High Rise Office Flashcards
(36 cards)
High Rise Office:
Building specs:
Pre-1945?
1945 to 1968?
After 1968?
1945 pre-: heavyweight, no plenums, Windows openable
1945 to 1968: medium weight, fire towers required
Post 1968: lightweight, lack of compartmentation, windows not openable, core construction
High Rise Office:
More problematic: noncentral or central air?
Central versus non central air?
Central is more problematic.
Central: more than one floor
Non central: one floor
High Rise Office:
HVAC: do we shut them down?
How to place in noncirculating mode?
Yes shut down, then determine fire floor
Open outside dampers
Close mixing dampers
Open exhaust dampers
High Rise Office:
How does fire spread via HVAC?
Through flexible connectors.
High Rise Office:
Should the bypass valve be open or closed on the pump?
Can we start the pump without checking the bypass valve?
Closed (stem in)
Yes
High Rise Office:
How do you start the fire pumps?
Close Knife switch
Close Circuit breaker
Push start Button
Move selector Lever
Kansas City Baseball League
KCBL
High Rise Office:
What is the recommended pump pressure for floors 1 to 10?
101-110?
150 psi
650 psi
High Rise Office:
What floors require high pressure pumping?
Third stage preferred?
Third stage required?
31-40 high pressure (over 250)
81-90 3rd preferred (over 500)
101-110 3rd required (over 600)
High Rise Office:
When both pumps are operating correctly should the pressures be equal?
Yes or nearly so
High Rise Office:
What is the primary water supply for fire fighting and most operations?
FD engines
High Rise Office:
How many engines should be supplying?
Separate engine for each hand line
High Rise Office:
When can we operate a hose line from a stairway?
Only after it has been cleared of building occupants
High Rise Office:
What type of stairway is preferable for the evacuation stairway?
A fire tower
High Rise Office:
Where is the fire sector?
Where does the fire sector supervisor position himself?
The fire floor and the floor above
Floor below the fire
High Rise Office:
Channels:
Ic
Aide
Fire sector
Aide
SAE
Aide
Forward staging
Aide
Ic - command 2
Aide - tactical 1
Fire sector- tactical 1
Aide - command 2
SAE - secondary tactical 3 (three letters)
Aide - command
Forward staging - command 2
Aide - tactical 1
High Rise Office:
Where should the staging area be?
Away from the building
High Rise Office:
Where should forward triage be?
A floor below forward staging
High Rise Office:
Who establishes the ICP?
Who do they designated to staff the ICP?
First arriving officer
Preferably the chauffeur of the first truck
High Rise Office:
What companies should be at Forward staging?
How many spare cylinders?
Three engines two trucks, 20 spare cylinders
High Rise Office:
What should engine companies bring to forward staging?
Trucks?
Cylinder per member
Length per member
Standpipe kit
Cylinder per member
Search and utility ropes
Two sets of irons, 6 foot hooks
High Rise Office:
If the building has fixed pressurization stay away, can we augment?
No
High Rise Office:
When should a vertical ventilation commence via the stairway?
Once the fire is extinguished
High Rise Office:
At what height of a building is the Stack affect noticeable?
When does positive stack effect increase?
When does negative stack effect occur?
60 feet
As the outside temperature decreases in relation to temp inside the building
Outside temp is greater than the temp inside the building, greatest possibility when air temperature is above 90°F
High Rise Office:
Where should the SAE group supervisor be located?
At least five floors above the fire floor
Not serviced by the same bank as the fire floor
