Fire Survival Guidance Actions In Fire Control

Question 1

People who are directly affected by fire and unable to safely evacuate from a building will need to be rescued by operational personnel. Operational personnel use for phases in every search and rescue. What acronym covers these four phases?

Answer 1

LAST
Locate
Access
Stabilise (situation and casualties)
Transport

Question 2

FC may receive calls from callers in purpose built high rise residential buildings with a ‘stay put’ policy who are not affected by fire, heat or smoke. What advice should be given?

Answer 2

It should be safe to remain

Question 3

The FSG team in fire control will be responsible for what?

Answer 3

Extracting information from the incidents on the mobilising system and entering it onto the CS10b:
- incident number
- floor number
- flat number
- conditions the caller is experiencing
- advice given by FC (stay put, FSG or evacuate)
- vulnerabilities
Closing incidents as repeat calls once information has been extracted
Sharing information with responders via airwave radio and MDT
Updating CS10b with information received from the incident ground regarding their actions

Question 4

At the point of multiple calls being received in the control room, a FSG sectorised team should be established by the FC OIC, how many personnel are generally in this team?

Answer 4

2 (1 FC operator and 1 supervisor)

Question 5

The FC call taker should move through a number of phases with the aim of keeping the caller safe in a fire situation. What are the phases?

Answer 5

Escape, Assess, Protect, Reassure, Reassess, Assist Rescue

Question 6

The assessment phase enables FC call takers to gather information about the caller’s circumstances, leading to situational awareness. Situational awareness can be gathered from what?

Answer 6

Questioning callers
SSRI
Risk information shared by other agencies
Situational updates from operational personnel and other agencies

Question 7

When FC advise people at risk to open a window, what considerations should be given to the location of the fire?

Answer 7

Fire spread on the external walls of the building
Fire being located beneath the window, allowing smoke from outside to enter the room through the window
The air entering the room may encourage fire development

Question 8

When contingency arrangements are implemented, comms should be quickly established with what centres?

Answer 8

other control rooms
Multi-agency control rooms
BT