Incinerator/Compactor Fires7

Question 1

Incinerator/compactor
Extension is unlikely, but is much more probable in the case of —— then in the case of an ———-.
1.2 B

Answer 1

Compactor
Incinerator

Question 2

Compactor/incinerator
T/F
Incinerator, we put the fire out.
Compactor, we clear the blockage.

Answer 2

False
Compactor, we put the fire out.
Compactor more likely for extension.

Incinerator, we clear the blockage.

Question 3

In city housing projects, the chute door on the first floor, maybe color-coded Red for ——-?
Grey for ——-?
1.3 D

Answer 3

Red for incinerator
Grey for compactor

Question 4

Incinerator Operations, which members of the truck will generally operate inside the building to vent search and locate the blockage?
2.1

Answer 4

Everybody except the chauffeur

Question 5

Incinerator Operations.
If you open a chute door on a floor and smoke comes out, the blockage is generally ——- that floor.
2.2

Answer 5

Above

Question 6

Incinerator Operations.
When you open the chute door a draft goes inward or there is a little smoke, the blockage is generally ——— that floor or the blockage has freed itself.
2.2 B

Answer 6

Below

Question 7

What are the 3 possible ways to clear a blockage in a chute?
2.3

Answer 7

Bent reinforcing rod that is about 10 feet long.

Hook

Brick, cinder block or cement block as long as it is secured with a rope.

Question 8

Incinerator/compactor
T/F
If the blockage cannot be freed consider burning it off.

Answer 8

False
Can only be done if it is an incinerator.
If all else fails, a hoseline can be used from the floor above to extinguish the fire.

Question 9

Incineroar/compactor
Whenever a fire is put out by flooding the shaft with water what must be shut down?
Note page 3

Answer 9

Auxiliary gas or fuel burner

Question 10

Incinerator/compactor
The roof FF two main jobs are?
What must he do before he even leaves the lobby?
2.3 F.

Answer 10

Proceed to the roof to ventilate stairways and check spark arrestor for blockage.
**He must chock open the STAIRWELL door at ground level before he leaves the lobby.

Question 11

The fly ash collector can be a small as an enlarged area in the shaft or as large as a small room. Generally a steel door. Use caution in large clutches because. —————.
Also, if the area is small, hot, Ashe may come down on member when opening door.
Note page 3

Answer 11

Maybe an open hole in the floor, large enough to fall into.

Question 12

Incinerators.
If the blockage is between the incinerator and the first floor, a hook may have to be used to pull it down from BELOW. What must be done before this is done? 2.4 B.
3.3

Answer 12

Should Shut off the auxiliary burner before commencing operations

Question 13

Incinerator safety.
Stand to the side of the hopper door. If the door is hinged stand on the ——- side.
3.2 B

Answer 13

Hinged

Question 14

Incinerator safety.
When opening the hopper door, your eyes should be ——- the opening and face turned away.
3.2 C

Answer 14

Below

Question 15

Incinerator safety.
When looking up and down the chute, what may aid in locating the blockage or observing smoke movement.
3.2 E

Answer 15

Shining a flashlight

Question 16

Can engine members be used to locate fires in the incinerator and compactor chutes?
4.1

Answer 16

Yes
Generally, the officer and at least two members shall remain in the lobby.

Question 17

It is determined to chute is to be flooded. A line is stretched to the. —- —— the fire and operated into the chute.
4.1 B

Answer 17

Floor above

Question 18

Compactors that FDNY units most frequently counter is the incinerator conversion, installed at the base of the original incinerator chute. It is usually located in a separate room accessible from?
6.5

Answer 18

The rear of the building

Question 19

Compactor rooms.
Should be fire ———-, protected by a fire door and supplied with a ———.
7.1 and 7.2

Answer 19

Fire resistive
Automatic sprinkler

PS water outlet and hose are required in the compactor room

Question 20

Does the FDNY replace sprinkler heads? Note page 8.

Answer 20

No

Question 21

In refuse chutes constructed in new construction, sprinklers shall be provided, spaced out not more than —— for the height of the chute.
7.5

Answer 21

Not more than two stories apart.

Question 22

There are three categories of compact of fires, which are?
8.1

Answer 22

Chute
Unit
Compactor room

Question 23

Chute Fire
The possibility of extension is greater in the ——- then in the ——-.
8.28

Answer 23

Unit
Chute

Question 24

Chute Fire
Which member of the ladder operates with the engine company to provide access the chute and check for extension.
8.2 A1

Answer 24

OV

Question 25

Chute Fire The officer and forcible entry team of the ladder will operate in the ——-. What is the first thing they must do once they enter the compactor room? 8.2 B

Answer 25

Compactor room Locate the electrical shut off and shut power to the unit before operations commence.

Question 26

Chute Fire Before opening the compactor unit access door be sure of two things? 8.2 B2

Answer 26

Hoseline is shut down Sprinkler OS&Y is closed (Water is shut down)

Question 27

Fire in compactor unit no extension to the chute. If the fire has not extended into the room, the engine company stretches a line to —— ? 8.3 AB

Answer 27

1st floor and operate into the chute to extinguish the fire. OV operates with engine to provide to chute and check for extension

Question 28

Fire extended from compactor into room which firefighting tactics do you use? 8.4

Answer 28

Cellar fire

Question 29

Fly ash collector it can be a small as? Or as large as a small room. It is equipped with a steel plate door, which is the access for cleaning. Page 12

Answer 29

4x4 ft or a small room

Question 30

With the larger fly ash rooms, there may be no safeguards around the incinerator shaft other than inordinate amount of ash on the floor, there will be no indication of the extreme hazard. One can fall into the shaft via the fly ash room, and terminate in the basement. The smaller fly ash collectors are frequently ——— high and upon opening the cleanout door hot ash and debris will cascade down on member. Page 12

Answer 30

Chest high for the smaller fly ash collectors