Ch 3 FF Safety And Survival

Question 1

If firefighters are to safely and effectively carry out their duties inside and outside of a burning building, they must keep (bland and blank) in mind at all times.

Answer 1

safety and survival

Question 2

three key points to keep in mind regarding IFSTA risk management principles

Answer 2

1. Team integrity
2. No property is worth the life of a FF
3. FF should not be committed to interior offensive attacks in abandoned or derelict buildings that are known or reasonably believed to be unoccupied.

Question 3

3 Universal priorities

Answer 3

Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property conservation

Question 4

Two most prominent risk management models

Answer 4

Dynamic risk assessment and crew resource management.

Question 5

A continuous process of identifying hazards and risks and taking steps to eliminate or reduce them in the rapidly changing circumstances of an operational incident.

Answer 5

Dynamic risk assessment

Question 6

What are the two components of dynamic risk assessment

Answer 6

Organizational responsibility

Individual responsibility

Question 7

What does the crew resource management (CRM) program provide

Answer 7

Better team work, improved communication and problem solving, promotes team member input while preserving legal authority, and provides for proactive accident prevention.

Question 8

4 critical leadership skills of Crew Resource Management (CRM)

Answer 8

1. Authority
2. mentoring
3. conflict resolution
4. mission analysis

Question 9

Which step in critical leadership skills involves all of below

A.involves the leader identifying core conflict issues encouraging B.diplomatic questioning of the actions/decisions of others
C.acknowledging differences of opinion
D. accepting constructive criticism.

Answer 9

Conflict resolution

Question 10

What is a key safety behavior

Answer 10

Never breath smoke.

Question 11

Routine fire range from small cooking fires or typical room/contents fire to?

Answer 11

Fire that are beyond the point where offensive interior operation is reasonable

Question 12

In many departments, the policy for cordon off an area for structural collapse is

Answer 12

An area equal to one and one-half times the height of the structure

Question 13

Safety and survival on the fire ground are dependent on a number of equally important elements, name 3

Answer 13

Working inside the ICS
Making sure orders are understood
And maintaining SA

Question 14

What is the purpose of the accountability system

Answer 14

To ensure that only those who are authorized and properly equipped to enter an IDLH, and are allowed to do so

Also, to control movement into and out of hazards

Question 15

Name three benchmark events on the fire ground

Answer 15

Changing of attack modes from offensive to defensive
Significant changes in conditions (flashover, mayday, etc)
Fire control or extinguishment

Question 16

What is one of the most fundamental rules of firefighter safety and survival

Answer 16

Everyone looks out for everyone else

Question 17

Safe and effective strategy and tactics can be employed to mitigate the risk, when what happens

Answer 17

When the problem is defined, Safe and effective strategy and tactics can be employed to mitigate the risk.

Question 18

Acceptable degree of risk based on the IFSTA principles of risk management

Answer 18

High risk, life safety
Moderate risk, property saving potential
No acceptable risk, where neither life or property can be saved

Question 19

Collapse Indicator

Answer 19

Heavyfire—noprogressafter10-12 kin in wood ordinary construction
• Walls/floors bowing or sagging
• Distortion of doors/windows
• Beams pulling away from supports
• Little or no runoff while using heavy streams
• New cracks developing or moving
• Walls disassemble under stream impact

Question 20

What greatly increases the risk of structural collapse

Answer 20

Dead loads