Chapter 4: Size Up: Evaluation and assessment Flashcards
A continuous process that actually begins before an incident is reported and continues throughout the incident.
Size up
Local SOP/S0Gs will generally establish the minimum information that is given during a dispatch broadcast, including:
Time
Situation
Location
Resources dispatched
Knowing the type of_______can help you project potential fire growth, potential direction of fire travel, and ways to use the structure to protect occupants.
Construction
maintain___________and continually reassess the situation to prevent from developing Tunnel vision.
Situational awareness
Your_____may also influence your perceptions.
Emotions
Your ability to predict what might happen next at a scene is based on your knowledge and experience of the following;
Fire behavior
Building construction
Fire fighting activities
When is the most intense part of the size a process?
When you are the first resource to arrive at the emergency incident scene
Firefighters should learn how to read smoke at a fire.The quantity and movement of smoke will indicate factors, including:
- Potential fuels involved in potential hazards to responders
- Locations in stage of the fire, and it’s direction of travel
What color smoke indicates that paralysis is occurring in areas adjacent to the main body of fire?
White smoke
What color smoke is common in mid stage heating as moisture mixes with the gas is in carbon as paralysis increases.
Brown small
_______________ is an indication of burning wood, whether unfinished found largely in attics, or finished as found in structural wood members.
Brown smoke
What color of smoke indicates a combination of mixing?
Gray smoke
What color smoke contains high quantities of carbon particles and is also an indicator of the amount of insulation available at the seat of fire.
Black smoke
Thin,____is the direct result of heat from a Flame.
Black Smoke
Unusual color smoke should give personal an indication that?
Different extinguishing agent may be needed
Flammable metals in chemicals will give off______________colors of smoke as they burn.
Uncharacteristic
The darker and more turbulent the smokers, the closer you are to A?
Rapidfire event
Thick black smoke has lots of?
Heat
Three common types of movement in smoke are?
Floating or hanging
Volume pushed
Heat pushed
What does it mean when smoke is floating or hanging (lost its heat)
Smoke is the same temperature as the air around it.
_____Is characterized by its speed and direction, which can be described as turbulent flow or Luminar flow.
Heat pushed smoke
Bass, turbulent, or active smoke means there is?
An established working fire
What does the acronym CARA mean
Conditions
Actions
Resources
Air
What does the acronym LIP mean?Three priorities as an incident, in order of importance.
Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property conservation
Type of incident size up that evaluate whether in incident should be treated as a rescue or recovery.
Occupant survival profile
In conducting occupant survivability profiling, the IC asks the following questions:
- Our occupant suspected of or known to be trapped?
* Is it reasonable to assume that the occupants are still alive?
Means of egress that you should consider are?
Doors Windows Stairs Fire escapes Dead end corridors
Special hazardous conditions are really visible during your size. Your pre-incident planning should contain any information regarding these hazards, which can tell you?
Alterations
Change in occupancy or use
Storage
Knowing firefighters life safety hazards is your primary concern. This knowledge includes:
Air management
Rehabilitation
Crew resources
What does (ESTI) mean?
End of service time indicator
Single-family dwellings apartments hotels motels dormitories and boarding houses are examples of what kind of occupancy type?
Residential occupancy type
A______occupancy is a building or structure, or any portion thereof that is used for office, professional, or service type __________.
Business Occupancy type
What type of occupancy is generally defined as any building that is used to display or sell merchandise, including retail locations.
Mercantile occupancy type
What type of occupancy is a building use for two or more occupancy types, classified within different occupancy groups.
Mixed occupancy type
Personnel should be aware of the type of content and it’s combustibility/flammability present at_____, such as warehouses, storage units, and grain elevators.
Industrial and storage occupancies
________Occupancies include hospitals, nursing homes, day care centers, and detention/correctional institutions.
Institutional occupancy type
An ________occupancy is defined as a building or structure, or any portion thereof, that is used for the gathering of 50 or more persons.
Assembly occupancy type
___________Occupancy’s, such as public and private schools and technical schools, Are rarely occupied between midnight and 6 AM.
Educational occupancy type
