Tactics Book Flashcards
NFPA 1620
Pre-Incident planning
Pre-Incident survey
Assessment of facility before emergency occurs. Also called preplan.
Places of First concern when doing preplan
High life hazard properties.
Second priority for preplans
Places where people live and work
Fist step to completing a preplan
Building relationship with owner/occupant.
Preplan priorities are based on
Life safety risk
Property value
Frequency and severity of emergency happening
What consideration is addressed when recording contents and fuel load?
Fire control
NFPA 204
Smoke and Heat venting.
Design and install of venting.
Automatic heat and smoke vents
Highest part of the roof
Automatically open to vent.. usually by fusible link
Monitors for venting
Square or rectangle structures that penetrate the roof.
Generally what is an extended lay supply?
If the lay required more than 1 engines supply line.
NFPA 1142
Water supplies
NFA fire flow formula
(length x width)/3 x %involvment
Good for less that 50% involvement or less than 1000gpm
Automatic aid
Agreement between agencies that share common boundry.
Happens when certain predetermined conditions occur
Mutual Aid
Reciprocal agreement between 2 or more agencies
Usually based on a request basis
Type 4 building lumber size
Greater than 4 inches for structural members
What size gypsum must be applied w less than 2x10
1/2 inch on bottom side
HUD CFR 24 part 3280
Regulates manufactured housing
Manufactured homes
Most common unclass amd mostly prefab prior tondelivery
Modular construction
6%of factory built homes
Must comply with local bldg codes
Panelized homes
Fo between plywood panels are assembled onsite.
Typically 8 feet tall and up to 40 feet wide
Novoclimat homes
New standard most used in Quebec
More energy efficient
Fires in open floor plan will Initially be ___ controlled
Fuel
Ventilation
Initially fuel controlled
Compartmentalization typical prior to
1980s