Week 4 Flashcards
High rise office
T or F
the fast unit shall be assigned to the fire sector
True, in high rise MD’s fast unit is assigned to fire sector when fire is above the 6th floor
High rise office
what floors are the fire sector
fire floor and floor above (dont confuse with where alarm sounds)
High rise office
who brings extra SCBA cylinders with them?
Engines and ladders assigned to forward staging area
all members assigned to SAE group
Great alarm engines without orders
If an OV is trying to contact his officer via HT and cannot reach him, what is the order of who he should contact?
CIA, Chauffeur, IC, Any HT equipped member
For an emergency alert tone assisted rescue, where should the member in charge of hitting the eab be located?
in an area away from Search activity
in a snow emergency when should the ladder enter the block first, when should engine enter first?
truck first when building is higher than 3 stories, engine when building is 3 stories or less
when in an challenge situation with NYPD, how should you verbally identify yourself?
Name and Rank
If you arrive 1st to an active shooter scene, and there is no chief on scene, can the NYPD IC order you into the warm zone for immediate life saving medical interventions?
YES
water extinguisher should be hydro-statically inspected how often?
every 5 yrs
how do you start fire pumps?
KC Start the lever
Knife switch, and Circuit breaker both Closed
Start button pushed
adjust the Lever
High pressure pumping is over what pressure?
250psi
when is a 3rd stage pumper required
pressure exceeding 600psi
When is a 3rd stage pumper preferred?
over 500psi
at a high rise office, when is a 2nd alarm given (3 reasons)
visible FIRE or SMOKE emanating through the exterior skin of building or when a SERIOUS fire has been verified
High rise office, where is the forward staging area
2 floor below fire floor
high rise office, where is forward triage area
on a floor below the forward staging area
what area is the following, primary point outside the structure to which responding resources will report and receive their initial assignments.
staging area
what are the following engine company suffixes:
C,D,F, H
C - cfr-d engine
D- decon task force
F- fast unit
H-hazmat tech unit
What are the following engine company suffixes:
I,K,L,N
I- fire ice unit
K-division task force
L-lobby control unit
N- high rise nozzle
What are the following engine company suffixes:
P,S,T,W,Y
P- high pressure engine S-communication unit T-transport back up unit W-Water/ice rescue unit Y- systems control unit
What are the following ladder company suffixes:
C,D,F,H,K
C-CPC unit D- decon task forse F-fast unit H-High rise roof team K- division task force
what are the following ladder company suffixes:
R,S,T,V,W
R-rescue collapse transport S-SOC support truck T-transport back up unit V-vent support W- water/ice rescue unit
Where should the SAE group supervisor be located?
a location on a floor which is not serviced by the same bank of elevators as the fire floor (if possible) and at least five floors above the fire
elevator bank A services floors 1-20, Bank B services 20-40. fire is on 23, which bank of elevators do you take and to what floor?
Bank a to 20, do not use an elevator in a bank which services the fire floor if a lower bank reaches withing 5 floors.
fire on floor 22, floors 20-22 are connected with access stairs. where should you take the elevator if there is only one bank?
18, 2 floors below the lowest level of an acces stair in the fire area
Fire/Ice. what pressure should be at the nozzle, what is optimal pressure? How far away should nozzle team start? the nozzle team can advance but keep a minimum distance of how far? The stream should fall approximately how far in front of the manhole.
pressure 60-100psi, 60-80 is optimal. 50ft away and can advance to 25ft away. 1ft in front of manhole
*flush nozzle for 30 seconds, Hi-ex 15 min, foam until water runs clear.
