Strip Shopping Center Flashcards
Initial fire flow estimates should be based upon?
20 GPM per 100sq feet of involved area
Residential apartment or office space may be encountered in some shopping centers, what are they referred to as?
Taxpayers
These occupancies will be much wider than and at least as deep as smaller occupancies
Anchor stores
The width of these large anchor stores can easily exceed how many feet?
150
What type of doors are generally in the store fronts of strip shopping centers?
Glass doors and a metal frame
What is the area above the ceiling but below the roof decked referred to as?
Cockloft
What type of building construction are strip centers that have been built within the last 30-40 years?
Non Combustible
When fire has possession of the cockloft, is safely possible what must occur immediately?
Ventilation
When doing roof top ventilation it is best to start with a small hole how many feet?
2ft by 2ft
Name 4 things that provide a quick way to vent a roof system
Skylight
scuttles
ventilators
exhaust vents
What structural member on the interior of stores, usually made up of gypsum or plywood slows down horizontal fire spread?
Non-fire rated draft stops
Hose lines in the rear are normally used for what 3 things
Rear attack
Exposure protection
roof operations
What type of roof cuts are not recommended because the melted tar from the saw will reseal the cut?
Kerf Cut
In older building that have taxpayers, where is the basement entrance normally found?
Rear of structure
Strip shopping centers built with ordinary construction will have what type of roof assembly?
Wood roof, with tongue and grooves boards or plywood
