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Tactics. Multi Family Structure. Types of Multi-Family Structures . Garden Apartments Town Homes Apartment Buildings. Types of Multi-Family Buildings. Garden Apartments Typically: Two to three story buildings Single story units Exterior access. Garden Apartments: Exterior Access.
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Tactics Multi Family Structure
Types of Multi-Family Structures • Garden Apartments • Town Homes • Apartment Buildings
Types of Multi-Family Buildings • Garden Apartments • Typically: • Two to three story buildings • Single story units • Exterior access
Town Homes • …are both a multi-story building and multi –story unit • Typically the sleeping areas are a floor above the kitchen and living area • Access is generally on the ground floor • Interior stairs access upper floors of each unit • Garages are on the ground floor or attached
Apartment Buildings • Interior hallways • Single floor units, multi-floor building. • Common entrance or lobby • Typically stairwells and standpipes • Older buildings can have dry non-looped systems
Apartment Buildings- Center Hallway • Interior hallways are dangerous. • Anticipate high heat and low visibility. • Controlled ventilation is critical to support fire attack.
Multi-Family Tactics Appropriate for Garden Apartments and Town Homes 1st Engine – Attack, Supply 2nd Engine – Assist attack/backup line, assure supply 3rd Engine – Exposure 4th Engine – RIT 1st Ladder – Roof Ventilation? 2nd Ladder – Interior Ops • Residential Tactics
Multi-Family Tactics Mid-rise evolution
Mid-Rise Plan – Lower floor fire • 1st BATTALION - Establish or assume Command and announce location of Command Post Confirm and announce the primary firefighting stairway. - Confirm and announce primary evacuation stairway. - Assign companies to Lobby Control, areas of refuge and Staging. • 1st ENGINE COMPANY - Radio initial Size up report to include number of floors and building occupancy type. - Assume Fire Attack duties and report to best known location of problem. - Communicate to IC or Dispatch how you are accessing area. EXAMPLE: E18 at scene side “A” – advancing to third floor via North stairwell to investigate. - Advise IC conditions of lower floors while ascending to fire floor. (When a ladder company is immediately available, the ladder company should assume investigation duties and engine company personnel should prepare for fire attack in the stairwell or floor below the fire).
Mid-Rise Plan – Lower floor fire • 2 ND ENGINE COMPANY - Assist attack line/crew - Position apparatus on FDC. D/O makes FDC connections and establishes water supply. - Officer and FF stage bundle(s) for Backup line or duties as directed by IC • 3rd ENGINE COMPANY -Exposure line to floor above or adjacent units • 4th ENGINE COMPANY - RIT • 1st LADDER - Interior operations • 2nd LADDER - Ventilation
RESCUE REMOVAL There may be people you cannot see that are in greater distress! Do not waste resources on people not in immediate distress.
Fire Spread and Fire Attack • It’s a fact….fire goes up! • General Tactical Wisdom: • First Two Engines (attack and back up) • to the lowest floor on fire; 1st and 2nd • arriving by Best Practices. • Third engine to the floor above; also • Best Practice. • Attics: • Watch for spread to the attic via interior, • exterior and chases. • Assume all attics are common.
Short Reports • Use the same terminology: • Garden Apartment • Townhome • Apartment Building • What floor is the fire on? • “Fire showing from floor 4, side A”. • Apartment Buildings – 2 critical things: • Identify the fire attack stairwell • Understand and communicate the hallway conditions in a CAN report. E-4 in 3rd floor hallway, heavy smoke conditions, floors 1 and 2 are clear, we need one engine company to help with our stretch.
Ventilation • Upper floor fires • Roof cuts above apartment and hallway • Pressurize the stairwells • Cold smoke will not vent upward • Lower floor fires • Hydraulic ventilation aided by pressurized stairwells • PPV These assignments are influenced by the incident needs. Two or more ladders may be needed to accomplish each incident goal.
Break!!! • 5 minutes • Get map book, Geocode book and complex map books and meet back here.