Reading Building Flashcards
(81 cards)
The authors say, nothing time firefighters have to make an impact on fire and save the building has been reduced for all buildings. This is due to.
The abundance of synthetic contents
What is the belief of the authors text, where appropriate, the initial and continuing size ups, provided to the incident commander at every structure fired should include:
The type of building construction that is being exposed to fire and/or a noteworthy amount of heat and the aproximate amount of time of exposure
The amount of heat a material absorbs before it starts breaking down is:
Directly proportional to its surface to mass ratio
The type of she thing that is the choice for the paralyzing fuel source and flashover simulators is
Particleboard
The more recent definition of pillar does not include
Column
A reinforcement wall that adds building stiffness to help resist the impact load of wind is a:
Shear wall
And NFPA overview includes definitions. The definition of unprotected is:
A material that when exposed, or can be exposed, and its natural state to the effects of heat and/or fire, will cause degradation of its structural integrity
Type one buildings can be a benefit to fire Gran, personal due to the fire resistance properties that are in here to the building time. When it comes to determining from the street, weather in building is type one or two the task is:
Virtually impossible
____________ are common in older buildings and are normally up conventional construction.
Cocklofts
Hey collapse issue of wood beams and masonry wall pockets would indicate that a building would be:
Pre-– World War I era
Arguably, the most fire fighter, friendly building from a collapse potential perspective is the
Legacy building
IFC buildings are becoming quite popular. There are three types of ICF construction. Which of the following is the correct order of these types from the friendliest to unfriendliest to firefighters?
ICF panel system –> ICF post and beam system –> I CF grid block form
Engineered wood can be referred to, as all of the following:
Man-made would, manufactured board, composite wood
Basement fires can be notoriously difficult to extinguish, due to all the following reasons:
Location, minimal access/egress routes, ventilation considerations
What is a characteristic of post – 1933 construction?
Portland cement is utilized in the mortar
The type of roof, which has inherent strength, but has a hazard when there is no Ridgeboard is the:
Gable roof
The___________ was all metal and its original form. Then, all iron, all wood, wood and iron, and all steel materials were used to construct them.
Bowstring roof
What sort of glasses, common in high-rise buildings?
Tempered glass
Knob and tube wiring was a common ungrounded wiring. System used from the late 1800s do the 1930s. We’re two wires crossed over or where it wired entered a junction or outlet box a cloth tube or________ was used
Loom
A parapet is a continuation of an exterior wall above the roofline of a building. The term parapet comes from the Italian word parapetto , which means:
To cover and defend
Chapter 9
Supplementary considerations to remember when evaluating conventional versus lightweight construction include baseline time frames. If a fire is exposing lightweight structural members for more than _______ minutes, rethink interior and/for roof operations
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Mittendorf and Dodson wonder why the fire service does not require a minimum of two ways to exit a building. They compare it to current standards of now I have it:
A minimum of two ladders to a roofer personnel, operating above ground
What type of single-family dwelling has a construction method of loadbearing breakfast here with wood frame interior
Craftsman and American foursquare
A building status for those that have outlived their usefulness, falling into disrepair and shows signs of the owner has basically given up on the building
Abandoned
