TB 156, Hillside Homes

Question 0

Three Categories for hillside homes?

Answer 0

Ascending
Descending
Cantilever

Question 1

Initial size up for hillside homes

Answer 1

360 survey
Number of floors
Floor with lowest elevation

Question 2

Extreme Fire behavior shall be attacked where on hillside homes

Answer 2

Shall be attacked from a portal of entry at or below

Question 3

back up team responsibility during offensive attack

Answer 3

Back up team has hose line in place before descending

Question 4

Organization of floors

Answer 4

Descending. Sub level 1,2/ sub 1,2

Ascending division 1,2

Question 5

What mode is a Soft target classified as?

Answer 5

Defensive mode

Question 6

successful operations include for hillside homes

Answer 6

SOG
strong command continuous
accurate size ups
communicated strategy

Question 7

most dangerous category of hillside homes is?

Answer 7

descending hillside

Question 8

one of the biggest challenges with fires in hillside homes is?

Answer 8

gaining access to lower floors from grade level

Question 9

what tactics should be considered if building makes it impossible to attack the fire at or below the lowest floor?

Answer 9

provide limited and focused application of water from the exterior

Question 10

what should be taken into account when dealing with construction features?

Answer 10

layout and floor plan

Question 11

ventilation hole over an interior stairwell should only be initiated?

Answer 11

after fire attack team has descended the stariwell to the fire floor and communicated the progress

Question 12

priorites when placement of initial heat hole

Answer 12

location of the fire, coordination/comms with fire attack and interior conditions

Question 13

tactic for applying water stream from exteriror?

Answer 13

through windows with visible fire showing

Question 14

when should a common portal be used by fire attack, back up and all other interior resources?

Answer 14

until water has been applied on the seat of the fire

Question 15

on multi story cantilever hillside homes that have no doorway access from sub levels require an operational risk assessment to determine?

Answer 15

how long the fire has been burning

Question 16

if a second company arrives on scene and cannot locate or is unable to communicate with the initial IC, that officer shall?

Answer 16

assume and announce command and take actions to confirm the safety of the initial IC

Question 17

multi story cantilever hillside homes that have no doorway access from sub levels require and operational risk assessment to determine?

Answer 17

how long the fire had been burning

Question 18

if a 360 degree survey is not possible due to the steepness of the drade, size of structure, or other factors, before communicating a subsequent size up, the first arriving officer will?

Answer 18

attempt to visualize as much of the building as possible

Question 19

the LAFD practice that any hillside home that has one or more floors below grade will access shall be attacked whenever possible from?

Answer 19

a portal at or below the origin of the fire

Question 20

on hillside homes this focused application of a straight hose stream is intended to?

Answer 20

reduce the potential for flashover

Question 21

the tactic of applying a water stream from the exterior on a hillside structure shall only be utilized?

Answer 21

prior to companies initiating interior operations

Question 22

with hillside homes, fire attack, backup fire attack and all other interior resources shall?

Answer 22

utilize a common portal of entry

Question 23

`which of the following is not considered one of the highest priorities when determine placement of an initial heat hole for vertical ventilation?

Answer 23

building construction and layout

Question 24

in an effort to develop the appropriate level of situational awareness for all responding resources at a hillside structure fire, the first arriving officer shall?

Answer 24

give a comprehensive size up and complete a 350 degree survey prior to the advancement of any hose line

Question 25

regardless of a cantilever construction or descending hillside home, the floor at street or drade level would become? and the next level below grade would become?

Answer 25

division 1; sub level 1

Question 26

if it is impossible to attack the fire at or below the lowest level, what should be considered?

Answer 26

softening the target

Question 27

where can a ventilation team select a location when placing a ventilation hole?

Answer 27

over the stairwell

Question 28

a ventilation hole over the interior stairwell should only be initiated when?

Answer 28

after the attack team has descended the stairwell to the fire floor and communicated the progress of the attack.

Question 29

fire attack, back up fire attack and all other interior resources shall utilize ?

Answer 29

common portal of entry

Question 30

the thermal imaging camera ,TIC, has limitations that are important to consider, the primary one is?

Answer 30

offers little or no indication of this hazard on the floor above the fire

Question 31

in hillside homes, one or two additional tactical channels should be used ?

Answer 31

in staging and miscellaneous groups