FDNY CYCLE 3 & 4 QUIZZES AND RIGHT
ANSWERS .
When were Old Law Tenements built? ANS - Before 4/12/1901
What building code are Old Law Tenements? ANS - Class 3, Non-Fireproof
What is the secondary means of egress in an Old Law Tenement? ANS - Fire escape or Party Wall
Balcony
When were New Law Tenements built? ANS - Between 4/12/1901 - 4/18/1929
What building code are New Law Tenements? ANS - Class 3, Non-Fireproof
What building code are brownstones? ANS - Class 3, Non-Fireproof
What building code are rowframes? ANS - Class 4, Wood frame
What are the 2 types of rowframe designs? ANS - 1. Brownstone Type
2. Old Law Tenement Type
What is the difference between the two rowframe designs? ANS - 1. Brownstone, 3 front windows per
floor and an apartment going from front to rear with no rear fire escape.
2. OLT, 4 window front and rear fire escape
What is the building code for Private Dwellings? ANS - Class 4 or Class 3
What are the different types of private dwellings? ANS - 1. Straight Line Colonial
2. Cape Style House
, 3. Queen Anne
4. Flat Roof
______________ construction is commonly found in straight line colonial houses and Queen Anne. ANS
- Balloon Frame
Cape Style Houses normally consists of 2 ____________. ANS - Dormers
What is the rate at which energy is generated by the burning of a fuel and oxygen mixture? ANS - Heat
Release Rate
What is a flow path? ANS - The movement of heat and smoke from higher pressure within the fire area
to lower pressure area through doors, windows and roof
What is VEIS? ANS - Vent, enter, isolate and search. The approved tactic when entering a structure
through an opening to search for the fire or victims
When does the size up begin? ANS - At the receipt of the alarm
What are the steps in a size up? ANS - COAL WAS WEALTH
Construction, occupancy, area, life, water supply, auxilliary appliances, street conditions, weather
conditions, exposures, apparatus, life, time of day, height
What is a primary search? ANS - the immediate search of life that is rapid but thorough and systematic
Who is responsible for the primary search on the fire floor? ANS - 1st due Ladder Co
Who is responsible for the primary on the floors above the fire floor? ANS - 2nd Due Ladder Co
What are the duties of the 1st due Ladder Co? ANS - 1. Locate the fire
ANSWERS .
When were Old Law Tenements built? ANS - Before 4/12/1901
What building code are Old Law Tenements? ANS - Class 3, Non-Fireproof
What is the secondary means of egress in an Old Law Tenement? ANS - Fire escape or Party Wall
Balcony
When were New Law Tenements built? ANS - Between 4/12/1901 - 4/18/1929
What building code are New Law Tenements? ANS - Class 3, Non-Fireproof
What building code are brownstones? ANS - Class 3, Non-Fireproof
What building code are rowframes? ANS - Class 4, Wood frame
What are the 2 types of rowframe designs? ANS - 1. Brownstone Type
2. Old Law Tenement Type
What is the difference between the two rowframe designs? ANS - 1. Brownstone, 3 front windows per
floor and an apartment going from front to rear with no rear fire escape.
2. OLT, 4 window front and rear fire escape
What is the building code for Private Dwellings? ANS - Class 4 or Class 3
What are the different types of private dwellings? ANS - 1. Straight Line Colonial
2. Cape Style House
, 3. Queen Anne
4. Flat Roof
______________ construction is commonly found in straight line colonial houses and Queen Anne. ANS
- Balloon Frame
Cape Style Houses normally consists of 2 ____________. ANS - Dormers
What is the rate at which energy is generated by the burning of a fuel and oxygen mixture? ANS - Heat
Release Rate
What is a flow path? ANS - The movement of heat and smoke from higher pressure within the fire area
to lower pressure area through doors, windows and roof
What is VEIS? ANS - Vent, enter, isolate and search. The approved tactic when entering a structure
through an opening to search for the fire or victims
When does the size up begin? ANS - At the receipt of the alarm
What are the steps in a size up? ANS - COAL WAS WEALTH
Construction, occupancy, area, life, water supply, auxilliary appliances, street conditions, weather
conditions, exposures, apparatus, life, time of day, height
What is a primary search? ANS - the immediate search of life that is rapid but thorough and systematic
Who is responsible for the primary search on the fire floor? ANS - 1st due Ladder Co
Who is responsible for the primary on the floors above the fire floor? ANS - 2nd Due Ladder Co
What are the duties of the 1st due Ladder Co? ANS - 1. Locate the fire
