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Chapter 19 Flashcards

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p191

What are the roles that are normally associated with Truck or Ladder companies?

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Forceable Entry, Search, and Ventilation

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p193

When should the duties that are assigned to truck be preformed?

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Simultaneous with fire attack

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p193

LIP

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Life Safety, Incident Stabilization, and Property Conservation

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p193

Truck version of Layman’s RECEO VS

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FR L VOSU

Forceable entry
Rescue

Locate seat of fire: Confine, Control, Extinguish
Ventilate: Search, Fire, Ladders

Overhaul
Salvage
Utilities

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p193

What are the two things happening on the forceable entry front? (trends)

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Homeowners are increasing security

Availability of home security is easily accessible

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p194

Most residential door are ___ swinging, most commercial doors swing ____.

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inward, out

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p194

What kind of doors and jambs are in residential structures?

Test question
We must always learn about new home security methods new products such as the “door club” present new challenges. What new challenge is presented by door club

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doors are normally wooden or fiberglass, and seated in wooden jam.

locking device located in the floor of the home, just at the lower area of the door

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p194

We must have back up plans A, B, C,… but just as important is recognizing …..

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when it time to move on when methods are not working.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p195
(Test Question)

What are the two two subsets of Forceable Entry?

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Conventional and Hydraulic

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p195

Hyra-Ram aka bunny tool (hydraulic FE tool), is great at opening inward swinging metal doors in metal frames but may struggle with

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wooden doors due to the lack of required stability of the base in the doorjamb (made to work on metal jambs). Its important to know when to move on to a new method.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p195
(Test Question)

What tools are generally the best tools suited at opening the majority of residential doors.

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the Irons, a halligan and a 8lb flat head axe

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p196

When approaching door that needs forceable entry how should you size it up? (5)

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Try before your pry! then…
What is it made of (materials comprise the jam/door)
What number and types/style of locks do you have?
Which locks are engaged?
Is there a side light that can be used?

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p196

What is the best path to becoming a master at forcible entry?

FE is as much about ____ as it is about ___.

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training, doing it

Technique / Brute force

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p196

After sizing up the door, if using a conventional method what four step process do you want to use?

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Shock, gap, set, force

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p196

Entry could happen at any portion of the forcible entry process, therefore it is important to…

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Control the door, a bit of webbing around the handle

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p197
(Test Question)

Why is it important to control the door?

How do you ensure that a door will not lock behind you?

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Because forcible entry is ventilation, thus we must control the door.

throwing the latch or using a door knob strap

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p197

Shock:

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Use the forked end and strike High, Middle, and Low this will tell you what parts of the door are secured and how stable the door is overall.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p197
(Test Question)

When preforming the Shock move what type of grip should use use and what should you absolutely avoid?

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Use a cross handed grip with both hands on the halligan shaft.

Don’t place you free hand on the top of the adz end, the reverberating shock after making contact with the door will continue back to your wrist, arm, elbow, and shoulder and has the ability to injure you.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p198

Gap

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Use adz end to gap the space between the door and the jam. The goal is to create space for the forked end of the halligan. Insert adz and push up or down on the halligan.
Once created don’t give up your gap, chock it.

If doorstop comes off place fork end and drive into position with the axe

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p198

Set

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Setting the halligan involves striking the adz end driving the forked ended driving the fork through established gap

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p198

Where should you put the forked end when setting the Halligian?

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right above/below the locking mechanism

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p198
(Test Question)

Where should you position the forked end for setting if there are two locking mechanisms?

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Between them

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p198
(Test Question)

How do you get the most leverage out of a halligan?

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by keeping the bevel side of the forks to the door.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p198
(Test Question)

The striking member and the halogen holder work as a team. The striking member must listen to directions from the halligan holder, which member is the only one who calls hits?

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the striking member is the only one to call hits, the halligan hold should keep hands mid shaft.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p199

When is the call to “drive” made?

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Once the forks are past the leading edge of the jamb

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p199

What is a good way to know far to drive the forks?

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Using a grinding tool and scoring a line along the side of the forks, to indicate the approximate depth needed to drive halligan past the door behind the jamb.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p200

Force

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Use leverage on outside of tool, use legs to drive tool. remember to hold the increased gap, if the door is not forced.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p200
(Test Question)

How long should you attempt a forceable entry strategy before moving to another?

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If after 30s you are not making the anticipated headway, it may be time to adjust your plan of attack.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p201

Window Guards

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designed to keep kids inside upper story windows

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p201

What is the simplest method to remove window guards?

