Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings: New Law Tenement

Question 1

Command Post Location

Answer 1

In proximity to the front of the fire building

Question 2

New Law Tenement (NLT) - Built 4/12/1901-1916

Answer 2

• Generally 6 to 7 stories in height
• 35’ to 50’ frontage
• 85’ in depth
• five to six apartments per floor
• The first floor (cellar ceiling) is of fireproof construction and unpierced
• The entrance to the cellar is by way of an exterior stair
• Interior stairs are fireproof
• Apartment doors are of fire resistant material
• Second means of egress is either another stairway or ,more often, exterior fire escape
• Steel “I” beam floor joists are generally supported by masonry walls

Question 3

Newer type of New Law Tenement (NLT) - Built between 1916-1929

Answer 3

• Much larger floor area (e.g. 150’ x 200’)
• To avoid being required to be built of fireproof construction, the floor areas were broken up into units of 2500 sq. ft. or less
• Firewalls only go as high as the ceiling of the top floor, creating a very large, undivided cockloft area.
• Dumbwaiter shafts located in the apartments, terminating on the roof in a bulkhead w/ a skylight on top
• Some buildings have elevators that run from cellar to top floor w/ bulkhead on the roof
• Entrance to basement from side or rear door via exterior stairs or through passageway located in the front of the building

Question 4

Situation which necessitates an Extra Engine and Truck

Answer 4

• Fire on Two Floors

* NOTE: If progress is not made on at least one floor in a short period of time, transmit a 2nd Alarm

Question 5

Situation which necessitates a 2nd Alarm

Answer 5

-Fire is in a shaft, extending into an Exposure

Question 6

Situation which necessitates a 3rd Alarm

Answer 6

-Fire extending into Two Exposures