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Multi Family Structure

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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Multi Family Structure

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  1. Tactics Multi Family Structure

  2. Types of Multi-Family Structures • Garden Apartments • Town Homes • Apartment Buildings

  3. Types of Multi-Family Buildings • Garden Apartments • Typically: • Two to three story buildings • Single story units • Exterior access

  4. Garden Apartments: Exterior Access

  5. Garden Apartments: Two to three story buildings

  6. Garden Apartments: Single story units

  7. Garden Apartment – Balcony

  8. 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

  9. Town Homes: Exterior Access to floor two

  10. Town Homes – Single, ground floor access

  11. Town Homes- Garages

  12. Town Homes - Garages

  13. Apartment Buildings

  14. 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

  15. Apartment Buildings- Center Hallway • Interior hallways are dangerous. • Anticipate high heat and low visibility. • Controlled ventilation is critical to support fire attack.

  16. Apartment Building Entrances

  17. Apartment Buildings –Stairwells/Standpipes

  18. 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

  19. Multi-Family Tactics Mid-rise evolution

  20. 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).

  21. 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

  22. RESCUE REMOVAL There may be people you cannot see that are in greater distress! Do not waste resources on people not in immediate distress.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

  26. Break!!! • 5 minutes • Get map book, Geocode book and complex map books and meet back here.

  27. Redmond Hills Central bldg. E

  28. Redmond Hills Apts. Bldg. J

  29. Lions Gate bldg. L

  30. River Trail Ne 92 Way & 159 Pl. Ne

  31. Bellevue Highlands (…imagine)

  32. The Cleveland

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