201.04A Rescue Lost Firefighters Command Responsibilities Flashcards
Any report of May-day will receive what in regards to radio traffic
Priority radio traffic followed by the emergency traffic tone
The radio message____will be used by lost or trapped firefighters to report their status as being in trouble or needing rescue.
- May-day
The term May-day will typically be used for what three (3) situations?
- Buy a member who is lost, trapped, or in trouble.
- By the company officer, sector officer, or other member who cannot account for an assigned firefighter who is operating in the hazard zone.
- By a member who witnesses or has confirmed that a firefighter is lost or in trouble.
Command must perform a list of actions to be taken upon the report of the missing or trapped firefighter. The first five (5) must be accomplished rapidly. What are the first five (5) things command should do?
- Emergency traffic
- Change the plan to a high-priority rescue effort
- Immediately request additional alarms with the medical component
- Fire ground accountability (PAR’s)
- Commit the rescue sector\branch
Command must restructure the strategy and action plan to include a____________.
High priority rescue effort
What needs to happen when calling for additional alarms?
- Request additional alarm with medical component
- Implement level II staging
Command cannot develop an effective rescue plan until accurate information is available on what?
- Number of missing
- Their identity
- Last reported working area
- Which companies are affected
The only practical way to obtain an accurate roll call for a PAR may be to ______________.
Withdrawl crews to the exterior
Abandoning firefighting positions during the rescue efforts should be avoided. Efforts should be concentrated on reinforcing exiting positions and keeping the fire out of the rescue area and providing appropriate________and_________.
- Ventilation and lighting
All doors in the immediate area should be unlocked or forced open during rescue efforts, and at least_____________.
- Immediate interior area quickly searched
Each rescue team should enter the building with at least one__________for each reported lost/trapped firefighter.
- RIC-SCBA rescue kit
A welfare sector or branch will need to be established early. This will aid in notification of next of kin and allow command to____________.
- Stay ahead of the media’s release of information
Command must monitor channels_____and_____as they are portable to portable and dispatch cannot monitor them.
- 11 and 12
Command must ensure that dispatch and deployment monitor what radio channels?
- All channels (1-10)
The incident commander must always assume the missing firefighter is lost or trapped in the building until______________.
- The firefighter is accounted for.
The following is a list of guidelines that should be taken by command for a reported missing or trapped firefighter:
-emergency traffic
-Change the plan to high-priority rescue effort
-Immediately request additional alarms
- fire ground accountability
- Commit the rescue sector/branch
- Withdrawal of companies from affected area
- Do not abandon firefighting positons and provide reinforcements
- Assign a chief officer to the rescue sector\branch
- Assign a safety sector to the rescue efforts
- Expand the commands organization
-special call chief officers -early establishment of treatment and transportation sectors
- Open\unlock all doors if appropriate
- maintain accountability\lighting
Coordinate and control the search efforts
- RIC SCBA rescue kit
- Technical rescue teams
- Watch for structural stability of the building
- Strong supervision required
- Media control
- Welfare sector\Branch
- Confirm with alarm dispatch monitors all radio channels
- Portable radio emergency traffic activation
