Strip Shopping Center Flashcards
(19 cards)
What type of construction are strip shopping centers typically made of?
Lightweight and noncombustible construction
These buildings are usually 1-story structures. (Pg. 1)
In older strip shopping centers, where are basements most likely to be present?
Basements are usually accessed from the rear. (Pg. 2)
What are the typical dimensions of smaller stores in strip shopping centers?
30 ft x 75 ft (pg. 1)
What is the fire flow estimate for strip shopping centers?
20 gpm per 100 sqft of involved area (pg. 3)
How do load-bearing walls in strip shopping centers typically run?
From front to back (pg. 9)
What is a Maverick bar?
A secure door to door frame
This type of security is used by major electronic retail stores in high-crime areas. (Pg. 13)
When are life hazards in strip shopping centers more likely to occur?
During nighttime hours (pg. 15)
What are signs of possible wall collapse?
Bulges, cracks, and seeping smoke (pg. 16)
At what temperature does steel begin to twist and expand?
1,000°F (pg. 16)
List warning signs of imminent collapse in strip shopping centers.
- Fire burning for more than 20 minutes in ordinary construction
- Fire burning more than 10 minutes in lightweight construction
- Smoke or water coming through mortar joints in walls
- Walls that sag or bulge
- New cracks showing in exterior walls
- Heavy floor or roof loads under fire conditions
- Spongy roof surface due to fire below
(Pg. 17)
What are typical dimensions of anchor stores?
Can easily exceed 150 ft (pg. 1)
1st Engine on-scene report
- Unit identification
- Building height (stories above ground)
- Occupancy type
- Evident conditions to include side of structure and quadrant
(Pg. 21)
First engine arrival responsibilities
- View as much of structure as possible
- Primary water supply
- Position for rapid hose line deployment and priority positioning for truck
- On-scene report
- Deploy initial hose line deployment
(Pg. 28)
Second engine responsibilities
- Establish primary water supply
- Supply any and all FDC connections
- Assist first hose line as needed
- Deploy second hose line, if needed, as back up line or go to an exposure
(Pg. 28 & 29)
Third engine responsibilities
- Side Charlie water supply
- Side Charlie report:
- evident conditions
- presence of any persons in distress
- side Charlie FDC
- Side Charlie hose line
- Support truck/rescue
- Roof top hose line as needed
(Pg. 29)
What is included in roof top report? (Conducted by second truck)
- Location and characteristics of any fire
- Roof status (intact, sagging, failed?)
- Loading (heating, ventilation, A/C)
- Hazards (parapets, change in roofline, false fronts)
- TIC heat signatures
- Firewall locations
- Exposure concerns
(Pg. 32)
Primary concern at strip shopping centers?
Life safety (pg. 33)
Roof top ventilation starting cut size?
2 ft x 2 ft (pg. 34)
Roof top ventilation Final Cut size?
4 ft x 4 ft (with 5x5 ft clearing for space) (pg. 34)
