Strip Shopping center manual Flashcards
The term strip shopping center refers to?
Commercial occupancies that are:
- Joined by party walls or fire walls
- Covered by a common roof
- Occupied by a variety of businesses
- Accessed by an individual exterior entrance on the first floor
Strip shopping centers are typically?
One story lightweight and non combustible construction with walls that are masonary or tilt up concrete with steal bar joists supporting a metal deck roof
Taxpayers are?
Residential apartments or office space encountered above strip shopping centers
Smaller stores typically are what dimensions?
30 feet by 75 feet
Basements are ususally accessed where?
Rear of the structure, interior or exterior. Can extend multiple occupancies
Fire loading is moderate to heavy requiring what fire flow?
20 GPM per 100 sq ft
What is typical roof decking for strip shopping centers?
Tongue and groove boards or plywood sheeting
At what temperature will steel twist, expand, causing failure or pushing of exterior walls?
1000 degrees
First alarm for strip shopping center
4 engines 2 trucks 1 rescue 1 EMS unit 2 BC 1 aid 1 EMS sup
First due engine assignment for strip shopping center?
Lay appropriate supply line and take position on the front of the building leaving priority for aerial apparatus
Second due engine assignment on strip shopping center?
Ensure water supply to the first engine and building fire systems is complete
Third due engine on strip shopping center?
Position in rear and charge sprinkler connection if located in the rear
Fourth due engine on strip shopping center?
Assume RIT and complete third due engine water supply
First due truck position on a strip shopping center?
In front of the involved store which allows for the use of aerial for roof access, ground ladder deployment, and use of master stream (particularly tower ladder)
Second due truck on strip shopping center position?
Rear of the involve address with primary assignment of gaining access to the roof
What truck is given priority position in the front if initially dispatched or added to a fire at a strip shopping center?
Tower ladder
Where should the rescue position on a strip shopping center?
The rear, responsible for gaining access to the rear of the involved unit and immediate exposures on both sides
What supply line hose lay is recommended?
Forward lay
What kind of flow should be used in basement fires of strip shopping centers?
Straight or smooth bore. Only use fog from protected area outside the basement with no firefighting operation inside
When inspecting roof for fire, inspections holes should be made. What kind of cut is not recommended?
Kerf
Early laddering of the roof is important. Once crews are assigned to roof operation what else must be complete?
Laddering for a secondary mean of egress
Egress from the second story and above is often limited due to fire conditions. These areas must be laddered to provide?
Roof access and egress
Second floor rescue
Escape route for crews operating above ground level
Verticle ventilation can be accomplished by?
Removal of scuttle covers and skylights when present.
If fire is in the cockloft what must immediately occur?
roof ventilation
