203.01.01 Safety Considerations

Question 1

True or False: Personnel raising ladders, working outside the building, or other external activities, are not mandated to use respiratory protective equipment as long as they are in a clear atmosphere.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False: Members responding to working fires, or multiple alarm fires, will be wearing full protective equipment, including SCBA when reporting to the Incident Commander.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Who is responsible for the accountability and cohesiveness of the unit?

Answer 3

Company Officer

Question 4

No _________ should send one member on a remote task or out of a building by themselves. In the event this occurs due to the inability to leave

Answer 4

Company Officer

Question 5

In the event there is an inability to leave as a unit due to fire control efforts or no relief, then:

Answer 5

a. Officer must communicate to Command (“Engine 2, FF Smith leaving the building due to _____”
b. The firefighter leaving must verbally notify that he/she is clear of the building.
c. If the firefighter is going to rejoin his Company, Command shall notify the Company Officer and he/she must verify this firefighter makes it back to the working area.

Question 6

Company Officers shall account for all members and report a PAR to ________ or to their assigned Division Supervisor upon exiting the building.

Answer 6

Accountability

Question 7

A PAR shall then be completed by the ________ for all companies that have not self-reported a PAR upon evacuation

Answer 7

Accountability Officer

Question 8

Transmissions involving critical events would fall under ______ communications

Answer 8

“Emergency”

Question 9

Fire fighters will not enter an Immediately Dangerous to Life (IDLH) atmosphere unless:

Answer 9

i. At least two fire fighters, using a buddy system, enter an IDLH atmosphere and remain in visual and voice contact with one another at all times.
ii. At least two fire fighters are located outside as initial back- up and the conditions for entry into an IDLH atmosphere listed below are met.

Question 10

Members shall never make an interior attack on a fire beyond the incipient stage without:

Answer 10

At least 2 fire fighters dressed in full PPE with SCBA on the scene as BACKUP

Question 11

Who is in charge of the stairs, regardless of rank and will maintain a clear path of ingress and egress?

Answer 11

The 2nd Engine Officer