BOOK 101 Rapid Intervention Company Flashcards
The NFPA ___ and ___ Standards contain specific requirements regarding accountability of members i
1500 and 1561
National Fire Protection Association standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System.
NFPA standard 1561
What two modes are there for RIC?
Standby mode
Deployment mode
What radio channels shall be monitored in RIC standby mode?
Incident command channel
Incident tactical channel
Rescue tactical channel (if assigned)
Emergency channel 6
When assigned RIC at an incident and in the “DEPLOYMENT MODE” what radio channels should be monitored?
Rescue tactical channel
Emergency channel 6
In high-rise fire incidents the Rapid Intervention Company/Companies shall be located at _________. This will allow for a Rapid Intervention Company to be deployed in a timely manner.
Staging
As rescue scenarios become more complex or when ____ or more Rapid Intervention Companies are assigned, the Incident Commander shall consider assigning a Rescue Group Supervisor.
2 or more
In a high-rise incident, paramedics should be assigned as a medical standby in _________.
Staging
The “EVACUATION SIGNAL” will consist of repeated short blasts of the air horn for a period no longer than ___ seconds, followed by ___ seconds of silence. This sequence of air horn blasts for ___ seconds followed by a ___ second period of silence will be done ___ times; total air horn evacuation signal including periods of silence will last ___ seconds.
10, 10
10, 10, 3
50 seconds
A safety zone or safe refuge area is one that does not require any protection, (such as SCBA’s and hoselines), for survival. At a structure fire, this will typically be the ___________. At a multi-story incident it may be ___ floors below the fire.
Exterior
2 floors
If in the ___ to ___ minutes and you have been unable to find a working fire in zero visibility, serious consideration needs to be given to a change in tactics.
10 - 20 mins
The narrow window of survivability for a down, missing, or trapped firefighter is known as what?
Golden time
he RIC SCBA Kit consists of the following: (7 items)
- Nylon bag with sling and carrying handles
- 60 min air bottle
- First stage pressure reducer with 10 feet of intermediate pressure hose
- 2nd stage regulator
- Facepiece
- Pelican flashlight with integrated holder
- 150 ft of dropbag line
What does OATH mean? Tugs and meaning?
O, everything is OK, 1 tug
A, Advance- going ahead, 2 tugs
T, Take up- backing up, 3 tugs
H, Help- emergency, 4 tugs
What are the 4 basic methods used to tether between personnel involved is a rescue/ search operation?
- Half hitch around palm of members hands
- Half hitch around members wrists
- Use of carabiners to secure members to leader by Drings for hose fan method
- Use of carabiners to secure members to leader by SCBA frame
Using a nozzle fan method to search, Once the 12’ area around the nozzle has been searched the RIC leader (captain) can then release enough line to allow the RIC members the ability to search an additional 12’ beyond the initial search. The RIC leader accomplishes this by allowing the next knot (knot number ____ on line, which is at ____’) to pass through his hands, stopping at the ____ knot (which is at ____’) on line.
3, 18’
4, 24’
Members should consider changing over to one hour breathing apparatus bottles if time permits. However, changing over shall be carefully conducted so that only _____ of the company is always available to initiate a rapid rescue during the change over process.
1/2
Communications in a Metro-Rail tunnel are limited to the following channels in the repeat mode:
Tac 2, 12, 15, 16, 17
MFC 7
MFC ems 4
Emergency 6
If RIC is assigned to a metro rail incident, Deploy to the _________.
Platform level
