High-Rise Operations

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a high rise is

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6 or more stories or 75 feet tall

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building treated as high rise

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assisted living, hospital, business offices, apartments, hotels

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modern high rise are which two basic occupancies

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residential and commercial

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return stairs

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stairs incorporate a landing at midpoint that then "returns" to the same area of the other floor. In other words, the top and bottom of the stairwell is located at the same point on each floor.

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access stairs

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lead to one floor

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mushrooming

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smoke movement without impact from environmental conditions. smoke rising from the fire floor to roof and banking off towards to fire floor

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stack effect

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outside temp lower than inside, smoke rises to other floors

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reverse stack effect

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outside temp higher than inside, smoke will go below fire floor

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three basic ventilation tactics

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horizontal through windows, vertical through stairwells, use of HVAC system

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fairfax rigs carry

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Cleveland and horseshoe roll 1.88, also 100 foot 2.5 hose pack

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plenum space

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void space between the floors

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other building hazards

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floor length windows, dumpsters/compactors

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operational plan for high-rise fires must consist of five basic points

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determine the fire floor, verify the fire floor, control occupants, control of building systems, confine and extinguish fire

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fire control room

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to manage building systems

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reflex time can exceed

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10 - 15 minutes

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fire can double in size ever

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90 seconds

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exposures include not only the floor above but

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areas remote from the fire floor

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consider 2.5 attack line for

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fires above the 20th or wind driven conditions

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above and below the fire floor you have

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extra hose above, attack floor below, rit and staging after

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39 personnel on a 1st alarm, what are they

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5 engine companies, 2 truck companies, 1 rescue squad, 1 als unit, 2 battalion chiefs, 2 ems captains, 1 safety officer

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consider additional alarm if

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fire showing, smoke showing, two or more detectors sounding

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a second and third alarm bring on how many personnel

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57 and 78

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switch to november if

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radios arent working

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channel always for safety?

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ocean

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first arriving engine

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report to lobby check elevators and stairs. use stairs if fire on 6th floor or below, no firefighter service or smoke in elevator shaft

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second arriving engine

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water supply, report to fire floor

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third arriving engine

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establish water supply to second, opposite side of first engine, floor above fire with second truck

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fourth arriving engine

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park away from building, attack stairwell one floor below fire

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fifth arriving engine

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report to command post, will take lobby control

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lobby control

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unit tracking and recording, building system control, elevator operations

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first truck

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position side A, ladder fire floor if will reach, report to fire floor with first engine

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second truck

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position side C, ladder fire floor, report to floor above the fire with 3rd engine

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rescue squad

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position out of way, report to fire floor with first engine and truck

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first EMS

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report to command, setup rehab one floor below staging

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when using elevator exit

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2 floors below fire

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elevators without fire service or 6th floor fire and below

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take stairs

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base

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area where incoming fire apparatus and other vehicles park

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staging/rehab

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two floors below the fire floor is staging, rehab is one below staging

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mark unit on

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left side of X when searching

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stairwell support

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extra man power to carry equipment

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lobby control is responsible for

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unit tracking and recording, elevator operations, building systems control, stairwell identification, coordinating civilian evacuation of building

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lobby control crew 1 (officer and firefighter)

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be highly visible, record and track information

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lobby control crew 2 (left bucket ff)

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contact building engineer

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lobby control crew 3 (driver/operator)

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elevator operations