Ch 6. Managing the Mayday

Question 1

You should practice for mayday at least ___ times a year

Answer 1

4

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Question 2

The ___ will have no bearing on when a Mayday occurs.

Answer 2

size of the incident

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Question 3

all things being equal, more firefighters are killed and injured in ___ than in ___.

Answer 3

single-family structures; large commercial occupancies

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Question 4

___ and ___ both make our job more challenging than it was before.

Answer 4

Synthetic materials; fewer working fires

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Question 5

___, ___, and ___ make managing the everyday fire a mentally demanding task.

Answer 5

Assignments; accountability; 2-in/2-out rules

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Question 6

What are the 3 things a chief company officer must understand in the event of a mayday?

Answer 6

1. what to expect from his crew
2. what can and can’t be done
3. what to expect from himself
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Question 7

The first and foremost thing that an IC can expect from his crews is ___.

Answer 7

mutiny

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Question 8

To control the well-intentioned mutinies, you must ___

Answer 8

anticipate and control them

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Question 9

If you ___ and ___, a real Mayday scenario might end with neither tragedy nor additional mishap.

Answer 9

anticipate mutinies; attempt to adjust to them

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Question 10

Whatever the outcome, whether successful or unsuccessful, after the Mayday has been handled, the on-scene crews ___.

Answer 10

are done for that incident

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Question 11

Why should the original crew of a mayday incident not be sent home?

Answer 11

It is counterproductive, they need to be with their peers in their attempt to return to normalcy.
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Question 12

Brand new turnout gear will last about ___ minutes at 500 degrees. the ___ the turnout gear, the shorter the time frame.

Answer 12

5; dirtier

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Question 13

If the RIT is deploying for an endangered firefighter ina structure, you’ll need to ___.

Answer 13

monitor the stability of that structure.

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Question 14

partial and total collapse can be anticipated in most types of structures except ___.

Answer 14

those of reinforced concrete

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Question 15

The time frame before collapse depends on ___, ___, and ___.

Answer 15

the type of construction; the degree of involvement; the size of the structural members
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Question 16

in reacting to the Mayday, Command should consider ___ and ___.

Answer 16

time; staffing

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Question 17

The RIT should be comprised of a minimum of ___ members.

Answer 17

4

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Question 18

Together ___ members can stabilize and evacuate a seriously injured member. It is also the lowest number that can be safely split.

Answer 18

4

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Question 19

Rapid intervention is a ___ function.

Answer 19

labor-intensive

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Question 20

The first response of the IC after the Mayday call goes out should be to ___ .

Answer 20

order additional alarms or request mutual aid

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Question 21

Staffing constraints must not ___

Answer 21

hinder the safe removal of a downed firefighter

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Question 22

Why should the IC remove all nonessential crews from the scene when a Mayday sounds?

Answer 22

To stave off freelancing and to gather members who can provide “RIT Support”
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Question 23

in order to provide RIT Support, we must first ___.

Answer 23

identify what crews are essential and what crews are not.

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Question 24

What are considered essential crew when a Mayday call is heard?
(6)

Answer 24

1. RIT
2. any hoseline crew in the last known lcation of the endangered firefighter
3. any backup crew in the same location
4. any hoseline that can be used to hold fire away from that area
5. ventilation in progress that will help draw fire and heat away from the area
6. any search crew that is available and conducting a primary search for viable victims
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Question 25

What can help fight off mutiny of nonessential crews?

Answer 25

Getting them out, accounting for them, and reassigning them because they will have neither idle hands nor idle minds during the process.
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Question 26

Consider the use of ___ to hold fire while freeing a pinned firefighter.

Answer 26

PPV

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Question 27

Communications from the IC, as well as those from company officers to the crews, should be ___, ___, ___, and ___.

Answer 27

deliberate; calm; clear; concise

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Question 28

Only ___ communication should be allowed.

Answer 28

essential

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Question 29

Since time is so critical [in a Mayday], the IC must build a ___.

Answer 29

think tank

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Question 30

In a Mayday situation, an IC needs to step back to weigh requests, then come up with sound decision based on ___ rather than ___.

Answer 30

facts; emotion and unrealistic hopes

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Question 31

As soon as relief comes, get the original crews on the scene to a debriefing. They should be required to ___. Their adrenaline and focus will be hard to redirect, and ___ may be incurred if not.

Answer 31

leave the scene; subsequent injuries

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