Strip Shopping Center

Question 1

Strip Shopping center refers to commercial occupancies that are..

Answer 1

Joined by a party wall or firewall
Covered by a common roof
Occupied by a variety of businesses
Accessed by individual exterior entrances on the first floor

Question 2

Buildings erected prior to 1970 are typically ___ construction.

Answer 2

ordinary construction

Question 3

Definition of a Party wall.

Answer 3

Wall separating occupancies that extends beyond the ceiling but not to the roofline.

Question 4

Load bearing walls usually run from__

Answer 4

front to back

Question 5

Conveyors, slides or chutes provide very good___ but shouldn’t be used to__.

Answer 5

ventilation, enter the basement

Question 6

Personnel should not use fog in___ fires unless what?

Answer 6

Basement, they are operating outside the basement with no one operating inside.

Question 7

What are some life hazards after business hours in strip shopping centers?

Answer 7

Cleaning crews and occupancies live above or below street level

Question 8

What indicates possible wall collapse?

Answer 8

Bulges, cracks and seeping smoke

Question 9

What temp does steel twist and expand?

Answer 9

1000F

Question 10

Warning signs of imminent collapse

Answer 10

Fire burning more than 20 minutes in ordinary construction or 10 min in light weight.
Smoke or water coming through mortar joints.
Walls that sag or bulge.
New cracks in exterior walls
Heavy floor or roof loads under fire
Spongy roof surface

Question 11

Unit officers should coordinate suppression operations with units on side Charlie to ensure what?

Answer 11

Fire attack is not made through both side of the building at the same time.

Question 12

Large fire in s.s.c. preclude the use of what streams?

Answer 12

Fog

Question 13

Personnel should consider what tactic as their initial hoseline to prevent fire extension.

Answer 13

Cooling the ceiling

Question 14

One of the most advantageous position for aerial master streams is often what?

Answer 14

At sidewalk level in front of the fire unit with hose stream directed toward the ceiling.

Question 15

Initial alarm for SSC

Answer 15

4 Engines, 2 Trucks, 1 Rescue, 1 EMS Unit, 2 BC, 1Command aide, 1 ems sup

Question 16

First due engine officer must identify and verify what?

Answer 16

Fire unit

Question 17

2nd due Engine responsibilities are?

Answer 17

Estb primary water supply for 1st engine.
Id and supply buildings FDC. If multiple exist charge them all.

Question 18

3rd due Engine responsibilities

Answer 18

Side Charlie water supply. Side charlie report. Supply FDC. Provide roof top hoseline if needed.

Question 19

4th due Engine responsibilities

Answer 19

Help 3rd due engine with water supplly. Estb. RIT.

Question 20

1st due Truck responsibilities

Answer 20

Position in front of the involved stores to maximize aerial scrub for roof access and master stream.
Ground ladder deployment.
Gain access to fire unit and exposures.
Assist large caliber hose if needed.

Question 21

Roof conditions report include what?

Answer 21

Location and characteristics of any smoke or fire.
Roof status (i.e. intact, sagging, or failed)
Roof loading ( i.e. heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)
Roof construction hazards( e.g. parapets, changes in rooflines, false fronts, fire walls)
Thermal imaging heat signatures
Firewall locations
Exposure concerns

Question 22

Crews should always check what while advancing in a SSC fire.

Answer 22

Plenum space

Question 23

Roof cuts should start as close to the what?

Answer 23

Seat of the fire