ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City firefighters are facing a tall challenge when one of New Jersey’s tallest buildings opens next year.

The 710-foot-tall Revel casino is scheduled to open next May. Among New Jersey skyscrapers, only the 781-foot tall Goldman Sachs building in Jersey City is taller.

Fighting a fire at Revel will rely on sprinkler systems and internal pipes, as well as scores of firefighters working from inside the building.

The fire department’s tallest ladders can only reach 100 feet.

Fire Chief Dennis Brooks told The Press of Atlantic City his department is already planning and training for Revel.

“You’re not going into something cold,” Brooks said. “You can never completely simulate the actual thing, but you can get close.”

The chief said any actual fire at Revel — or the city’s 11 other casinos — would bring a massive call for backup manpower, including mutual aid from neighboring departments, and the recall from home of off-duty firefighters.

“We sometimes call them ‘100-man fires,'” said Anthony Avillo, a fire prevention expert. “Basically we’re just throwing people at the fire.”

Atlantic City firefighters have “high-rise kits” with special nozzles allowing them to connect to a building’s water supply. But only one pumper in the city is strong enough to get water pressure to the top floors of Revel.

Sprinkler systems would play a big part in knocking down any casino fire. All of Atlantic City’s high-rises, including non-casino buildings, are equipped with them. They are about 98 percent effective in dousing flames, Avillo said.

There have been no major fires at any Atlantic City casino since legalized gambling began in 1978.

Brooks said the only recent fires at casinos here happened when the buildings were under construction and flammable materials abounded.

The fire department commonly tours and inspects a new building before it opens to learn all it can about how to fight a fire there.