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High-Rise operations in a page 338 Flashcards

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What is the most important aspect of a successful high-rise operation?

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Establishment of an efficient, command organization. Page and 338.

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Most unsuccessful, high rise operations are the result of uncoordinated, unorganized operations, and a violation of which principle of management?

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span of control principle. page 339.

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What is the first and most important control operation to take place at a high rise or any fire? Establishment of ________mnd

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Establishment of command. Pg 340.

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At what two control points should a set of building floorplans be available?

_______post and _______Div

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Command post and operations division. page 341 

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Fire department personnel should control and ensure the proper operation of the building systems. Identify five systems that must be controlled.

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  1. Fire pumps.
  2. Shutting down the HVAC system.
  3. Elevator control.
  4. Specialized communication systems.
  5. Alarm system. P341 
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Explain how the operated staging area should be established

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Close enough to the building, so the reflex time is not so long, but far enough away, so as not to endanger personnel, or apparatus with falling glass, and other hazards from the building. Page 341. 

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Describe the function of the command company 

To support_____ activities in the initial stages of the operation.

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To support command post activities in the initial stages of the operation. page 341 
The command company is also called the support company .

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The command company may operate as a team, or may be split up, provided that______

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 No one works alone. Page 341. 

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What is an option that the incident commander has in order to prevent being overwhelmed, while trying to sort out the mountain of preliminary information being directed to the command post? 

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Request a command company also known as a support company. Page 341. 

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What are the control points at a high rise operation and where are they located? 

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P 340
Command post, lobby control post, elevator control, operations division, resource division, rehab and EMS division, search and evacuation division (SAE) 

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What are the five assignment options for command in regards to the officer of the command company?

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  1. Safety officer.
  2. Assist in command functions.
  3. Staff the position of water supply rehab, division supervisor or communication officer. 
  4. Be assigned to a division to decentralize the operation.
  5. Occupant, tracking officer.
    (P341-342)
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What is the lobby control officer responsible for?

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 responsible for finally the crews from the command, post to the proper elevator or stairwell to ensure they arrive safely at the resource division on the upper floor.

The lobby control post is the  foundation of personnel accountability system at the Incident page 342. 

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Describe the function of the fire fighter assigned to elevator control

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 Elevator control is usually assigned to one of the members of the first arriving companies.

Elevator control operates as a personnel and equipment shuttle between the lobby and the resource division two floors below the fire . Page 342 

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State the two conditions under which elevator control can be relinquished

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 Incident termination

Relieved by fire department personnel at the orders of a chief officer, page 343 

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Where does the resource division stage?

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Two floors below the fire page 342 

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Where does the operations division set up at a high-rise fire?

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 1 to 2 floors below the fire page 343 

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Identify the area of responsibility for the operations division supervisor 

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Fire floor floor above page 343 .

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The operations chief is also responsible for accounting for personnel and his division. Describe a simple way to keep track of the companies operating in the division. 

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Use a black magic marker and a wall page 344 

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You have been assigned as the resource division supervisor. Describe the function of your division. 

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Personnel and equipment staging area for the operations division . Page 343 

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What is possibly the most valuable equipment – related item required at the resource division?

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 Extra SCBA cylinders, page 345 

21
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You have been assigned as rehab division supervisor. Explain what you would request to be delivered to your division.

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Medical personnel and equipment, water, and possibly food page 346 

22
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 Where will the RIC team be positioned at a high-rise fire? 

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At the operations division 1 to 2 floors below the fire . P344 

23
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You are now the search and evacuation division supervisor. Describe what your responsibilities are in the division. 

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Recon all floors from two floors above the fire to the roof page 346 

24
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As SAE division supervisor, identify the resources you would look to maintain in your division.  additionally, explain how you were to deploy them, and what orders you would give to them. 

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Resources: at least 4 companies at all times 

Deployment: split into two teams; one team searches from two floors above the fire and up, the other team searches from the roof down. Page 346

Orders : give progress reports every five floors to SAE division, page 346 

25
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This effect occurs when the windows of the apartment are left open or break out and the prevailing winds blow from window toward the entry door and down the hallway toward the attack team 

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blast furnace hallway effect p349

26
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What are five alternative attacks to counter the blast furnace hallway effect 

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  1. Advance, attack lines in tandem.
  2. Master streams from exterior.
  3. Interior deluge sets
    4.Wall breach from apartment next door and apply large diameter hand line to cool area. 
  4. Draft curtain. Page 349 
27
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What term is used to describe the time that lapses from when you first think you need a resource to the time that it is operating at the scene or at least standing by at the ready mode and staging 

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Reflex time
page 351 

28
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Identify six building systems that must be controlled by fire departments at high-rise fires 

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Communications, elevators, HVAC systems, Auxiliary appliances, fire pumps, building maintenance personnel, page 351–352 

29
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Explain the consequences of failure to identify and remove a pressure reducer from a standpipe 

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Will prevent the deployment of a proper stream on the fire floor page 353 

30
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You are assigned to conduct horizontal ventilation, had a high rise fire. Explain the actions you would take to determine the feasibility of such an operation. 

