Attack Teams - Emergency Traffic Radio Procedures Flashcards
A standard attack team consists of:
Two engine companies and a ladder company
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Deck Gun max flow
1250 GPM
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Removing safety pin on deck gun allows gun to operate below what angle?
35 degrees
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Style 3421 has what type of base?
Two 2 1/2” inlets
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Style 3414 has what type of base?
One 5” inlet
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Spike guidlines
- At least 1/8” into concrete
- 1/16” in diameter needs a filing
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Safety stop on ground monitor stops at what angle?
30 degrees
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Style 3421 Max GPM w/ 1 Hose and Two Hoses
- 1 Hose: 500 GPM
- 2 Hoses: 800 GPM
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Style 3421 Max length of single hose supply and two hose supply
- Single hose: 400’
- Two hoses: 600’
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Style 3414 Max Operating Pressure
1000 GPM
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Style 3414 Max Length supply hose
1,100’
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Mercury Monitor Tip size/GPM/PSI
- Tip size 1 3/8”
- 500 GPM
- 80 PSI
Deck Gun & Portible Monitor Operation:
Mercury Monitor Rotating Angles/Elevation Angles Unmanned/Manned Elevation Angles
- Rotates 20 degrees side to side
- 30-60 degrees unmanned
- Hand held down to 20 degrees
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
GPM Flows of mounted master streams
500-1000 GPM
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
Attack Hoselines: 1 3/4” Crosslays length loading
200’, loaded the same, loops 1/3 and 2/3 lenth (66 feet, 132 feet, after first coupling, before third)
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
Attack Hoselines: 2 1/2” preconnect length
200’-300’
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
What Acronym should govern use of 2 1/2” streams?
ADULTS
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
What GPM are 2 1/2” preconnects capable of?
300-325 gpm
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
Where should first stream be placed when life is endagered?
When no life is endangered?
- Between the fire and persons endangered by it
- Between the fire and most severe exposure or unburned areas
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
How big should the backup line be?
Equal or greater size than initial attack line
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
Volume of 1 3/4” Handlines
175 GPM
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
Volume of 2 1/2” handlines
250 GPM
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
Elevated Master streams and Ladder 13
Most 500-1000 GPM, Ladder 13 can supply up to 2000 GPM
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
What type of streams should be used in basement fires?
Straight streams, consider using 2 1/2” handlines
Water Supply & Fire Stream Management:
What streams should never be used in basement fires?
Fog streams
Fireground Hydraulics:
4 factors influencing a fire stream as it passes through space
- Velocity
- Gravity
- Wind
- Friction with air
Fireground Hydraulics:
Condition of stream as it leaves the nozzle is influenced by 4 things
- Operating Pressure
- Nozzle Design
- Nozzle Adjustment
- Condition of Nozzle Orifice
Fireground Hydraulics:
3 basic types of firestreams
- Solid
- Fog
- Broken
Fireground Hydraulics:
Solid Stream Nozzle Pressures:
Handlines
Master Streams
- Handlines: 50 PSI (flowing up to 350 GPM)
- Master Streams: 80 PSI (Flowing up to 350 GPM or more)
Fireground Hydraulics:
GPMs for Handlines at
1”
1 1/8”
1 1/4”
-1”
200 GPM
-1 1/8”
250 GPM
-1 1/4”
325 GPM
Fireground Hydraulics:
GPMs for Master Streams at
1 3/8”
1 1/2”
1 3/4”
2”
-1 3/8”
500 GPM
-1 1/2”
600 GPM
-1 3/4”
800 GPM
-2”
1000 GPM
RIT Operations:
Exceptions to the 2 out team and 4 Person RIT requirements at Structure Fires
- When there is a life hazard where immediate action could prevent the loss of a life
- When the fire is in an incipient stage that could be controlled with a portable fire extinguisher and without the need for PPE
RIT Operations:
Primary RIT Equipment
- TIC, AFD style RIT pack and tag line
- Complete structural firefighting gear including SCBAs
- Portable radio for all team members
- Forcible entry tools (irons)
- Handlights
RIT Operations:
1st Searching Firefighter
- Deactivates PASS device
- Advise RIT team members of FFs location
- Checks downed FFs air supply
- Checks for debris/wires on downed FF
- Converts SCBA waist strap and prepares downed FF for air supply conversion
- Assist in removal of downed FF
RIT Operations:
2nd searching firefighter
- Checks immediate area to locate secondary means of egress
- Removes hazards from immediate area
- Assist in removal of downed FF
RIT Operations:
Driver
- Air supply/navigation
- Ensures all equipment is operational
- Secures tag line to suitable anchor point outside of IDLH
- Assist RIT members in locating downed FF
- Secure emergency air supply to downed FF
- Manage tagline throughout operation
- Assist in removal of downed FF
RIT Operations:
Officer
- 360 sizeup of building
- Utilize TIC
- Direct and oversee all RIT activities
- Monitor interior conditions
- Assist RIT members in locating the downed FF
- Monitor RIT members’ air supply
- Communicate findings directly with IC or his designee
- Ensure all tactical benchmarks are given to IC once they are achieved
- Directs interior operations as needed to ensure the safety of the missing/trapped firefighters
- Assist in removal of downed firefighter
RIT Operations:
RIT Benchmarks
- RIT entering the structure
- Firefighter located
- Air-supply secured
- RIT exiting the structure
- RIT out of the structure and PAR
Firefighter Survival:
6 Point Fireground Size-up
- What is the occupancy?
- Where are the occupants?
- Where is the fire?
- How do we get in?
- How do we get out?
- How is the fire affecting the building?
Communications:
Sizeup Report should include
- Apparent Conditions
- Structure Type
- Action Taken
- Attack Strategy
- Accountability location
