Week7_Spring 14_on_line__3_14_14_ Flashcards
PART I – FFP – LADDERS 3 (con’t): PART II - FFP – MULTIPLE DWELLINGS:
1
Q
- Before proceeding above in an Old Law Tenement, the second ladder officer must size up
conditions on the fire floor. The following should be considered: Please choose the most correct
answer? (Ladders 3, section 3.4.2)
A) Severity and location of fire.
B) Line placement and availability of water.
C) Control of the fire apartment door.
D) Consideration of an area of refuge before going above.
E) All of the above.
A
- Answer: E
2
Q
- The second ladder company to arrive forcible entry firefighter at the scene of an Old Law
Tenement fire should bring which tools from the list below? (Ladders 3, section 3.4.3)
A) Handie-Talkie
B) Hand light
C) Maul
D) Halligan
E) Rabbit tool
A
- Answer: A, B, C, D, E = Note: This firefighter could also bring an axe/halligan instead
of the maul/halligan combination.
3
Q
- Please choose an incorrect duty for the second arriving ladder company chauffeur at the
scene of an Old Law Tenement fire? (Ladders 3, section 3.4.5)
A) If possible, position apparatus to cover the fire building.
B) Be alert to the possibility that the first to arrive ladder company may be blocked out. In this
instance, if this position is not covered, the Incident Commander must be notified.
C) Always assist laddering with the first to arrive Ladder Company.
D) Ventilate and search if teamed up with the second OV (or another available member).
E) Be ready to use an aerial or portable ladder to remove members or civilians in distress.
A
- Answer: C = Assist laddering with the first to arrive ladder company, if required
4
Q
- Prior to venting from the exterior, the second OV must receive permission from their
Ladder Company Officer via HT. The second OV might not be aware of conditions in the
apartment directly over the fire in an Old Law Tenement. With the exception of a known life
hazard, the entry and search will be completed if they teams up as follows: Please choose the
incorrect item(s) from the list below? (Ladders 3, section 3.4.6)
A) When there is only a rear fire escape (railroad apartments) AND the fire apartment is in the
rear, the second OV and second Roof Firefighter (or another available member) shall team up
and enter the apartment directly over the fire from that fire escape.
B) When there is a front fire escape OR the fire apartment is in the front, the second OV and
second Chauffeur (or another available member) shall team up and enter the apartment directly
over the fire from that fire escape.
A
- Answer: A & B = A = When there is only a rear fire escape (railroad apartments) OR the
fire apartment is in the rear, the second OV and second Roof Firefighter (or another available
member) shall team up and enter the apartment directly over the fire from that fire escape. B =
When there is a front fire escape AND the fire apartment is in the front, the second OV and
second Chauffeur (or another available member) shall team up and enter the apartment directly
over the fire from that fire escape.
5
Q
- The second ladder company to arrive Roof firefighter at the scene of an Old Law Tenement
fire should bring which tools from the list below? (Ladders 3, section 3.4.7)
A) Handie-Talkie
B) Flashlight
C) Halligan
D) 6’ Halligan Hook
E) For top floor fires the saw and the Halligan are taken
A
- Answer: A, B, C, D = E = For top floor fires the saw and the 6’ Halligan Hook are taken
6
Q
- The second ladder company to arrive Roof firefighter at the scene of an Old Law Tenement
fire should contact the first Roof Firefighter to determine the following: Please choose the
correct item(s)? (Ladders 3, section 3.4.7)
A) Their method of access to the roof.
B) Problems encountered if any.
C) Need for assistance.
D) Need to seek an alternative route.
A
- Answer: A, B, C, D
7
Q
- In general, top floor fires involving the cockloft result in a heavy smoke condition in all
apartments on the top floor of an Old Law Tenement, necessitating entry and search for victims
and/or extension of fire. Please choose an incorrect operational procedure for the second arriving
ladder company at this type of fire? (Ladders 3, section 3.5.1)
A) Inside Team - Proceed to the top floor to assist first Ladder Company in entry and search of
all top floor apartments.
