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1
Q
When operating as the Lobby Control Unit Leader, you should strive to keep two elevators in a state or readiness on which floors?
 A: Lobby and fire floor
 B: Lobby and floor below fire floor
 C: Lobby and two floors below the fire
 D: Both elevators in Lobby
A
C
Explanation:
Lobby and Forward Staging Area
ICS ch 2 add 4 sec 4.2 
High-Rise Office P-4 (glossary)
2
Q

When operating at the scene of a taxpayer fire, members must be aware of the warning signs of a potential backdraft. Which warning sign below is described incorrectly?
A: Reversal of air, pulling smoke back into a smoke filled opening.
B: Glass windows stained with smoke condensation and pulsating from the pressure of the fire.
C: Dense black smoke indicates the lack of oxygen and small quantities of free carbon and carbon monoxide gas.
D: Other colors of smoke associated with a backdraft are dirty brown, yellow brown and gray yellow.

A

C
Explanation:
C. Dense black smoke indicates the lack of oxygen and LARGE quantities of free carbon and carbon monoxide gas.

Taxpayers 4.4.1

3
Q

Ladder 141 is 10-84 at a confirmed leak in the Iroquois Pipeline. Which of the following is CORRECT regarding department operations at this emergency?
A: The primary consideration is the evacuation of the area involved.
B: No valves should be opened or closed under any circumstances.
C: Patrolling the pipeline to locate the leak will be performed by a Squad Company or SOC Support ladder. If not available, the IC shall special call one for their metering capabilities.
D: Once the location of the leak is confirmed, fog lines shall be used to aid in the dissipation of the escaping gas.

A

A
Explanation:
AUC 150 – IROQUOIS PIPELINE
A – Correct 7.2.1
B – FD Incident Commander in consultation with Con Ed/Iroquois personnel. 4.5
C – If Rescue, Squad, Soc Support not available, IC shall order available units 7.2.3
D – Fog lines may hinder the dissipation of the gas. 7.1.2

4
Q

A salty Manhattan engine chauffeur would know which point below is correct regarding the operation of fire pumps in high rise office buildings?
A: Most high-rise buildings are equipped with 2 manual fire pumps.
B: For a fire on the 13th floor, 250 psi is the recommended pump pressure.
C: If a building has a combination standpipe/sprinkler system with the Siamese connected to both systems, the usual arrangement for the fire pumps is both will be manual.
D: If the fire pumps fail to start after performing the four step procedure, members should repeat the four step starting procedure.

A

A
Explanation:
Firefighting Procedures High Rise Office Bldgs. A-Sec. 4.1.8 F, Note: each will have its own control panel and both SHALL be started AND used. B-Sec. 4.1.7-200 psi. C-Sec. 4.1.8 one will be automatic and one will be manual. D-Sec. 4.1.5 if they fail to start, use the emergency power lever, push or pull it to the on position.

5
Q

Some places of worship have a ventilation opening for the concealed attic space called an “attic vent.” Which choice below contains incorrect information regarding Department operations relating to this structural feature?
A: For firefighters, this ventilation opening provides an excellent location for water application to extinguish fire in the area above the concealed attic or cockloft.
B: This ventilation opening is typically located on the front or rear of the long side of a place of worship. When located in the front, it will be a few feet above the Rose window.
C: When fire is not visible within the large area but suspected to be within the concealed area of the attic or cockloft, water application into the rose window is the priority.
D: Water application into the ventilation opening should be the priority following the control of a fire within the large open space using the rose window.

A

C
Explanation:
When fire is located within the large open area, the first priority is a tower ladder stream into the ROSE WINDOW. However, when fire is not visible within the large area but suspected to be within the concealed area of the attic or cockloft, water application into the VENTILATION OPENING is the priority.
PW 3.2

6
Q
Which unit is responsible for shutting the utilities at a Private Dwelling fire?
 A: 1st arriving Ladder Company
 B: 2nd arriving Ladder Company
 C: Rescue
 D: Squad
A

B
Explanation:
Private Dwellings ch 4 sec 4.2

7
Q

Engine 99 arrives first due at the scene of a reported gas leak in apartment 3A on the 3rd floor of a multiple dwelling. There are no other units on-scene. The officer takes the following actions. Which one is incorrect?
A: The gas meter was activated prior to entering the building.
B: The meter displayed 5% LEL in the lobby, so the officer proceeded to the callers apartment to gather more information.
C: The remaining members of the company immediately stretched a precautionary hoseline into the lobby of the building.
D: The officer reported the conditions to the ladder officer and the BC upon their arrival.

A

C
Explanation:
C. The remaining members of the company were PREPARED TO stretch a precautionary hoseline POSITIONED OUTSIDE THE POTENTIAL BLAST ZONE.

Natural Gas 6.5 Pg 20

8
Q

You are an S/A Lt. working in Wood City, Brooklyn. Your first run is a phone alarm for fire in a vacant and on arrival, you find heavy fire venting from all floors of a four-story vacant frame in the middle of a row of 7 vacant frames. Which of the following line placement options is INCORRECT for the second line at this fire when the first line was stretched to exposure 2?
A: The second line was needed to back up the first and was stretched to exposure 2.
B: The second line was stretched to the fire building.
C: The second line was stretched through exposure 4 to operate in the rear yard.
D: The second line was stretched to exposure 4.

A
B
Explanation:
B IS INCORRECT – 6.7B3 – If not needed to back up the first hose line, stretched to the opposite exposure or through an exposure to the rear yard.
A – 6.7B3
C – 6.7B3.
D – 6.7B3
9
Q
Question 9:
If unable to obtain a male patient's name on a CFR run, the correct description of the patient shall be written on the PCR as follows \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
 A: John Doe
 B: Unknown Male
 C: FDNY Bus designation (ex- 46B)
 D: Leave the name section blank
A

B
Explanation:
CFR ch 5 sec 4.4.1 B
If unable to obtain a name, a description of the patient’s gender preceded by ‘Unknown’ shall be written in these boxes (e.g., Unknown Male). This area shall never be left blank and ‘JANE/JOHN DOE’ shall NOT be used.

10
Q

Which collapse consideration is listed incorrectly for loft buildings?
A: Wide-dimensional Cast-iron lofts having front and rear walls supporting girders pose catastrophic collapse potential should they be compromised.
B: Floor and/or wall collapse can be caused by excessive water use and water absorption into structural elements and building contents. Roof and floor drains should be checked by firefighters and cleared of debris, as necessary, utilizing hand tools.
C: If the structural stability of gravity tank supports is questionable, consider draining the contents of the tank and diverting the water off the roof into a drain pipe, or by opening a standpipe outlet on an upper floor.
D: A brick wall with sand lime mortar can have this bonding material washed out by large caliber streams, dislodging bricks and seriously weakening the wall.

A

C
Explanation:
If the structural stability of gravity tank supports is questionable, consider draining the contents of the tank and diverting the water off the roof into a drain pipe, or by opening a standpipe outlet on a LOWER floor.
Loft 9.1.1, 9.1.3-9.1.5