High Rise Building Manual Flashcards
What are two basic designs of modern high rise buildings?
Residential and commercial
Residential high rise buildings are characterized by
Center, hallways, numerous interior compartments.
Commercial high rise buildings are characterized by
Center core constructions
Why do Atriums make it difficult to control smoke?
Expose many floors to smoke and fire conditions
Some high rises have_______ that allows FF to determine the height of the roofline and start of the facade
Scuppers
How do FF typically access the roof area?
A hatch, Bulkhead or through penthouse machine room area
Where is the control panel for each elevator located?
elevator control rooms on the roof
What challenges do parking garages present?
extend beyond the main structure
Radio traffic difficult
No sprinklers
What covers most windows in commercial high rises?
sun-screening plastic covers
Buildings with fixed windows should have what designed?
breakable windows for emergencies
How are windowpanes marked?
Maltese cross, fire helmet
Most high rise buildings will have at least ______ stairwell that access to the roof through a hatch
1
Accommodation stairs are also know as
Access or convenience stairs
NFPA states that a pressure reducing valve should be installed when
static pressure can exceed 175psi
Can pressure-reducing valve be set to any pressure?
Yes
Central air within a high rise may interconnect how many floors?
10-20 floors
What may receive fresh air from the ducts located in the ceiling of the floor below?
HVAC ducts at window
What shaft serves only a portion of the building and has no opening on other floors?
blind shaft
If more than 2 floors above the fire still contain occupants. what must be established?
a search and evacuation branch
What is mushrooming?
Smoke rises upward from the fire floor to roof or ceiling level.
Smoke then banks down off the roof or ceiling downward back toward fire floor.
Cold smoke, cool and low lying characterizes what?
fires brought under control by sprinkler system
What is second arriving command officer doing?
Fire floor division supervisor
When can pre connected lines be used
When fire is located below grade, first, second or third floor
The initial engine company officer must communicate what regarding stairwell?
Which will be used for attack
Fires in a parking garage attached to high rise should be treated as a ?
high rise building fire
units for high rise fire
5 engines
2 trucks
1 rescue
1 EMS unit
2 BC
1 EMS sup
1st due engine duties
abandon vehicle and proceed to lobby
Check fire control station or annunciator panel
Determine if stairs will be used
Recall elevators if it will be used
What should 1st due engine bring
forcible entry tools with hose packs
Stairs should be used for below and above grade up to what floor?
sixth floor
If fire is on Floor 7 or above then personal should
determine if elevators are good to use.
Take elevator two floors below reported fire floor
The attack should begin from where
standpipe closest to the fire
2nd due Engine
Establish water supply
Report the fire floor to help 1st engine
Deploy second hoseline
2nd due Engine driver job
establish water supply and connect to the FDC
3rd due engine job
View opposite side
Establish water supply to secondary FDC
Floor above the fire to work with 2nd due truck
What engine is typically the first engine on the second alarm and should establish the base area
6th due engine
Who should announce the base area location?
6th due engine officer
Who should become the base area manager?
driver of 6th due engine
The remaining personnel of the 6th due engine should do what once base area is established?
prepare to set up staging two floors below the fire floor
Each engine on 2nd alarm and greater should bring what?
two spare air cylinders per unit to the staging area.
same for trucks or rescues
Where should the mobile air unit be positioned on 2nd alarm?
(i.e., close to the building) with stairwell access to staging.
Personnel assigned to gain control of high-rise building systems should attempt to contact who?
building engineer
Can elevators be used to deliver personnel, equipment to staging and the fire floor?
Yes. they also can be used to remove patients quickly
What should happen to building systems during high rise fire?
Building systems must be under FD control
The 1st command officer to arrive on scene should be?
Command