B) Roof Position - proceed to roof with power saw. Assist First Roof Firefighter on venting
roof as ordered and commence opening with saw if required. Assist venting top floor windows
from roof level as ordered.
C) OV Position - vent the fire apartment from the fire escape. Prior to conducting any
horizontal ventilation tactics from the exterior, the second OV shall request permission from the
second Ladder Company Officer in order to coordinate ventilation tactics with interior
operations.
D) If the first OV has already vented the fire apartment, then the second OV will vent the
adjoining apartment as ordered. If entering any apartment to search, they shall team up with each
other (or an available member).
E) Chauffeur Position - Front of fire building. If not needed here, proceeds to the roof
A
- Answer: C = OV Position - vent the fire apartment from the fire escape. Prior to
conducting any horizontal ventilation tactics from the exterior, the second OV shall request
permission from the First Ladder Company Officer in order to coordinate ventilation tactics with
interior operations.
8
Q
- During the initial stages of a shaft fire, the window frames, curtains, drapes, etc., in both
buildings feed the fire in the shaft. Please choose an incorrect item about shaft fires from the list
below? (Ladders 3, section 4.2)
A) In all cases the draft created in the shaft will delay lateral extension in the apartments in the
exposed building allowing time for occupants to use one of their means of egress or for members
to find and remove them.
B) Assuming a shaft fire originated in an occupied Old Law Tenement, the extreme life hazard
on the fire floor and floors above demands immediate forcible entry, search, removal and control
of these operations at these locations in the fire building.
C) During a shaft fire the exposed building must be handled without detracting from our initial
concentration on the two critical floors (fire floor and floor above) in the fire building.
A
- Answer: A = In most cases the draft created in the shaft will delay lateral extension in the
apartments in the exposed building allowing time for occupants to use one of their means of
egress or for members to find and remove them.
9
Q
- There are situations in which the same concentration of ladder company personnel in one
building is not required. In these situations, the major effort will be where the life and fire
extension hazard is the greatest. Please choose the correct examples from the list below?
(Ladders 3, section 4.2.4)
A) Fire originated in an apartment in a vacant building and exposing an occupied building.
B) Shaft fire between two vacant buildings.
C) Fire originated in the bottom of the shaft.
A
- Answer: A, B, C
10
Q
- A quick visual check should be made by all ladder company personnel as they approach the
fire building. No time is lost and the information so obtained will undoubtedly increase the
efficiency of the unit. Take note of: Please choose the incorrect item from the list below?
(Ladders 3, section 5.4.1)
A) Visible life hazard
B) Height in stories
C) Adjoining Buildings
D) Location of fire floor and fire
E) What is the ventilation profile of the exposure
F) Number of windows on each floor in front of the building
G) Party balconies
H) Fire escapes
A
- Answer: E = What is the ventilation profile of the fire building
11
Q
- Please choose an incorrect point about Tenements from the list below? (Ladders 3,
section 5.4.1)
A) When the building has four (4) windows per floor and no front fire escape, it indicates two
(2) railroad flats with a rear fire escape. This will always apply to a corner building.
B) When the building has four (4) windows per floor and a front fire escape, it usually
indicates three (3) or four (4) apartments per floor with another fire escape in the rear.
C) The ever dangerous exceptions are those buildings with railroad flats whose secondary
means of egress is a front fire escape.
D) The absence of a rear fire escape is of major concern for the safety of the operating forces.
This information should be relayed immediately.
A
11. Answer: A = When the building has four (4) windows per floor and no front fire escape, it indicates two (2) railroad flats with a rear fire escape. This does not necessarily apply to a corner building.
