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Chapter 9 Flashcards

Search and rescue

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SOG’s incorporate and state the following:

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Firefighters will risk their lives a lot, and a calculated manner to rescue savable lives

Firefighters will risk their lives a little and a calculated man to rescue sable property

Firefighters will not risk their lives at all for lives or property that is already lost

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Fast water durations can be short as

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Five seconds of straight stream water

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What knocks down the fire and takes the developing thermal energy away with the slowing down rapidfire growth

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fast water( known as resetting the fire)

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What is like taking the energy of a fire and a fully developed stage and knocking it down to the energy put out by a fire in the growth stage

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Resetting the fire

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More than likely, the fire department shows up and what stage of the fire

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Growth stage or right after the room is flashed temperatures can range from 500 at the Floor 1500 at the ceiling and certainly over 500 and the fire room

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There is many differences in opinion about temperatures in the Decay state fire but we can say generally that it’s between

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200 and 300° or less than 500°

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Considerable pain registers on human skin at

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111° p. 273

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8
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Barnes occur at

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118°

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9
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Second-degree burns occur at

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131°

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Pain receptor nerves become numb at

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140°

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Human tissue is destroyed on contact at

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162°

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The smoke of a decayed fire contains toxic levels of

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Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen Cyanide
Benzene
acrolien

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The national Institute for occupational safety health lists the IDLH for acrolein at

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2 ppm

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IDL H for Carmen monoxide is

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1200 ppm

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IDH for hydrogen cyaniden is

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50 ppm and it is 35 times more toxic than CO p. 274

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16
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Water application should come before

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Ventilation and search

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If ventilation is followed by water application from the attack crew, the flow path does not intensify the fire in front of the interior search team. This is referred to you as.

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Coordinated fire attack

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18
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What phrases frequently indicate a confirmed fire

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Across from
At the rear of
Next-door to
Near the intersection of
Numerous calls p. 275

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If firefighters enter a room to perform search and extremely high temperatures force them to crawl to tolerate the heat and smoke. This is a warning sign that.

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Flashover is imminent

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20
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Roll over is also a sign that

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Flashover is coming

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What is your last warning before flashover occurs?

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Rollover p. 278

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22
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There are four self limiting defensive search tactics what are they?

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From the door, your fire department anyone here use your light and Tic to scan

Behind the door with your tool, then sweep out in front of you

To enter the room beyond the point of no return

An extreme heat conditions on upper floors, search the floor area below the windows from the ladder by reaching over the windowsills

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23
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The point of no return is estimated to be how far from the door

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5 to 6 feet p. 279

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Working in an IDH area you have to abide by the two and two out rule. The two out firefighters should not stand around waiting for a Mayday call to occur . What should they be doing?

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360° size up
Locating additional access points
Determining if there’s a basement deter what size ground ladders are needed around the perimeter

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According to Project Mayday website, what is the number one reason firefighters calling Mayday?

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They fell into a basement

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26
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Many type five wood frame homes built before 1960 have two

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Brick chimneys

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27
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Sidewalk skylights, which are also called

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Vault lights

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Any building with vault lights in the sidewalk and the front of it has a

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Basement often a stairway or elevator to access the basement from the sidewalk

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29
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Other names for RIC

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RIG
RIT
Fast truck P. 280

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30
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RIC member should be in full PPE with the following equipment

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One hour air bottles
TIC
Hi, powered battle lanterns
Search
Rescue air kit( RAK)
Stokes litter
Tools
Hose line with combo nozzle

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31
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What is the act of performing a 360° survey to force any lock doors or windows or remove any obstacles like bars, gates or fences without changing the ventilation profile or creating a dangerous full path?

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Soften the building P. 282

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According to project Mayday website number two and three reasons why people call FOR MAYDAYs are

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2- Falling through the roof
3- Becoming disoriented/ losing hoes line

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55% of May are transmitted by

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First and units

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34
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Engine companies call ‘’ mayday

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52 percent%

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35
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Ladder companies account for hum inch percentage oF may days

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46%

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36
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Rescue companies account for how much maYDAYS

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2%

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37
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Most mayday occur around ‘’ of an incident

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20 minutes

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38
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A disoriented firefighter zero low visibility is often within ‘’ of the front door before turning the wrong way from the initial entry point

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15 feet

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39
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After the 20 minute mark with the distress firefighter needs most is

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Air

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40
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Water is an essential to the primary search and rescue operations as it is to extinguishment water from attack lines is used to:

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Provide fast water
Separate the fire from occupants to
Controlling interior stairways and corridors for evacuations
Protecting firefighters performing primary surge and ventilation
Extinguishing around above and below the fire P. 283

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41
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Hands on rescue efforts at the expense of water application to the fire only allows the fire to get bigger. This should never be.

