Fire Problem / Tactical Prep Flashcards
Moderate Victim Profile
No one is present to tell you one way or the other if everyone is out/anyone reportedly inside
2nd Arriving Engine Assignment
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
Safety Officer
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
When should a PAR report be initiated?
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
SAW CSS RECEO VSS
Size-Up
Apparatus Placement
Water Supply
Command
Strategy
Safety
Rescue Exposures Confine Extinguish Overhaul
Ventilation
Salvage
Support (Post-Incident Actions)
D of FPODP
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
C of IOCAN
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.
CFD Firefighting Formula
Save Lives Cover Exposures Confine the Fire Extinguish the Fire Ventilate Overhaul Salvage
3rd Arriving Engine Assignments
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
2nd Arriving Ladder Assignments
Team B: FAO and FF2
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
RECEO VSS
The Tactical Objectives
Rescue Exposures Confine Extinguish Overhaul
Ventilation
Salvage
Support
1st Medic Unit Assignment
Stage unit for rapid egress
Equip and cot to ICP
Deliver passport to acct
Standby
High/Confirmed VP + Heavy Involvement =
High risk; Offensive strategy/tactics (VEIS)
1st Arriving Ladder Assignments
Team A: Officer and FF1
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
O of IOCAN
Object
What is it? OSCHO structure type
Working fire in an occupied 2 story frame dwelling
1st Arriving Engine Assignment
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
A of IOCAN
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.
Confirmed Victim Profile
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)
IOCAN
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
F of FPODP
Facts: what you know NOW
dispatch info, 360, witness accts
Structure: type, construction, occupancy
Fire Conditions: location, size, extent
Victims: #, location
1st Arriving Ladder Assignments
Team B: FAO and FF2
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)
High Victim Profile
Credible reporting of a high likelihood of victim(s) inside
Residential @ 2AM with cars in the driveway
Basement Fires: Hose Line Placement
The best route to attack a basement fire:
Through an exterior door
I of IOCAN
Identification
Company and location (address)
E32 on scene at 123 Oak
RAT Truck Assignment
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
2nd Arriving Ladder Assignments
Team A: Officer and FF1
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
3rd Attack Line Placement/Assignments:
- 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
FPODP
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
Safety Engine Assignment
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
4 Levels of Victim Profile
Low
Moderate
High
Confirmed
OSCHO Structure Type
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
SIGNAL Victim Profile
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
Moderate VP =
Moderate risk; Enter based on structural stability and fire involvement
Basement Fires: Hose Line Placement
If no exterior stairs or exterior door to access the basement:
Knock down visible fire from an exterior window prior to attempting to enter from interior steps.
If a window is already broken from heat…
the room is like too hot for someone to survive in it
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?
Placed in service on the 1st flr, to protect the 1st flr and interior stairs from fire extension
2nd P of FPODP
Plan of Operation: Tactics to be employed
What tactics? Deployed where? By who? Using what? Objective?
Priorities:
Rescue
Fire control
Property Conservation
P of FPODP
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?
O of FPODP
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
Heavy Rescue Assignments
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
2nd Medic Unit Assignment
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
Low VP + Heavy Involvement =
Low risk; Defensive strategy
Low victim profile
All victims reported out by reliable source
Building is likely vacant or unused
N of IOCAN
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?
ALS Assignment
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
1-Alarm Response
3 Engine Companies 2 Truck Companies 1 Safety Engine 1 RAT Truck 1 HR 2 DC 2 Medic Units ALS Supervisor Safety Officer
