High Rise

Question 1

The purpose of the search and evacuation it to _______.

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Answer 1

control occupants

Question 2

Changes in conditions regarding smoke, heat, or fire must be monitored and report through the ________________ supervisor to command.

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Answer 2

Search and Evacuation supervisor.

Question 3

A search and evacuation branch or group should be activated if there are __________.

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Answer 3

more than two floors above the fire that still contain building occupants.

Question 4

The search and evacuation on post should be at least _____ floors above the highest fire floor & located _____ near the ______ stairwell.

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Answer 4

two floors above the highest fire floor and located inside the floor, and near the evacution stairwell.

Question 5

At minimum stairwell support will need a firefighter postioned every _____ floors to effectively shuttle equipment.

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Question 6

Personnel should anticipate no more than ____ to _____ minutes per air cylinder during firefighting operations.

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Answer 6

15 to 20 minutes

Question 7

The EMS branch is responsible for managing _______.

Answer 7

all civilian patients.

Question 8

The medical unit is responsible for the care and treatment of ______. Ideally the medical unit will be located ______.

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Answer 8

fire department personnel. one floor below staging.

Question 9

The _____ or ______ will normally serve as the initial planning section officer.

Answer 9

battalion aid or ems supervisor

Question 10

The logistics section is a ______ function.

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Answer 10

command post

Question 11

Each fire station shall ensure that preplans exist for the high rise structures in their area. Where possible a copy shall be placed ______ at each building.

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Answer 11

in the fire control room

Question 12

A high rise building is defined as __________.

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Answer 12

six or more stories or a buildingwhere the highest occupied story/floor is greater than 75 feet from the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.

Question 13

In February 1976, the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code was modified to require a _______ in buildings having occupied floors located more than 75 ft. above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.

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Answer 13

fire control room.

Question 14

Most are built using ____ construction.

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Answer 14

fire resistive

Question 15

The time needed to identify and confirm fire floor, proceed to that floor, locate the fire on the floor, and prepare to operate is known as _________.

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Answer 15

reflex time

Question 16

Modern high-rise buildings are of two basic designs: _____ and _______.

Answer 16

residential-center hallways, numerous interior compartments.

commercial -center-core construction on with circuit corridors around the core of the building.

Question 17

Typical fire suppression requirements for buildings with atriums include ____,_____,and _____.

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Answer 17

full sprinkler protection, smoke exhaust systems, and smoke curtains.

Question 18

If the hallways are sectioned off by the use of fire doors, you will typically find ____ and _______ for each area or section.

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Answer 18

a stairwell and standpipe.

Question 19

A class III standpipe system has a _____ inches in diameter and have _____ inch reducers.

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Answer 19

2 1/2 and 1 1/12