HIGH RISE OPERATIONS Flashcards
Fire department connections with a placard “letter above a number” means?
Letter designates which system
number indicates number of systems the building has
What 3 keys should be found on key ring in fire apparatus?
Medeco
Knox
Supra
Fire Department connections within a stairwell with a placard that has a number over a letter indicates?
The number indicates what floor you are on
The letter indicates which system
If a standpipe is damaged what resource can be used and where is it found?
Speed swivel found on EC trucks
If the fire pump in a building is running what does this indicate?
If the fire pump is found to be running, a sprinkler has been activated somewhere in the building
A fire in a building with 3 or more floors gets what response from fire alarm?
a building 3
When instructed to “make connections” should the engine company make the sprinkler or standpipe first?
Make sprinkler connection first then standpipe
Which units respond to a building 3?
2 BN 2 EC 4 EN 2 LD 2 PM
What is the responsibility of the second in engine on a highrise fire?
Water Supply and connections
What is the responsibility of the third in engine on a highrise fire?
Lobby Control
What is the responsibility of the first in ladder company?
Form attack team with first in engine (attack team division ____)
What is the responsibility of the fourth in engine?
RIC
or second attack team with second ladder
What are the responsibilities of the second in ladder truck?
Pressurize stairwell
Second attack team
What radio channel can be used for highrise operations that may improve communication?
Fireground 1
analog, is not repeated, E button will not be heard by fire alarm
What can you do to “buy time” while you get hose flaked out?
break sprinkler heads
5 “C’s” of highrise operations?
command confirm connections control cars
Elevator use in highrise phase 1
assign a car operator
call cars to lobby
check hoistway for smoke or water
Elevator use in Highrise Phase 2
safety check (door control)
stop every 5 floors (check hoistway and floor layout)
stop 2 floors below fire floor
how many linear feet does 1” quantify on a quarter square
1”= 377lf
what does a pressure reducing valve/device do on a standpipe
prevents pipes from breaking due to head pressure
can a PRD (pressure reducing device) be removed
yes
PRV cannot, these are common in tucson, built into valve system
If you do not see a PRD assume it has a PRV
One Meridian Plaza 38 story in Phili how many were killed and why
3 were killed, 100 GPM nozzles only getting 65psi from system
how many GPM from 15/16” nozzle
190gpm
how many firefigters died in Memphis in 1994 on elevator and why
2 were not prepared for fire when the doors opened on the fire floor
NFPA declares any building over what height a “highrise”
75’
