MDs Add 3 wind impacted fires

Question 1

What are the five conditions that must be present for a wind impacted fire to occur?

Answer 1

1. Wind.
2. Fire in an apartment.
3. Failed or opened window in the fire room.
4. Fire apartment door leading to the public hall left open or not fully closed.
5. An area of low pressure such as an opened stairwell door, or an opened apartment door on the opposite side of the public hallway from the fire apartment. This characteristic of air movement is known as the Flow Path.

Question 2

In a FPMD with potential for a wind impacted fire where should members gather info before advancing to the reported fire floor?

a. floor below the fire
d. 2 floors below the fire
c. any floor below that isn’t an IDLH
d. all of the above

Answer 2

d.
Prior to advancing to the reported fire floor, member must gather information by surveying the floor below or two floors below if scissor stairs are present.

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Question 3

At a fire in a FPMD with a wind condition the 1st truck access the fire floor via stairway A and the engine offer gains access via the B stairs. The attack stairway has not been determined yet. Do you agree or disagree with these actions?

Answer 3

disagree • All members must access the fire floor from the same stairway until the attack stairway has been determined

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