Chapter 10 Search and Rescue

Question 1

Why do search and rescue operations demand a high level of training and timely execution?

Answer 1

Hazardous conditions and minimal time constraints

Question 2

What common element should precede effective search and rescue operations?

Answer 2

Training that has resulted in a basic plan or set of SOPs

Question 3

What time period presents the highest occupancy loads in residences?

Answer 3

The nighttime hours

Question 4

Name several types of institutional occupancies.

Answer 4

Nursing homes, hopitals, jails, and schools

Question 5

What should be the initial priority if the occupants of a high-rise are evacuating the structure as the suppression resources arrive?

Answer 5

Suppression personnel should attempt to gain control of the evacuation

Question 6

If available, why should a 60-minute bottle be used for search and rescue operations?

Answer 6

A 60-minute bottle provides additional time and flexibility

Question 7

What are several advantages of tag lines?

Answer 7

Tag lines ensure contact between search personnel, expand an area of search, and enhance egress from a structure

Question 8

What are the two phases of a search and rescue operation?

Answer 8

Primary phase and secondary phase

Question 9

What is the minimum and maximum number of personnel that should comprise a search and rescue team?

Answer 9

A minimum of two personnel and a maximum of three

Question 10

When using chalk to mark doors during a search and rescue operation, what does an X mean?

Answer 10

What the room has been searched

Question 11

What is one of the weakest fireground operations? and why?

Answer 11

Search and Rescue.

Infrequent use

Question 12

Depending on the type of occupancy, what will set the parameters for search and rescue?

Answer 12

The time of day

Question 13

A single-story, single-family dwelling can be searched in a timely manner by how many personnel?

Answer 13

two

Question 14

What type of occupancies present the highest need for search and rescue?

Answer 14

residential

Question 15

When searching Industrial-Commercial occupancies, what are the major hazards that search teams may encounter?

Answer 15

Large areas of varying floor plans
Presense of machinery
Tiered storage
open shafts
hazardous materials
high voltage
mezzanines

Question 16

High-rise buildings are normally defined by Mittendorf as buildings that are how tall?

Answer 16

75 feet tall

Question 17

What is the greatest hazard to high-rise building occupants?

Answer 17

exposure to smoke and products of combustion

Question 18

Search and rescue should be conducted on a priority basis. How is this acheived?

Answer 18

Begin in the immediate area of the fire
Advance to immediate area ABOVE the fire
Conclude with rest of building–above and below

Question 19

Concerning high-rise fires and evacuation procedures, occupants how many floors down should remain in place until those above them are completely evacuated?

Answer 19

Three or more floors below the fire

Question 20

If possible, relocate occupants of the fire floor (and at least 2 floor above or below the fire floor) to a level more than what?

Answer 20

more than 2 floors below the fire floor

Question 21

What is an excellent indicator of an occupancies potential complexity, floor plan, and the number of personnel require to conduct search and rescue?

Answer 21

The size of the occupancy

Question 22

Why should any plywood removed from doors and windows be completely removed?

Answer 22

enhance ventilation and provide better passageway

Question 23

If plywood type of material is removed from one entry point, what should happen to the other points of entry with it on them?

Answer 23

All points of enty should be clear

Question 24

What can a tether be made from?

Answer 24

12-foot piece of one-inch tubular webbing

Question 25

What does RECEO stand for?

Answer 25

Rescue
Exposure
Confinement
Extinguishment
Overhaul

Question 26

Concerning occupancy, personnel responding to a private dwelling fire will most likely (70-90 percent of the time) encounter a what??

Answer 26

Vacant structure

Question 27

A basic knowledge of the following factors are required before any search and rescue operationg:

Answer 27

Structure--construction and layout
Fire--location and extent
Victims--number, age, location
Resources
SOPs

Question 28

If following a hose line for search and rescue, what should you know from the pump engineer before entering a structure?

Answer 28

Which line to follow
How many feet have been advanced
Is it a forward or reverse lay

Question 29

What should be a prime consideration and will dramatically enhance search and rescue operations?

Answer 29

A quick attack in conjuction with ventilation