Chapter 16

Question 1

The ROE interrogate the

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fire fighter into the risk assessment decision making process

Question 2

Fire fighters and the company officers are the member at

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greatest risk for injury or death and often will be the first to identify unsafe conditions and practices.

Question 3

Rule 1

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Size up your tactical area of operation

Question 4

Rule 2

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Determine the occupant survival profile

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Fire fighters save lives through

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aggressive search and rescue operations by first arriving fire companies. Unfortunately these activities also generate the greatest risk of line of duty injury and death

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The firefighter and IC must factor

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Growing fire conditions
resources on scene
the time needed to completer a rescue
into the decision to conduct and support primary search and rescue operations

Question 7

Rule 3

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Do not risk your life for lives or property that cannot be saved.

Question 8

Numerous NIOSH fire fighter fatality reports cite cases

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where fire fighters were killed while operating in buildings where fire conditions would be clearly defined as defensive fires

Question 9

Rule 4

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Extend Limited Risk to protect savable property.

The key concept in this rule is savable. No building is worth the life of a fire fighter.

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Rule 5

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Extend vigilance and measured Risk to protect and rescue savable lives.

Question 11

Being alert and watchful means

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continually assessing fire conditions throughout the rescue event.

Question 12

During search and rescue operations, crews

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must remain vigilant to changing fire conditions that may increase the risk to them or prevent survival of occupants.

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Rule 6

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Go in together, stay together, come out together

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Crew integrity

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means fire fighters stay together as a team of two or more. A critical element for fire fighters survival is crew integrity

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The ultimate responsibility for enforcing the principle of crew integrity and ensuring that no member get separated or lost rest with

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the company officer or lead buddy team member.

Question 16

If reconnection is not accomplished after 3 radio attempts or reconnection does not take place within 1 minute

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a mayday should be declared

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Rule 7

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Maintain continuous awareness of your air supply, situation, location and fire conditions

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NFPA 1404

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Standard for fire service Respiratory protection training

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NFPA 1500

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Standard on Fire department occupational safety and health program. requires standardized IDLH exiting be practice when the scab cylinder reaches a level of 600L

Question 20

NFPA 1852

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Standard on selection care, and maintenance of Open Circuit SCBA

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Major benchmarks for checking air supply include the following points

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Before entry
After going up or down stairs
before entering and searching a room
After exiting a room
After going down a hallway or aisle
Before and after doing a labor demanding task

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Fire fighters must conduct a

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through and detail check out of the assigned SCBA at the start of each shift

Question 23

The national Near miss reporting system list situation awareness as the

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most commonly reported cause of a life threatening near miss events

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Rule 8

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Constantly monitor fire ground communications for critical radio reports

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Portable radios are the

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lifeline for fire fighter survival.

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Rule 9

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You are required to report unsafe practices or conditions that can harm you. Stop, Evaluate, and decide

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Rule 10

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You are required to abandon your position and retreat before deteriorating conditions can harm you

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Fire fighters should understand that an emergency exit from a

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building often takes longer than it took to get into the interior operating position and that conditions will be worse.

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Rule 11

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Declare a mayday as soon as you think you are in danger

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An early mayday must be declared and fire fighters should provide the IC with

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Their name
Company
Location
Air supply
Situation
along with any other critical information that will aid rescuers in locating them quickly

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Mayday is a term reserved

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for situation where a fire fighter is experiencing a life threatening emergency

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Emergency traffic should be utilized

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for other emergency on the fire ground, such as
evacuating a building
live wires down
discovery of a hazardous situation.