4. Search and Rescue Flashcards
During a search, what is a better option to having an oriented officer in the doorway, while firefighters search a room?
It is safer to have the officer go into the room, close the door, and have the firefighter/firefighters search the room with the officer as a orienter door control firefighter.
When looking under smoke with a good light, it is possible to ____
see across a fairly large room in smoky conditions to locate a victim.
____ is the key to success while searching in today’s fires.
Controlling the doors
A good light in a smoky atmosphere allows ____
us to see across a fairly large room in smoky conditions to locate a victim.
____ is the key to success while searching in today’s fires.
Controlling the doors
The first options should be for the search team to ____. Then they can start searching the adjacent rooms closest to the fire room where occupants are in the most danger. They can work back toward the room farthest from the fire.
- control the fire room door to isolate the fire and interrupt its flow path
The ____ needs to be thought of as the most dangerous place for firefighters because ____.
- hallway
* it’s directly in the flow path between the fire and the door where we typically enter the structure.
Search crew leaders operating in the hallway should utilize ____ to monitor conditions and must ____ in unsafe conditions when a fire attack is not nearby.
- thermal imaging camera (TIC)
* seek refuge
Once a room to be searched is entered, ____ and begin the search. If the room is isolated from the fire, it is safe to ____. This will provide ____, which increases visibility and increases survivability for any trapped victims.
- close the door
- ventilate the room’s window.
- lift for smoke
If a victim is found and the crew is able to isolate themselves and a victim into that room, think of ____
different options for victim removal. Search crews should be aware of the conditions to which they may be exposing unprotected victims.
Numbering the walls is beneficial to ____
staying oriented while searching.
Wall numbering for searches.
Wall 1 is the wall shared with the hallway and then proceeding to the left/clockwise
The authors prefer to search with hands out in front and feet on the walls because ____
it gives them an enhanced tactile perception while conducting a search.
If greater reach is needed during a search, ____ to get farther out into a room.
place the tool against the wall and place a foot on the tool
The search should get as close to the fire room as possible and ____, then search from the fire back to the entry point.
control the fire room door
If you are assigned to search you must complete a size up that is specific to search. This should include ____, and ____
- identifying the areas of highest priority
* areas where a victim is most likely to be found
We have always been taught that the area to find the victims is ____. While these areas are still a priority, we need to put a higher priority into ____. Most often ____ is the fastest way into these areas.
- within the same path that they utilize to move under normal conditions: entrances, exits, stairwells, and hallways.
- the actual sleeping areas
- VEIS
Understanding and knowing ____ will help you identify high priority areas for search. Utilizing this knowledge while analyzing ____ and ____ will tell you which are the high risk areas: those areas where ____, and must be searched first.
- the building construction in your district
- fire behavior, and reading the smoke
- fire will be showing next
During VEIS, when you break the glass, you must ____
be ready to act.
During VEIS, before entering the window we must ____.
check the floor to make sure we have a stable floor to step on. Before you sound the floor you should sweep the floor with your tool. Many victims will be found immediately under the window.
During VEIS, what is the only time you should abandon a right or left hand search pattern?
If you can see the door, get across the room and close the door.
During VEIS, if you are faced with a decision to go left or right, ____
always go away from the outside corner of the building. This tactic will get you to the door fastest in 99% of the bedrooms in America.
Every search should be done with the same goal and mindset: ____
to quickly and efficiently enter the building and quickly search all areas to find and remove any victim.
You must always search with the mindset that ____
someone is trapped or lost and needs you to find them.
You can’t trip if ____, and that by ____ you will be in the best possible position to find the victim.
crawling, crawling
Furniture layout allows you to ____ while you are searching and also allows you to ____.
- orient yourself
- reach the center of the room
We want to map the room, note the location of windows, and stay on the wall, but we have no issue leaving the wall to go around a couch or search around a coffee table.
You should make a habit that before you chock a door open you ____
check behind it.
