6- Initial Response S&T- Tactics Flashcards
____ searches involve a systematic pattern, such a left-handed or right-handed search. These searches require the least amount of training and supervision to be performed.
General/Traditional
____ searches use a systematic approach in which the team can quickly and effectively search specific rooms or clusters of rooms. The team leader utilizes a TIC to increase the efficiency of the search method and keeps track of the search progress. These searches require advanced training in these methods and equipment and require a higher level of supervision to be performed.
Oriented
____ ____ searches are used to conduct a search of a large or complex area that is filled with smoke. These searches require advanced training in these methods and equipment utilized and a higher level of supervision to be performed.
Wide-Area
____ is utilized when it is suspected or probable that a victim is present in a specific room or compartment within the structure and there is a direct access point to enter the room, typically a window.
VEIS (Vent, Enter, Isolate, Search)
What are the detailed steps for VEIS?
V- Ventilate the opening to allow access to the compartment
E- Enter the compartment to be searched
I- Isolate the compartment by closing doors and other openings
S- Search the compartment quickly
During the secondary search, ____ is more important than ____.
Thoroughness is more important than speed
The following factors determine whether fire extension will affect nearby external exposures:
*6 answers
-Type of construction of the building on fire and the exposed structure
-Type of fire protection systems or lack of systems i fire and exposed structure
-Building separation distances
-Active and passive barriers to fire spread
-Nonstructural exposures
-Weather conditions
A ____ ____ on the fire using solid or straight stream uses water or foam MOST efficiently on FUEL-CONTROLLED fires.
Direct Attack
A/An ____ ____ on the fire using a straight stream or solid stream uses water MOST efficiently on VENTILATION-CONTROLLED fires.
Indirect Attack
A/An ____ ____ can be considered gas cooling if performed on the interior of the structure. It can also be considered transitional if performed beginning on the exterior.
Indirect Attack
____ ____ is not a fire extinguishment method but is a way of reducing heat release from the hot gas layer. This technique is effective when faced with a shielded fire.
Gas Cooling
The transitional attack is a/an _____ tactic in which a hoseline is deployed from the exterior of the structure where smoke and/or flames are visible to gain control of the fire prior to deployment of interior hoselines.
OFFENSIVE
Firefighters conducting the transitional attack should ensure that the nozzle is not:
Placed on a fog pattern
*must also avoid movement of the stream within the opening
When done correctly, _______ reduces the thermal effect on firefighters as they perform an interior operation.
Positive-Pressure Attack (PPA)
PPA is only an effective tactic if the location of the fire is known and the appropriate exhaust-to-intake ratio can be achieved. What is that ratio?
Greater than 1
(exhaust is bigger than intake)
