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Garden Apartment Manual Flashcards

1
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What defines the term garden apartment?

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Two to five stories in height with one to four units on each floor.

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Garden apartments in the 1940’s-1950’s were predominantly made out of what materials?

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Ordinary construction with masonry walls

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Garden apartments in the 1960’s-1970’s were predominantly made out of what materials?

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Wood frame with masonry veneer walls and masonry and concrete stairwells.

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The building boom in the 1980’s to present produced what kind of garden apartments? (construction type)

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Lightweight wood-frame construction containing wood stairwells and some form of combustible materials for siding

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What is unique about the lowest level of a garden apartment?

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Its typically a terrace level which is laid out differently. Most upper levels have stacked kitchens and baths due to utilities

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Garden apartment buildings of ordinary construction typically do not exceed how many stories and feet in height on the address side?

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4 stories and 50 feet

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In ordinary construction style apartments with hip roofs, how many walls are load bearing?

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typically all 4 when it has a hip style room

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At was degree angle finish are ordinary style floors?

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typically 30-45 degree angle finish

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How far apart are floor joists typically in garden style apartments of ordinary construction?

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16 inches on center

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Ordinary construction style apartments typically have two types of balconies, what style are they?

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Extended or recessed

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What kind of locks are typically found in a garden apartment with ordinary construction?

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Typically doorknob and add on rim locks; however post remodel youll find mortise deadbolt and latch

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What kind of alarm systems do ordinary construction garden apartments have?

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local alarm systems

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Where is the plywood known as fire retardant plywood typically found?

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A distance of two to four feet outward of the firewall

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Where can significant voids be found in interior walls of garden apartments?

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kitchen area behind cabinets

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Cathedral ceilings in newer construction garden apartments can be how how many feet and higher?

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12 feet

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What is a spandrel space?

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Area over/under windows which may not have brick but instead some kind of plywood with combustible siding, extending all the way up to the soffit overhang

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What kind of roof has all four exterior walls load bearing?

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Hip roof

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What are firewalls constructed of?

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Gypsum board or masonry

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Smoke issuing from a band board may indicate fire has breached what area?

A

The truss floor space

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Windows in 1970’s garden apartments are typically what kind?

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Double hung or horizontal with aluminum frames

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What kind of balcony doors were most common in the 1960’s-1970’s era?

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Aluminum frame sliding door

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1960’s-1970’s style garden apartments typically have what kind of door jam?

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metal

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1960’s-1970’s doors typically have what kind of locks?

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rim or mortise. Some may have multiple lock cylinders or both types of locks on one door.

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What kind of stairwells do garden apartments of the 60’s and 70’s have?

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enclosed in glass

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1980’s and newer garden apartments typically have what kind of stairwells?

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open, non enclosed, made of wood

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26
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What kind of sprinkler systems may newer garden apartments have?

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13R

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27
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Each level of a typical garden apartment has how many apartments with up to how many bedrooms?

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1-4 apartments with 1-4 bedrooms each

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28
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Fire flow estimate for a typical garden apartment?

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10 GPM per 100 square feet

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29
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What is typical pressure at a gas meter before the regulator and what is typical pressure after the regulator?

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5-10 psi and 0.5 psi

30
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What are two distinct factors in regards to collapse of a lightweight construction garden apartment?

A

Presence of lightweight trusses and fire entering void spaces

31
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How big should a collapse zone be?

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1 1/2 times the height of the wall

32
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What factors drive the tactical decision making process when fighting garden apartment fires?

A

location and extent of fire

33
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How many companies are typically sufficient to handle the tasks in any one garden apartment?

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two (one engine and one truck/rescue)

34
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Where is the initial attack line typically advanced from on a garden apartment fire?

A

Through the stairwell and into the apartment from the floor landing

35
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Ladders should initially be placed where at a garden apartment fire?

A

In the front and rear at the fire floor and all floors above

36
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How is ventilation typically accomplished at garden apartment fires?

A

Windows and balcony doors.

37
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What resources are assigned to the report of a garden apartment fire?

