Single Family Dwellings Flashcards
Single family dwellings range in height from ____ to _____ floors
1, 3
In a SFD what wall will be the load bearing wall
Long wall
SFD’s can range in square footage from _____ to ________
1,000 - 15,000
This style of home usually has two stories above ground
Colonial style
This style home are usually one story and may or may not have a basement
Ranch or rambler
This style home is typically 1.5 stories above ground. The top floor will contain knee-walls
Cape Cod
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
Split Foyer
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
Split level
Split level homes usually have how many levels and can even have up to how many levels
3, 5
This style home represents an increasingly popular new genre and can involve variations of several different styles
Hybrid
What terms are used interchangeably to describe large SFD’s
Estate Home & McMansion
This type of home most often refers to a large SFD situated on a large property
Estate Home
This type of home often refers to a large SFD situated on an average-sized property
McMansion
The interior layout of estate homes resembles what style homes but on a larger scale
Colonial-style
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)
Cluster homes
Cluster homes are usually ____ to ____ stories tall
1, 3
Cluster homes have a concern for horizontal fire spread due to
Windows facing the exposures
SFD design typically involves wood-framed materials and a ________-frame construction method
Platform
Wood-frame SFD’s built prior to 1930 may have utilized ________-framed construction
Balloon
Many SFD’s constructed during the 1980s have what type of plywood sheathing roof deck
Fire Retardant
What operational challenges do solar panels on roofs present to firefighters
- Additional weight for collapse
- Presence for stored energy
- limited areas to per form vertical ventilation
The most common type of window in SFD’s is what
Souble-hung sliding sash window
Personnel that encounter security bars on an in incident scene must immediately do what
Communicate their presence over the radio so the truck or rescue can address them
Interior doors are commonly constructed of what
Hollow-core wood
Inward opening doors typically lead to
bedrooms and bathrooms
Outward-opening doors usually lead to what
Basement stairs or closets
Residential exterior doors swing
inward
The three standard locks on exterior doors are
Mortise
Rim
Tubular dead bolt
The most common stairway in a SFD is the
straight run, vertically stacked stairway
How should personnel secure open garage doors
pike poles, ladder, vice grips, bending or pinching the roller track
Most fire-related fatalities occur in what type of structure
SFD
Most fires in SFD’s start where
Vicinity of cooking or heating appliances
A typical SFD has a low fire load requiring ____ gpm per _____ sqft
10, 100
What location in a SFD provides greater safety during roof structure collapse
Operating from hallway or bathroom
Primary search operations should focus where
- Area near the fire
- Bedrooms
- Means of egress
What SFD fire situations should cue to request a second alarm
- Known rescues
- Fire in 2 seperate and adjacent SFD’s
- Fire in an estate home
A larger SFD or one with hording conditions may have a medium fire load requiring ____ gpm per _____ sqft
20, 100
How many companies are required to maneuver a 2.5” hoseline
2
An additional consideration for the second line is to do what
Protect the crew searching above
To best ensure the search crews safety, personnel should place this line where
at the base of the stairs on the fire floor
What is the most effective unit when aerial master streams need to be utilized
Tower Ladder
How many hoselines are typically needed to contain and extinguish a basement fire
2
What is the preferred point of attack for the initial line with a basement fire
exterior entrance leading directly to the basement
What type of stream should be used on basement fires
Straight or solid streams
If the basement door cannot be closed, is non-existent, or has been burned through, firefighters should aim a hose stream where and how
With a narrow fog pattern at the ceiling over the stairway to contain fire extending up the stairs
What type of structure is more susceptible to wind-driven fires
Taller structure upper stories
The conditions required to create a wind-driven fire can exist with exterior winds as low as
10-20 mph
Fire conditions must exist for a wind-driven fire to occur include what five things
- fire in the structure
- a failed or open window or exterior door to the fire area
- wind on the structure’s exterior
- a secondary failed or opened window or door remote from the fire area
- an unobstructed flow path from the fire area to the secondary failed or open window or door
What MUST be done prior to making entry into a SFD
360 lap is complete
All lightweight roof operations must be performed how
With aerial support for members
If fire has accessed the attic what area should be avoided
Foyer area
A tanker task force consists of what units
3 tankers
1 engine
1 BC
Laddering a structure can normally be accomplished with ladders of what length
Less than 35’ long
What are the two most dangerous areas that need searching
Area closest to the fire & area directly above the fire
What are the most critical areas to search
Means of egress and sleeping areas
What must members do if operating on lightweight construction roof
be independently supported by aerial device or roof ladder
