CHAPTER 12 - Search and Rescue

Question 1

Where should a search begin?

Answer 1

Areas where live victims may be located immediately around the fire.

Question 2

During the search, you locate a victim who needs to be rescued from a window. Where should you place the tip of the ladder to rescue this victim?

Answer 2

Just below the windowsill

Question 3

The minimum number of rescuers required to rescue an unconscious person from a window is ________.

Answer 3

2

Question 4

Your crew member locates an unconscious victim. The most efficient method to remove this victim from a dangerous location is a ___________.

Answer 4

clothes drag

Question 5

You need to search for a victim in a second-story bedroom and are unable to gain access to the bedroom from the hallway. What type of primary search method should you consider?

Answer 5

Oriented-vent-enter-isolate-search (O-VEIS) method

Question 6

If this house was a very large building with a lot of open spaces and poor visibility, which of the following primary search methods might be most suitable?
Choices: Standard search method ,Oriented search method, O-VEIS method, or Team search method

Answer 6

Team search method

Question 7

You locate a heavy victim in the second-story bedroom who needs to be removed through the bedroom window. What is the minimum number of fire fighters needed to remove this victim?

Answer 7

Two

Question 8

Following your search, another team of fire fighters will conduct a(n) ___________ to find victims who were not found during the primary search.

Answer 8

secondary search