Ch 15 pg 409-418

_____ multiple dwellings have many of the same problems as _____ versions including high ___ hazards, large number of occupants, difficulties in ____ hoselines, difficulties with stairs and the like

Apartment doors are in most cases of ____ construction than those in older non fireproof buildings, and often are better ____

When trying to identify fireproof buildings look for ____ and cockloft ____; if present the building is likely class __

____ stairs pose a common problem in class __ buildings. Building codes require ___ means of egress, superset from each floor.

The length of one door to the other is usually only __ ft with scissor stairs

In some buildings with two ____ halls, the stairs can alternate from one side of the building to the other on ____ floors

Fires in fire proofs buildings are generally confined to the apartment of ___. Most codes require __ hour fire separations between the _____ and the public hall, as well as between apartments

Fire may extend to the floor above however must often by ______ and this area must be checked early

Fireproof interior public halls are generally _____

One hazard that is increasingly seen in these buildings is cable _____ wires strung along the public hallway in plastic ___ ___

Every ff should carry a good ____ cutter or ____. The wires are too strong to be cut with a ____ in most cases

From ____ to 2008 the FDNY, in conjunction with the ____ fire department and ____ fire department, NIST and UL, have done a series of test to document this blowtorch phenomenon and test a variety of tactics for dealing with them

Some info from the test done over blowtorch fires in fireproof buildings indicate that this is a ____ weather phenomenon

In New York City this blowtorch phenomenon occurred most seriously between ____ and ____, typically the coldest times of the year

Anytime and any place where winds over __ -__mph is present, so is the danger of a wind driven fire. Also once the building exceeds __ stories( which is one class 1 construction is most often required) the height of the building does not play a major role, nor does the floor of the fire

very high wind is not required to achieve the blowtorch effect, several have occurred with only __ mph winds. _____ through the building is the culprit, and that airflow over the burning fuel creates temps in excess of ____ degrees from standard residential fire loading

when venting from inside the building, more info is needed. make a small experimental opening on the ___ floor first, preferably a single ___. when venting on the floor above be sure to position all the ___ as they will be found on the fire floor

in several cases, windows that were open in apartments across the public hall more than ___ ft from the fire apartment provided the necessary exhaust outlet when the occupants opened their door to flee

during ____ fires, smoke in the ____ and upper floors is the prime threat to occupants and is easily combated by venting the top of the ___ and elevator shafts. severe condition though it will be actual ___ and high heat and venting the stairs can serve to create the exhaust opening to draw the fire to that stair

the use of ___ fans to pressurize the attack staircase may stop the airflow through the fire _____ if the staircase is in fact the exhaust opening that was drawing the fire. The fans work unless there is other exhaust openings nearer the apartment door and as long as the wind remains under ___ mph

a jet of flame __ in long can shoot through if you bust a hole through and adjoining apartment. ___ can help by pressurizing this area. its important to have a variety of options because of the wide variations of building features we might encounter such as window ____, and ____

simply stated , duplex apartments have living space on __ floors, while ____ have space on three floors. this means there must be a _____ within each apartment from floor to floor.

duplexes and triplexes typically have the _____ on the same level as the ____ and living room, with the bedrooms on the other levels

_____ apartments have all the living space for each apartment on a ____ floor. the public halls are only found every ____ floors and that is where all the apartment entrance doors are located

in sandwich apartments the ____ door serves the apartment on the ___ floor, while the adjoining doors have stairs directly behind them. one going up and the other down

sandwich apartment layouts vary drastically from floor to floor, where there are floor layouts the same ask building ____ to paint the ___ side of the same color on floors with the similar layouts.

one o the biggest problems at many of these fires is the large number of _____ that attempt to flee the fire.

many time the occupants-- particularly the elderly, the _____ and young children--- require ff assistance to climb down further depleting personnel

a last-resort option for a similar purpose of directing people to stay in their rooms is by using the _____ address capability of the _____. many electronic sirens offer this and it should at least be considered for _____ vehicles. this has proved particularly useful in ____ type occupancies housing large numbers of transients

ventilation-of ____ to moderately charged hallways on these uninvolved floors can be accomplished by blocking open a ____ door to either a _____ or an incinerator chute on the floor

Are efforts being channeled properly, or are they wasting precious resources of personnel, ____ and _____ that could be better used to save lives? That is the ____ line at multiple dwelling fires

Fireproof Buildings

Scissor Stairs

Parallel Halls

Scissor Stair Hallway Length

Autoexposure

Windowless Public Halls

Blowtorch Phenomenon

TV/Internet Cable Wiring

Wire Cutter/Multi-tool

Wind-Driven Fire

Blowtorch Phenomenon Time Frame

Wind Speed for Wind-Driven Fire

Building Height for Wind-Driven Fire

Class 1 Construction

High Occupancy Buildings