Chapter 10: Fire Ground Search And Rescue

Question 1

Firefighters can greatly maintain the orientation within the building if they use the_____to identify the possible alternative escape routes before they enter.

Answer 1

Size-up

Question 2

If possible, the fire tech should be started before or___________with any interior search operations.

Answer 2

Simultaneously

Question 3

Fully occupied places of public assembly in high-rise office buildings have a greater_____________than most other building types.

Answer 3

Life safety hazard

Question 4

In most residential occupancy’s, the highest occupant load are to be expected during the_______hours when people are likely to be home and asleep.

Answer 4

Late night and early morning

Question 5

The occupant load in buildings such as hospitals, nursing homes, and other residential care facilities are____affected by the time of day or the day of the week.

Answer 5

Not

Question 6

Variables are related to the need for search and rescue include the following considerations

Answer 6

• Type of construction
• Fire load
• occupancy type
• Occupant load
• Size of the fire
• How the fire is behaving

Question 7

Rapid intervention crew is___required for them to enter the hazard zone for search and rescue.

Answer 7

Not

Question 8

The two objectives of a building search are?

Answer 8

• Locating victims

* Obtaining information about the location in extent of the fire

Question 9

Locating trap occupant involves both primary and___________.

Answer 9

Secondary searches

Question 10

Firefighters should perform a_________________ before each major step in the operation.

Answer 10

Risk/benefit Analysis

Question 11

Doing primary search, firefighters must be sure to check the known or likely locations of victims as quickly as conditions______.

Answer 11

Allow

Question 12

These standard priorities dictate that search teams focus their efforts as follows:

Answer 12

• Most severely threaten
• Largest numbers
• Remainder of hazard zone
• Exposures

Question 13

Every search team should carry at least the following

Answer 13

• Portable radio
• Hand light
• Forcible entry tools
• Thermal imaging camera (if available)
• Marking devices

Question 14

Most thermal images use one of two technologies

Answer 14

• Microbolometer technology

* BST (barium,strontium,titanium) technology

Question 15

Some thermal images are designed primarily for locating The seat of a fire by being calibrated to respond to temperature in excess of?

Answer 15

900°F or (465°C)

Question 16

Thermal images can also be used on the____of a burning building to help identify the best location for a vent elation exit opening and to locate ____ support.

Answer 16

Roof

Question 17

A________occurs when the thermal imager is overwhelmed by the heat signature produced by a very intense fire in the screen suddenly goes white.

Answer 17

White out

Question 18

What are the two major advantages of using a thermal imager doing primary search?

Answer 18

Speed and effectiveness

Question 19

This technique is used in support of a fire attack or independently of it. Firefighters create________by closing interior doors to isolate the fire and then remove heat and smoke from uninvolved areas with positive pressure ventilation or hydraulic ventilation.

Answer 19

Safe zone

This technique is known as safe zoning

Question 20

When search teams must progress deep into large and complex buildings, their____________must be maintained. This can be done by positioning hose teams at intervals along the ___________ To cool the hot gas later and maintain control of the exit Corredor.

Answer 20

Line of retreat

This method is known as guarding the line of retreat

Question 21

Doing a search once inside the room, firefighters should start their search as close to the fire as possible and then work back towards the_________.

Answer 21

Entry door

Question 22

What does the acronym VES mean

Answer 22

Vent enter search

Question 23

The search line consist of___ ft.³ of 3/8 inch rope with a Kevlar sheath for maximum abrasion protection and heat resistance.

Answer 23

200 feet

Question 24

Every__ feet along its length, a 2 inch steel ring is tied into the search line.

Answer 24

20 feet

Question 25

Both areas of refuge in areas of rescue and assistance must be equipped with?

Answer 25

Emergency communications systems

Question 26

A____________is conducted after the fire is under control and the most serious hazards have been mitigated.

Answer 26

Secondary search

Question 27

In order of priority, the most critical areas in a multi story building are as follows.

Answer 27

• The fire floor
• The floor directly above the fire
• The top most floor

Question 28

In buildings with multiple stairways, one should be designated for_____________and another for firefighting operations.

Answer 28

Occupant egress

Question 29

Whether in kit form or not, rapid intervention Crews need the following tools and equipment at structure fires:

Answer 29

• Full PPE and SCBA
• Appropriate communications equipment
• Thermal imaging cameras
• personal illumination equipment
• forcible entry tools
• rescue air supply
• rescue rope’s
• Rescue litters

Question 30

Each member of the RIC should be equipped with at least one affective________.

Answer 30

Lighting device

Question 31

Rescue intervention operations on scene can be classified into two modes:

Answer 31

Standby and deployment

Question 32

The RIC leader must obtain the following information.

Answer 32

• how many firefighters are in distress
• The last known location of the missing firefighters
• If Radio contact been established or a distress signal has been received
• The radio channel on which the missing firefighters may transmit or receive
• If a tagline or hose line can be used to help locate the missing firefighters