Foundations, Floors and Ceilings
Can a ceiling be a part of the fire resistive package?
YES
What is the difference between a load bearing wall and a non load bearing wall?
Load bearing walls provides support to the buildings "dead weight" and "live load" while a non load bearing wall supports only its own weight
Hollow-core wooden doors are often used where?
Inside buildings
What does the term "interior finish" mean?
used to refer to the exposed interior surface of a building
What would you call the front and clockwise corner of a building?
Alpha Bravo Corner
True or False: Ceiling is a part of the floor assembly.
TRUE
What are the 3 main components of roof assemblies?
Supporting Structure, Roof Decking, and Roof Covering
Why is it important to "size up" a window?
Safety hazards and locating the locking mechanism
True or False: A room with bare concrete floors, concrete block walls, and concrete ceiling has no interior finishes that will increase the fireload.
TRUE
How will a fire spread if the siding of a building catches fire?
Through soffit vents, open doors or windows
A: Size Up
B: The Investigation
C: Fire Fighter Operations
D: When Putting Out the Fire
C: During Fire Fighter Operations
Party walls, fire barrier walls, fire seperation walls, and curtain walls are all what?
Construction tactics use to reduce the spread of fire
Can a hollow door act as a fire barrier?
YES for a short period of time
Vinyl floor tiles, carpet, finished wood floors all release what?
Toxic smoke
Which external housing finish helps prevent the the spread of fire? (the most)
A: Stucco
B: Wood Siding
C: Plastic/Vinyl siding
D:Metal siding
A: Stucco
The 3 main things fire fighters need to know about floors.
The integrity of floors, construction of floors, influences of the spread of fire in floors
Which type of truss would most likely be used to support a sloping roof?
A: a parallel chord truss
B: a bowstring truss
C: a pitched chord truss
D: a triangle support truss
C: a pitched chord truss
What does a glass block help resist?
High temps
True or false: Varnished wood paneling will decrease ignition and the spread of fire.
FALSE
What is brick veneer siding?
An exterior wall made of siding or wood but has brick over it for decoration, the brick is not structural.
Are concrete floors supported by its self or steel beams and trusses?
BOTH
Flat roofs are found where? (name at least 3)
Houses, apartments, shopping centers, warehouses, factories, schools, hospitals
What are the 2 tools you need forced entry on a door?
Halligan and axe
Considerations related to interior finishes include...
whether a material will ignite quickly or resist, how quickly the flame will spread, how much energy the material will release when it burns and _________
How much smoke it will produce and which components the smoke will contain.
How can you determine if the brick of a house is structural or decorative?
Counting the pattern of the bricks (kings row pattern)