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Question 1

According to STP - Crews operating on levels above the fire should be constantly alert for the potential of fire extension. List the actions should crews take

Answer 1

Checking concealed spaces with the TIC

Closing windows and moving flammable material away from windows

Always having a charged lines of hose

Maintain communication with outside crews, who can report any externally visible indicators of changed fire activity

Question 2

You are responded to an aircraft on a runway with smoke issuing from behind the piston engine. All passengers and crew are out. It is a radial engine. According to the Firefighters Training Manual, how does the fire risk of this engine compare to an in-line engine and what extinguishing medium would you use?

Answer 2

Radial engines have a greater fire risk due to the ancillary equipment housed behind the cylinders including oil pumps, generators, carburetors, superchargers, pipework and wiring

Extinguishing medium is best to use Halons or CO2

Question 3

According to FRNSW Fatigue Management Procedure - Short-term fatigue management is the management of acute fatigue that may occur as a result of tasks undertaken by firefighters during work hours. As a guide, a break from these tasks should be taken how often?

Answer 3

Every 4 hours

Question 4

You have been instructed to commence ventilation. According to the Firefighters Training Manual, when determining where ventilation needs to be carried out, what considerations need to be taken into account?

Answer 4

• the nature and proximity of exposures
• the size of the fire
• the seat of the fire
• the wind and weather conditions;
• the type of building construction; and
• the presence of vertical or horizontal openings and how they may affect ventilation

Question 5

According to SOGs, if co2 is used to extinguish a fire in an underground vault substation what is the minimum time it needs to be kept sealed within the vault?

Answer 5

20 mins

Question 6

According to SOGs, what is the definition of decontamination?

Answer 6

Decontamination is the process of removing contaminants from people and equipment to prevent further injury and reduce the spread of the contaminant

Question 7

During a bushfire, your sector contains an area where trees and grass are alight under high voltage power lines. According to SOGs, what are the safe working distances and what firefighting activities can you perform?

Answer 7

Minimum 25 meters
Do not engage in firefighting under high voltage powerlines

Question 8

You need to attach a delivery to the hydrant outlet. According to the Firefighters Training Manual, hydrants have what types of deliveries?

Answer 8

double delivery
elbow delivery
standpipe delivery

Question 9

A BA team reports to a Breathing Apparatus Control Operator (BACO) two floors below the fire floor at a high-rise structure fire. They provide their BA tallies to the BACO and proceed to the fire floor but remain in the fire stairs for ten minutes before donning BA and beginning firefighting tasks.
Ten minutes after that the BACO is trying to contact the Sector Commander urgently stating that they are running low on air when they are not. According to SOGs, what went wrong?

Answer 9

The BACO calculated the exit time from when the tags were handed off to the BACO not when the BA team donned their facemask

The BA team hasn’t notified the BACO when they donned their facemask and began using their air supply

Question 10

According to SOGs, there are five members of a decontamination team. Name all members

Answer 10

• Decontamination Officer
• Wash Operator
• Wash Assistant
• Disrobe Assistant
• Pump Operator

Question 11

At an incident, fire crews believe accelerants may have been used. According to Standing Orders, what are possible signs of accelerant use?

Answer 11

• characteristic burn pattern,
• indication of fire trailers,
• unusual odours,
• rapid fire development inconsistent with available combustible materials,
• damage to building consistent with a vapour explosion

Question 12

You are in charge of firefighters providing fire protection during helicopter refuelling. You instruct them to wear full PPE. According to SOGs, what full PPE will they wear?

Answer 12

• full structural firefighting ensemble, including helmet and gloves
• flash hood
• SCBA
• ear plugs

Question 13

Under the FRNSW Act 1989, define flammable matter?

Answer 13

any substance capable of ignition or combustion by the application of heat, sparks or spontaneously

Question 14

According to SOGs- Bushfire classes are determined by the level of resources committed to the fire, and its potential impact on the community, economy, essential infrastructure, and not its size. Describe a Class 3 bushfire?

Answer 14

A major bushfire or fires where an appointment is made or is imminent under the provisions of Section 44 of the Rural Fires Act 1997

Question 15

In relation to toxic chemicals, what are the four main types of military warfare agents?

Answer 15

• Blistering agent
• Incapacitating agent
• Nerve Agent G-series
• Nerve Agent V-series

Question 16

You are first arriving Station Commander at a fire to find smoke issuing from a single level house. You have not conducted a 360° size up but have given your crew initial tasks.
What actions would most assist in formally assuming command?

Answer 16

Initial radio message to FireCOM, confirming that an IC is in place, and name command

Select an appropriate command position - ie fast attack or stationary

Question 17

You respond to a High-Rise building. According to SOGs, High Rise buildings are generally described by what characteristics?

Answer 17

As being more than 25 metres high or having more than 10 levels

Question 18

According to the Firefighters Training Manual, what conditions should be determined before carrying out ventilation?

Answer 18

• the seat of the fire has been located
• crews are ready to enter with charged hose lines
• back-up crews are ready to enter
• communications have been established amongst all crews

Question 19

You are the Incident Commander at a hazardous materials incident and find wastewater coming from an adjoining business is entering the Hot Zone and spreading contaminants. You order this water supply to be shut off, but the business owner next door complains that he will lose money by shutting down production.
What are your general powers in this situation as stipulated under the FRNSW Act?

Answer 19

Act Section 15?
The officer in charge at a fire or hazardous material incident may, for the purpose of extinguishing or controlling a fire or confining or ending the incident or rendering the site of the incident safe, without payment—
(a) take and use any water from any source on any land, and
(b) cause water to flow into or be shut off from any main or pipe.

Question 20

FRNSW incident management is consistent with the Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS).
What are the key principles of AIIMS?

Answer 20

Flexibility
Functional management
Management of objectives
Span of control
Unity of command

Question 21

According to SOGs, Describe the term “All Clear.”

Answer 21

Primary & Secondary Search and rescue have been completed and the Incident Controller is satisfied that all occupants have been accounted for

Question 22

You are the Incident Commander at a large factory fire. There are 8 pumps code 3 at the incident. According to SOGs, list two combinations could you allocate these pumps to achieve three-deep deployment?

Answer 22

Hot zone - 1 pump, On Deck - 2 pumps, Staging - 5 pumps

Hot zone - 2 pumps, On Deck - 3 pumps, Staging - 3 pumps

Question 23

FRNSW is committed to achieving the principles and requirements of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy, to achieve this what are all employees responsible for?

Answer 23

Creating a culturally safe workplace environment which is free from discrimination and everyone is valued and treated with respect;

Working collaboratively to recognise and appreciate equity, diversity and inclusion;

Identifying and addressing any form of discrimination in the workplace.