Ch.12 Flashcards
Multiple-family dwellings are occupancies the house _________
3 or more families
What is the average amount of people living in an apartment?
4 people
In large buildings, an _____ should be placed at entry and exit points.
Accountability officer
Priorities for a multiple-floor search include:
- Fire Floor
- Floor above the fire
- Top Floor
- Rest of Building
Occupants are isolated from the hazardous area and remain where they are:
shelter-in-place
First-floor garden apartment fire with potential fire spread to the cockloft requires _______
total evacuation of the entire building
Multiple family dwellings typically have _____ between floors and _______ between apartments.
- unprotected vertical openings
- unprotected horizontal openings
Older Apartment Buildings:
- Built around 1900’s
- constructed of fire-resistive brick exterior and solid wood interior
- between 4 and 6 stories high
- approx. 30ft wide and 80ft deep
- 2-4 apts per floor
- Age is an issue
- Lack of fire protection systems and fire stops
Possible avenues for fire extension:
- pipe recesses
- Utility shafts
- air/light shafts
- Dumbwaiter shafts
- Renovation/alterations
- Auto-extension from floor to floor
In older apartments, an extreme life hazard to occupants and fire fighters is present because __________
The size of the interior stairwell
It is imperative that the first hose line be stretched through the front door to the ________
cellar stairs
The ventilation company should never use _______ to access the roof in an older apartment; the bulkhead or scuttle could be padlocked form inside
interior stair
*Use adjoining building or aerial or tower ladder
After lifting the door to a roof bulkhead, a firefighter should ___________________
Reach in and probe the stairs leading to the roof fro possible overcome victim
For maximum ventilation, open windows _____ from top and _____ from bottom.
- 2/3 from top
- 1/3 from bottom
_________ reduce damage done to a structure during overhaul phase and still provide for a complete overhaul.
Thermal Imaging camera
Newer Apartment Buildings:
- Built in late 1900’s
- Higher, Wider, Deeper than older apartments
- biggest structural difference is unprotected steel I-beams
- E, U, H, double H
The biggest structural difference in newer apartment buildings is the introduction of _____________
Unprotected Steel I-beams
*Used for both vertical and horizontal components
Newer Apartment buildings have at least 2 wing sections and an area called the ______ that separates the wings.
Throat
Apartments at newer apartment buildings are generally located in the __________
The stairs and the elevators are located in the _____
- wing sections
- Throat
Advantage of newer apartment building is that there is NO ______________
NO interior stars leading to the basement
*Access to basement is through exterior courtyards and alleys
Stairs that serve a certain part of the building. A single set of stairs:
Isolated Stairs
Stairs in which you cannot go from one wing to another unless you are in the lobby:
Wing Stairs
Stairs located on opposite sides of a building with multiple wings. Greatest feature is that you can cross from one wing to another on each floor:
Transverse Stairs
- located remotely from one another but are connected via hallways
- are smoke stop doors in middle of hallway
- they assist evacuation
In newer apartment buildings, vertical beams may be boxed in by ______________
Sheetrock or concrete or fire-retardant spray
*cannot be relied on to prevent vertical fire travel
