Chapter 11 - Search, Rescue and Evacuation Flashcards
Three reasons a fire floor should be entered without a charged hose line
If the fire’s location hasn’t been determined firefighters can’t know which stairwell to attack from.
Search for occupants
Determine whether the fire can be managed with the resources available.
Before opening a door what should you do?
Felt with bare hand especially towards the top.
When should the ceiling tiles be lifted?
Immediately upon entering the floor and at regular intervals thereafter.
What is a good practice when searching a floor for victims?
Mark the doors of rooms after they’ve been searched.
Investigation of the floor below the fire is what mission?
Fact finding mission.
After entering the floor below the fire what is the primary concern?
Whether there is an open tenant stair to the fire floor.
What is fire spread through failed Windows lapping up the side of the building to the floor above?
Autoexposure
What are three other means of vertical fire spread?
Conduction through the ceiling/floor assembly.
Through the curtain wall gap.
Heat induced gaps in the ceiling / floor assembly.
What is firefighters primary purpose on the floor above the fire?
Keeping the fire from spreading to it.
Floor distortion is less of an issue when the floors are made of what
Solid reinforced concrete
What is the first priority of all structural firefighting?
Rescue.
What is the sole purpose of the rapid descent team
Make one swift pass through the attack stairwell to clear it of evacuees.
What is the preferred elevator for getting the rapid ascent team to the top
An elevator that doesn’t serve the fire floor.
The RAT operation should always be accompanied by what
Frequent PA announcements clearly identifying the attack stare by its designation.
Instructing evacuees to get out of it cross the floor area and continue their descent down the evacuation stairwell.
What must continually be monitored during search and rescue
The alarm panel.
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What is a recipe for disaster?
An attempt to rescue and fight fire at the same time.
Who are much safer than those attempting evacuation?
Folks who stay in their hotel rooms or apartments.
What is a proven lifesaver?
The protection of a sealed apartment.
The level of isolation may be significantly reduced if what?
A building’s ventilation system channels into the rooms and apartments.
Rather than recalling all elevators what would be a more logical approach?
Only recall elevators that:
Serve the fire floor.
Whose machine room is on the fire floor.
Any other elevators firefighters intend to use
What are the benefits of making automatic elevators available for evacuees?
Better utilization of available firefighters.
Provides for much faster and safer evacuation
It reduces stairwell congestion
Frees up firefighters who might be helping people down the stairs.
What might be evacuees only option if stairwells are blocked by smoke and elevators are unavailable?
Escape to the roof.
When should firefighters determine which stairwell reaches the roof
Before leaving the lobby
Leaving evacuees on the roof may be the best option unless what?
The entire roof is blanketed with smoke
Exposure over ___ min within ____ ft of transmitters can be dangerous.
6 min
10’
What is the safest practice in regards to anything that resembles an antenna or microwave dish?
Stay as far away as possible.
Managing rescue operations depends greatly on what four things
Where the fire is
How big the fire is
How many floors are above the fire
What conditions exist on those floors
What type of buildings are served by single bank of elevators
Tall hotels. (212)
