Read the scenario below. Using the information you have learned in this unit, answer the questions provided. Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Greening Towers:
Alarm Information:
A fire has been reported in the 31-story fire-resistive high rise, Greening Towers.
Construction and Layout:
The building is class I, center core construction, with the apartments on the perimeter and the utilities, stairwells, a compactor chute, and elevators in the center core. There are two elevators in this building. The interior of the apartments consists of masonry walls, ceilings, and floors. The doors are steel. They are set in steel frames that are set in the masonry hall wall. Each apartment unit has its own HVAC unit.
Auxiliary Appliances:
There are also two enclosed stairwells with standpipes located in each. Both stairwells serve the roof. There are fire department connections on both the B-side and D-side of the building. The system is inter-connected, but there have been vandalism issues in the past with the exterior fire department connections. The building is not sprinklered.
There is a 24-hour doorman and a staff of porters and maintenance personnel around the clock. The alarm panel and annunciator are located at the doorman desk in a vestibule. There is also a communication station that allows communication with all the apartments in the building. The alarms are activated. The building is segregated into a 7-zone system where each zone serves four floors.
Time and Weather:
The time is 1800 hours. The temperature is 86° F. The wind is calm.
Water Supply:
Water supply is adequate.
Arrival Conditions:
Upon arrival, fire is seen issuing from an apartment balcony area near the upper portion of the building on Side D. The doorman meets you as you get out of the apparatus and tells you the fire is on the 28th floor. There are many people on the balconies. You are the first to arrive and will be in command of this fire until a chief officer arrives.
Response:
Two engines and a ladder company are on the response. Three personnel staff the engine companies, an officer and two firefighters. The ladder is staffed by an officer and three firefighters. All additional alarms bring two engines, a ladder, and an additional battalion chief.
Question 1-What action would you take in regard to evacuation?
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 2-With regard to firefighter safety, what would be your greatest concern in the fire apartment?
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 3-You have placed the elevator in fire service control. To which floor would the elevator be taken? The annunciator is showing Zone 7.
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources
used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 4-What would be your most significant concern in regard to ventilation?
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 5-One of your firefighters notices a house line connected to a standpipe in the hallway. He already has it stretched and in place in the hallway. At this time there is no fire, and conditions on the floor are reported as improving. What action do you take?
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 6-Suppose you are the ladder officer. You are at the fire apartment. You have encountered a tightly locked door of substantial construction. It also has complicated locks. What action would you take?
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 7-Upon arrival, what would you direct the first-arriving engine chauffeur to do?
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 8-Suppose you are an engine captain on an additional alarm assignment. You are assigned to stretch an additional line to the floor above the fire to check for fire extension. The operations chief tells you there is a line in the hallway that is already connected to the standpipe. When you get out to the hallway, you encounter the line which is tangled like a pile of spaghetti with another line in the stairwell. What action do you take?
Your response to each question should be at least 25 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your responses. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; Paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.