Fireground Strategy 202.02B

Question 1

Command must consider the most critical direction and avenues of fire extension, plus its speed, particularly as they affect?

Answer 1

• Rescue activities
• Level of risk to firefighters
• Confinement efforts
• exposure protection

Question 2

What are the seven sides or sectors of the fire?

Answer 2

Front, Rear, both sides, Top, bottom, and interior

Question 3

The basic variables relating to attack operation involve?

Answer 3

• Location/ position of attack
• Size of attack
• Support functions

Question 4

A Marginal situation is defined as?

Answer 4

Defensive conditions with a known rescue.

Very short window to affect a rescue or discontinue attempt and begin a defensive fire attack

Question 5

The elements of an effective defensive strategy always include?

Answer 5

• Identify what is lost
• write it off
• Protect exposures

Question 6

Master steams are most effective tactic to be employed in defensive operations. Standard master stream flow of what should be the guidelines?

Answer 6

750 GPM

Question 7

When the exposure is severe and water is limited, the most effective tactic is to?

Answer 7

Put water on exposure

Question 8

Fire under control means?

Answer 8

The forward progress of the fire has been stopped and the remaining fire can be extinguished with the on scene resources. It does not mean the fire is completely out.

Question 9

If defensive operations are conducted from the onset of the incident, command will notify?

Answer 9

Alarm that there will not be a primary search completed for the affected structures