Multiple Dwellings Flashcards
What are 3 things a roof hose line can do?
1- prevent fire from extending past a trench
2- protect exposures
3-extinguish fire that cannot be reached from below
when opening a window to vent how do you open it?
2/3 from top 1/3 from bottom
OLT
cellar fire where does the 1st line go?
to the cellar door inside fire building, this protects people coming down stairs and can extinguish fire that is coming up. Line does not go down these stairs if there is an outside entrance to cellar, unless fire is minor
T/F
OLT do not have fireproof cellar ceilings and cocklofts are smaller then in NLT.
True
for a shaft fire where should the 1st line be stretched and how much hose should be stretched?
stretched to nearest point from which water can be applied, stretch enough hose to reach upper floors.
T/F
Bridging from a front tenement to rear tenement for vent purposes or Rescue is allowed.
True
tenement
when trenching can you rely on a fire wall?
NO
HRFPMD
who controls venting of fire apt?
who controls all other venting?
Ladder officer in fire apt
IC for all other venting
HRFPMD
wind moving across roff causes (high/low) pressure.
Low Pressure
HRFPMD
T/F
ventilation should take place after the main body of fire is controlled.
True
HRFPMD
fire is on the 6th floor where would you expect to find the FAST truck and the CFR-D engine?
at the command post. for fires above the 6th floor they are assigned to the fire sector
HRFPMD
who selects the attack stair?
engine and ladder officers select attack stair, does not have to have a standpipe in it.
HRN
can they use hose thats already in place for the second line or do they have to stretch their own?
can use hose already in place
HRFPMD
how does the roof get to floor above
attack stair (high rise office 3rd ladder use a stair other then attack to get to floor above)
HRFPMD
who coordinates use of a WCD?
who searches fire floor hallways and ___floors up the attack stairway?
ensures elevators are recalled and searched?
ensures stairwell doors on fire floor are closed?
2nd ladder for all and 5 floors up attack stair
HRFPMD
what does the 3rd ladder do?
can be used to search hallways and stairs when severe smoke above fire sector. 3rd roof will go to floor above fire with KO curtain and normal tools
the vent support truck is what due?
6th due
What tools are in the standpipe bag?
GNC SOAP
Gauges (inline pressure), Nozzle, Chocks, Spanner, Operating wheel, Adapters, Pipe wrench
HRFPMD,
when can the engine officer consider using the standpipe in a below grade fire?
when fire is controlled by a sprinkler
LRFPMD, can the roof take the interior stairs to the roof?
yes, if stairs are an IDLH must team up with another member (class two always team up) once on roof they must communicate that they are on roof, in a safe area, and bulkhead is closed
T/F
LRFPMD, the 4th floor can be reached by a 35ft portable ladder?
True
LRFPMD
what are the 2nd truck responsibilities for top floor fire, not top floor fire?
top floor - coordinates VEIS on fire floor with 1st ladder
not top floor- all floors and stairs above fire floor and goes to apt above the fire.
LRFPMD
when can an 1 3/4” hose be used
when ever apartment door is within 50’ of every stairway on the floor
LRFPMD
what is the tool assignment of the 1st roof
Halligan hook, halligan, LSR and lift belt
LRFPMD
what is the priority order of roof access?
1-stairway in attached adjoining building, in an individual building with two separate sections protected by fire doors.
2-enclosed evacuation stairway
3- aerial ladder or tower ladder
4-interior stair if building is isolated with only one open stair that cannot be laddered
LRFPMD
top floor fire who brings the KO curtain to the roof?
2nd roof
