A201 - Afd High Rise Fires

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High-Rise procedures shall be utilized when?

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any time a fire is reported in a structure that has five or more floors above grade

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in high-rise procedures, what constitutes an upgrade to multiple alarm?

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Evidence of fire upon arrival, or any time during the investigation

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High-Rise provisions are only applicable to what size buildings?

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Buildings having occupied floors 75 feet above lowest levels of fire department vehicle access – usually seven or eight floors, not five

Front 4

High-Rise alarm complement

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four engines, three aerial apparatus, one rescue unit, two battalion chiefs

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High-Rise procedures dictate the second arriving battalion chief assumes what position?

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Division X supervisor – fire floor division supervisor

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High-Rise procedures first aerial responsibilities

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inside truck
division supervisor on fire floor until Battalion chief arrival

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in high-rise, all three initial attack teams should bring what?

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Standpipe hose and equipment

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first arriving initially attack team response to fire control room to check what?

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fire alarm panel
obtain building keys
obtain plug-in phones

Front 9

in high-rise, initial attack team give size up from five locations:

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exterior upon arrival
fire control room
fire attack stairwell
fire floor
fire room/apartment

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In high-rise, PPV fans used to pressurize attack stairwell are set how?

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One fan 4 feet outside stairwell at the bottom

second fan three floors below fire floor

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In High-Rise, hose lines are placed how?

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initial hose lines on floor of fire origin
secondary hose lines on floors above

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fire cut off on floors above origin should not be undertaken and less the fire below is under control except for one exception:

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rescue circumstances

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first rescue unit officer shall assume:

first rescue unit driver shall assume:

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logistics

systems control unit

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logistics chief – first rescue officer – is responsible for all activities that support fire attack, including:

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water supply
lobby control
systems control

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systems control unit – first rescue driver – is responsible for staffing fire control room, including:

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report when FCR is staffed
check fire alarm panel
silence audible alarms – after occupant reentry is secured
operate communications equipment for evacuation stairwell
control HVAC for smoke removal

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In High-Rise operations, third arriving engine assumes what?

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Water supply.
• Is sprinkler or standpipe system requires 225 PSI or more, use threaded 3 inch supply hose with two pumping apparatus in tandem

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when crews determine that the fire pump is operational, who is notified?

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Command and then report to systems control unit

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fourth arriving engine assumes what in high-rise operations

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lobby control unit

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lobby control unit is responsible for what? (Fourth arriving engine)

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• obtaining Knox box keys.
• Establishing entry/exit control.
• Determining stairwells or elevators.
• Ensuring stairwells are pressurized.
• Briefing incoming companies
• capture of all elevators
• systems control unit activities until arrival of rescue unit

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second arriving aerial apparatus will assume:

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recon group – responsible for operations above fire floors

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In high rise operations, the recon group should use which stairwell

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used evacuation stairwell to search for occupants and check for fire extension

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Third arriving aerial apparatus in high-rise ops is responsible for:

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Staging
• ascend with Ric equipment.
• Assumes staging two floors below fire floor.
• Ric team not assigned until second alarm.
• Incidents third floor below, staging, established outside
• established Division X (fire floor – 2) Staging, Rehab, Reserve Equipment

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for second alarm high rise alarm, third and fourth arriving battalion chiefs assume:

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• third = operation section chief
• fourth = planning section chief

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in second alarm high-rise alarm, who assumes Ric group?

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• second arriving rescue Capt. = RIC group supervisor.
• Request at least one company as the RIC team

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assignments for the first arriving engine on a SECOND alarm high-rise:

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officer = staging manager for exterior staging area.
Personnel from company = base manager and rehab manager for exterior rehab area

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THIRD alarm high-rise alarm dispatches what additional tactical resources?

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• Logistics support branch/medical unit
• ground support unit
• resource unit
• technical specialist

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FOURTH alarm high-rise alarm and greater dispatch what additional resources?

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• Fire branches with divisions based on floors and groups based on function
• medical branch with a treatment unit and a transport group
• air operations branch with a helicopter coordinator and Helispot manager
• situation unit to assist planning section chief
• additional set of channels

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in high-rise operations is the staffing rule of thumb?

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• Two companies in reserve for each company committed
• minimum of one engine company held in reserve at exterior staging area

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in high-rise operations, can personnel remove their PPE at any time?

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Safety officer can allow personnel below fire floor to remove PPE
• must be kept available

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differences in true high-rise in high-rise that do not meet code (five stories – eight stories)

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• alarm sounds on all floors
• no fire control room
• no PA system
• no stairwell pressurization system

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Know chart on Page 80

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High-Rise alarm – second and third alarm chart