Fire Ops Flashcards
M.P. 202.01
Standard company functions
What are considered to be engine company functions?
• incident size up
• assumption of command
• 360
• search,rescue and treatment
• forcible entry
• stretch hose lines
• operate nozzles
• pump hose lines
• lost control
What are considered to be ladder company/tender functions?
• size up
• assumption of command
• 360
• search, rescue, and treatment
• coordinated horizontal/Vertical vent
• Forcible entry
• Raise ground ladders
• provide access/check fire extension
• utility control
• provide lighting
• operate ladder pipes
• perform overhaul
• extrication
• loss control
What are considered to rescue company functions?
• transport to hospital
• Search, rescue, and treatment
• general firefighting duties assigned by command
What are considered to be heavy rescue functions?
• size up
• assumption of command
• 360
• search, rescue, and treatment
• stretch hose lines
• operate nozzles
• Coordinated horizontal/vertical vent
• Forcible entry
• raise ground ladders
• provide access/check fire extension
• utility control
• provide lighting
• perform overhaul
• extrication
• loss control
• all TRT/hazmat functions
M.P. 202.02
Fireground factors
What is size up to defined as?
An appraisal of the magnitude or dimensions of an event/incident
What are the critical Fire ground factors meant to be used as?
A tool to assist the IC with simplifying complex information into seven distinct categories. They are meant to provide the IC with the ability to categorize and simply communicate what is critical within a specific incident.
M.P. 202.02B
Fire ground strategy
What is the risk management plan?
- We will risk our live lives a lot, in a calculated manner, to save savable lives
- We will risk our lives a little, in a calculated manner, to save savable property.
- We will not risk our lives at all for lives or property that are already lost.
What are the seven sides of a structural fire?
Front, rear, both sides, top, bottom, and interior
Ventilation must be initiated early and be well coordinated with interior crew, ventilation opening should be made where?
In the Fire area
What are the basic variables related to attack operations?
• location/position of attack
• size of attack
• support functions
What is a marginal situation to defined as?
Defensive conditions with a known rescue
What are the elements of an effective defensive strategy?
• identify what is lost
• write it off
• protect exposures
What information must be obtained after a switch from offensive to defensive strategy?
PAR
M.P.202.02C
Rescue
What factors must the IC consider in developing a basic rescue size up?
• number/location/condition of victims
• Fire conditions, and the impact on victims
• what action best impact survivability
• what action best impacts our ability to search structure
• can firefighters access the victims
• how are they going to be removed from the structure?
Rescue efforts should be extended in what order?
- Most severely threatened.
- Largest number.
- Remainder of fire area.
- Exposed areas.
What is the definition of a secondary search?
The companies thoroughly searched the interior of a fire area after the initial fire control/ventilation activities have been completed
What is the critical factor in a secondary search?
Thoroughness
M.P. 202.04
Fire control
M.P. 202.04A
Large space building cold smoke fires
What does cold smoke refer to?
Smoke that has lost its velocity and flows calmly. Common in large space buildings.