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Single Family Dwellings Flashcards

1
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Single family dwellings range in height from ____ to _____ floors

A

1, 3

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2
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In a SFD what wall will be the load bearing wall

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Long wall

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3
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SFD’s can range in square footage from _____ to ________

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1,000 - 15,000

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4
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This style of home usually has two stories above ground

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Colonial style

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5
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This style home are usually one story and may or may not have a basement

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Ranch or rambler

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6
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This style home is typically 1.5 stories above ground. The top floor will contain knee-walls

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Cape Cod

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This style home is a two-story SFD characterized by an interior foyer level that leads directly to stairs providing access to both upper and lower levels just inside the home’s front door

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Split Foyer

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8
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This style home is a three-level SFD characterized by front entry to an interior level that is positioned between upper and lower floors; two short sets of stairs provide access from the main entry level to levels above and below

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Split level

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9
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Split level homes usually have how many levels and can even have up to how many levels

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3, 5

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10
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This style home represents an increasingly popular new genre and can involve variations of several different styles

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Hybrid

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11
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What terms are used interchangeably to describe large SFD’s

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Estate Home & McMansion

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12
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This type of home most often refers to a large SFD situated on a large property

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Estate Home

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13
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This type of home often refers to a large SFD situated on an average-sized property

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McMansion

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14
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The interior layout of estate homes resembles what style homes but on a larger scale

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Colonial-style

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15
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This type of home resides in a community of single-family detached homes built in very close proximity to each other (usually 10ft or less)

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Cluster homes

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16
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Cluster homes are usually ____ to ____ stories tall

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1, 3

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17
Q

Cluster homes have a concern for horizontal fire spread due to

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Windows facing the exposures

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18
Q

SFD design typically involves wood-framed materials and a ________-frame construction method

A

Platform

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19
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Wood-frame SFD’s built prior to 1930 may have utilized ________-framed construction

A

Balloon

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20
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Many SFD’s constructed during the 1980s have what type of plywood sheathing roof deck

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Fire Retardant

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21
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What operational challenges do solar panels on roofs present to firefighters

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  • Additional weight for collapse
  • Presence for stored energy
  • limited areas to per form vertical ventilation
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22
Q

The most common type of window in SFD’s is what

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Souble-hung sliding sash window

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23
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Personnel that encounter security bars on an in incident scene must immediately do what

A

Communicate their presence over the radio so the truck or rescue can address them

24
Q

Interior doors are commonly constructed of what

A

Hollow-core wood

25
Q

Inward opening doors typically lead to

A

bedrooms and bathrooms

26
Q

Outward-opening doors usually lead to what

A

Basement stairs or closets

27
Q

Residential exterior doors swing

A

inward

28
Q

The three standard locks on exterior doors are

A

Mortise
Rim
Tubular dead bolt

29
Q

The most common stairway in a SFD is the

A

straight run, vertically stacked stairway

30
Q

How should personnel secure open garage doors

A

pike poles, ladder, vice grips, bending or pinching the roller track

31
Q

Most fire-related fatalities occur in what type of structure

A

SFD

32
Q

Most fires in SFD’s start where

A

Vicinity of cooking or heating appliances

33
Q

A typical SFD has a low fire load requiring ____ gpm per _____ sqft

A

10, 100

34
Q

What location in a SFD provides greater safety during roof structure collapse

A

Operating from hallway or bathroom

35
Q

Primary search operations should focus where

A
  • Area near the fire
  • Bedrooms
  • Means of egress
36
Q

What SFD fire situations should cue to request a second alarm

A
  • Known rescues
  • Fire in 2 seperate and adjacent SFD’s
  • Fire in an estate home
37
Q

A larger SFD or one with hording conditions may have a medium fire load requiring ____ gpm per _____ sqft

A

20, 100

38
Q

How many companies are required to maneuver a 2.5” hoseline

A

2

39
Q

An additional consideration for the second line is to do what

A

Protect the crew searching above

40
Q

To best ensure the search crews safety, personnel should place this line where

A

at the base of the stairs on the fire floor

41
Q

What is the most effective unit when aerial master streams need to be utilized

A

Tower Ladder

42
Q

How many hoselines are typically needed to contain and extinguish a basement fire

A

2

43
Q

What is the preferred point of attack for the initial line with a basement fire

A

exterior entrance leading directly to the basement

44
Q

What type of stream should be used on basement fires

A

Straight or solid streams

45
Q

If the basement door cannot be closed, is non-existent, or has been burned through, firefighters should aim a hose stream where and how

A

With a narrow fog pattern at the ceiling over the stairway to contain fire extending up the stairs

46
Q

What type of structure is more susceptible to wind-driven fires

A

Taller structure upper stories

47
Q

The conditions required to create a wind-driven fire can exist with exterior winds as low as

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10-20 mph

48
Q

Fire conditions must exist for a wind-driven fire to occur include what five things

A
  1. fire in the structure
  2. a failed or open window or exterior door to the fire area
  3. wind on the structure’s exterior
  4. a secondary failed or opened window or door remote from the fire area
  5. an unobstructed flow path from the fire area to the secondary failed or open window or door
49
Q

What MUST be done prior to making entry into a SFD

A

360 lap is complete

50
Q

All lightweight roof operations must be performed how

A

With aerial support for members

51
Q

If fire has accessed the attic what area should be avoided

A

Foyer area

52
Q

A tanker task force consists of what units

A

3 tankers
1 engine
1 BC

53
Q

Laddering a structure can normally be accomplished with ladders of what length

A

Less than 35’ long

54
Q

What are the two most dangerous areas that need searching

A

Area closest to the fire & area directly above the fire

55
Q

What are the most critical areas to search

A

Means of egress and sleeping areas

56
Q

What must members do if operating on lightweight construction roof

A

be independently supported by aerial device or roof ladder

2025 Lt (6 decks)

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