Tactics

 Garden Apartments  Town Homes  Apartment Buildings 2

 Garden Apartments  Typically: ▪ Two to three story buildings ▪ Single story units ▪ Exterior access 3

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 …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 8

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 Interior hallways  Single floor units, multi-floor building.  Common entrance or lobby  Typically stairwells and standpipes  Older buildings can have dry non-looped systems 14

 Interior hallways are dangerous.  Anticipate high heat and low visibility.  Controlled ventilation is critical to support fire attack. 15

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Multi-Family Tactics  Residential Tactics Appropriate for Garden Apartments and Town Homes 1 st Engine – Attack, Supply 2 nd Engine – Assist attack/backup line, assure supply 3 rd Engine – Exposure 4 th Engine – RIT 1 st Ladder – Roof Ventilation? 2 nd Ladder – Interior Ops 18

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 1 st 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.  1 st 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). 20

 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  1 st LADDER - Interior operations  2nd LADDER - Ventilation 21

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

23 It’s a fact….fire goes up! General Tactical Wisdom: First Two Engines (attack and back up) to the lowest floor on fire; 1 st and 2 nd 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.

 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 3 rd floor hallway, heavy smoke conditions, floors 1 and 2 are clear, we need one engine company to help with our stretch. 24

 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. 25

 5 minutes  Get map book, Geocode book and complex map books and meet back here. 26

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