12
Q
- Five mail boxes on each side of a building entrance hall in a five story Tenement would
mean _________________, according to Ladders 3. Please fill in the blank? (Ladders
3, section 5.4.2)
A
- Answer: Railroad flats
13
Q
- Apartments designated 1S and 1N or 1W and 1E on the first floor and 2S and 2N or 2W
and 2E on the second floor, will generally mean two apartments per floor in a Tenement. Any
other numbering or lettering system frequently indicates more than _________ apartments per
floor, according to Ladders 3. Please fill in the blank? (Ladders 3, section 5.4.2)
A
- Answer: Two
14
Q
- Roof openings to relieve fire conditions in the cockloft or top floor of a Tenement should
be cut directly over the fire or as near as safety permits. To determine placement of the opening
the following items from the list below can be used, please choose the correct items?
(Ladders 3, section 5.4.3)
A) Soft spot or bubbles
B) Melting snow or ice
C) On a wet roof, steam rising or a dry spot
D) Sense of touch at the base of soil or waste pipes
E) Knowledge of fire location gathered on travel to the roof
F) Looking over roof edge
G) Handie-Talkie Communication
A
- Answer: All are correct
15
Q
- A rapidly rising column of smoke, with particles or embers ascending to higher levels,
visible over the roof top of the building, frequently is an indication that the fire is ___________.
Please fill in the blank? (Ladders 3, section 5.4.3)
A) in an open shaft
B) in the cockloft
C) in the stair bulkhead
D) on the roof
A
- Answer: A
16
Q
- Large quantities of black smoke (burning tar) observed over the roof of a building may be
an indication of fire located, correctly in which choice(s) below? (Ladders 3, section 5.4.3)
A) On the top floor fire
B) In the cockloft
C) In the stair bulkhead
D) On the roof
E) In an open shaft
A
- Answer: A, B, C, D
17
Q
- A search is an orderly and systematic examination of a building or area for the purpose of
locating persons, or locating fire and extension of fire. It consists of a primary and secondary
search. Please choose the incorrect definition from the two items below? (Ladders 3,
section 5.5)
A) Primary Search - Is an immediate search for life. This primary search is rapid but
thorough and systematic.
B) Secondary Search - Is a thorough and painstakingly complete search, to ensure that no
possible victims are overlooked, as children may hide in closets or under beds or in bathrooms.
The secondary search can include the entire perimeter of the building and all shafts,
basements/cellars, etc, if necessary.
A
- Answer: B = Secondary Search - Is a thorough and painstakingly complete search, to
ensure that no possible victims are overlooked, as children may hide in closets or under beds or
in bathrooms. The secondary search must also include the entire perimeter of the building and all
shafts, basements/cellars, etc.
18
Q
- “Since the first Ladder Company is responsible for the fire floor, it shall conduct an
exacting primary search on this floor as soon as conditions permit. The second ladder
company, which is responsible for the floors above the fire, should conduct a thorough
primary search on all floors above the fire. Upon completion of the primary searches, the
secondary searches shall be conducted as soon as conditions permit and shall be conducted
by units other then those who conducted the primary search of these areas.” Do you agree
or disagree with the above paragraph? (Ladders 3, section 5.5.6)
A) Agree or D) Disagree
A
- Answer: A
19
Q
- The second ladder inside team is assigned an extremely difficult position in the apartment
over the fire in a Tenement. Prior to proceeding above the fire, the second arriving officer should
ensure that the officers on the fire floor are made aware of his/her intentions so that those
operating above can be warned of any situation necessitating withdrawal. Access to the
apartment above the fire may be gained via: Please choose the correct item(s) from the list
below? (Ladders 3, section 5.5.8)
A) Interior stairs
B) Fire escapes
C) Through a common partition wall
D) By crawling across the public hall from a tenable apartment on the same floor if conditions
permit.
E) Aerial/portable ladder
A
- Answer: All are correct
20
Q
- The member on the exterior waiting to perform horizontal ventilation for extinguishment of
the immediate fire area shall listen for the following transmissions from the Engine Company
Officer:
• The notification from the Engine Company Officer to the Engine Chauffeur to start
water.
• The notification from the Engine Officer to the Incident Commander that they are
applying water on the fire.
