Highrise/Midrise

Question 1

Most high-rise building in Northern Virginia were built using

Answer 1

fire- resistive construction,

Question 2

Modern high-rise buildings involve two basic designs

Answer 2

residential and commercial

Question 3

_______ and ________ typically comprise buildings constructed prior to the 1976

Answer 3

Steel and concrete

Question 4

high-rise building constructed after the 1976 code change will be of

Answer 4

fire-resistive construction

Question 5

High rise buildings have a ____ standpipe system

Answer 5

Class 3

Question 6

How many approved exits must be on each floor/

Answer 6

2

Question 7

Multiple layers or thick gypsum and masonry walls typically enclose high-rise stairway, elevator, and other shafts. These will typically have a minimum

Answer 7

2-hr fire-resistance rating

Question 8

High-rise buildings typically do not have an attic. However, as previously discussed, the top floor or penthouse often contains _________ and _________.

Answer 8

mechanical and elevator rooms

Question 9

FYI

government facilities or mercantile establishments) are constructed with reinforced drywall, as shown in Figure 9. This material looks identical to regular drywall, but the drywall encases either a layer of wire mesh or a solid sheet of Lexan polycarbonate

Question 10

In lightweight concrete failure occurs at 80%, of designed after __ min of fire exposure

studies have shown that thermal cracks appear within __-___ minutes of fire exposure

Answer 10

14-16 minutes

Question 11

In high rises the presence of an outward opening door indicates an

Answer 11

electric or telephone room or another type of closet.

Question 12

The security gate installed in the stairway at the lowest level, what does this denote?

Answer 12

last floor with an exterior entrance.

Question 13

Pressure-reducing valves will limit pressure to a maximum of

Answer 13

175 psi

Question 14

Electric traction typically controls elevators in high-rise structures. Control rooms reside at the ____ ___ ___ ____ ____

Answer 14

Top of the elevator shaft

Question 15

If more than two floors above the fire still contain occupants, _______ and _______ branch should be established

Answer 15

search and evacuation

Question 16

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___________smoke rises upward from the fire floor until it reaches the roof or ceiling level. The smoke then banks off the roof or ceiling and migrates downward, back toward the fire floor.

Answer 16

Mushrooming

Question 17

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Smoke will rise until the temperatures balance, at which point the smoke begins to settle, or stratify

Answer 17

Stack Effect

Question 18

fire to double in size every ____ seconds.

Answer 18

90 seconds

Question 19

effectively suppress a chute fire with an object lodged along the chute, personnel should

Answer 19

drop a heavy object from a level higher than the lodged object

Question 20

Buildings under construction must have a riser

Answer 20

two floors below the top-most finished floor.

Question 21

Exterior attack of upper floor fires will require deployment of

Answer 21

aerial master streams.

Question 22

Personnel can sometimes more efficiently bypass heavily secured doors by

Answer 22

breaching adjacent drywall- composed walls

Question 23

high-rise fires must consist of five basic actions

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determine fire floor,
2. verify fire floor,
3. control occupants,
4. control building systems, and
5. confine and extinguish the fire.

Question 24

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Personnel must still supply the standpipe system, even if the initial attack was made with handlines stretched directly from the apparatus.

Deploy hoseline directly from the engine to the vehicle fire. Command must be notified, and the FDC still supplied

Question 25

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2nd due engine

Answer 25

Report to the fire floor to help the first engine place the first hoseline in service before
placing the second line in service

Question 26

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3rd due engine

Proceed to the floor above the fire to work with the second truck company;

driver or operator will remain with the apparatus and establish a water supply to the secondary FDC if one is present.

Question 27

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4th due engine

Abandon the vehicle with hose packs and RIT equipment.
Proceed to one floor below the fire floor

Question 28

If personnel decide to enter a fire compartment without a charged line in place to perform an immediate rescue, the truck crew should

Answer 28

Close the door behind them

Question 29

Staging refers to the area used for assembling resources close to operations on the fire floor, ideally ___ floors below the confirmed fire floor in a high-rise fire.

Answer 29

Two floors below

Question 30

Personnel should anticipate no more than __ to __ min per air cylinder during firefighting operations

Answer 30

15 to 20

Question 31

Raised floor systems, sometimes referred to as a

Answer 31

computer access flooring system

Question 32

FYI
Battalion 404 from Engine 430. Unable to complete a lap, confirmed four in the front, four to the rear over an underground parking garage. Floors will be labelled garage, 1, 2, 3, 4. Garage is clear of smoke and fire. The fire is located on side Alpha, Floor Number 3, quadrant Alpha.
81 High-Rise Building Fires,
Building is being evacuated. Engine 430 with a crew of four to Floor Number 3 for fire attack and search. Dispatch RIT taskforce. Requesting to transfer Command.”