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High Rise Office Flashcards

1
Q

High Rise Office:

Building specs:
Pre-1945?

1945 to 1968?

After 1968?

A

1945 pre-: heavyweight, no plenums, Windows openable

1945 to 1968: medium weight, fire towers required

Post 1968: lightweight, lack of compartmentation, windows not openable, core construction

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High Rise Office:

More problematic: noncentral or central air?

Central versus non central air?

A

Central is more problematic.

Central: more than one floor
Non central: one floor

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3
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High Rise Office:

HVAC: do we shut them down?

How to place in noncirculating mode?

A

Yes shut down, then determine fire floor

Open outside dampers
Close mixing dampers
Open exhaust dampers

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4
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High Rise Office:

How does fire spread via HVAC?

A

Through flexible connectors.

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5
Q

High Rise Office:

Should the bypass valve be open or closed on the pump?

Can we start the pump without checking the bypass valve?

A

Closed (stem in)

Yes

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6
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High Rise Office:

How do you start the fire pumps?

A

Close Knife switch

Close Circuit breaker

Push start Button

Move selector Lever

Kansas City Baseball League
KCBL

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7
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High Rise Office:

What is the recommended pump pressure for floors 1 to 10?

101-110?

A

150 psi

650 psi

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Q

High Rise Office:

What floors require high pressure pumping?

Third stage preferred?

Third stage required?

A

31-40 high pressure (over 250)

81-90 3rd preferred (over 500)

101-110 3rd required (over 600)

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9
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High Rise Office:

When both pumps are operating correctly should the pressures be equal?

A

Yes or nearly so

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10
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High Rise Office:

What is the primary water supply for fire fighting and most operations?

A

FD engines

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High Rise Office:

How many engines should be supplying?

A

Separate engine for each hand line

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12
Q

High Rise Office:

When can we operate a hose line from a stairway?

A

Only after it has been cleared of building occupants

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13
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High Rise Office:

What type of stairway is preferable for the evacuation stairway?

A

A fire tower

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High Rise Office:

Where is the fire sector?

Where does the fire sector supervisor position himself?

A

The fire floor and the floor above

Floor below the fire

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15
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High Rise Office:

Channels:

Ic
Aide

Fire sector
Aide

SAE
Aide

Forward staging
Aide

A

Ic - command 2
Aide - tactical 1

Fire sector- tactical 1
Aide - command 2

SAE - secondary tactical 3 (three letters)
Aide - command

Forward staging - command 2
Aide - tactical 1

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16
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High Rise Office:

Where should the staging area be?

A

Away from the building

17
Q

High Rise Office:

Where should forward triage be?

A

A floor below forward staging

18
Q

High Rise Office:

Who establishes the ICP?

Who do they designated to staff the ICP?

A

First arriving officer

Preferably the chauffeur of the first truck

19
Q

High Rise Office:

What companies should be at Forward staging?

How many spare cylinders?

A

Three engines two trucks, 20 spare cylinders

20
Q

High Rise Office:

What should engine companies bring to forward staging?

Trucks?

A

Cylinder per member
Length per member
Standpipe kit

Cylinder per member
Search and utility ropes
Two sets of irons, 6 foot hooks

21
Q

High Rise Office:

If the building has fixed pressurization stay away, can we augment?

A

No

22
Q

High Rise Office:

When should a vertical ventilation commence via the stairway?

A

Once the fire is extinguished

23
Q

High Rise Office:

At what height of a building is the Stack affect noticeable?

When does positive stack effect increase?

When does negative stack effect occur?

A

60 feet

As the outside temperature decreases in relation to temp inside the building

Outside temp is greater than the temp inside the building, greatest possibility when air temperature is above 90°F

24
Q

High Rise Office:

Where should the SAE group supervisor be located?

A

At least five floors above the fire floor

Not serviced by the same bank as the fire floor

25
Q

High Rise Office:

Where should forward staging area be?

A

Two floors below the original fire floor

Have ready access to fire sector and attach their way

26
Q

High Rise Office:

The fire command station has to wear communications with what?

A

Wamee pump

Warden stations
Air handling rooms
Mechanical center
Elevators
Elevator rooms

Pump room

27
Q

High Rise Office:

Pull stations: should be no more than how many feet from each other?

Sound and alarm where?

A

200 feet; fire floor and floor above

28
Q

High Rise Office:

Smoke detectors: shall cause what?

Smoke detector in the HVAC system?

A 
Recall elevators
Fire alarm on FF and floor above
(2008 code will alarm on floor below as well)
Alarm to FD
Alarm to fire station mechanical st., 
Stop air supply into and return on the floor activated
Unlock doors
Start exhaust fans

Everything except recalling elevators

29
Q

High Rise Office:

First truck: who inspects the exterior?

A

LCC

30
Q

High Rise Office:

Who selects the attack stair?

A

First LCO

31
Q

High Rise Office:

Second truck goes where?

Which elevator do they use?

A

Fire floor

Preferably same elevator used by the first truck

**Does not say they have to get off two floors below

32
Q

High Rise Office:

Third truck: goes where?

Gets off elevator where?

Duties?

A

Gets off elevator two floors below

Goes to floor above via a stair other than the attack

Determines the Evac stair

Remove occupants from the attack stair for a reasonable distance above the fire floor

33
Q

High Rise Office:

Fourth truck:

Goes where, how?

Searches what?

A

Proceeds to roof; uses an elevator that does not service the fire floor.
**If roof elevator services the fire floor must get off on the floor below the fire and walk up to the roof.

Primary search of the top five floors

34
Q

High Rise Office:

Second engine brings what?

Provides two communications links to whom?

A

Brings post radio; establishes a link between lobby and fire area; provides communications between standpipe and nozzle: remains out outlet until hose line is operating at correct nozzle pressure

35
Q

High Rise Office:

Third and fourth engines stretches a line where?

A

They reinforce and protect the first line; it does not say anything about going above

36
Q

High Rise Office:

Greater alarm or special cold engines report where?

A

ICP&raquo_space; lobby control&raquo_space; staging area

FDNY 2020 Capt Test (36 decks)

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