These transmissions above are an indication to the exterior member to prepare to conduct
ventilation for extinguishment. Please choose from the list below which action is now correct for
the member to take after hearing these transmissions? (Ladders 3, section 5.7.2)
A) Before venting the window(s) the member must communicate with and receive approval
from the Ladder Company Officer.
B) The member can vent the windows upon hearing these transmissions without contacting
his/her officer.
A
- Answer: A
21
Q
- “Ventilation for Search - Is the horizontal ventilation tactic performed to facilitate the
movement of a member into an area in order to conduct a search for a life hazard, which
has the inherent risk of pulling fire towards the ventilation entry point. This action does
not need to be communicated to the Ladder Company Officer.” Please indicate if you agree
or disagree with the above paragraph? (Ladders 3, section 5.7.3)
A) Agree or D) Disagree
A
- Answer: D = Ventilation for Search - Is the horizontal ventilation tactic performed to
facilitate the movement of a member into an area in order to conduct a search for a life hazard,
which has the inherent risk of pulling fire towards the ventilation entry point. This action needs
to be communicated to the Ladder Company Officer as the ventilation may also negatively
impact the members operating in the interior.
22
Q
- A known life hazard is defined as follows, please choose the most correct answer?
(Ladders 3, section 5.7.3)
A) A victim can be seen by the rescuer.
B) A victim can be heard by the rescuer.
C) A member has information from a credible source or a person at the scene indicating the
location of the life hazard.
D) All of the above.
A
- Answer: D
23
Q
- “All horizontal and initial vertical ventilation tactics must be controlled,
communicated to and coordinated by the ladder company officer.” Please indicate if you
agree or disagree with the above sentence according to Ladders 3? (Ladders 3,
section 5.8)
A) Agree or D) Disagree
A
- Answer: A
24
Q
- A suggested method to make an expandable opening “COFFIN CUT” on the roof of a
Tenement on fire is as follows, assume wind is blowing ideally at your back: Please choose an
incorrect item(s) from the list below? (Ladders 3, section 5.9.6)
A) Cut #1 approximately 6 feet.
B) Cut #2 “knock out” corner cut for tool insertion.
C) Cut #3 approximately 3 feet.
D) Cut #4 to #7 approximately 3 feet.
E) Leave removed pieces of roof section next to opening to warn operating forces.
F) If larger opening is needed, additional opening can be made in like manner (Continuation
of cut in desired direction).
G) Make sure that roof is not opened before cut is completed.
H) Push down ceiling to complete ventilation.
A
- Answer: A = Cut #1 approximately 3 feet, and C = Cut #3 approximately 6 feet.
25
Q
- The term overhauling shall include any opening up of walls, ceilings, partitions, voids, etc.
while checking for extension or to extinguish fire during the pre-control as well as during the
post control phase of operations. Proper overhauling will expedite final extinguishment and
minimize damage to the structure and its contents. Please choose the correct definition(s) from
the list below? (Ladders 3, section 7)
A) PRE-CONTROL - Search for fire and extension which takes place up to the point where
the fire is under control. Pre-control overhauling begins as soon as possible after the fire has
been knocked down.
B) POST-CONTROL - The continued operation that takes place after the fire is under control
to ensure that there is complete fire extinguishment.
A
- Answer: A & B
26
Q
- According to FFP - Multiple Dwellings Glossary, a fire partition has a fire resistive rating
of _____ hours. A Fire wall has a fire resistance rating of _____ hours. (Glossary)
A) 3, 4
B) 3, 3
C) 4, 4
D) 4, 3
A
- A
27
Q
- Which type of buildings had their floor areas broken up into units of 2500 sq ft or less to
avoid being built of fireproof construction? (2.1, 2.2)
A) Old Law Tenements built before 1901
B) New Law Tenements built between 1916 and 1929
C) New Law Tenements build between 1901 and 1916
D) New Law Tenements built after 1929
A
- B
28
Q
3. Between 1930 and 1940 firewalls were required to be carried to where? (2.2.3) A) Top of the roof boards B) Under side of the top floor boards C) Ceiling of the top floor D) Underside of the roof boards
A
- D
29
Q
- A roof line should be used for all the following reasons except? (3.2.10)
A) Prevent fire from extending past the trench
B) Protect exposures
C) Operate into ventilation holes
D) Extinguish fire that can not be reached from below such as fire in a cornice
A
- C
30
Q
- Windows should be opened 2/3 from the bottom and 1/3 from the top to allow heat and
smoke to vent and cool air to enter the room. (2.3.3)
A) Agree or D) Disagree?
