Attitude

preparedness

and an overall belief that a serious event will happen

Day dreaming mindset=

complacency and laziness

Equal to life or death mindset

must be already operating in 3rd gear to transition to 4th

9 to 10 feet in a residential high rise building

typical commercial high rise with floors 12-15 feet or more per floor

1. Poke through construction
2. curtain wall gap
3. auto exposure

Standpipe system should be bypassed and a line stretched from the apparatus pumper outside

Standpipe system should still be supplied, but first handline should come from the outside

Designed specifically for occupant use

Not to be used by ffs. Not designed to deliver the fire flow necessary

Decision: FDC for the stand pipe supplied first.

sprinkler and FDC  SP must be pumped into.

• Maybe from city main, gravity tank, pumps, or a combination of those components

For fire dept use

21/2" discharge outlets

required to deliver a rated flow of 500gpm at the topmost, or hydraulically most remote.

Occupant use 

1 1/2" discharge outlets

may have 1 1/2" single jacketed hose attached

100 gym required from the hydraulically most remote standpipe outlet 

Combination of class 1 and II systems.

can have both 2 1/2 and 1 1/2" outlets or 2 1/2 with 1 1/2" reducer attached

Combined system

class I or III that also supply water to sprinkler system

The pipe, fittings, and valves used for the standpipe system are rated for pressures of up to only 300

nfpa14 also recommends that the maximum pressure within the system at any point should not exceed 350 psi

• Pivs, os&y, check valves and sectional control valves control the flow of water throughout the stand pipe system 

pressure regulating devices

Pressure reducing valves (prvs)

In most cities, SPs, especially those in tall high rise buildings, are typically equipped with pressure regulating valves

Can be found in 2 locations: zone floor control valves for combination SP/sprinkler or at SP hose valve outlets

• Nfpa14
• Designed for the purpose of reducing, regulating, controlling, or restricting water pressure in order to limit SP outlet pressure
• 3 types: pressure-rwatricting devices, Pressure-reducing valves, Pressure-control valves

• Valve: internal components assoc. With its pressure regulation that cannot be removed.
• Device: when there are either external componenets such as limiting devices, or internal components such as an orifice plate. Seperate from actual valve and can be removed.

1. Factory preset
2. Field adjustable
3. Fireground adjustable
4. Fireground removable

1. Life safety
2. Incident stabilization
3. Property conservation

Weighs less than 1 pound.

Most combination fog nozzles weigh between 5-6 pound range

Standpipe inline gauge

probably the most important of the water delivery appliances second only to the nozzle

The vertical, natural air movement throughout a high rise building caused by the difference in temperatures between the inside air and the outside air.

strong draft from the ground floor to roof.

the colder the weather and the higher the bldg the greater the stack effect

First make every attempt to spot the pumper as close to the FDC or preferably within 50 feet or one length of hose

spotting the pumper so that the FDC is on the opposite of the pumper from the pump panel

Most important of the two overhauls

check all six directions

begiat with the fire apt. Then any exposure apts. if fire extended into public hallway, then other apts. must be checked for extension

next, the apt. on the floor above directly above the fire apt. Then the top floor

Must include all areas, and is completed much slower, more methodical

Goal is to have a fresh search team with an unbiased perspective 

• Every search operation must be based on fundamentals, including orientation to a wall, and/or a search rope which will lead members to safety

• Operations
• planning
• Logistics
• Finance/administration

Conditions

actions

needs

FFs can utilize to remove an incapacitated FF or civilian.

First RIT at a high rise building or standpipe equipped building should be placed as close as possible to the primary fire attack location

the floor below the fire