Emergency Procedures Flashcards
Emergencies:
Water rescue:
What percentage of drowning victims start out as rescuers?
10%
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Water rescue:
Night operations cannot go past what?
Line of sight
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Water rescue:
How long have people been submerged in cold water with no brain defect?
30 to 60 minutes
**The colder the water and the younger the victim the better the chance of survival
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Water rescue:
Early signs of hypothermia begin at how many degrees?
95 - shivering
90 - blue lips
82 - lose consciousness
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Water rescue:
How long is the throw rope?
75 feet
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Water rescue:
In a four fire fighter engine the officer, rescue coordinator, will also assume the responsibility of what?
The spotter
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Water rescue:
Each length of inflatable 2 1/2 inch hose can keep how many people afloat?
10
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Water rescue:
The loop from the throw bag goes on to which hand?
The non-throwing hand
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Water rescue:
Members entering water with personal flotation device shall be tethered to what?
Either the LSR or 75 foot throw rope attached to the O-ring on the PFD
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Water rescue:
What color bag is the 200 foot to the rope in?
Blue
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Water rescue:
What not connects the small carabiner to the 200 foot to the rope?
The large carabiner?
Small has the figure 8, large has the butterfly
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Water rescue:
How long is the rope on the torpedo?
6 feet
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Water rescue:
Can a spot or hand off the binoculars to the officer?
No, shall always maintain control so as not to lose the victim and rescue her
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Water rescue:
Water rescue unit:
In an emergency can you answer the water without the torpedo?
No, never enter without torpedo
Emergencies:
Water rescue:
When using the latter for a 2 to 1 what role should you use? What wrong should be used as an anchor?
The LSR, the top wrong is used as an anchor.
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Water rescue:
Ladder as two to one:
Where do you put the carabiner on the bottom of the Stokes?
1/3 of the way down from the head
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Water rescue:
What is the most important consideration at water rescues?
Safety of FDNY personnel
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Water rescue:
What must you do before entering the water?
TDS
Tether
Direction
Speed of water
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Water rescue:
What is the maintenance for the Coldwater suit?
January and July:
cold water suit: remove from bag and hang on a hanger for 48 hours.
Emergencies:
Water rescue:
How can you fill the inflatable water rescue hose?
SCBA, fast pack or apparatus air outlet
**Do not fill directly from cylinder
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Water rescue:
How long does it take to fill five lengths of 2 1/2 inch hose from a cylinder?
One minute
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Water rescue:
How many victims can a looped length of inflatable hose support?
About 10
Straight line deployment can hold a few victims, Or a victim on ice
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Water rescue:
Where do you place the Tetherow bag when lowering a member?
How long is the tether rope?
Midway between point of dissent and substantial object.
200 feet
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Water rescue:
When lowering a member:
Where does the large carabiner attached to the suit? The small carabiner?
Large in front, small in back
Other small gets tied around substantial object
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Water rescue:
How many times do you wrap the top of the rope around the substantial object?
Three times and clip it in.
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Water rescue:
What knot do you use to clip in to your life belt when lowering a member?
Where do you tie this knot?
Figure 8; as close to the bag as possible
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Ice rescue:
Can someone without a cold water suit enter the water at an ice rescue?
It is not recommended
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Ice rescue:
During an ice rescue, what does the rescuer need to wear?
Cold water suit and a PFD.
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Ice rescue:
Which carabiner goes where during a cold water rescue?
Small carabiner goes in front of the suit; Large carabiner is attached to the flotation sling (for an ambulatory victim)
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Ice rescue:
When lowering a member onto the ice where do the carabiners go?
Of the small and the large carabiner is attached to the chest harness at the same point
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Ice rescue:
When do you remove the fins from the surfboard?
December 1 to March 1
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Ice rescue:
What if the victim is out of reach of the 200 foot rope?
Can combine of the ropes: tether, LSR, search ropes.
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Surf rescue:
How many tides in a day?
How long is slack tide?
4: two coming two going
45 mins
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Surf rescue:
Should you intentionally enter a rip current?
Can enter it to reach the victim quicker
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Surf rescue:
The longer and straighter the beach, how about affect the longshore current?
It will be more powerful
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Surf rescue:
What conditions are ideal for the surfboard?