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To remove strike end of the sliding section w/ halligan using force in the opposite direction of slide movement.

If another option is needed then use forked end of and work on one side, the other side can be bent at 90 degrees out of the way, and cleared using torque

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p202

Window gates

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Primary to keep people out, can be opened from within.
Two styles accordion or scissor type.
Installed into the internal frame, inside the house.
Locking options: slidebolt, turn latch, key, padlock &hasp

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p202

What is the best point of attack for window gates?

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Must remove glass before attacking gate.
They are heavier gauge metal, but the weakness is the not the locking mechanism but the how it is fastened to the window jam. Fork or Adz end behind mounting plate

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p203

Window Bars

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Highest level of window security, found mostly on lower floor, no means to open. Attached to exterior of building.

Must announce in size-up (on scene report), and request more units, may assign one unit to removing window bars.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p203
(Test Question)

How should you remove window bars?

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Choose a side that looks weaker and focus on that side. You can cut pull or push (adz/forks) the bars off the structure then use the bars weight against itself by pulling it back and forth against remaining attachment until they fail.

Tools: Halligan, Lincon Bar (6ft halligan), Hydra Ram (great for pushing bars off building, Saws, Bashing brick or siding

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p205

Once the truck company has completed forcible entry what is its next task?

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Locating the seat of the fire, and announcing the location. Attempt to assist the engine company by clearing a path for hose deployment. Announce fire location to the Engine Officer and IC.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p206

What percentage of fires originate in the kitchen?

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45%

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p206-207
(Test Question)

How can ladder companies help control fire?

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Truck companies can confine the fire in order to control it, and not allow it to grow. They can do this by shutting doors in houses, if a door is not present they can cover the opening with a door taken from another area. Reduce the amount of air and starve the fire of oxygen to control.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p207

Outside of closing doors or openings, how can truck companies help to control smaller fires?

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They can use the water can to pause the smaller fires. The water can operator must inform the officer when the can is getting low.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p207
(Test Question)

If a truck company comes across a fire that is too large to be confined with a water can, what may be the truck companies best option?

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converse water by placing a gloved finger over the tip disperses the stream and works better in some situations. (steam conversion?)

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p207

Why should you never leave the water can in the area of the fire?

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Because the vapor inside the can may cause it to rupture.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p208

Ventilation on the fire ground should occur for one of two task:

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  1. Venting for Search-improves visibility/improve survivability for search, but a calculated risk of drawing fire to our location.
  2. Venting for Fire-Opening routes, mostly windows, when fire is behind them, this action should be pared with the advance of hoselines.
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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p208

When should PPV fans be used?

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After fire is fully extinguished, to remove smoke. PPV fan at the wrong time is creating a wind impacted (driven) fire.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p210
(Test Question)

What is a good rule of thumb for Overhaul operations?

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That you should have two clean walled studded bays (no fire damage) on either side of where you have fire damage.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p210

When working on overhaul what should have handy?

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a charged line

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p210

While working on overhaul, what can we start working on as well?

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Salvage, putting pictures in dressers, moving furniture. Do not delay over haul but start thinking about salvage and what you can do to help the homeowner.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p211

What should be our goal when it comes to Salvage?

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this the goal of fire department salvage, to attempt to minimize the impact for our homeowners.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p211

When preforming salvage what should companies do?

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Push items in the room together and throw a salvage cover or sheet of plastic on them.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p212
(Test Question)

Most gas values are what type? What position is the value in when the gas is off?

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Quarter turn ball valves

Value is perpendicular to the run of the pipe, notify the gas company

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p213

According to the USFA 2008-2010 how often is electricity the cause of residential fires?

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Electricity is one of the top five causes of residential fires.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p213

Electricity is certainly a utility that must be accounted for and controlled at every fire. How is this best accomplished?

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At the main circuit breaker for the home, do not attempt to pull the meter.

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p214

If attempting to control utilities and the breaker box is found to have no main breaker, what should be done?

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Note any tripped breaker, then turn them all off

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p214

If attempting to control utilities and the breaker box is found to have no main breaker, what should be done?

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Note any tripped breaker (for fire investigator) , then turn them all off

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p214

What are the two main sources of residential water supply?

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form a well or the street

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Chapter 19 A Bull in a China Shop: Truck Work p214

Where are residential water values located where this guy is from, and what type of value are they?

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They are located in a utility closet or the basement. The values are either wheel type or quarter turn.

Their meters are on the building

LT - 25TS (25 decks)

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