Discussions on Building Fire Systems

Assignment Question There is an upper word limit of 2000 words. Part 1

Outline the expected firefighting actions arising from a fire within a Class 3 highrise building of 28m in effective height with DtS compliant construction and fire safety measures. The building is located in the Sydney CBD.

The fire started on Level 9 within a room/unit. The call was originally transmitted at 2am on a Sunday to the fire service by automatic fire alarm. Two pumpers are initially responded. On arrival, the first crews are notified by an occupant of the building that smoke had rapidly spread beyond the room of origin. . You are witness to the arrival and subsequent actions of fire crews at a fire within the building. The door to the room of origin has had the door closer disabled and the door was wedged open at the time of the fire.

In answering this question you should outline firefighting command and control of operations, including crew tasking. Your assignment should also take into consideration the occupational health and safety of fire crews, the considerations for back up assistance and the utilization of installed fire safety measures. Your answer is also to indicate any risks associated with this fire and the likely control measures to be implemented by operational fire crews.

Part 2

Again you witness the operations of fire crews at a fire within a Class 3 high rise building, located in the CBD of Sydney with an effective height of 28 metres. In this instance though the building is a performance based design which has resulted in the deletion of sprinklers from the residential parts of the building. The building has a single fire stair. The room of fire origin is the on the same location and the same circumstances exist as in the Part 1.

In answering this question you should outline firefighting command and control of operations, including crew tasking. Your assignment should also take into consideration the occupational health and safety of fire crews, the considerations for back up assistance and the utilization of installed fire safety measures. Your answer is also to indicate any risks associated with this fire and the likely control measures to be implemented by operational fire crews.

Part 3

Candidates are to compare the fireground operations and resource commitment for each of the scenarios detailed above. In this comparison you are also to indicate the difficulties firefighters would need to overcome in each circumstance and the fire conditions firefighters are likely to be confronted with.

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