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An either / or decision

42
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Extinguishment should be considered an effective strategy for

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Rescue P. 285

43
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What is it quick systematic search of an area to determine whether victims are still in the building? As soon as possible a ‘’’ needs to be conducted to determine that no one was overlooked during the original search

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Primary search secondary search

44
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What search is not rapid emphasis should be taken on thoroughness not speed

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Secondary search

45
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The building should be what ‘’ as soon as possible, after the application of water on the fire to allow smoke heat and gases to move away from the occupants who might be trapped. Must be performed with fire attack.

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Ventilation

46
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When using PPV there must be a watt in the room to allow the heat and smoke to escape

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An exhaust opening

47
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Keeping ‘’ closed during, and after primary searches, prevent a watt from developing a ‘’ before the fires knocked down ?

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Keeping the doors closed, flow path

48
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It takes more time to pressurize an entire house rebuilding with a single PPV then it does to

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Systematically, smaller compartment, areas, in sequence

49
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If the fire is smoldering, but there’s indication of pressurized smoke and high heat. The building must be.

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Vertically ventilated before cruise enter it to prevent a Backdraft tech can help determine this p. 287

50
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In a typical true story, single-family dwelling with two or three rooms on fire on the first floor, the occupants in most danger are those

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Close to the fire on the first floor and then those directly over the fire on the second floor

51
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The first floor and a fire will be affected by ‘’’ heat

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Radiant heat

52
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The second floor and fire will be affected by

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Convicted, smoke, hot air, and gases

53
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If an attack line is immediately available, it should be taken ‘’ if not, the primary search should begin ‘’

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Upstairs, without it p. 288

54
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Every door should be ‘’ during a search to prevent what?

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Closed, flow path

55
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Hose line should be stretched in place to hit main bodies of fire, ‘’’ it spread and cover areas into which the fire will ?

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Cut off its spread, most likely extend

56
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And a large occupied residential building the location of the fire and direction of the most smoke indicates

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The greatest danger area for occupants

57
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And the primary surge and evacuation of victims open stairways must

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Be protected

58
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’’’ Must also be completely controlled both as pets of safety and to keep the fire smoke and gases from penetrating into rooms or apartments

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Corridors

59
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Most victims of fire are overcome by rather than burns

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Carbon monoxide

60
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If the fire has gain considerable headway streams from ‘’ hose line should be used on the main body of the fire whereas ‘’ hose lines should be used to cut off the spread by getting around and above the fire

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2.5 in . 1.3/4 p. 289

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Schools, hospitals, nursing home, and other such buildings may not always be necessary to be be evacuated. What is preferred

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Protection in place

62
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Evacuation of hospitals, nursing homes, schools should have such evacuation detailed in

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Pre-Fire plans

63
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Fire resistant structures built to resist the spread of fire also tend to ?

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Hold heat rather than let it escape p. 290

64
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Fire company should be prepared to use 1 inch hose lines at fire resistant buildings

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2 1/2 inch

65
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All firefighters, no matter what type of company to which they are assigned should be able to conduct a

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Primary surge if needed

66
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A ‘’ search means just that using methods and tools to keep the team oriented to their location within the building and to each other

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Oriented search

67
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The basic concept of the oriented search

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Have an officer remain at the door of the room being searched while firefighters physically searched the room( similar theory as VEIS , but in reverse)

68
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What saves a lot of time and unnecessary property damage

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Master keys

69
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I remember of a search team should have a helmet light, a flashlight, or a chest mount and flashlight, and one of the following tools

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Halligan
Set
Pipe pull
Tech water, pressurized fire extinguisher
RaK
Search ropes
Battering
Torch
Search markers P. 292

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’’ consist of an SBA 60 minute air bottle, and attached regulator and a face piece and his carried inside his specifically designed carrying case.

