1-20 Flashcards
According to STP - What are the 3 Golden rules to follow when applying foam?
-Do not begin to apply foam unless you have enough to extinguish the fire or cover the fuel spill
-Point branch away from fire until good finished foam is being produced
-You cannot mix different foam concentrates
According to STP - List 3 hazards/considerations when using CAFS at a structure
fire.
-CAFS hose lines have a build up of pressure when the branch is closed, this causes a larger jet reaction than a standard hose
-Slug flow – When the proportion of foam, air and water is wrong. It will cause the finished foam to “shudder” or “pulsate” as it is exiting the branch
-Does not contain enough water for internal attack
According to STP - List 5 actions to take when combatting a natural gas leak with no fire involved?
-Structural PPE and SCBA
-Evacuate all persons from the immediate area
-Remove all sources of ignition
-Respond Gas company
-Only use intrinsically safe equipment
-Dampen ground around the site of the gas release to prevent static electricity
-Keep protection line in place using fog
-If possible, crimp line to stop release of gas
According to STP - Acetylene is a very volatile gas, exploding cylinders can
penetrate double brick walls or metal freight containers & land 200m away. How many hours after the cylinder is removed from the fire or heat source, if it is not cooled, can this explosion occur?
24 Hours
According to STP - When reading a fire, we need indicators to base our decisions on, what are the most important indicators?
B-SAHF. Building- Smoke, Air Track, Heat and Flame
According to STP - What techniques enable us to control the interior environment during a structure fire?
Gas cooling and hose stream techniques
According to STP - List 2 common hose laying techniques that can be used by
firefighters?
S Lay and Cleveland Load
Question 8.
Complete the following in relation to the Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989 Part 3,Division 1, Section 11
Brigades to proceed with speed to suspected fires or hazardous material incident………?
11 Brigades to proceed with speed to suspected fires or hazardous material incidents
(1) When there is an alarm of fire, a fire brigade must, despite anything to the contrary in any Act, proceed with all speed to the fire and try by all possible means to extinguish it and save any lives and property that are in danger.
(2) When there is a report of a hazardous material incident, a fire brigade must, despite anything to the contrary in any Act—
(a) proceed with all speed to the site of the incident, and
(b) try by all possible means to render the site of the incident safe and save any lives and property that are in danger.
Question 9.
Complete the following in relation to the Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989 Part 3,
Division 1, Section 12 of the FRNSW Act, Investigation of reported fires and
Hazardous material incident………?
12 Investigation of reported fires and hazardous material incidents
(1) The officer in charge may, with or without members of a fire brigade, enter any place—
(a) in respect of which an alarm of fire is raised to ascertain whether there is a fire at the place, or
(b) in respect of which a report of a hazardous material incident has been made to ascertain whether there is any hazardous material at the place that is, or is about to be, the subject of a hazardous material incident.
(2) Reasonable force, whether by breaking down gates or fences or breaking open doors or otherwise, may be used to gain entry.
Question 10
Section 13, of the FRNSW Act states the “General Powers of Officers at fires and
hazardous material incidents”. State this provision.
13 General powers of officers at fires and hazardous material incidents
(1) At a fire, the officer in charge—
(a) may take such measures as the officer thinks proper for the protection and saving of life and property and for the control and extinguishing of the fire, and
(b) is to control and direct the operations of any fire brigade.
(1A) At the site of a hazardous material incident, the officer in charge—
(a) may take such measures as the officer thinks proper for the protection and saving of life and property, for confining and ending the incident and for rendering the site safe, and
(b) is to control and direct the operations of any fire brigade.
The site is taken to be such area in the vicinity of the incident as is for the time being determined by the officer in charge.
(2) If the fire is a bush fire (including a grass fire), the officer in charge is, as far as practicable, to carry into effect any plan of operations in force under section 52 of the Rural Fires Act 1997 in relation to the place where the fire occurs.
Question 11.
Section 19 of the FRNSW Act lists the powers at fires and hazardous material
incidents. State the provisions of this Section: “General power to remove persons or
obstacles.”
19 General power to remove persons or obstacles
The officer in charge at a fire or hazardous material incident may cause to be removed any person, vehicle, vessel or thing the presence of whom or which at or near a fire or hazardous material incident might, in the officer’s opinion, interfere with the work of any fire brigade or the exercise of any of the officer’s functions.
Question 12.
At an incident that has been declared a crime scene, a member of the public seeks
details from you, the senior firefighter/officer on duty, about the incident. State your
response according to the Fire Brigades Regulation (2014) Clause 22, Disclosure of
information.
22 Disclosure of information A firefighter must not disclose any information obtained in the firefighter’s capacity as a firefighter unless the disclosure is made:
(a) in the exercise of the firefighter’s functions, or
(b) about factual matters that are generally available to the public, or (c) by an approved firefighter to media representatives concerning operations at a fire or other incident, or
(d) at the direction or with the permission of the Commissioner, or
(e) with other lawful excuse.
Section 17 of the Fire Brigades Regulation (2014) refers to unacceptable behavior.
List five circumstances when a firefighter’s behavior would be deemed unacceptable.
17 Unacceptable behaviour (1) A firefighter must not: (a) come on duty while under the influence of alcohol or a drug, or (b) while on duty, consume, use or possess any alcohol or drug, or (c) while on duty, gamble in circumstances that adversely affect the discipline or efficiency of Fire and Rescue NSW, or (d) smoke at a fire or drill, in any departmental premises or in any departmental vehicle, or (e) smoke in any public place while in uniform, or Page 10 Fire Brigades Regulation 2014 [NSW] Part 3 Functions of firefighters Published LW 22 August 2014 (2014 No 551) (f) while off duty, enter or remain on departmental premises without authority, or (g) while on or off duty, by words or action, behave in a manner that is subversive of discipline or calculated to bring discredit on Fire and Rescue NSW, or (h) while on duty, by words or action, harass, intimidate or threaten another firefighter, or (i) while on duty, by words or action, harass or discriminate against any person on the grounds of sex, marital status, pregnancy, age, ethnic or national origin, physical or intellectual impairment, sexual preference, transgender status, carer’s responsibilities or any other ground in respect of which discrimination is prohibited by the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
As stated in the Standing Orders, to avoid serious accidents at intersections when
responding to an emergency, What actions should drivers of responding vehicles
approaching a stop sign or red signal take?
Whenever passing through the stop sign or red light would involve the vehicle in an accident, the driver must come to a halt and not move off again until it is safe to proceed.
According to Standing Orders, when are seatbelts required to be worn when
travelling in FRNSW vehicles (including tankers)?
All Fire and Rescue NSW employees are required to wear a seat belt, properly adjusted, when travelling in Fire and Rescue NSW vehicles. Any member travelling on a vehicle (including a water tanker) is to be seated inside the vehicle and must wear a seat belt.
