Chapter 8 "Exterior Rescue Skills" Flashcards
What is the safest and most efficient means of rescue from a house?
Out the bedroom window
A secondary teams prepares what during a RIT event?
The exterior operations for the rescue
The first teams prepares what when using a secondary exterior crew?
The victim and secures the room by closing doors and performing ventilation.
What are the methods for placing a firefighter into a window?
Face-Up Method
Face-Down Method
Flip-Over Method
What drag method is useful for getting heavy victims in the window?
Face-Down
Advantages to the Flip-Over Method are:
Speed
Victims SCBA can stay in place
What are the methods for moving an unconscious firefighter down a ladder?
Forward-Facing Method
Inward-Facing Method
What is the safest way of moving an unconscious firefighter from an upper level window under hazardous conditions?
Using ground ladders and exterior personnel
What is a benefit to taking a unconscious firefighter down a ladder using the Inward-Facing Method?
The firefighter SCBA stays on the entire time.
What are the methods of ladder rope rescues?
Basic One-Rope Method Modified Basic One-Rope Method 2:1 Pulley Rescue Block and Tackle Simple Rope Rescue out a Window Ladder Slide
The primary use of ladder rope rescues is?
Lowering firefighter from upper windows
If you must move an extremely heavy victim through a window, what ladder rope technique would you use?
Block and Tackle
What rope technique can be used if ladders are unavailable?
Simple Rope Rescue Out the Window
What is the biggest asset of the Simple Rope Rescue?
The ease of it.
What ladder technique is used to remove a Firefighter with a back or neck injury from a floor above grade?
Ladder Slide
What is the preferred aerial device for rescues?
Platform Aerial
Fire in Modern Attic spaces are fought?
from below in combination with ventilation
Attics in these settings generally require firefighters to make entry to perform search or suppression activities
Older Homes and Garages
What can cause firefighter disorientation in attics?
Contents and Complex Layouts
Locating and removing a firefighter from and attic is generally harder due to?
Fewer natural ways out
What is often the preferred option for rescue from an attic?
Exterior Rescue
What can be used in place of an aerial apparatus when that vehicle is not available or practical?
35’ Extension Ladder
What is the creation or enlargement of holes in walls for the purpose of firefighter entry or egress called?
Wall Breaching
RIT generally breaches what 4 types of walls:
Wood
Masonry
Metal
Gypsum Board
Holes in load bearing walls must be kept _______.
Small
One of the most common types of building materials is ______.
Wood
What is the best tool for breaching a wooden wall?
Power Saw
Masonry Walls Include those made of:
Brick, Concrete, and Stone
Masonry Walls are commonly located?
On the exterior of homes and commercial structures
What tool is useful in Masonry Walls?
Sledge Hammer (10 lb preferred)
What type of hole should be made in masonry walls?
Diamond Shape
Where are metal walls commonly found?
Commercial Structures and Mobile Homes
What is the recommended tool for Metal Walls?
Circular Saw w/ Metal Cutting Blade
When making a hole at ground level in Metal Walls the preferred technique is….
to make two diagonal cuts from the top down from a common entry point
The easiest wall to breach is the?
Plaster Board/Gypsum Wall
Breaching an interior Plaster Board / Gypsum Wall takes less than one minute and generally uses what tool?
Hand Tools
Breaching should be considered and additional?
Rapid Intervention Tool
When firefighter lives are on the line RIT can not afford to _______ ______.
Waste Time
