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Fire Problem / Tactical Prep Flashcards

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Moderate Victim Profile

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No one is present to tell you one way or the other if everyone is out/anyone reportedly inside

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2nd Arriving Engine Assignment

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1) Secure water supply independent of 1st Eng
2) Ensure efficient/timely stretch of 1st Eng fire line most important initial task
3) Deploy backup line off 2nd Eng (same size, or larger; same path) 2 independent lines & water supplies
4) If initial attack line is containing and extinguishing, reposition backup line to flr above to cut off vertical fire extension
5) Officer w/ TIC and halligan

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Safety Officer

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Ensure RAT established

Evaluate smoke and conditions

Advise IC of hazards, collapse potential, extension

Correct situations/actions causing imminent hazard to personnel

Monitor radio transmissions

Establish control and no entry zones

Monitor air quality post-extinguishment

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When should a PAR report be initiated?

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Report of a missing or trapped firefighter (MAYDAY)

Change from offensive to defensive ops

Sudden or unexpected events: collapse, explosion, backdraft

When fire is reported under control

Anytime command/ops determines there is a need

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SAW CSS RECEO VSS

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Size-Up
Apparatus Placement
Water Supply

Command
Strategy
Safety

Rescue
Exposures
Confine
Extinguish
Overhaul

Ventilation
Salvage
Support (Post-Incident Actions)

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D of FPODP

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Decision: Strategy

Risk management analysis of Facts, Probabilities, and Own Resources

Building: type, age, condition
Structural Integrity: contents vs structure
Fire Load: type of fuel burning? How much left?
Fire Conditons: extent, location
Resc Profile: savable lives/survivability profile
Offensive or Defensive

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C of IOCAN

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Conditions

What do I see?

State conditions and declare strategy

Heavy fire showing A side 2nd flr window. No sign or confirmation of occs inside. Offensive strategy.

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CFD Firefighting Formula

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Save Lives
Cover Exposures
Confine the Fire
Extinguish the Fire
Ventilate
Overhaul
Salvage
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3rd Arriving Engine Assignments

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1) Secure water supply, unless ordered otherwise.
2) If 2nd Eng assisting/committed to 1st line, deploy back-up line from 2nd Eng or 3rd Eng *two independent lines & water supplies
3) If 1st line in operation and back-up in position, report to Command on “A” side, await orders from IC
4) If ordered, deploy 3rd attack line
5) Officer w/ TIC, handy line, hose strap

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2nd Arriving Ladder Assignments

Team B: FAO and FF2

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Remove endangered persons

Raise Aerial; ensure alt egress for operating companies or potential victims

Assist ventilation when/where appropriate
*coordinate w/ fire attack

Control utilities

Position PPV fan; only turned on at the direction of IC

Check sides/rear for endangered persons/fire extension

Provide scene and interior lighting ASAP

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RECEO VSS

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The Tactical Objectives

Rescue
Exposures
Confine
Extinguish
Overhaul

Ventilation
Salvage
Support

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1st Medic Unit Assignment

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Stage unit for rapid egress

Equip and cot to ICP

Deliver passport to acct

Standby

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High/Confirmed VP + Heavy Involvement =

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High risk; Offensive strategy/tactics (VEIS)

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1st Arriving Ladder Assignments

Team A: Officer and FF1

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Forcible Entry

Search and Rescue on Fire Flr
*primary search All Clear

Open walls, ceilings, etc to expose hidden fire

Advise DC of conditions found and work done

Equipped w/ TIC, Halligan, Striking Tool, Hooks at a minimum

*deviations must be announced

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O of IOCAN

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Object

What is it? OSCHO structure type

Working fire in an occupied 2 story frame dwelling

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1st Arriving Engine Assignment

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1) Secure Water Supply
2) Size Up: view at least 3 sides
3) Position: pull past, view 3 sides, allow truck access *unless deck gun needed
4) Exposures: exposure line or deck gun if necessary

5) Initial attack line to seat of fire
* most important initial task*

6) Officer w/ TIC and halligan

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A of IOCAN

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Actions

What are you doing? Tactics employed. Tactical objectives.

E32 Fast Attack stretching 1.75” attack line through the front door to the 2nd flr to confine fire, protect uninvolved areas/occs/egress, and to aid conditions for primary search/rescue. E32 is Oak command.

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Confirmed Victim Profile

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Credible bystander or RP tells you victim(s) are trapped

You see victims trapped

You hear/see signs of victim (screams, handprints in soot on window, blinds moving)

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IOCAN

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The verbal process of sizeup; initial radio report

Identification: company and scene address
Object: what is the incident
Conditions: state condition of the object and declare strategy
Actions: actions you are taking
Needs: add’l manpower or resources for current task, what you want the next arriving company to do, or add’l alarms/resources for incident

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F of FPODP

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Facts: what you know NOW

dispatch info, 360, witness accts

Structure: type, construction, occupancy
Fire Conditions: location, size, extent
Victims: #, location

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1st Arriving Ladder Assignments

Team B: FAO and FF2

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Remove obviously endangered persons (aerial/ground ladders)

Check sides/rear for endangered persons/fire extension (consider VEIS)

Raise ladders as needed for 2nd flr egress

Horizontal or Vertical Ventilation when/where appropriate *carefully coordinate w/ fire attack

Expose hidden fire

Ongoing Salvage

*deviations must be announced (enter w/ Team A for search)

