203.01 Structure Fires: Strategies and Risk Managment

Question 1

Priorities at a working structure fire:

Answer 1

Rescue Fire Control Property Conservation

Question 2

Risk Management Plan Activities that present a significant risk to the safety of members shall be limited to:

Answer 2

Situations where there is a potential to save endangered lives

Question 3

Risk Management Plan When routine activities, considered inherent risks to members safety, are performed to protect property:

Answer 3

Actions shall be taken to reduce or avoid these risks.

Question 4

Risk Management Plan Any risk to personnel safety is unacceptable when:

Answer 4

There is no possibility to save lives or property

Question 5

Risk Management Plan In situations where the risk to fire department members is excessive, activities shall be limited to:

Answer 5

Defensive operations

Question 6

The two strategies of fire ground operations:

Answer 6

Offensive and Defensive

Question 7

The two strategies of fire ground operations are based on:

Answer 7

A standard Risk Management Plan that is to be employed at ALL structure fires

Question 8

The proper fire ground strategy will be determined based on:

Answer 8

Matching the appropriate strategy to the fire conditions of the structure and minimizing risk to firefighters

Question 9

Considerations in determining risk and fire ground strategy:

Answer 9

Fire building: type, construction (lightweight?), age, past incidents Structural integrity: contents or structural involvement? Fire load: what’s burn? What’s left to burn? Fire conditions: extent, location, time Rescue profile: known victims, survivability profile

Question 10

Ensuring that all personnel are operating within the determined fire ground strategy provides:

Answer 10

Overall incident scene safety

Question 11

Fire ground strategy is fluid. Conditions, activities, and results need to be:

Answer 11

Constantly monitored and evaluated throughout the entire incident

Question 12

And initial offensive fire attack should be centered around:

Answer 12

Rescue

Question 13

What should first be determined before implementing an interior offensive fire attack?

Answer 13

Whether or not the structure is safe to enter. Duh.

Question 14

Initial attack efforts should be directed towards:

Answer 14

Supporting a primary search

Question 15

Where should the first attack line go?

Answer 15

Between the victims and the fire; to protect avenues of rescue and escape.

Question 16

Attacking the fire with a stream operating from the exterior of the building prior to attack lines entering:

Answer 16

“Quick Water or Transitional Attack

Question 17

Fires cannot be considered under control until:

Answer 17

All seven sides are addressed. Front, rear, both sides, top, bottom, and interior.

Question 18

Early identification and response to ___________________ , will save a building.

Answer 18

Fire in concealed spaces ***Do not hesitate to open up walls and ceilings!!!***

Question 19

The most important aspect of ventilation:

Answer 19

Ventilation should be coordinated with the attack line.

Question 20

Ventilation that is not coordinated with the attack line and occurs too early leads to:

Answer 20

Increased fire intensity and fire spread. Decreased time prior to flashover.

Question 21

3 Methods of controlling fire flow path:

Answer 21

Coordinated ventilation Controlling the door Mechanical ventilation

Question 22

Protect exposed property based on:

Answer 22

The most dangerous direction of fire spread. *The closest property may not always be the most critical exposure property.

Question 23

Marginal situations occur when conditions do not clearly indicate the appropriate fire ground strategy. The only reason to operate an offensive interior attack in a marginal situation is:

Answer 23

Rescue

Question 24

Rescue is the only reason to operate offensively in a marginal situation. However command should abandon offensive attacks in a marginal situation when:

Answer 24

Primary search is clear. Roof is unsafe or untenable. Interior crews encounter heavy heat and cannot locate the fire, or cannot make any progress on the fire. Heavy smoke forced from the building under pressure

Question 25

Command needs to constantly evaluate conditions and match the fire ground _______________ with the fire ground ______________.

Answer 25

Strategy Conditions

Question 26

The announcement of a change from offensive to defensive strategy will be made as:

Answer 26

Emergency Traffic

Question 27

The decision to operate in a defensive strategy indicates two things:

Answer 27

The offensive attack, or the potential for an offensive attack, has been discontinued for reasons of personnel safety The involved structure has been conceded as a loss.

Question 28

A __________ shall be obtained after any switch from offensive to defensive strategy.

Answer 28

PAR (Personnel Accountability Report)

Question 29

Priorities of a Defensive operation:

Answer 29

Personnel Safety Exposure Protection Knock Down the Main Body of Fire

Question 30

Most effective tactic in defensive operations:

Answer 30

Master Streams

Question 31

Standard master stream flow at defensive operations:

Answer 31

<750 GPM

Question 32

Immediate and anticipated exposures must be __________ and ______________.

Answer 32

Identified; Protected

Question 33

Exposure protection. Most effective tactic:

Answer 33

Put water on the exposure. Can be done from the exterior or even the interior

Question 34

Forward progress of the fire has been stopped and the remaining fire can be extinguished by resources currently on scene.

Answer 34

“Fire under control.” *does not mean the fire is out!

Question 35

If defensive operations are conducted from the onset of the incident, command will notify dispatch that there will not be a:

Answer 35

Primary Search completed for the affected structure(s)