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Check the wind direction and strength from the floor below the fire before venting the apartment—-simulate the winds behavior in an area, not involved in fire= hallway, door open, apartment, door open, fire apartment window open. Page 355 

31
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When assigned to perform horizontal ventilation, what would be the determining factor in whether to vent with that attack or wait until the fire is under control?

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 If the wind blows from apartment to hallway, do not vent until the Attack team has knocked down the fire page 355

32
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Your company is applying the fire department connection on the exterior of a high-rise. You are concerned with falling glass that might sever the supply lines. What order would you give your pump operator to reduce this concern? 

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Place ground ladders over the hose supplying the FDC. Page 355. 

33
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 Explain what stratification of smoke is, and give two options of removing the smoke from a building 

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Temperature of the smoke equals out with the ambient air of the building and will no longer rise. (Mushroom Effect)

1) remove by use of fans
2)  coordinate with building engineers to utilize the HVAC system page 356 

34
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Explain summer stack effect in terms of ventilation of a fire on a high floor, where exterior temperatures are high 

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Colder heavier air caused by air conditioning on the inside may sink to lower floors, which will pour smoke on upper floors back into the building page 356 

35
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When smoke stratification is present, what must firefighters do?

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Check all floors and all areas, especially all stairwells. Page 356.

36
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Explain two potential dangers of aluminum balconies when exposed to a high-rise fire 

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Heat from a fire venting below can weaken the aluminum or aluminum alloy to the point that a fire fighter, leaning on the balcony can cause a collapse.

Fire below can cause spalling of the concrete below the railings page 357 

37
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 At what temperatures does aluminum melt 

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1200°F page 357 

38
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What are some concerns with enclosed underground parking garages at high-rise fires? 

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If the garage is on a slope or a gradual incline from the lowest floor to the entrance of the garage, or vice versa, the fire will follow the path of least resistance, and spread to adjacent vehicles on the uphill side

Vehicles in close proximity to each other will be involved in Fire p 358

Extremely low clearance 

39
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What is the best way to attack a fire in an enclosed underground parking garage? 

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the best way to attack is via access stairs to the garage from building interior or by standpipe if available. Page 358. 

40
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You are searching on an upper floor of a residential high-rise. You come across a door that opens toward you in the hallway. Identify four areas that this doorway may lead to. 

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Closets, high-voltage, utility areas, elevator, shafts, and entrapment such as storage closets. Page 360. 

41
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One of the most dangerous incidents the fire service will face in a fire ressistive high-rise will be in a building that is under construction. explain why

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The building is least stable in terms of structural integrity, most vulnerable to fire, ignition and spread, the most inundated with hazards in and around the building. page 362 

42
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What is the difference between cast in place and precast construction? 

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Precast = shipped to site in already completed sections
Cast in place = concrete poured at site page 362 

43
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In regards to the control of occupants what two options does command have?

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Evacuations and protection in place Page 366 

44
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In regards to the control of occupants what is the preferred method?

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Protecting in place page 366

45
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Why is protection in place not the preferred option on the fire floor of commercial or office high-rises?

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Because of the open floor areas, page 367 

46
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What can CO meter be used for in High-Rise operations ?

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CO meters be used for regarding protecting in place (PIP) and horizontal evaluation or evacuation decisions? P367

47
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What are options for building evacuation when CO meters read high ?

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Wait on balconies, horizontal evacuation and evacuation . P367

48
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Ideally, where should the evacuating stairwell be located in relation to the location of the fire? 

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As remote from the fire area as possible. Page 367

49
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 According to the text, experience has shown that at most high-rise fires, the attack stairwell is also the ventilation stairwell. Why is that? 

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When attack is commenced, smoke will fill the stairwell. Openings above the stairwell will be used to vent the building, and elevator bank fire doors usually close off the floor, making the use of another stairwell for vent impossible.  p368

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