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202.02B Fireground Strategy Flashcards

1
Q

Once a structure is determined safe, an offensive fire attack is centered around?

A

Rescue

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2
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What two strategies do fireground operations fall under?

A

Offensive and Defensive

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3
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What are the two fireground strategies based on?

A

Risk Management Plan

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4
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What is the Risk Management Plan?

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  • We may risk our lives a lot to save savable lives
  • We may risk our lives a little to protect savable property
  • We will not risk our lives at all to save what is already lost.
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5
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Who will choose the proper strategy to be used during an incident?

A

Incident Commander

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6
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What are 5 factors the IC considers when deciding what strategy?

A
  • Building
  • contents vs. structural involvement
  • fire load
  • fire and smoke conditions
  • rescue profile
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7
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When does managing fireground strategy start?

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Arrival of first unit and constantly monitored and evaluated throughout incident

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8
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In some cases the most effective tactical analysis involves an evaluation of what is ________ rather than what is actually on fire

A

Not burning

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9
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You should avoid Offensive and Defensive strategies in the same fire area. (true/false)

A

True

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10
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What are 5 guidelines for an offensive fire attack?

A
  • assign IRIC team
  • support primary search
  • determine fire conditions and extent
  • fought from interior unburned side
  • avoid exterior application of water
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11
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Command must consider the most critical direction & avenues of fire extension, plus its speed, particularly as they affect what?

A
  • Rescue activities
    • Level of risk to FF
    • Confinement efforts
    • Exposure protection
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12
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What are the 7 sides of a fire?

A
  • Front -Both sides -Top

- Rear - bottom -interior

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13
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The rescue/fire control-extension/exposure problem is solved in the majority of cases by what?

A

a fast, strong, well-placed attack

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14
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Command must establish an attack plan that overpowers the fire with actual?

A

-Water Application

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15
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Failure to check all seven sides of the fire leads to?

A

Extension

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16
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-What is a major support item that must be addressed early during concealed space attacks?

A

Early Ventilation

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17
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-What are the 3 basic variables relating to attack operations?

A
  • Location/position of attack
  • size of attack
  • support functions
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18
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What is the only reason to operate in marginal situations?

A

Rescue

19
Q

T/F The Incident Commander should always determine the strategy, the building shouldn’t.

A

True

20
Q

When should Command abandon marginal attacks?

A

-Primary all clear is obtained and situation is still marginal, roof is unsafe or untenable, Interior encounters heavy heat and cannot make progress on fire, heavy smoke under pressure is increasing

21
Q

When should Command assign roof sector in marginal situations?

A

As early as possible. Certain situations Command should consider not committing interior crews until roof report is obtained.

22
Q

When should we operate in defensive strategy?

A

-Offensive strategy or the potential for one has been abandoned, involved structure has been conceded as lost.

23
Q

What will be done when changing to defensive strategy?

A
  • Emergency Traffic will be called
  • crews withdraw
  • PAR will be obtained
24
Q

What are 3 priorities of Defensive operations?

A
  • Personnel safety
  • exposure protection
  • knock down main body of fire
25
Q

-What is the GPM guideline for master streams on defensive fires?

A

750 GPM

26
Q

What does Fire Under Control mean?

A
  • Forward progress of the fire has been stopped and the remaining fire can be extinguished with the on scene resources
27
Q

What must Command notify alarm of when defensive operations are conducted from onset of incident?

A

That there will not be a primary search completed for the affected structure.

28
Q

The strategic mode will be based on?

A
  • Building type
  • structural integrity of building
  • fire load
  • fire/smoke conditions
  • rescue profile
29
Q

By controlling the fire ground strategy, the incident commander is?

A

-Providing overall scene safety

30
Q

-Managing fire ground strategy must start with?

A

First arriving unit and be constantly monitored and evaluated throughout incident

31
Q

The incident commander with include the fire ground strategy in the ______?

A

On scene report

32
Q

-Command must consider the most critical direction and awareness of fire extension, plus its speed as it affects?

A
  • Rescue activities
  • Levels of risk to FF’s
  • Confinement efforts
  • exposure protection
33
Q

Command must establish an attack plan that __________with actual water application from either offensive or defensive positions

A
  • Overpowers the fire
34
Q

Officers who hesitate to open up the building because they don’t want to beat up the building may?

A

lose the entire structure

35
Q

Positive pressure should be injected from the ______ and exit the structure out the
______________.

A
  • Unburned side, fire area
36
Q

The incident commander determines the strategy, the _________ shouldn’t

A

-building

37
Q

What needs to be obtained after switch from offensive to defensive strategy?

A

PAR

38
Q

Defensive strategy indicates that the Offensive strategy has been abandoned for?

A

-personnel safety and building is lost

39
Q

-From offensive to defensive, FF should retreat with hose lines unless?

A

it causes delay in exit and it is unsafe to stay in building

40
Q

All exposures both _______ and _______, must be identified and protected.

A

immediate anticipated

41
Q

What is the first and second priority in defensive operations?

A
  1. Personnel safety

- 2. Exposure protection

42
Q

Once exposure protection is established, attention is directed toward?

A

knocking down main body of fire and thermal column cooling

43
Q

Upon fire under control, what must command give alarm?

A

par from all crews/sectors

44
Q

If defensive from the start, command will notify alarm that?

A

primary search will not be conducted

Vol. II Fire Operations (22 decks)

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