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What is IC responsible for?

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  • Responsible for all incident operations
  • Plans and directs the overall strategy for control
  • Establishes organizational elements
  • May assign deputy IC to assist
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Operations section chief

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  • When implemented, manages all tactical operations involving primary fire supression.
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What is the first on scene company respponsible for?

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  • be fire attack
  • Enter the building
  • Determine safe ascent
  • Locate the emergency
  • Staging two floors below
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What does the first on scene company become if there is a fire?

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  • The officer becomes division
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What is a division and what is a group?

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  • Division= geographic area

- Group= A specific function, not limited to a geographic location

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Who does RIC report to?

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Reports to IC/Operations and normally deploys from staging

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What is search group Supervisor?

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Supervises companies involved in search and rescue of building occupants

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What is a staging manager?

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  • Normally located 2 floors below the fire

- Orders supplies and equipment directly from logistic/base

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What are the functions of lobby control?

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  • Recall elevators
  • Operate fire control room
  • control vertical access
  • Operated elevators
  • Control HVAC system
  • Pressurize stairwells
  • Movement of supplies between base and staging
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Where is base located and how many companied for each 1 company In staging?

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200 feet minimum from building
2 companies in base for each 1 company in staging

Reports to logistocs, support branch director or IC if no logistics

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Who is sent to a high rise incident?

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  • 2 trucks
  • 3 engines
  • an airborne engine company component (tast force)
  • 1 bls ra
  • 1 Als ra
  • 1 B/C
  • EMS captain
  • 1 Squad
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What does the second comapny on scene do?

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  • Lobby control
  • Officer becomes IC
  • Supply water- 1st 200 engine, if 1st and 2nd are engines, 2nd engine will supply water
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How far sould air ops be?

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  • Atleast 1/2 mile from building

- Remain 500 feet from building and command post

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Elevators

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  • Equipped with phase 1 and phase 2 may be used
  • IC has ultimate responsibility to authorize or discontinue use
  • imperative offices have knowledge of phase II elevators
  • If elevators are utilized they shall not be taken to a location closer than two floors below the reported fire floor or two floors below the lowest indicated alarm floor location.
  • in this situcation, fire attack team will exit elevatir two floors below reported floor and proceed to an appropriate stairwell.
  • the officer shall notify IC of the stairwell being utilized.
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RIC operations

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  • Minimum- engine, light force or squad and ALS rescue
  • May need more than 1 RIC team (based on size)
  • Reports to IC/operation, the supervisor when filled
  • Rescue group supervisor is usually B/C
  • Consider 1 RIC per stairwell
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What does lobby do?

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Second company on scene becomes lobby control and IC.

  • Elevators
  • Stairwell access
  • Contact building engineer
  • Activate building communication system
  • Air handling system
  • Monitor Fire control room
  • Ensure fire pumps are operating
  • movement of personnel and equipment from base to staging
  • Initial pressurization of stair shafts
  • Verify water supply is established into standpipe
  • Inform IC the number of floors
  • Reports to logistics or IC
  • Move civilians a minimum of 200 feet from the building
  • Pre 1960 building, IC needs to inform lobby of companies that by-pass lobby
  • Access knock bob for keys, inventory plans
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Building Constructed since 1974 over 75 feet

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  • Fully sprinklered, class III combination standpipe
  • Public address system, occupant cant use, 1 way system
  • 2 means of egress per floor
  • 2 hour fire resistive between floors
  • Fire department lock box
  • stand by emergency power
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Pre 1974 construction

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  • 2 means of egress per floor
  • enclosed stairwells, except openable windows
  • tempered glass at least 2 sides
  • modified hvac system

If 150 feet or more

  • communication system
  • in a working fire, pressure stairwells with department blowers.
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Where should you locate patients if inside of the building?

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Relocate people atleast 2 floors above and 2 floors below fire

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How many pounds of pressure is required to open a magnetic door?

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25 pounds of pressure

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When taking an elevator how many members max?

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6 members

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What are the three ways water pressure is controlled on a standpipe?

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  1. Pressure regulating devices: control pressure
  2. Pressure restricting device: Restricts flow
  3. Orface plates: Restricts volume to 200 GPM connecting to orface plates
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What is center core design?

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  • Includes office area or living area surrounded by stairwells and elevators.
  • To prevent wrap around, 1 line offensive and 1 line defensive
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What year was ventilation system built in stairwells and highrise?

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After 1974

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Windows

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  • Pre 1960 - openable
  • 1960-1974 - 2 sides, corners and 50 foot intervals
  • 1974 - 4 sides, corners and 50 foot intervals
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How many floors are blowers effective?

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25 floors

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Split bank elevators, do ot use if elevator reaches within ___ floors of the fire floor?

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5 floors

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How many people minimum and maximum in an elevator?

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Minimum of 4 and max of 6

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Personnel shall make precautionary stops every __ floors?

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Every 5 floors

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How many unplasticized copies of building inventory sheets?

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6

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What are helicopters deployed for?

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  • Evacuation
  • Observation
  • Deployment of personnel and equipment
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How far is the helispot from the incident?

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1/2 mile

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Hoist rescues are limited to ___ feet or __ stories below roof?

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250 feet

20 stories

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Time needed for helicopter arrival to:

Downtown
Valley
West LA
Harbor

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  • Downtow= 10-12 min
  • Valley= 5-7 min
  • West LA= 10 min
  • Harbor= 20 min
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What two channels does staging listen to?

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Logistical channel and tac or command channel.

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