Chapter 10- EXPOSURE IDENTIFICATION

Question 1

“0” when used as the first digit, indicates ?

Answer 1

FIRE BUILDING/FIRE AREA

Question 2

“0” when used in any other position refers to?

Answer 2

SUBDIVISION of the building which is identified by the number following “0” or the letters following the “0”

Question 3

1-2-3-4

Answer 3

1- STREET IN FRONT
2-building/area to left of the main fire building
3-indicate any building in rear
4-indicate any building to the right

1-2 corner- front left corner
2-3 corner- rear left corner
3-4 corner- rear right corner
1-4 corner-front right corner

Question 4

A -B - C- D - E

Answer 4

A-2nd building or subdivision
B-3rd 
C-4th 
D-5th
E-6th

Question 5

Wings?

Answer 5

left to right - looking at front of building

A - B - C

subdivided- front, rear, center

connected each wing- THROAT

Question 6

PLAIN SPEAK?

Answer 6

• identifying by name, occupancy type, address or any other distinctive characteristic
• used in combo with standard alpha -numeric exposure identification
• pizza sector/hardware, etc.
• not to replace exposures, only to ENHANCE
• ONLY for FIREGROUND…NOT TO BE USED IN REPORTS to Dispatcher

Question 7

Building separated by more than ____ feet from fire building, should not be identified exposures, unless incident causes an exposure problem

Answer 7

more than 30 feet

all buildings in rear are considered exposure 3