Vacants Flashcards
Vacants:
What is a vacant?
Completely unoccupied building, where all efforts to maintain the building have been abandoned.
Vacants:
Is a partially occupied building considered an occupied building?
Yes
Vacants:
What color and what size is the vacant building marker?
Lime yellow; 18” x 18”
Vacants:
Where should the primary marking be made?
Along side the front entrance in line with the area directly over the front entrance
**If building has other entrances additional barking shall be made.
Vacants:
Should you mark sealed doors or windows?
No
Vacants:
When should you mark RO?
Where should you mark it?
When the roof is open enough that there is little need for vertical ventilation
Directly over the vacant building marking
Vacants:
When should you mark FO and where?
Directly underneath the building marking, and when there are holes that may endanger members
Vacants:
When encountering a vacant, what should the administrative officer do?
DEF
DOB referral (high priority for structural issues, normal for vacant)
Ecids
First alarm units memo (batt and div)
Vacants:
What are the four broad size up concerns?
LESS
Life safety
Extension
Structural stability
Safety of members
Vacants:
Are sealed or unsealed buildings more unstable?
Unsealed = unstable
Vacants:
Where should a TL be placed?
In front of
Vacants:
How does the height of a building impact of the collapse potential?
In wood frame buildings, the higher the building the more the potential for collapse because of the added load.
Vacants:
Difference between diesel and gas fires?
Diesel begin slow but progress rapidly and will have high heat present for a longer duration increasing the severity of the fire. Gas ignites rapidly and is consumed more quickly.
Vacants:
What is the highest priority when determining the attack strategy?
Member safety and life hazard
Vacants:
Risk assessment is based on what?
LASS
Location
Access
Size of fire
Structural stability
