Multiple Dwellings Flashcards
What are 3 things a roof hose line can do?
1- prevent fire from extending past a trench
2- protect exposures
3-extinguish fire that cannot be reached from below
when opening a window to vent how do you open it?
2/3 from top 1/3 from bottom
OLT
cellar fire where does the 1st line go?
to the cellar door inside fire building, this protects people coming down stairs and can extinguish fire that is coming up. Line does not go down these stairs if there is an outside entrance to cellar, unless fire is minor
T/F
OLT do not have fireproof cellar ceilings and cocklofts are smaller then in NLT.
True
for a shaft fire where should the 1st line be stretched and how much hose should be stretched?
stretched to nearest point from which water can be applied, stretch enough hose to reach upper floors.
T/F
Bridging from a front tenement to rear tenement for vent purposes or Rescue is allowed.
True
tenement
when trenching can you rely on a fire wall?
NO
HRFPMD
who controls venting of fire apt?
who controls all other venting?
Ladder officer in fire apt
IC for all other venting
HRFPMD
wind moving across roff causes (high/low) pressure.
Low Pressure
HRFPMD
T/F
ventilation should take place after the main body of fire is controlled.
True
HRFPMD
fire is on the 6th floor where would you expect to find the FAST truck and the CFR-D engine?
at the command post. for fires above the 6th floor they are assigned to the fire sector
HRFPMD
who selects the attack stair?
engine and ladder officers select attack stair, does not have to have a standpipe in it.
HRN
can they use hose thats already in place for the second line or do they have to stretch their own?
can use hose already in place
HRFPMD
how does the roof get to floor above
attack stair (high rise office 3rd ladder use a stair other then attack to get to floor above)
HRFPMD
who coordinates use of a WCD?
who searches fire floor hallways and ___floors up the attack stairway?
ensures elevators are recalled and searched?
ensures stairwell doors on fire floor are closed?
2nd ladder for all and 5 floors up attack stair
