Multi Family Structure

Tactics

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Types of Multi-Family Structures

Garden Apartments Town Homes Apartment Buildings

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Types of Multi-Family Buildings Garden Apartments

Typically:▪ Two to three story buildings▪ Single story units▪ Exterior access

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Garden Apartments: Exterior Access

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Garden Apartments: Two to three story buildings

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Garden Apartments: Single story units

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Garden Apartment – Balcony

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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

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Town Homes: Exterior Access to floor two

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Town Homes – Single, ground floor access

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Town Homes- Garages

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Town Homes - Garages

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Apartment Buildings

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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

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Apartment Buildings- Center Hallway

Interior hallways are dangerous.

Anticipate high heat and low visibility.

Controlled ventilation is critical to support fire attack.

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Apartment Building Entrances

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Apartment Buildings –Stairwells/Standpipes

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Multi-Family Tactics

Residential 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

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Multi-Family Tactics

Mid-rise evolution

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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 buildingoccupancy 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).

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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

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RESCUE

REMOVAL

Do not waste resourceson people not in immediate

distress.

There may be people you cannot see that are in greater distress!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Break!!!

5 minutes Get map book, Geocode book and

complex map books and meet back here.

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Redmond Hills Central bldg. E

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Redmond Hills Apts. Bldg. J

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Lions Gate bldg. L

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River Trail Ne 92 Way & 159 Pl. Ne

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Bellevue Highlands (…imagine)

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The Cleveland