A
- Disagree - 2/3 from the top and 1/3 from the bottom
31
Q
- Which of the following statement is incorrect about throwing materials outside of a
window during overhaul? (3.3.4)
A) A member should always be posted in the yard or street below
B) An examination of the yard must be made before discarding any material into the yard to
assure no occupant has jumped into the yard
C) The officer must not permit any material be thrown out of windows unnecessarily
D) No material shall be thrown onto roofs of building setbacks or into all shafts
A
- D - narrow shafts
32
Q
7. While battling a shaft fire and fire has extended into two exposures, what shall be transmitted? (3.4.4) A) Extra Engine and Truck B) Extra Truck C) 2nd alarm D) 3rd alarm
A
- D
33
Q
- Who must make known to the IC and other members the manner in which the floors and
apartments are designated, whether numerically or alphabetically? (3.5.5)
A) The 1st officer inside the building
B) The 1st engine officer
C) The 1st truck officer
D) The 1st member inside the building
A
- A
34
Q
- Which of the following statements pertaining to Gas Meters is incorrect? (3.5.9)
A) They are usually found in the cellar, but may also be found in apartments and in public
hallways
B) If burning, they should be allowed to burn until the gas supply is shut off
C) Combustible material near the burning meter should be wet down while waiting for the gas
supply to be shut off
D) If gas is leaking without being ignited, the gas supply should be shut off and the area
ventilated as much as possible
E) Fog lines shall be avoided as this hinders ventilation
A
- E - fog lines may be used for venting
35
Q
- When operating at a cellar fire in an OLT, the 1st line at the cellar stairs shall stay at this
position and never advance down if there is an outside entrance to the cellar at the front or rear of
the building? (4.2.1)
A) Agree or D) Disagree?
A
- Disagree - may advance down if the fire is minor
36
Q
- Which of the following statements about OLT’s converted to SRO’s is incorrect? (4.3.4)
A) These buildings require sprinklers in each room and in the stairways
B) These buildings require an interior fire alarm system
C) The sprinkler system must be supplied by a roof tank
D) Each occupant must have access to both means of egress ( stair and fire escape) without
having to go through another person’s room
A
- C - no roof tank, supplied from the water main in the street
37
Q
- The “H” type design of residential buildings differs from the older tenements and the newer
high rise MD’s in that there are 3 structural elements to support the structure. Which of the
following are correct? (5.1.1)
A) Masonry bearing walls
B) Wood beams that support floors and roof
C) Steel columns, beams, and girders that connect and support sections of the “H” tpe
building.
D) All of the above
A
- D
38
Q
- Which type of stairs is a tremendous asset to heavy fire operations on the top floor?
(5.1.1)
A) Transverse
B) Wing
C) Isolated
A
- A
39
Q
- If operating a TL at a heavy fire in an “H” type, where fire is showing out windows in the
throat, courtyard, and front windows, where shall the stream be directed at first? (5.2.2 )
A) Front windows
B) Courtyard windows
C) Windows in the throat
D) It is not good practice to operate a TL at an occupied “H” type
A
- C
40
Q
- At a store fire in an “H” type building, where shall the 2nd line be initially positioned?
(5.3)
A) Floor above
B) Top floor
C) Into an exposure
D) Back up the 1st line
A
- D - when it is obvious the 1st line can control the store fire, the 2nd line can then advance
to the floor above. Initially, it is backing up the 1st line.
