200s Fire Control, Fireground Factors, Tactical Priorities, Rescue, and Strategy Flashcards
What is an Offensive Strategy?
Exterior transitional attack, followed by an interior attack with support toward fire control.
What is a Defensive Strategy?
Exterior attack directed to reduce extension to bring fire control.
When must command declare strategy?
During on scene, at each notification of elapse time, and upon changing strategy. On a fire we must always be Offensive or Defensive
What information does the risk management profile use to determine acceptable risk?
1: Fire Extent
2: Structural conditions
3: Entry capability
4: Vent profile
5: Viability of victims
6: Resources
What is a basic offensive plan?
1: Take command
2: First line transitional
3: Support activities (ventilation
4: Search or resident all clear
5: Second line interior
6: Water supply
7: Evaluate progress and react
What is a basic defensive plan?
1: Take Command
2: Evaluate fire spread and write off lost property
3: Identify tactical positions
4: Prioritize fire streams
5: Provide big water
6: Water Supply
7: Need for more resources
8: Surround and drown
9: Safety
What do we base our strategy off of?
1: Rescue profile (survivability of victims)
2: Building type and integrity
3: Fire load (what on fire and whats left to burn)
4: Fire and Smoke conditions
5: Risk management plan
What should be done id a portion of the building in offensive and another defensive?
Ensure defensive operations dont negatively impact offensive operations
The structure must first be determined to be safe to enter. Offensive fire attacks are centered around RESCUE, how should initial attack efforts be directed?
1: Supporting a Primary
2: Final extinguishment post transitional attack
Command must the most critical direction of the fire and its speed as they affect what?
1: Level of Risk to FFs
2: Rescue activities
3: Confinement efforts
4: Exposure protection
When structuring efforts what simple fact must always be remembered about fire control?
PUT WATER ON THE FIRE
What are the 7 sides of a structure that must be addressed to achieve fire control?
1: Front
2: Rear
3-4: Both sides
5: Top
6: Bottom
7: Interior
What must command consider when assigning where crews should address the fire?
Where the fire will actually be when crew take the time to get into place to attack it.
What do we do with lives and property that are already lost?
WRITE IT OFF
What are the basic variables relating to attack operations?
1: Location/position of attack
2: Size of attack
3: Support functions
What is the only reason we operation in marginal conditions?
RESCUE
The incident commander must determine the strategy not the building. When should command abandon offensive attacks in marginal conditions?
1: All Clear
2: Roof unsafe
3: Heavy heat and cannot locate the fire to make progress
4: Ineffective transitional attack
5: Heavy pressurized smoke that is increasing
With marginal conditions what should command do early to evaluate the integrity of the building?
Assign roof sector early to evaluate roof conditions. Consider waiting to deploys crews interior until roof sector determines the roof is safe to work under
How do we announce a transition from offensive to defensive?
Emergency Traffic
Once it has been determined that the strategy is changing from offensive to defensive crew should immediately leave. It is preferred they retreat with hose line but if that is unsafe they can leave them there. What must be done immediately follow a change in strategy?
A PAR needs to be obtained
What are the 3 priorities of defensive operations in order?
1: FF Safety
2: Exposure protection
3: Extinguishing the fire (Fire column cooling)
What GPM should be the standard for defensive master stream operations?
750gpm
What are two effective exposure protection tactics?
1: Put water on the exposure directly
2: Operate from the interior of an exposure
What does fire under control mean and what should be done on calling it?
1: Forward progress stopped and no further resources are needed
2: Obtain a PAR
If strategy will be defensive from the onset what should command notify to alarm?
There will not be a primary search conducted. After fire is controlled there should be a secondary search.
What are the 3 tactical priorities that must be completed in order?
1: Rescue
2: Fire Control
3: Loss Control (property conservation)
What are the benchmarks that signify a tactical priority has been met?
1: All Clear (this is a benchmark, not an objective)
2: Fire Under Control
3: Loss Stop
4: Reports these to alarm as completed and obtain PARs
What is the Umbrella of Service, and what are the elements?
Tasks not completed with benchmarks
1: FF Safety (fitness, readiness, incident review, improve equipment)
2: Customer Service (Good recruiting)
3: Loss Control (craftsmanship of salvage, this is ongoing)
Who can give a Resident All Clear?
Family members and occupants not spectators
How should an all clear be handled in nothing showing mode?
Get a rapid all clear before conditions change. This will also aid in finding the fire
What is a primary search followed by?
A secondary search. This is slow and thorough after fire is under control, and structure ventilated. Should be a different crew.
What is a rescue size up?
1: Number and location of victims
2: Affect fire has had on them
3: Capabilities of control forces to enter and rescue and control fire.
4: Do we remove victims from fire or fire from victims.
What is the order of rescue?
1: Most threatened
2: Largest number
3: Remainder
4: Exposures
Initial attack is directed toward what?
Support rescue, stop forward progress. You may have to write off a certain portion of building.
When a crew is bringing out a victim what should command do?
Reinforce that position with another crew.
Ensure to control access points of building to ensure what?
Residents dont reenter
What is the most urgent reason to call additional alarms?
Life safety
What should be don’t if you have multiple victims>
Bring to a centralized location in medical sector (which is always exterior)
