St Chpt 11

Question 1

As part of the size up process, the incident commander must consider the buildings ________ .

Answer 1

Occupancy type

Question 2

Firefighters working at a store or office occupancy fire ____ more likely to be killed than when working at a residential fire.

Answer 2

5 1/2 times

Question 3

Is a measure of the number of people in a given area.

Answer 3

Occupant density

Question 4

Usually state occupant density as the number of square feet per person

Answer 4

Codes

Question 5

In some assembly occupancies, the maximum density is ____ per person

Answer 5

7ft

Question 6

If the area is not posted, a rough approximation of the number of people who could safely occupy an area can be determined by dividing the area in ft by the _______

Answer 6

Occupant density factor

Question 7

Colleges are technically categorized as business occupancies when classrooms accommodate less than ______ and as assembly occupancies when the room accommodates ____ or more students.

Answer 7

50

Question 8

As an occupancy used for the gathering of 50 or more persons for deliberation, worship, entertainment, eating, drinking, amusement, awaiting transportation, or similar uses or used as a special amusement building, regardless of occupant load.

Answer 8

Assembly occupancy

Question 9

The primary challenge in managing an incident in an occupied assembly building is removing people to the outside or to place of ______

Answer 9

Safe refuge

Question 10

Fires in places of assembly are fairly rare, accounting for approximately ____ of all structure fires, but the potential for a large loss of life fire in these buildings requires pre incident planning and special tactical considerations

Answer 10

3%

Question 11

Bell towers typically contain large, heavy bells That are higher than the church and present a potential

Answer 11

Collapse hazard

Question 12

Older Gothic style churches typically have large timbers supporting the roof structure whereas modern churches often have_______

Answer 12

Truss roof structures

Question 13

Large church fire usually dictate a defense of operation and often result in

Answer 13

Full or partial collapse

Question 14

Is it common problem in eating and drinking establishments

Answer 14

Overcrowding

Question 15

As mentioned previous; ________, the second tactical priority, often is the most effective means of accomplishing the top tactical priority of life safety

Answer 15

Extinguishment

Question 16

Occupant density maximums are ____ per person in elementary and High school classrooms

Answer 16

20 ft

Question 17

Evacuating trapped victims through the _____ is typically the most effective and safest option

Answer 17

Interior stairs

Question 18

Establishing an ________ that ensures complete evacuation and accounting for all students, teachers, and staff is essential

Answer 18

Occupant accountability system

Question 19

Are required in all kindergarten through 12th grade schools

Answer 19

Fire drills

Question 20

A basketball court or auditorium will likely be classified as an ______ within the educational occupancy

Answer 20

Assembly occupancy

Question 21

Any college classroom with ____ or more students is considered an assembly occupancy

Answer 21

50

Question 22

Is a major concern in hospitals and nursing homes

Answer 22

Mobility

Question 23

Moving people on beds with life support equipment is difficult, to say the least; therefore, the _______ is the preferred option

Answer 23

Defend in place strategy

Question 24

Most ares of the untied states now have codes requiring ______ in nursing homes, a trend that has greatly reduced the number of large loss of life fires in health care facilities

Answer 24

Sprinklers

Question 25

When properly installed and operating sprinkler system is in place, fires are generally limited to one room, and the primary tactic is to move patients out of smoky areas to places of _____

Answer 25

Safe refuge

Question 26

If the nursing home is not sprinkler protected or the sprinkler system is not operating properly, use _____ to contain the fire whenever possible.

Answer 26

Fire doors

Question 27

Moving patients out of harms way is the primary tactic, but extinguishment is essential to defend the place of ______

Answer 27

Safe refuge

Question 28

Staffing will generally be less at a _______ and there may not be places of safe refuge where a defend in place strategy can be implemented

Answer 28

Limited care facility

Question 29

Many apartment buildings rent exclusively to elderly occupants. These buildings will be classified as a _______ and have less stringent fire protection code requirements

Answer 29

Residential occupancy

Question 30

Most fires, most fatal fires, and most property loss occur in ______.

Answer 30

Residential fires

Question 31

In ______ the hours when residents are sleeping are the most dangerous

Answer 31

Residential occupancies

Question 32

Many high rise buildings are now constructed for use by senior citizens and family living. Expect to find many people through out the structure in need of assistance, including the possibility of the

Answer 32

Convergence cluster phenomenon

Question 33

Many guests attempted to use stairs to exit the building but encountered smoke as they descended. They then sought refuge in a room other than their own. This resulted in several people being in a single room, rather than the expected one to five guests per room.

Answer 33

Convergence cluster phenomenon

Question 34

The _______ should reinforce the importance of conducting a complete, systematic search

Answer 34

Convergence cluster phenomenon

Question 35

Whenever it is safe to conduct an offensive attack, a primary and secondary search should be conducted, unless there is a ______ and ______ report that everyone escaped

Answer 35

Credible and verifiable

Question 36

When the fire occurs at night, the primary search should normally begin in

Answer 36

Bedrooms

Question 37

As is most often the case, _______ is usually the best way to achieve the life safety objective

Answer 37

Extinguishment

Question 38

Further, _____ is a leading cause of fire in student housing; therefore, a heavily involved fire with multiple victims is not uncommon

Answer 38

Arson

Question 39

Is typically the largest problem facing fire forces in mercantile occupancies, but don’t be misled; the danger to life safety may be substantial.

