Grab the Dresser
Responding as an extra unit to a fire on the third floor of a peaked-roof garden apartment, we received radio instructions to report to the top floor with hooks. Fire was blowing out two windows of a top-floor apartment, and heavy smoke was rolling from the eaves of the structure. The fire was melting the aluminum soffit and extending into the large, undivided cockloft/attic space. In many of these buildings, this space will be wide open with no fire stopping or draftstopping; the roof joists will be nominal lumber, although you may also find trusses. In newer construction, fire stopping or draftstopping may exist, but it could be compromised by the utilities.
