Chapter 17

Question 1

Flow path

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is the volume between an inlet and an exhaust that allows the movement of heat and smoke from a higher pressure area within the fire area toward lower pressure area accessible via doors windows and other openings

Question 2

“softening” the target by

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applying 30-90 seconds of water into the compartment dramatically reduces fire development and improves conditions

Question 3

The officer’s personal and physical involvement in fire suppression activities should never

Answer 3

override his or her supervisory duties

Question 4

The inherent risk associated with emergency operations

Answer 4

demands close supervision at all times

Question 5

An inexperienced crew performing a high risk tasks requires

Answer 5

more direct supervision than an experienced crew performing a more routine task

Question 6

During nonemergency situations a participative leadership approach

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can develop group cohesiveness and productivity.

Question 7

Success using and authoritative style comes when

Answer 7

the officer has developed the trust and confidence of his or her subordinates before the incident

Question 8

Size-up

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is a systematic process of gathering and processing information to evaluate the situation and then translating that information onto a plan to deal with the situation

Question 9

Th end result of a good size up is an

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incident action plan IAP that consider all the pertinent information, defines strategies and tactics and assigns resources to completer this tactics

Question 10

Whenever a pre incident plan is updated, including a familiarization visits,

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the fire officer is performing part of the future incident size up

Question 11

Visualization is one of the

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most significant factors in size up

Question 12

Experienced fire officers know vigorous dark smoke churning means

Answer 12

a high heat release rate, indicating flashover conditions are present

Question 13

Layman present a five step process for analyzing emergency situations

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1. Facts
2. Probabilities
3. situation
4. Decision
5. Plan of operation

Question 14

Facts

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Fare are the things that are known about the situation (like pre incident planning)

Question 15

Probabilities

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are things that are likely to happen or can be anticipated based on the known facts. ( building is sprinklered, building construction, amount of time to accomplish fire ground task)

Question 16

Situation

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Situation assessment involves three considerations

1. whether the resources on scene and en route will be sufficient to handle the incident.
2. The specific capabilities and limitations of the responding resources in relation to the problem.
3. The capabilities and limitations of the personnel, based on training and experience

Question 17

National Fire academy has developed a size up system that includes three phases

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1. Preincident information
2. Initial size up
3. Ongoing size up

Question 18

Phase one: Preincident information

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What you know before the incident occurs.
Preincident plans often provide valuable information for this phase.
If preincident plans are not available, this information must be determined through on scene observation and research

Question 19

Phase two. Initial size up

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Begins on receipt of an alarm

1. What do I have
2. Where is it going
3. How do I control it

Question 20

Phase three: ongoing Size up

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Ongoing size up requires a constant flow of feedback information to the IC.
Assignment is complete
Assignment cannot be completed
Additional resources are needed
Resources can be released
Conditions have changedysis
Additional problems have been identified
Emergency conditions exist

Question 21

Risk benefit analysis is a key factor of

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size up when selecting the appropriate strategic mode

Question 22

Offensive operation

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consists of an advance into the fire building by fire fighters with hose lines or other extinguishing agents to over power the fire. Offensive activity drives most fire department training, operations and organizational structures

Question 23

Defensive operation

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is used when the risk outweighs the expected benefits. When defensive operations are conducted, the risk to fire fighters are significantly reduced .

Question 24

Hot zone

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Highest hazard; minimum number of crew allowed in the area.
Structural weakness
hazardous environment
an area requiring use of full PPE including SCBA

Question 25

Warm zone

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Moderate hazard. restricted number of emergency service member allowed in this area

Question 26

Cold Zone

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Minimum hazards: no restrictions on number of crew

Question 27

Exposure to asbestos building components, drug laboratories and chemical/biological weapons are three situations in

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which a fire crew may have to disrobe at the incident scene.

Question 28

Buildings with 13R systems will be

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taller with linger hallways.

NFPA complaint with 13R automatic sprinkler system