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High Victim Profile

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Credible reporting of a high likelihood of victim(s) inside

Residential @ 2AM with cars in the driveway

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Basement Fires: Hose Line Placement

The best route to attack a basement fire:

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Through an exterior door

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I of IOCAN

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Identification

Company and location (address)

E32 on scene at 123 Oak

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RAT Truck Assignment

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Officer face to face w/ IC

FAO and FFs bring equip forward

Officer 360: note all poss means of egress and conditions/obstructions effecting quick egress; report findings to IC

Remove all conditions/obstructions effecting quick egress *consider creation of flow paths
*determine loc of Int stairs if fire above ground level

Ground ladders placed to upper story windows and roof on all sides *areas closest to fire first

Safety line to front of building

Lights to illuminate all means of egress

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2nd Arriving Ladder Assignments

Team A: Officer and FF1

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Search all floors above the fire for occupants and fire extension

Assist the 1st ladder w/ primary search

Equipped w/ TIC, Halligan, Striking Tool, hooks at a minimum

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3rd Attack Line Placement/Assignments:

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  • As ordered by IC:
  • move past the initial attack line if its falls short
  • fire flr or flr above to protect search crews/prevent vertical extension
  • cover exposures
  • protect persons trapped at windows or fire escapes above the fire
  • move to another area of the building
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FPODP

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The mental process of size up
-continuous

Facts: What do you have?
Probability: What are the potential threats; life hazards, extension
Own Situation: What are your resources at hand
Decision: Strategy (Offensive/Defensive)
Plan of Operation: Tactics

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Safety Engine Assignment

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Stage apparatus out of the way

Officer becomes Acct Officer, assisted by FAO; FFs join RAT Truck

Manage acct board and SCBA monitoring system at ICP

Determine location of all Co on scene

Note all Benchmark transmissions

Notify IC if no response from a Co after 2 attempts of contact for location or PAR

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4 Levels of Victim Profile

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Low
Moderate
High
Confirmed

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OSCHO Structure Type

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Occupancy (dwelling, commercial, etc)
Size (large, medium, small)
Construction (frame, brick, metal)
Height (assumed 1 story if not reported)
Occ Status (occ, unocc, vac, undetermined)

Assessed during FPODP mental sizeup.

Reported in the O of IOCAN arrival report

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SIGNAL Victim Profile

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Species: human or animal
Incapacity: missing/trapped/disabled/KTFO
Gender: male or female
Number: # or potential # of victims
Age: senior, adult, teen, child, infant
Location: confirmed, last known, probable

Assessed during mental SU: observed on 360 or witness/RP

Reported during C of IOCAN arrival report: who/what is in danger

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Moderate VP =

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Moderate risk; Enter based on structural stability and fire involvement

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Basement Fires: Hose Line Placement

If no exterior stairs or exterior door to access the basement:

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Knock down visible fire from an exterior window prior to attempting to enter from interior steps.

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If a window is already broken from heat…

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the room is like too hot for someone to survive in it

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Basement Fires: Hose Line Placement

If 1st line enters through exterior basement door or is operating through a basement window, 2nd line should be placed in service where?

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Placed in service on the 1st flr, to protect the 1st flr and interior stairs from fire extension

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2nd P of FPODP

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Plan of Operation: Tactics to be employed

What tactics? 
Deployed where? 
By who?
Using what? 
Objective?

Priorities:
Rescue
Fire control
Property Conservation

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P of FPODP

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Probabilities: educated guess to the extent of the threat and what will likely occur if the threat isn’t mitigated immediately

How long has fire burned?
% involved? Structure?
Safe to enter?
Where will the fire go? Interior? Exterior?
Who or what is in its path? Interior? Exterior?

Survivability profile?

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O of FPODP

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Own Situation: current and responding resources

Who do I have? Who will I have?
Water supply/hose lines/ladders/hand tools
Safety precautions 
Specialty resources available 
Fire suppression systems available
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Heavy Rescue Assignments

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Report to IC for assignment

If arrive before IC, perform search/rescue in areas not currently searched

Inspection hole ASAP; determine construction

Assist w/ attack lines if needed/ordered

Determine structural stability for overhaul

Assist w/ overhaul as directed by IC

Assist placing companies back in service

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2nd Medic Unit Assignment

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Stage unit to not impede access

Report to ICP in Full PPE w/ equip and cot

Collect and deliver all 1st alarm company passports to acct

Standby

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Low VP + Heavy Involvement =

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Low risk; Defensive strategy

43
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Low victim profile

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All victims reported out by reliable source

Building is likely vacant or unused

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N of IOCAN

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Needs

What do you need?

Add’l alarms, manpower, resources
*plan ahead; call for resources before needed

Orders for next arriving companies:
Assistance placing 1st line
Backup line
View rear of you couldn’t 360

Estimated fire flow (LxWxH)/100 call for add’l attack lines?

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ALS Assignment

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Responsible for overall medical Tx and transport of all medics injuries on the FG

Passport to acct

Report to IC

EST EMS Branch under IC or Ops Section Chief

Comm w/ medic units to EST Tx area

EST rehab if needed

Update IC on incident injuries

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1-Alarm Response

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3 Engine Companies
2 Truck Companies
1 Safety Engine
1 RAT Truck
1 HR
2 DC
2 Medic Units
ALS Supervisor
Safety Officer

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