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Chapter 7 Flashcards

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The second and third arriving officers should

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Find more details about the building from the preincident plan and relay critical information to the first arriving officer and the rest of the responding personnel via of radio.

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2
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The purpose of preincident planning is to know

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The building and their various components before an incident occurs at the facility

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The basic information needed

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Includes
Name of the business
Owner/occupant contact info
Key holder info

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4
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Any immediate life hazard found

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Should be mitigated while on scene.

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5
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A tour of the basement and crawl space will reveal

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the building construction features such as truss floors

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While completing the interior tour, note

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Built in fire protection devices such as the presence of sprinkler systems, standpipe connections, hood systems, and fire alarm systems. Note the location of the fire alarm control panel

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Other items that need to be noted on the interior building tour include

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The location of electrical panels, how doors are locked and how they can best be forced open, and the location of firewalls or smoke separations

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8
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NFPA 1620

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Standard for pre-incident planning

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9
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Consider filing plans by

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Address instead of business name due to change in occupancy name over time

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10
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Very important to include

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A date on the pre-incident plan, which allows the company officer to know how the old the plan is.

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General information

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Building name and address, identification as a target hazard, occupancy classification, keyholder information, phone numbers, contact names, and business hours

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12
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Access information

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Overhead extractions and access issues

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13
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Water supply

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Hydrant locations, distance to hydrants, and alternative water supply

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14
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Rescue

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Number and ability of occupants to various times of day

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15
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Exposures

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Buildings, hazard materials, wildland , etc.

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16
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Forcible entry

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Best way to force entry, possible entry points, how the entries are locked, and blind openings, and the location of locked box.( such as know box)

17
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Ventilation

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Horizontal and vertical openings and possible then points

18
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Building features

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Construction type, type of walls, roof type, any firewalls, type of doors, protection of vertical or horizontal openings, number of stories, height, ground floor area, square footage of building, total cubic feet, and the fire flow needed to extinguish a fully involved fire

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Fire protection equipment

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Alarm systems, standpoint and their location, siamese , special systems(such as a hood system), location of extinguishers, sprinkler system, location of the FDC, post indicator valve(PIV), and or outside stem and yolk(OS&Y)

20
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Utilities

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Location of electrical, gas, water, and HVAC disconnects

21
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Remarks

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Date of the initial pre-incident plan and updates, and an area for special information

22
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The second component of a pre-incident plan

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The map of the building and grounds, maybe one page or several pages depending on the size of the complexity of the building

23
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Circle with “SP”

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Reflects a standpipe

24
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Triangle with “FG”

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Reflects flammable Gas

25
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“RA” stands

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Roof access

26
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“E” stands for

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Electrical

27
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Clarity is the best option,

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So spelling out items is always best choice

28
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General, assembly occupancies tend to include

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Assembly halls
Theaters
Restaurants
Stadiums 
Libraries 
Chapels
29
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Business occupancies might include

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Barber shop 
Banks 
Dry cleaning establishment 
Florist 
Print shops
Office buildings
30
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Child care and educational occupancies are

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Typically designated to include child care facilities over a given size and schools

31
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Factory/industrial occupancies are designated for

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Fabricating
Assembling
Manufacturing products

32
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Hazard occupancies typically include those that store or manufacture

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Explosives
Highly combustible items
Health hazards
High volume of items classified as hazardous materials

33
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Institutional occupancies include

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Hospitals
Nursing homes
Might include subsection for jails and detention facilities

34
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Mercantile occupancies include

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Retail stores
Shopping centers
Wholesale shopping
Markets

35
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Residential occupancies include

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All single family and multiple family dwellings

36
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Storage occupancies include

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Long-term storage facilities for anything; this designation might include subsection for items with ordinary and low hazards

Tactics (11 decks)

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