Section 3

Question 1

studies show flashover can occur at ____ minutes

Answer 1

10

Question 2

loss of elevators in a high rise fire typically occurs approximately ____ minutes into the operation

Answer 2

20

Question 3

serious high rise fires require a minimum of ___ handlines

Answer 3

3

Question 4

strategic operating guidelines for high rise fires

Answer 4

1. Locate the fire
2. Relocation of occupants or evacuation
3. Access, identify, and gain control of the building systems
4. Confine and extinguish the fire
5. Control extension to floors above

Question 5

staging in a high rise fire is normally ___ floors below the fire

Answer 5

2

Question 6

base location is usually located ____ ft or more from the high rise structure fire

Answer 6

200

Question 7

park apparatus at _____________ to allow easy access and egress in Base

Answer 7

diagonal angles

Question 8

spare ______________ are always first priority when moving equipment from base to high rise

Answer 8

SCBA air cylinders

Question 9

_________________ is responsible for the control of fire department personnel and civilians entering and exiting the building.

Answer 9

Lobby Control Unit Leader

Question 10

______________ should verify that the water supply into the building standpipe system has been completed

Answer 10

lobby control

Question 11

when evacuating civilians from a high-rise, move occupants a minimum of ______ ft. from the building.

Answer 11

200

Question 12

_________________ function is implemented when equipment needs to be moved to Staging by stairwells or when an additional water supply is needed.

Answer 12

The Ground Support

Question 13

Ground Support, consider ___ person per two floors and ___ officer per four or five personnel

Answer 13

1,1

Question 14

3 companies for each handling in a high-rise fire. 1 company on the handline, one company at the stair shaft landing, and one company in staging.

Answer 14

the relief cycle

Question 15

for highrise fires, it is essential that the IC be stationed at ____________

Answer 15

ground level

Question 16

split bank elevators may be used to ascend to fire floor if the highest floor of the elevator shaft is a minimum of ____ floors below the reported fire floor.

Answer 16

5

Question 17

good rule of thumb when ascending to fire floor via stairwell is to give the IC an update every ____ floors during the ascent

Answer 17

2-3

Question 18

personnel should never take any elevator, which services all floors, to go ________ the fire

Answer 18

above

Question 19

high rise is considered anything over ____ ft. or ___ stories tall

Answer 19

75, 6

Question 20

this type of high rise building is the least likely to collapse under fire conditions

Answer 20

masonry bearing wall high-rise

Question 21

modern method of constructing high-rise buildings is commonly called _____________

Answer 21

core construction or center core construction

Question 22

roofs on high rise buildings are required to have at least a ___ hour fire resistive rating

Answer 22

2

Question 23

shaft enclosures in high rise buildings are required to have a minimum of a ___ hour fire resistive rating

Answer 23

2

Question 24

floors in high rise buildings are required to have a ___ hour minimum fire resistive rating

Answer 24

2

Question 25

boring holes in concrete floors for passage of utility lines.

Answer 25

poke through construction

Question 26

vertical shafts in which elevator cars travel

Answer 26

hoistways

Question 27

smoke and its toxic products account for more than ___ % of the fire deaths in the US

Answer 27

80

Question 28

in 2 1/2 wet standpipe system, ____________ are stainless steel or brass washers with calibrated holes

Answer 28

orifice plates

Question 29

when air inside the building is hotter than the atmospheric air outside the building, ventilation will occur by having fresh air drawn in through lower building openings and discharged through the top

Answer 29

stack effect

Question 30

when the outside air temp is higher than the inside air temp at the buildings upper levels, and the smoke is pushed down vertical shafts

Answer 30

negative stack effect

Question 31

when fire generates enough heat to break windows and rolls out of the fire floor an up the outside of the building igniting combustibles on the floor above

Answer 31

auto extension

Question 32

space between exterior walls and floor allows fire to spread through this space

Answer 32

curtain wall extension

Question 33

fire spreading through vertical shafts in a high rise

Answer 33

vertical shaft extension

Question 34

glass falling from a high rise building may extend to approx. ______ ft. from the base of the building

Answer 34

200

Question 35

fusible links should have a temp rating that is ___ above the maximum temp that would normally be encountered within the system

Answer 35

50°