Answer 39

Property loss

Question 40

________ is a major issue in all mercantile occupancies where high dollar inventories are common and many items are extremely sensitive to smoke and water damage

Answer 40

Property conservation

Question 41

Occupant density can be as high as one person per 100 ft which is considerably less crowded than most places of assembly but more densely populated than many other occupancies

Answer 41

Business occupancy

Question 42

Occupant density is generally low in _______, especially the automated warehouse

Answer 42

Storage facilities

Question 43

The risk of a fast moving fire or explosion may be high within the _____, which could have an immense fuel load.

Answer 43

Storage occupancy

Question 44

Most one story ______ are of non combustible construction with metal truss roof structures

Answer 44

Modern warehouses

Question 45

Firefighters are more likely to be killed in these large commercial structures than in residential fires, but the danger increases exponentially in ________ where the firefighter fatality rate is much greater than in the typical home fire.

Answer 45

Large vacant buildings

Question 46

Only an extra ____is capable of handling a fire in large quantities of wooden pallets

Answer 46

Extra hazard sprinkler system

Question 47

Should be used when dealing with extra hazard storage

Answer 47

Sprinkler system calculations

Question 48

When calculating rate of flow And developing pre-incident plans, remember that in many cases the fire will be limited to a

Answer 48

Small area within a very large building

Question 49

One of the most common risk management measures involves installation of _________

Answer 49

Suppression systems or built in fire protection

Question 50

Often include an accountability process that can assist the ic In facilitating an orderly evacuation and accounting for plant personnel

Answer 50

Emergency action plans

Question 51

The occupant density is usually higher in an ________ as compared to a storage facility

Answer 51

Industrial occupancy facility

Question 52

Are notable because they tend to cause a large loss of life and/or large financial loss.

Answer 52

Industrial occupancy fire

Question 53

In the ______ setting, the main tactical activity often involves controlling a manufacturing process or otherwise stabilizing the incident to protect life and property

Answer 53

Industrial

Question 54

Free burning fires involving wooden framing, combustible materials, or debris can develop a large fireball with subsequent high levels of ______

Answer 54

Radiant heat

Question 55

A building that is only partially constructed or one that is partially razed is more likely to ______ than a finished structure

Answer 55

Collapse

Question 56

The first step in determining evacuation needs is an evaluation of the ______

Answer 56

Time of day, building size, and occupancy type

Question 57

An awareness rating of ____ would mean that all occupants within this occupancy would be expected to be fully awake and mentally unimpaired

Answer 57

10

Question 58

An awareness rating of ____ would be given to an occupancy where occupants are totally unaware, such as people who are under general anesthesia

Answer 58

1

Question 59

Are promulgated to avoid the repetition of past mistakes

Answer 59

Codes

Question 60

Fire control effort must place a high priority on keeping the fire out of

Answer 60

Exits

Question 61

If the fire can be controlled quickly and many occupants are in danger, ______ is generally the best choice

Answer 61

Extinguishment

Question 62

Loser loss of life fires are unheard of in fully _____buildings when the sprinkler system is installed and maintained in compliance with nationally recognized codes and standards

Answer 62

Sprinkler protected

Question 63

Finding and accessing the fire location is a key element of a ____ in any large, complex structure

Answer 63

Preincident plan

Question 64

Most campuses will have one or more large classroom facilities that hold 200 or more students. These classrooms resemble an _____ and are classified as such.

Answer 64

Assembly occupancy

Question 65

Large number of people located in a single building always represent

Answer 65

Life safety concerns

Question 66

Health care facilities use ______ within the facility during evacuations

Answer 66

Places of safe refuge

Question 67

The nursing staff should be able to account for patients, but in most cases, they will not be able to account for visitors or doctors. Therefore a_____

Answer 67

Primary search must be conducted

Question 68

Occupants of these facilities, who are mostly elderly, would have great difficulty descending a ladder, therefore, attempting to rescue residents using fire department ladders would be an option of near last resort

Answer 68

Limited care facilities

Question 69

Modern and old prisons alike tend to be overcrowded, holding more prisoners than they were designed to house. Any form of overcrowding increases the

Answer 69

Life hazard

Question 70

Large loss of life fires have occurred frequently in

Answer 70

Apartment buildings

Question 71

In residential occupancies, as with most occupancy types, there is a direct correlation between

Answer 71

Life safety and time of day

Question 72

Firefighters generally feel confident attacking a fire in a _______ bread and butter fire

Answer 72

One and two family dwelling

Question 73

The ______ is directly proportional to the number of units in a single building.

Answer 73

Life safety problem

Question 74

Larger buildings with more apartment units require a larger staffing commitment to complete the

Answer 74

Primary and secondary search

Question 75

With large number of people potentially exposed to the fire and the lack of a reliable evacuation status report, ____ becomes even more important

Answer 75

Extinguishment

Question 76

Is a critical issue in dormitory and off campus housing

Answer 76

Life safety

Question 77

Most rooms in dormitory and off campus housing will be within the flow capacity of

Answer 77

Standpipe or preconnected hose streams

Question 78

Time factors are critical in sizing up a

Answer 78

Mercantile occupancy

Question 79

Preincident planning, which includes identifying and outlining the responsibilities of plant personnel, is key to successfully controlling fires in

Answer 79

Industrial occupancies

Question 80

Buildings can be handled as two buildings due to fire resistive separations

Answer 80

Separated multiple occupancy

Question 81

Buildings are more problematic because fire can easily travel from one occupancy to another

Answer 81

Mixed multiple occupancy