TQ Firefighters And Highrises Flashcards

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Q

For Firefighters, perhaps the most significant difference between office and residential buildings is:

A Office buildings will have full sprinkler protection, will residential buildings do not.
B. The fact that people are in residential buildings 24 hours a day.
C. Office buildings generally have core construction, or residential buildings seldom have core construction
D. Office buildings will have fire towers, while residential buildings do not have fire towers

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A

B

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Unless There is a real crisis, firefighters should wait for better train staff before initiating extreme elevator rescues. However, in an emergency, such as a fire, or medical emergency, firefighters may be forced into action. Sometimes, the simplest way of returning a stalled elevator to service is:
A initiate phase 1 operations.
B. Initiate phase 2 operations.
C. Reboot them.
D. Rely on automatic recall

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A

C

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Advancing A charge toes line up a stairwell is a tough job. The best tactic may be two:
A. Connect on the floor below the fire than stretch the slack up the stairwell, pacifier floor, so that I will feed down.
B. Connect on the floor above the fire then stretch the line about 10–20 feet below the fire and enter the fire floor from Downlow.
C. Connect on the fire floor, but only if the fire is contained to a single compartment.
D. Connect On the fire floor above the fire and stretch down to and enter through the door on the fire floor.
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A

A

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Studies Have shown that people who die and residential high-rise buildings are often those who:

A. who are immediately above the fire
B. Who fail to use pressurize stairwells
C. Who Use elevators to evacuate.
D. Trying to evacuate the building, commonly and stairwells and corridor is far from the fire.

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A

D

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The Early stage lobby control, and I see must not get lost in a long expensive to do list. The initial focus must be on gathering information essential to containing the fire; protecting the building occupants; and:

A. Understanding building systems, including elevators, HVAC systems, etc.
be. Tracking personnel.
C. Monitoring fire spread.
D. Securing stairwells.

A

B

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