Private Dwellings Flashcards
Private Dwellings:
What is the major weakness from a fire fighting standpoint?
Open on enclosed stairway
Private Dwellings:
Straight line colonial:
Side door generally gives access to what?
How can we access the upper floor bedrooms from the front?
Access to the kitchen and cellar
Via the roof of the front porch
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Cape style:
The presence of dormers indicates what?
Can the dormers be laddered?
Likelihood of a second-floor bedrooms
Easiest way to access these rooms is not the dormers, it is via windows on exposure two and four
Private Dwellings:
Queen Anne:
Can we use the fire escape?
Is balloon framing common?
Attached to a combustible wall – careful consideration
Yes
Private Dwellings:
Flat roof:
A decorative peak with an absence of a window indicates what?
Are firewalls between attached dwellings reliable?
Flat roof
No
Private Dwellings:
Ranch:
How many stories?
One
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Split level:
Where is the garage?
On one side of the house, with a floor above it
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Newer lightweight PD’s:
When can collapse be expected?
Do these dwellings need to be entered into CIDS?
One fire extends from the contents to the structure early collapse expected
Must be entered into CIDS
Private Dwellings:
What can cause an early collapse of the first floor?
Unfinished cellar ceiling with heavy fire and an overloaded first floor
Private Dwellings:
Can we use the pull down stairs leading to attic?
A portable should be used
Private Dwellings:
A side entrance at ground level will indicate what?
A side entrance with a stoop indicates what?
Entrance to kitchen and cellar
Entrance to second floor may be only access to that level
Private Dwellings:
Can we use offset windows at a PD with a side entrance?
No
Private Dwellings:
Size up begins when?
Continues until when?
Receipt of the alarm
Fire is under control
Private Dwellings:
What indicates attic occupancy?
Dormer, adequate height (7 feet), air conditioner, drapes
Private Dwellings:
Platform versus balloon frame?
Platform limits fire extension, balloon frame lacks fire stopping
Private Dwellings:
What type of porches or garage roofs can we use?
Wood frame is suitable; aluminum or lightweight material shall not be used
Private Dwellings:
Windows with cells that are chest high indicate what?
May require a drop of 5 to 6 feet to floor level. Place a dresser chair or something below this window.
Private Dwellings:
If back stretching, what lines should be dropped?
Does the hose have to be charged before entering the building?
Two hand lines.
Enough hose must be stretched to cover the fire area, should be flaked out charged and bled before entering
Private Dwellings:
What is the primary consideration in placement of hose line for a fire on the first floor floors above?
Fire in the cellar?
Main entrance to the building: contains open interior stairs, and protect members and victims on the floor above
The quickest access.
Private Dwellings:
Is smoke from attic windows or louvered vents in indication of a cellar fire?
Yes
Also, smoke from the chimney
Private Dwellings:
High heat and heavy smoke with no flame on the first floor indicate what?
Cellar fire
Private Dwellings:
When entering the first floor main entrance, what indicates the cellar door is open?
The TIC showing heat waves emanating across the first floor ceiling.
Smoke showing significant force and speed under pressure
Private Dwellings:
Who can order an exterior hose line operated into a cellar window?
The I C (chief or company officer)
Private Dwellings:
Can you operate a line into the cellar window while members are down there?
Yes in an emergency such as members trapped by fire or after a collapse has occurred
Private Dwellings:
When operating a line into the cellar window, what needs to happen?
- No members are in the cellar
- Communicated to all units on the scene
Primary consideration: members on the first floor should close the interior cellar door
Private Dwellings:
Who decides placement of the first hose line?
Cellar fire location?
First Engine and ladder officer
Quickest access
Private Dwellings:
What is the least desirable option for stretching a line to the cellar?
Bilco doors
Private Dwellings:
When using an exterior entrance to go to the seller, how long will the first hose line remain on the first floor?
Until the fire is controlled
Private Dwellings:
What is of paramount concern when deciding to advance down the interior stairs?
Safety of members
Private Dwellings:
In rows of attached PD’s what is generally the first option to get to the basement?
Through the front door to the interior stairs
Private Dwellings:
What would preclude a line from going down the interior stairs?
High heat at the top of stairs; questionable stability; serious fire condition.
Private Dwellings:
Who can order repositioning of the first hoseline through the main entrance to a secondary entrance?
An acting chief officer or chief officer
Private Dwellings:
What needs to happen when repositioning a line to the basement?
- Chief gives urgent communicating the repositioning
- Truck members on the first floor must be withdrawn
- Numbers on upper floors may need to be withdrawn to safe area
Private Dwellings:
Cellar fire:
Second hoseline should be where?
Positioned and charged outside building. May back up first or be used to go above.
Enough line to go into cellar through secondary entrance
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First floor fire:
Stretched where?
Ensure what before positioning?
Through main entrance.
It didn’t start in cellar
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Upper floor fire:
First line stretched where?
Through main entrance to upper floors
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Building fully involved:
First engine should do what?
Drop two handlines IFO;
Maintain the front for TL
Private Dwellings:
When to consider 2 1/2”?
- Fully involved
- Wind impacted
- Heavy 1st fl fire in Queen Anne
Private Dwellings:
Who evaluates whether to enter a fully involved bldg?
The IC
Private Dwellings:
What should you do upon entering a room from a window?
Sweep the hole, then close the door.
The door should be kept closed until the main body of fire has been extinguished.
Private Dwellings:
What is the primary function of an engine company if there is more than one occupant on an upper floor?
Protect the interior stairs
Private Dwellings:
What is a quick way to determine if a structure has balloon framing?
Remove a baseboard on an exterior wall and check for the presence of a sole plate. If none, it is balloon.
Private Dwellings:
Platform construction: where are the studs Capped?
At the ceiling level of each floor
Private Dwellings:
Once entry is gained into the building, the door should be controlled until?
Either the fire area can be further isolated, or a charged hose line is advancing through the door.
