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High Rise 6.00
High Rise Guidelines
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6.01 High-Rise Incidents: This guideline will follow National Incident Mmgt. Sys. The first arriving company officer is the.. | Incident Commander (IC), until commandis transferred. |
6.01 A.The incidents priorities at high-rise fires should be the same as in other incidents...what are Incident Priorties... | 1.Life Safety-FF/ Civilians 2.Stabilize the Incident. 3.Conserve Property |
6.01 Tactical Priorties... | 1.rescue ocupants,2.Protect exposures,3.Confinement of fire,4.Extinguish fire,5.Conservation of property. |
6.01 C.Rescue in high-rise means evacuation or protection in place..who are most in danger... | those on and immediately above the fire floor, teh top floor and in the stair wells that are filled with smoke. |
6.01 C. What is the next level of endagerment.. | is the floors in thesame ventilation zone as the fire floor, if the building does not have a smoke control system. |
6.01C.2.PA system should be used to inform occupants of the correct action (evac./shelter in place) to be taken.OEC can... | be given info. from IC that the 911 call takers can relay to building occupants when they call 911. |
6.01C.3. Occupants that self evacuate may become trapped in smoke filled stairwells. Therefore.. | stairwells require searching as soon as personnel are available. |
6.01C.4.Evacuation of high-rise structures is generally conducted through... | stairwells; when possible at least one stairwell must remain smoke-free until evac. is complete. THE Importance of keeping stairwell doors closed cannot be over-emphazied. |
6.01C.5.Open stairwell doors increase thes stack effect,and/or neg.stack affect(the phenomena of natural vertical air movement) in the building. An open door at the bottom of stairwell tends to... | pull smoke down to the lower levels. These doors must not be propped open or evauation effort may be compromised. |
6.01C.6.Rescue efforts may be accomplished in FF operated elevators, with the elevator in the Fire Service Mode, its preferable for rescue elevators to be... | in an elevator bank that does not serve the fire floor. |
6.01D.The most common way fire spreads in a building is by... | lapping out the windows, up the side of the building and into the floor above. Well-placed hose lines on fire floor and the floor above should be used to confine the fire to original fire floor. |
6.01 E.Do to extreme challenges of high-rise fires, ALL companies will utilize... | One hour air packs. |
6.01F. Fire Officers must be cognizant of the fact that 6 FF are required to strech out... | three lenghths of 2 1/2 hose in a stairwell, charge it,and move it out of the stairwell onto the fire floor. |
6.01G.A large number of FF are required to begin fire attack in high-rise.The IC should provide support to intial arriving co. as soon as possible. The first arriving officers must... | not be hesitant about calling for additional alarms |
6.01H. There is tremendous amount of Radio communication during high-rise, Radio disipline is vital and consise info if important.Comm. problems and lack of... | visiability make it imperitive that frequent progress/eception reports are given. |
6.01I.Companies responding to mulitple alarms will report... | to Level II staging area, report in to the staging officer FACE TO FACE and remain to respond. |
6.02 Hire-Rise Assignments: Initail assignments of Command, Lobby Control Unit here after Lobby Control, and Investigative/ Fire Attack Group will be... | applied at all high-rise incidents. |
6.02A. First Arriving Engine - IC/ Lobby Control: Due to large number of tasks to be completed by Lobby in the inital stages, crews assigned this responsibility will priortize actions based upon... | Situation and needs. Risk vs. Benefits should be considered. |
6.302 A. First Engine Captain will be IC/ Lobby Control. One FF and the second FF and E/O will be... | FF - Elevator One FF - Access Control E/O - Establishes water supply |
6.02 A. Tasks...1. Request Tac channel (if not already requested) and have all units switch to simplex mode upon arrival. 2.If fire/smoke showing, IC will... | Request a second alarm, give a situation report to incoming units. |
6.02 A.3. IF extreme hazards of fire control opps.and diffuculty to keep up with accountibility, the many engineered elements may require.. | additional special functional units, the System Control Unit. The units will report to IC until the Logistiacal Section is est. |
6.02A.4. Lobby Control Resonsibilites: a.command,if already est. check-in and ontain briefing b.Est.Lobby Position and assess situation and request needed resources.c.obtain infromation from... | Building personnel concerning the nature and location of the incident and what life safety issues need immediate attention. Report these finding to incoming units. |
6.02A.4.d.Lobby Control locates Depository Box;911 key if key does not open the box... | Bolt Cutters may be required and access information inside box. |
What infromation does the Depository Box have inside that will be able to determine if the fire floor... | has sprinklers,location of sprinkler control valve, any standpipe outlets in stairwell/hose cabinets, PVRs and docu. outlet pressure of PVRs, are there any floors w/o PVRs |
What type of hose can be brought up into a working high-rise fire? | 2 1/2 hose with SMOOTH BORE. Only RIT can bring 1 3/4 hose for mobility of rescue needs. Relay this crucial information to incoming companies for appropriate hose/nozzle selection and pump opps. |
6.02.A.4.e.Depository Box has specific information about the operation of the eleveator keys. This info. should be removed and made ready for use. The keys rings must be... | removed and seperated. |
6.02.A.4.f/g:Depository Box contains several documents that is given to IC such as.. | Floor Plans, copies of HFD high-rise survey, plans may locate electrial/mechanical rooms.Pre-fire plan that is valuable information. |
6.02.A.4.h. Alarm Panel must be analyzed to confirm the original fire area.Most high-rise have addressable alarms, but some have print out. How do you determine which alarm goes to fire floor? | Scrolling not necessary, in reading the alarm sequence, the first smoke detector recorded will usually indicate the fire area. |
6.02.A.4..i.Plug in phones will be answered by Lobby Control/ IC by radio or cell phone.Where is the other phone... | located and issued to companies assigned specific tasks. The control point will be the alarm panel with operator relay info to IC> |
6.02.A.4.J.k. Elevators-assume control and provide elevator operators.When should elevators be recalled... | Immediately by placing them in Phase I, if not already recalled by alarm system. |
6.02.A.4.l. When will elevators be cleared of all use at Lobby Level... | They will not be used if shaft shows signs of fire,smoke or running water. Elevtor one will accomplish this by looking in the space b/w the elevator door and shaft. this info relayed to IC. |
6.02.A.4.m/n. Est.Peronnel Log for access control of building.Direct Personnel to appropriate stairway/elevator for... | assignments and direct evacuees and exiting personnel to safe areas or routes of building. |
6.02A.4.o/p.Oraganize equip. to be transported from apparatus to Resource.and Preform functions of System Control until... | system control is established.Once they are est. they will assume alarm monitoring. |
Public Access (PA) will be used to provide info. AFTER approved by IC about... | FD Actions and advise occupantsto evacuate or shleter-in place.They may be instructed to call 911 or the Fire Control Center (FCC) to communicate their status and location. |
SYSTEM CONTROL UNIT will request response, and make contact with... | building/facility engineer,utility co. rep., elevator service personnel, and others as appropriate. |
Who will appoint personnel to monitor and operate building/facility systems display/control panels. | Lobby Control resonsiblity. |
Who will evaluate water supply,HVAC smoke removal of stairwells,operation of the fire and support any repair for water supply, electrial system... | Lobby Control resonsiblity. |
Who will secure operations and demobilize personnel as dtermined by teh deombilization plan. Provide briefings and info. to the IC? | Lobby Control responsibility. |
What is the responsibilties of System Control Unti once it is established? 6.02.A.4.p.-w. | PA, Alarm Monitoring,Request response of building/facility personnel, appoint personnel to monitor sys, eval.HVAC, smoke in stairwells, water supply and any repair if needed. and all electrical sys. |