Chapter 8 "Exterior Rescue Skills"

Question 1

What is the safest and most efficient means of rescue from a house?

Answer 1

Out the bedroom window

Question 2

A secondary teams prepares what during a RIT event?

Answer 2

The exterior operations for the rescue

Question 3

The first teams prepares what when using a secondary exterior crew?

Answer 3

The victim and secures the room by closing doors and performing ventilation.

Question 4

What are the methods for placing a firefighter into a window?

Answer 4

Face-Up Method
Face-Down Method
Flip-Over Method

Question 5

What drag method is useful for getting heavy victims in the window?

Answer 5

Face-Down

Question 6

Advantages to the Flip-Over Method are:

Answer 6

Speed

Victims SCBA can stay in place

Question 7

What are the methods for moving an unconscious firefighter down a ladder?

Answer 7

Forward-Facing Method

Inward-Facing Method

Question 8

What is the safest way of moving an unconscious firefighter from an upper level window under hazardous conditions?

Answer 8

Using ground ladders and exterior personnel

Question 9

What is a benefit to taking a unconscious firefighter down a ladder using the Inward-Facing Method?

Answer 9

The firefighter SCBA stays on the entire time.

Question 10

What are the methods of ladder rope rescues?

Answer 10

Basic One-Rope Method
Modified Basic One-Rope Method
2:1 Pulley Rescue
Block and Tackle
Simple Rope Rescue out a Window
Ladder Slide

Question 11

The primary use of ladder rope rescues is?

Answer 11

Lowering firefighter from upper windows

Question 12

If you must move an extremely heavy victim through a window, what ladder rope technique would you use?

Answer 12

Block and Tackle

Question 13

What rope technique can be used if ladders are unavailable?

Answer 13

Simple Rope Rescue Out the Window

Question 14

What is the biggest asset of the Simple Rope Rescue?

Answer 14

The ease of it.

Question 15

What ladder technique is used to remove a Firefighter with a back or neck injury from a floor above grade?

Answer 15

Ladder Slide

Question 16

What is the preferred aerial device for rescues?

Answer 16

Platform Aerial

Question 17

Fire in Modern Attic spaces are fought?

Answer 17

from below in combination with ventilation

Question 18

Attics in these settings generally require firefighters to make entry to perform search or suppression activities

Answer 18

Older Homes and Garages

Question 19

What can cause firefighter disorientation in attics?

Answer 19

Contents and Complex Layouts

Question 20

Locating and removing a firefighter from and attic is generally harder due to?

Answer 20

Fewer natural ways out

Question 21

What is often the preferred option for rescue from an attic?

Answer 21

Exterior Rescue

Question 22

What can be used in place of an aerial apparatus when that vehicle is not available or practical?

Answer 22

35’ Extension Ladder

Question 23

What is the creation or enlargement of holes in walls for the purpose of firefighter entry or egress called?

Answer 23

Wall Breaching

Question 24

RIT generally breaches what 4 types of walls:

Answer 24

Wood
Masonry
Metal
Gypsum Board

Question 25

Holes in load bearing walls must be kept _______.

Answer 25

Small

Question 26

One of the most common types of building materials is ______.

Answer 26

Wood

Question 27

What is the best tool for breaching a wooden wall?

Answer 27

Power Saw

Question 28

Masonry Walls Include those made of:

Answer 28

Brick, Concrete, and Stone

Question 29

Masonry Walls are commonly located?

Answer 29

On the exterior of homes and commercial structures

Question 30

What tool is useful in Masonry Walls?

Answer 30

Sledge Hammer (10 lb preferred)

Question 31

What type of hole should be made in masonry walls?

Answer 31

Diamond Shape

Question 32

Where are metal walls commonly found?

Answer 32

Commercial Structures and Mobile Homes

Question 33

What is the recommended tool for Metal Walls?

Answer 33

Circular Saw w/ Metal Cutting Blade

Question 34

When making a hole at ground level in Metal Walls the preferred technique is….

Answer 34

to make two diagonal cuts from the top down from a common entry point

Question 35

The easiest wall to breach is the?

Answer 35

Plaster Board/Gypsum Wall

Question 36

Breaching an interior Plaster Board / Gypsum Wall takes less than one minute and generally uses what tool?

Answer 36

Hand Tools

Question 37

Breaching should be considered and additional?

Answer 37

Rapid Intervention Tool

Question 38

When firefighter lives are on the line RIT can not afford to _______ ______.

Answer 38

Waste Time