4. Size-Up: Evaluation and Assessment Flashcards
When considering the foundation for your decision making process, think about four components:
Facts
Perceptions
Projections
and Probabilities
P162
Your _____ are based on observations influenced by your knowledge, bias, beliefs, and past experiences.
Perceptions
P164
The most common heated particles found in smoke, giving it the black color.
(3 answers)
Tar
Soot
Carbon
P172
____ smoke indicates that paralysis is occurring in areas adjacent to the main body of fire.
Light White
P173
____ smoke is common in mid stage heating as moisture mixes with gases and carbon as phrolysis increases. Indicator of burning wood.
Brown
P173
_____ smoke is the direct result of heat from a flame.
Thin, Black
P174
Refers to dence, black smoke that is ready to ignite, possibly at the vent point.
Black Fire
P174
____ smoke will usually flow, neither smooth no turbulent. It floats out of an opening, rising slowly.
Volume Pushed
P176
The movement of smoke can be described in terms of speed and direction. When those two factors are considered at the same time, they are discussed in terms of____.
Velocity
P176
A rapid intake of fresh air can be an indicator of____.
Flashover
P177
A sudden and total rush of fresh air into a compartment can indicate_____.
Backdraft
P177
Three common types of movement and smoke.
Floating or Hanging
Volume Pushed
Heat Pushed
P177
____ smoke is characterized by speed direction, which can be described as ____ or____.
Heat Pushed
Turbulent flow
Laminar Flow
P178
Form of energy transferred from one body to another as a result of temperature differences
Heat
P178
While crazing indicates high interior temperatures, this is an indicator mostly seen on____.
Single Pane Windows
P178
C.A.R.A
Conditions
Actions
Resources
Air
P179
Type of size up that should be employed to evaluate the potential of an occupant being alive within a structure fire environment.
Occupant Survival Profile
P181
System that optimize the utilization of all available resources, personnel, procedures, and equipment in order to promote safety and improve operational efficiency.
Crew Resource Management (CRM)
(training procedures intended to reduce human error)
P183
Designed to create a culture or climate of freedom and which personnel are encouraged to contribute to the safety and goals of mitigating the incident.
Crew Resource Management (CRM)
P183
Assist personnel and identifying the first indicator of errors occurring; the discrepancy between what is happening and what should be happening.
Crew resource Management(CRM)
P183
Crew resource management training achieves its goals of increasing scene safety and responder effectiveness by emphasizing the following topics: (5answers)
Communication
situational awareness
decision making
teamwork
barriers
P183-184
Factors that interfere with communication, situational awareness, decision-making, and teamwork.
Barriers
P184
The life hazards to occupants will be largely determined by the ____ and ___.
Occupancy type
and time of day
P185
A building or structure of any portion thereof, that is used for office, professional, or service type business.
Business occupancy
P194
An existing residential or commercial property that is for sale may be considered ____ when an occupant has moved out of it.
Unoccupied
P198
Residential or commercial property that is empty and may have all entrances secured or boarded up.
Vacant
P198
A property that has been vacant for sometime.
Abandon
P199