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RAK

71
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If there is only oneRAK available. It should be reserved for.

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RIC

72
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Officers should carry a ‘’ tool when doing RIC

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6 foot piKE POLL

73
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It is the officers responsibility to make sure the fire does not

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Get above the rescue team or come at them from behind

74
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The last thing the officer is responsible for

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Management of the team

75
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Ideally, how much air should be left before exiting the building?

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1/3

76
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Traditional oriented search is need to be modified in one of two ways, which are

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1ST - if the officer chooses to remain outside the room being searched firefighters, need to enter the room and close the door behind them when conducting the search would be best in the situation if the firefighter conducted the search had a TIC
2ND - both the officer and firefighter ENTER give me a hug for methe room P. 293

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Immediate time should be made to advanced firefighters to the upper floor if the floor ‘’ , they can begin searching for victims if the area is ‘’ because of intense heat ventilation should be conducted from the outside and a hose line should be directed to the upper floors

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Tenable, untenable

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What ventilation is more labor-intensive and time-consuming than other ventilation?

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Vertical is more intense than horizontal

79
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Vertical ventilation should only be considered when

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The fire area is directly below the roof, cock loft or attic

80
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If there is any hidden fires, PPV causes it to

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Flare up

81
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When those assigned to littering ventilation duties, know that a search is being conducted, they should

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Place ladders to the second floor and the floor above the fire as a secondary meaning of egress for surge personnel/victims P. 294

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The first area to be searched after the fire room is

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The Room /area directly above the fire

83
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A search behind what is the first action when entering a room?

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Door

84
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If the first turn into the room over the fire is a right handed turn then all turns into the subsequent rooms on the floor must be

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Right handed.. and vice versa if you go left, stay left

85
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Using a tic to expedite the primary search, when the screen clearly shows no victim in the room there is no need to feel around the perimeter wall however, if it shows furniture then

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It must be physically searched by firefighter p. 295

86
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What is the best search tool we carry?

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tic p, 296

87
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A firefighter engaged in the search should carry a ‘'’x3 to sound the floor, Pro areas and reach out and do open areas of the room

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Fire ax
Hall
Claw to

88
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A sagging floor good indicator of potential’’

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Collapse p. 297

89
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Different methods are used to indicate that a room has been searched so there’s no duplication of effort the practice of ‘’ should be discontinued

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Placing a piece of furniture in the doorway p. 298

90
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the ‘’ clamp is a simply handheld heavy duty plastic spring loaded, clamp or quick grip that can be purchased in any hardware store. It could be clipped onto the doorhandle to indicate that the room is been searched and can also be used as a door wedge to keep it open or closed for door control.

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Jeromeo clap

91
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Marking the door with a what indicates the room has been searched

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X

92
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Recent experiments have demonstrated that rescue techniques are much’’ if the interior doors closed prior to conducting the room search

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Safer

93
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ves has been modified to a SAFER tactic called

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VEIS P. 299

94
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Crack glass of crazing, along with blackened windows indicates

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Higher tips

95
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Cracked glass indicates

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You’re getting closer to the fire that is the fire ROOM

96
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That is blacking from smoke with a layer ‘’ and cried Class from heat of the fire, especially the smoke sweeping through the crack, and the glass is a strong indicator that the door to the bedroom is ‘’ or the fire may be in that room

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CREOSOTE , open P. 30

97
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Remember glass blocks the infrared spectrum and TIC will show

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A black screen into the windows opened P. 301

98
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Once the unconscious victim is lifted to the window, the rescue rope should run from the outside of the ladder over the first run beneath the ‘’, snug turn around ‘’’ should be tied around the chest and underneath the arm of the victim for a belay

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Windowsill, 2/2 inches p. 303

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What is a five ring interconnected one inch webbing rescue system that allows you to quickly create a harness by slipping the loops around the arms and legs up at victim without tying the victim can be dragged or hoisted

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Sling Link

100
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A ladder can be used to sled or carrying unconscious victim or down firefighting to safety

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Baby ladder or roof ladder

101
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Various method to carrying a victim diet, but always use ‘’ to tie off the victim, turn to half hitches under the armor and around the chest helps you control the victim being carried down a ladder

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Rescue p. 305

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Engine company 4th ed (14 decks)

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