chapter 16 Flashcards
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Key to authoritative style leadership
Develop trust and confidence before the incident
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IAP Incident Action Plan
Is the end result of a good size up. Considers pertinent info. defines strategies and tactics,and assigns resources to complete those tactics
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Lloyd Layman’s Five Step Size Up process
Analyzing Emergency situations
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Facts
Things known about the situation.Fire and smoke conditions are facts. Pre incident planning helps
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Probabilities
Things that can be anticipated based on the known facts.If structure has sprinkler system
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Situation
Involves three considerations
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Decision
4 questions
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Plan of Operation
The final step in Laymans decision making process
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National Fire Academy Size Up process
Pre incident info.
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How do I control it?
Three questions need answered in the Initial Size-Up phase.
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Water..Apparatus..Life..Location/extent..Area..Construction..Exposure..Weather.. Auxiliary..Special Hazards..Height..Occupancy..Time
WALLACE WAS HOT
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Dodson says
Black boiling smoke seems to lighten up moments before flashover. This is the sublimation of vaporized carbon into ash. Ash is the dense and hot product of carbon combustion.
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NIST test on wind driven fires concluded
Wind should be included in size-up..Smoke is fuel..Venting doesnt always equal cooling..Control the fire flow path
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14 Firefighters
The men needed to conduct basic fire attack on a single family home. Assembled on the scene within 8 minutes after dispatch
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14
Number of firefighters required to Operate two hand lines..search team..vent team..RIT crew..engineers..incident commander..SO
