Chapter 6 Flashcards
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While it is know that fires are aggressive, and firefighter must train to fight fires aggressively, what does the word aggressive not mean in terms of the fire service?
Aggressive as it pertains to the fire service must not be considered synonymous with reckless or careless.
Aggressive firefighters and departments are formed with personal and company level training.
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What is the potential harm in discrepancy between teaching cadets an academy way and promptly contradicting it with a street way of performing a skill or tactic? Also why may it be misguided to demand a strong disciplined throughout the entire academy?
The fire service in general has less fires than before if we cannot expect cadets to get street experience they way they may have in years past. To not teach them firefighting as they will preform it in the field, is a disservice to the cadet.
Similarly if we expect a ridged disciplined cadets throughout the academy we may prevent cadets from asking questions or getting the most out of their fire training. That backed with the hustle that is demanded from fire cadets may teach aggressive and reckless fire attack. We should take the time to explain what we do and use the academy to form good not bad habits.
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What is the number one killer if civilians and firefighters?
residential fires
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Chief Ricky Riley of Clearwater, FL summed up what it means to be aggressive in what phrase?
Good examples of preparing for the next fire are…
“Preparation, practice, and anticipation”
Reading, the internet has a vast amount of information both good and bad examples of firefighting.
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What does preparation lead to
How can we prepare our bodies for firefighting?
Preparation leads to the formation plan
healthy diet regular exercise
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How can we be prepared with our gear?
set up your gear the same way each time, and dress out fully for each run.
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Both good habits and bad over time become _____.
Routine
Create good routines
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Muscle memory
The concept that repeated habits become routine, natural, and recur as such a regular phenomenon that the firefighter completes the task nearly subconsciously.
Under stress this is what we fall back on.
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What advantage are positional riding assignments?
Firefighters who know what tools to bring based on their assignment for fire operations will be able to get to the fire and extinguish it faster.
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What is the optimal way to train?
Practice only makes perfect if it is perfect practice. To that end we must practice in the most realistic atmosphere we can create. Limited visibility in full PPE, helps build good habits.
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Fire ground anticipation
The ability of firefighters and fire officers to forecast what is going on around you. It has loose correlation to situational awareness, but as SA is more about keeping tabs on the now , foreground anticipation looks to the future. The outcome of what you expect to occur.
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Anticipation is all about …
What is an enormous help in helping you anticipate on the fire ground?
actions and reactions.
Experience, and being a student of the job.
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What percentage of fires are single family dwellings?
80%
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What is the one clear advantage that we have fighting fires in single family homes, in terms of layout?
We live in homes that are are similar, so we have an idea of how the layout works
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Truly understanding building construction begin with breaking the house down into two tangible bits of information:
The floor plan
The construction
