Fire Officer 3rd Edition Chapter 16 Flashcards
The “rules of engagement of structural firefighting” was developed by IAFCS SECTION
Safety health and survival as a best practice model
Who more like Likely to die in a fire.
Fire fighter or civilian
Firefighters
The company Officer shit minimize my exposure to unsafe conditions and stop unsafe practices. This requires a change in
Command perspective
NIOSH fatality investigation often cites lack of what as a contributing factor in firefighter deaths
Lack of a complete scene size up
What is in essential component of the scenes as a process?
Whether any occupants are trapped and weather the can survive in the project or current fire condition
What must the firefighter and incident commander factor
Fire conditions
Resources on scene
Time needed to complete a safe rescue
Company officers and IC must realize firefighters cannot always
Save a life
What is a critical element for fire fighters Survival
Crew Integrity
Team of two or more
What is the firefighters life support system?
SCBA AIR
What does air supply status report improve?
Logistical commitment to crews
Cockpit crew resource management ?
Two way communication between all members of the flight crew making them all the involved and risk assessment and decision-making, to be adapted to the fire service
A red flag raised by a crew member the supervisor is mandated to
Take a few seconds to assess it, talk with others, make a safe decision (go or no go)
What must emphasize the immediate declaration of a mayday when the fire fighter faces a life threaten situation
Training
Term
A system in which buying it together as a team of two or more members
Crew integrity
Term
The building that lacks windows and doors of sufficient number and size to profit prompt ventilation and emergency evacuation
Enclosed structure
Term
A point edge or line beyond which something cannot or may not proceed. Confined or restricted limits
Limited
Term
A building that has windows or doors incise to prompt ventilation and emergency evacuation
Opened structure
4 Rules of engagement
Task level suppression
Be short specific set bulletin point
Be easily taught and remembered
Define critical risk issues
Define go and no situation
More than what percentage of disorientated FF deaths occur in enclosed structures
3/4
Almost all of non cardiac fire fighter fatalities inside fire structures are the result of
Smoke inhalation
Who is at greatest risk of injury or death at structure fires
FF and company officers
Near miss has how many initiatives
16 initiatives
Fire attack crew must identify what is burning, where it is, AND
Where the fire is likely to go
What should be achieved prior to primary search and secondary search efforts
FIRE CONTROL
