Breathing Apparatus Flashcards
BA What are the minimum requirements for a re-entry
190 bar and 15 minute duration entered on ECB, enter TOW in location column and re-entry in remarks column write the specific tasks being carried out
BA give some exceptional circumstances where a single BA wearer for firefighting would suffice
Car fire.
Rubbish fires.
Hot cutting.
Working a monitor at the head of an aerial appliance.
BA is it a requirement to wear BA at car fires
Yes BA must always be worn
BA when should and A test be carried out
When nominated as a BA wearer
BA can a crew be committed without communications
No.
Radio communication equipment must be worn by team leaders and must be tested prior to entering the risk area
BA monitoring conditions using a thermal image camera should be conducted How
A, B, C.
Above.
Below.
Concealed.
BA testing a set on the incident ground how many times can the A test be conducted
Only one incident ground A test can be conducted.
Then the B test must be completed
BA emergency team what are the call signs to be adopted by emergency teams
Teams will adopt a callsign that is linked to the entry control point.
Alpha emergency team 1
Alpha emergency team 2 and so on.
BA working with other agencies the London ambulance service hazardous area response team HART have EDBA what control point are they committed through
EDBA teams may be committed through LFB entry control board where they do they must provide a comms operative
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BA stage 1 entry control is limited to how many wearers
Six
BA what additional information is communicated to the entry control board every 20 seconds from each logged on set
TOW.
TTW.
Cylinder pressure.
Time elapsed from loss of signal.
BA when is stage 2 entry control procedures to apply
More than one entry control board is required.
More than six wearers are deployed into the risk area.
BA operations are likely to be complicated or protracted.
Guidelines are required.
Risk presented demand a high level of BA emergency provisions requiring BA emergency teams.
EDBA is required.
BA telemetry repeaters or leaky feeder is deployed.
Confirmed basement fire size and layout indicate stage 2 is appropriate.
BA emergency teams have been committed.
Chemical protection clothing are out of line of sight of entry control point.
When committing BA wearers is into HI-EX foam.
When other agencies are being committed.
BA when can you extend a branch guideline
Never %%%%
BA when can a BA crew split up
Never.
Unless traversing ladders stairs etc. for a minimal time%%%%
