be how many feet from a FDC

Answer 12

100ft

Question 13

What is the true drink toon of a control room

Answer 13

Is used for any system in a high rise were detection, fire protection, air handling systems, communication are centralized for tire department use.

Question 14

How does stack effect work?

Answer 14

Smoke will rise until the temp from outside and the temp from inside balance at which it will begin to Settle or stratify

Question 15

What is stratification

Answer 15

When the temp of the smoke produced is not sufficient to cause it to rise all the way to the top.

Question 16

Reverse stack effect

Answer 16

During summer months this can result in smoke migrating to a floor below the actual fire

Question 17

On a high rise fire wind driven fires can be cause by as low as how many MPH

Answer 17

10-20

Question 18

If a sprinkler system does not go off building could have a rate of heat release that could allow a fire to double every how many seconds

Answer 18

90 seconds

Question 19

If concrete work is still be done to a high rise building and the framework is still in place you must what?

Answer 19

Not coo it to the interior

Question 20

A fire loaf in an office building can be _____ psf, a conference area______ psf, and a file area ______ psf and can release 16,000-18,000 btu

Answer 20

7.7
5.9
16

Question 21

On a high rise fire if the first engine company deploys lines off the wagon. Who is then responsible for supplying the standpipe

Answer 21

2nd engine

Question 22

On a commercial high rise fire flow needed to put a fire put in 100 square feet is?

Answer 22

20gpm

Question 23

A vehicle fire in a high rise parking garage is dispatched as what type?

Answer 23

High rise fire

Question 24

How many companies are allowed in an elevator on a high rise.

Answer 24

2

Question 25

Who is in charge of obtaining a secondary FDC on a high rise

Answer 25

3rd engine

Question 26

If fire is showing from a window or balcony on a high rise what should you do.

Answer 26

The ladder should not be placed to a window or balcony showing fire unless there is someone at such location.

If the unit is completely involved

Placed at adjourning unit

Question 27

On a high rise when should the operator of a tower ladder go above the fire?

Answer 27

Only when immediate rescue

Question 28

Each additional alarm after the first will bring what units?

Answer 28

3 engines, 1 Truck, 1 battalion chief

Question 29

During lobby control what is the Engine driver responsible for?

Answer 29

Elevator operations

• recall elevators
• Which ones have fireman’s service, -check shaft for smoke
• deliver company’s to floor
• location of attack stairwell

Question 30

On a high rise incident who would be in charge of base?

Answer 30

The driver of the first unit assigned to it.

Question 31

One cubic foot contains how man cubic inches?

Answer 31

1728 cubic inches