Calm water small waves. In rough water the board is difficult to control
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Surf rescue:
What should you always have one answering the water for surf rescue?
The torpedo
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Surf rescue:
If able to use the surfboard, then who brings it?
The secondary rescuer, with board Agfa bed to two carabiners
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Surf rescue:
How do you position the surfboard when placing someone on it?
Upside down
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Surf rescue:
Which carabiner do you pull on when pulling in a victim on the surfboard?
The one at the head, the one at the rear is removed
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Confined space:
What is a confined space defined as?
- Not designed for continuous occupancy
- Large enough to enter and perform work
- Limited means of entry/egress
Emergencies:
Confined space:
Who can approve paramedics going into confined space?
Rescue or squad officer
Makes sense because they are the only ones trained in complex confined space rescue
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Confined space:
What is more dangerous: atmospheric or physical hazards?
Atmospheric is the deadliest 65% of all deaths
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Confined space:
When entering a confined space what do you need to bring?
Must be breathing from a SCBA at all times until it is verified safe.
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Confined space:
How can you tell if there is a lack of oxygen?
There will be no indication – the only safe way is through an oxygen meter
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Confined space:
How can you tell if the atmosphere is toxic?
No accurate way to test for toxic materials
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Confined space:
Can only rescue one squad enter a confined space?
In extreme circumstances others can enter
Soc support can enter - LINE OF SIGHT
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Confined space:
Who should be placed at a location which controls the flow or energy into the space?
2 HT equipped members
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Confined space:
What must you know before entering a confined space?
CHEEP
Communicate (how to) Hazards Escape (how to) Equipment (how to use victim's) Procedures (medical)
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Confined space:
What are safe atmospheric conditions of:
Oxygen Flammable range Toxicity: - carbon monoxide - hydrogen sulfide
O2: 19.5% - 23.5%
Flammable range: not over 10%
Carbon monoxide: not over 35ppm
Hydrogen sulfide: not over 10
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Confined space:
Do you need to be attached to a safety line?
Yes
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Confined space:
When lowering a member into a confined space, do you need to be attached to a mechanical advantage device?
No, you can be lowered in extreme circumstances
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Confined space:
What is the preferred method of High Point anchor?
Weight capacity for each?
TL Due to its weight supporting capacity of 1000 pounds versus
250 pounds on an aerial
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Confined space:
Once set up as a High Point, do all members need to be removed from the turntable or the entire rig?
From the turntable, and the engine should be shut off
In TL it says to put siren on
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Confined space:
Once in contact with the victim what is the first thing to do?
Assess their medical status
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Confined space:
What is the highest priority for the victim if the atmosphere is a threat?
Placement of an SCB a face piece via a separate mask or spare fast Pack
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Confined space:
Do you need to immobilize the persons spine before removing them?
Unless conditions demand immediate removal, wait for special equipment to remove them
**A rescuer should be in position to monitor the patient
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
What is the airbag rule of distance?
5-10-20
Side - driver - passenger
“From left to right”
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Disentanglement:
Is it important to expose the pillars and posts before cutting?
Yes - in order to see if there is anything that would be a danger to cut.
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
Is manually deploying a rollover protection system permissible?
Yes - could prevent injury before we operate inside vehicle
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Disentanglement:
What must the officer do initially when there is a confirmed pin?
Notify the dispatcher
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Disentanglement:
What is the difference between disentanglement and extrication?
Disentanglement - the removal of wreckage
Extrication - The removal of the victim
(“exit-cation”)
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Disentanglement:
How should the engine company operate at this emergency?
2 teams
- officer and two members to provide CFRD
- remaining members stretch and charge a a line
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Disentanglement:
What needs to be done before shutting down ignition?
SOPS
Seats
Open windows
Park
Seatbelts
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
Which battery terminal do you remove first?
Negative
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Disentanglement:
What are the two golden rules of stabilization?
Stabilize them AS THEY ARE FOUND
NEVER right a vehicle with victim inside
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Disentanglement:
Where do you place step chocks?
In front of real wheels and behind front wheels
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Disentanglement:
A vehicle on its side or roof should always be what?
Secured to a substantial object with utility rope
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
Can you enter a vehicle on its side or roof before it stabilized in an emergency?
