(Fire Officer) Chapter 16 Rules of Engagement

Question 1

What is the difference between an open structure and enclosed structure?
A. Open structures have small windows open
B. Enclosed structures have large doors and large windows for emergency evaulation
C. Open structures lack windows or doors of sufficent number and size to provide for promp ventilation and emergency evaulation
D. Enclosed structures lack windows or doors of sufficent number and size to provide for promp ventilation and emergency evaulation

Answer 1

D. Enclosed structures lack windows or doors of sufficent number and size to provide for promp ventilation and emergency evaulation

Question 2

How many rules are a part of the ROE for structural firefighting?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 13
D. 11

Answer 2

D. 11
1. Size up your tatical area of operations
2. Determine the occupant survival profile
3. Do not risk your life for lives or property that can not be saved
4. Extend limied risk to proteck savable property
5. Extend vigilant and measured risk to protect and rescure savable lives
6. Go in together, stay together, come out together
7. Maintain continuous awareness of your air supply, sisturaion location, and fire conditions
8. constantly monitor fire-ground comminications for critical radio reports
9. You are required to reprot unsafe pratices or conditiions that can harm you. Stop, evaluate, and decide
10. You are required to abandon your position and retreat before deteriorating conditions can harm you
11. Declare a maday as soon as you THINK you are in danger

Question 3

Today’s Smoke is More Toxic. What is the chemial that was found to be elevated in firefighters blood that contributed to heart attack and LODD?
A. Dihydrogen monoxide
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Cyanide
D. Carbon dioxide

Answer 3

C. Cyanide

Question 4

If a firefighter is in a room within a modern home that is approaching the flashover point is less than ________ seconds?
A. 150
B. 20
C. 10
D. 60

Answer 4

C. 10

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Question 5

Fire fighters must frequently check their air supply while in a fire involved structure. Major benchmarks for checking air supply include the following points: Name 3

Answer 5

• Before entry
• After going up or down stairs
• Before entering and searching a room
• After exiting a room
• After going down a hallway or aisle
• Before and after doing a labor-demanding task

Question 6

What is a PAR

Answer 6

Personal accountability report

Question 7

According to Richard Leland, there are 10 reason for failure or delayed ejection as similar to calling for a Mayday on the fire ground. Name 3

Answer 7

1. Temporal distortion (Time speeds up or slows down)
2. Reluctance to relinquish control of one’s sisturation
3. Channeled attention (Continuing with privious selected course of action because other, more significant information is not preceived)
4. Loss of situational awareness
5. Fear of the unknown
6. Fear of retibution (loss of aircraft)
7. Lack of prcedural knowledge
8. Pride (Ego)
9. Denial (“this isn’t happening to me”)

Question 8

Who can raise a red flad during search and rescue operations?
A. Individuals assigned to command or IMS group assignments
B. Firest line supervisors and chiefes
C. Task team leaders
D. Anyone involved in the operation

Answer 8

D. Anyone involved in the operation

Question 9

Engine 100 is the first-arriving company at a 4 story multiple family dwelling. Heavy black smoke with increasingly large flickers of orange flame is pulsing out of the third floor balcony door. Occupants who are still in the compartment:
A. Are likely to survive if removed from the compartment in less than 5 minutes
B. Are likely to survive if rapidly removed and addmitted to burn center within 20 minutes
C. Have a small change of surviving if rapidly removed and admitted to a burn center within 20 minutes
D. Are beyond successful resusication

Answer 9

D. Are beyond successful resusication

Question 10

When doing a search a crew is split with 2 fire fighters each. Team A has a radio failure. What should they do?
A. Complete their search assignement and conduct a Face-to-Face report the sector commander
B. Complete their search assignment and find Team B to continue the task as a four person crew
C. Immediatly evaculate the structure and conduct a face to face up date with group commander
D. Immediatly evaculate the structure and report to rehabilitation group

Answer 10

C. Immediatly evaculate the structure and conduct a face to face up date with group commander

Question 11

When in a search team of four fire fighters. When should the team start to lead the structure?
A. When the shortest turnaround time is reached
B. When the second low air alarm activates
C. When the average turnaround time is reached
D. When all four low-air alarms are activated

Answer 11

A. When the shortest turnaround time is reached