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4 engines; 2 trucks; 1 rescue; 1 EMS; 2 BC; 1 aid; 1 EMS supp.

38
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What is the first due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

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pull past/stop short of the involved structure; initial attack line; on- scene report; size up; layout; situation report

39
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What is the second due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

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water supply for the first engine; second attack line, check the floor below the location of the first engine

40
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What is the third due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

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secondary water supply; check for extension, visual inspection of the side opposite first due engine; line to floor above the fire

41
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What is the fourth due engines responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

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Complete secondary water supply if needed; park out of the way if not needed; Assume role of RIT

42
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What is the first due trucks responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

A

position on the fire front with the first engine; proceed to fire floor; force entry; search; vent; ladders

43
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What is the second due trucks responsibility at a garden apartment fire?

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opposite the position of the first truck; proceed to fire floor; force entry, search, vent, rear ladders, possible roof operations, check attic

44
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After viewing as many sides as possible, where should the first due engine park and what consideration should be made?

A

A position for rapid advancement of hose lines into the structure, leaving priority positions for truck company.

45
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Where should the turntable be positioned?

A

directly in front of the involved unit or upwind from the involved unit. Spotting the turntable at the center of the fire quadrant will often provide the ability to scrub that entire side of the building and cover multiple tasks

46
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If the opposite side is unavailable, where should the third engine park?

A

At the end of the row closest to the involved unit, this is to ensure hose lines can be placed and access apartments on the rear

47
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Where should second due truck park if there is no access to the rear?

A

Side alpha in front of the uncovered exposure

48
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How should apparatus position on scene of a fire?

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Typically in a single file, preferably on the “fire side” of the street

49
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When should water supply plans be developed?

A

During pre-incident planning

50
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What is the primary purpose of the initial attack line?

A

advance to the seat of the fire for confinement and extinguishment

51
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Who is to ensure water supply is complete for the first engine?

A

The second due engine company

52
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How many hose lines can be stretched through one entrance of a building?

A

Typically only two

53
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What is the job of the first due engine on a second alarm?

A

Report to the staging area and be responsible for those duties unless otherwise ordered.

54
Q

What is the most efficient exterior protection line?

A

Narrow fog stream

55
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Why do fires in the terrace/basement pose the greatest threat to occupants?

A

products of combustion in the entire building via the common stairwell

56
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How many entrances do storage rooms typically have?

A

Two, one at each stairwell

57
Q

What kind of construction would use of cellar nozzles on the floor above be avoided in?

A

Lightweight frame

58
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Attics are considered under what kind of roof?

A

Pitched

59
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Cocklofts are considered under what kind of roof?

A

Flat

60
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How deep are typical garden apartments?

A

50 feet

61
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If nothing is evident upon arrival of a first due garden apartment fire, where should the first truck position?

A

Side alpha

62
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Garden apartments typically dont have windows on which sides?

A

Bravo and Delta

63
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What determines apparatus positioning?

A

The tasks that will or may be performed during the incident

64
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The duties of laddering and ventilation typically are completed by whom?

A

First due truck, typically the driver

65
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First due units should try and position where?

A

The fire side

66
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Second due truck should take position for operations where?

A

Opposite side of the building of the first due truck.

67
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Driver of second due truck has duties to do what?

A

Laddering and ventilation opposite from the first due truck

68
Q

How can ventilation of an enclosed stairwell happen?

A
  • Rooftop over the stairwell
  • Opening small window in stairwell
  • Through a top floor apartment after it has been cleared of occupants
  • Through a top floor apartment assisted by a PPV fav
69
Q

Which is the least desired method to vent a enclosed stairwell?

A

Breaking a large pane of glass

70
Q

Ideally a hole in the roof above a stairwell should be located where?

A

5 to 8 feet from the eave in a pitched roof or 5 to 8 feet from the edge of the roof on the side of the building where the entrance is located

71
Q

What are the two exceptions to laddering a bedroom window?

A

Fire is showing from the window or if the ladder would be exposed to flame impingement from below

72
Q

The roof over a stairwell should be laddered with what kind of ladder?

A

The aerial device if possible

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