No
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
If a hinge has a spring do you cut the hinge or the spring first?
Spring
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Disentanglement:
Which method of door removal requires the roof to be intact?
Vertical push on hinge side
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Disentanglement:
Which methods are used to cut the Nader pin side? The hinge side?
Fender crush = hinge
Vertical crush = Nader
Vertical push = both
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Disentanglement:
The vertical push on the Nader pin side works better on older or newer vehicles?
Older
Newer vehicles might split
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Disentanglement:
What forecast need to be made to remove the back door?
Top of B
Bottom of the B
Vertical cut rear qtr panel
Horizontal cut rear qtr at rocker panel
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Disentanglement:
What cuts do you need to make to remove the roof totally?
Which way do you carry the roof?
Low on A
High on B C and D
Toward the front, so that you don’t bring cut windshield towards victims
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Disentanglement:
What cuts to make to hinge the roof backwards?
Low on A
High on B
Two hinge cuts
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Disentanglement:
Distance between to a post cuts on dashboard lift?
6 to 8 inches
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Disentanglement:
In order to remove the ram used in a dashboard lift what two places do you need to put chocks?
In the gap under the rocker panel, and in the gap at the relief cut
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
Which side of the ram gets put on a sliding portion of the seat track to displace a seat?
The extending end
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Disentanglement:
What is a good choice to protect victims from glass and debris?
Salvage plastic or yellow exposure blankets; fabric blankets tend to keep pieces of glass in it
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Disentanglement:
What tools can be used to cut a windshield?
How should the teeth face on windshield saw?
Windshield saw, sawzall, beluga, or axe
**axe is a last resort
Toward the handle
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
Can the center punch or halligan break tempered glass?
Yes both can
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Disentanglement:
Where is the tool of choice for opening a roof?
What should you do before cutting?
The air chisel
Remove the interior headliner
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Disentanglement:
What is the preferred method for door removal of a vehicle on its roof?
The hinge side
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Disentanglement:
What is the area of safety around jaws?
The fully opened length and width of jaws?
Emergency procedures:
Disentanglement:
Can you uncouple hoses while unit is running?
Yes - as long as it is in dumps
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Disentanglement:
How long to flush eyes after hydraulic fluid sprays in them?
20 minutes
Bleach - 15 mins
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Steam:
What should you do about steam systems not run by coned?
CIDS
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Steam:
Is steam visible or invisible?
Invisible; white mist is the condensate that forms
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Steam:
For a steam emergency at a con Edison plants, when should we enter the plant?
Only with con Ed personnel, and only to perform search and rescue
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Steam:
Is asbestos in the manholes or the piping?
The piping
**Treat a steam main break as a hazmat incident
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Steam:
How do you differentiate between steam from a water leak versus a leaking mean?
A blue stripe indicates a water leak
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Steam:
What steam valves can we shut?
Inside valves not outside valves
We can shut inside valves but if possible wait for con Ed personnel and do not re-open it
Outside valves can only be shut by con Ed personnel
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Suspended scaffold:
Who evaluates the anchor points of the scaffolding?
First arriving units
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Suspended scaffold:
Do you need a safety line if you are operating near a window?
Yes
Emergency procedures:
Suspended scaffold:
Who do you need permission from before restoring power to a stalled suspended scaffold?
The units below
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Suspended scaffold:
If there is rope jammed within the hoist, when can you start operating the hoist again?
Never; can sever the wire rope.
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Suspended scaffold:
Who removes or cuts glass to retrieve stranded workers?
rescue or squad
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Suspended scaffold:
If a hoist is overheated how long should you allow it to cool?
Who has the reset button on the hoist?
15 minutes
A worker
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Suspended scaffold:
When could a member possibly be needed to be lowered to the victim?
On a hanging or off level scaffold
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Suspended scaffold:
What should you consider bringing to the scene of glass cutting?
Extra cans as a water source.
Elevators:
What is the 7-5-2 rule?
7th floor or below, do not use an elevator
Do not use elevator in a bank which services the fire floor if a lower bank reaches within 5 floors of the fire floor
Proceed to a floor 2 floors below fire floor, or 2 floors below an access stair which reaches the fire floor, WHICHEVER IS LOWEST.
Elevators:
Max number of guys in a car?
6
