600-37 Tactical Withdrawals and Emergency Retreats

Question 1

Situations that may require an emergency retreat or tactical withdrawal

Answer 1

Desired change in tactics, rapid deterioration of fire conditions, or imminent threat of collapse

Question 2

A rapid but orderly withdrawal of personnel from inside a building or hazard area

Answer 2

Tactical Withdrawal

Question 3

When tactical withdrawal called

Answer 3

All lines should be back out of the building, suppression efforts should resume from exterior after all crews are confirmed out and PAR’s are completed

Question 4

Do tactical withdrawals require the use of retreat tones and sounding of air horns?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

Situation that will require all personnel to immediately abandon their position and current assignment and exit the building

Answer 5

Emergency Retreat

Question 6

In which condition should interior attack lines be left in place unless they are needed to protect retreating crews

Answer 6

Emergency Retreat

Question 7

The use of emergency retreat command shall include

Answer 7

Emergency retreat tones from dispatch, and the sounding of air horns for 15 seconds

Question 8

The area in and around the structure where there is a potential to be struck by building components if and/or when building collapses

Answer 8

Collapse zone

Question 9

Collapse zone is measured as

Answer 9

Horizontally the distance of the vertical wall height

Question 10

The States also refers to the Collapse Zone as the

Answer 10

“Exclusionary Zone”

Question 11

Tactical Withdrawal shall be executed using the following procedures

Answer 11

1. Make a general command statement
2. request 5 second alert tone
3. Make another general command statement
4. Begin a PAR check, confirm all units are out of hazard area
5. Complete PAR of all additional units
6. Once PAR is complete, ask for another 5 second alert tone
7. Make another command statement and restate the mode of operation

Question 12

Command Statement for tactical withdrawal

Answer 12

Command to all units operating at 456 Main St, make a tactical withdrawal from the building, and standby for a PAR check

Question 13

Command Statement for Emergency Retreat

Answer 13

Command emergency traffic, all units operating at 456 Main St. an emergency retreat has been ordered, evacuate the building immediately and stand by for a PAR check

Question 14

One of the major differences between an emergency retreat and tactical withdrawal is

Answer 14

The level of suppression support and operations that will continue during the evacuation

Question 15

An example of tactical withdrawal

Answer 15

crews continue suppression efforts to protect egress during evacuation

Question 16

An example of emergency retreat

Answer 16

Crews focus on their own safety and exit the structure immediately using quickest means of egress

Question 17

Discretion shall be used when requesting __ during mayday operations

Answer 17

Emergency retreat tones, air horns

Question 18

The sounding of the air horns shall occur

Answer 18

Simultaneous to the emergency retreat tones