Firescope ICS 501

Question 1

What are the 3 types of hillside homes?

Answer 1

Descending hillside homes
Cantilever hillside homes
Ascending hillside home.

Question 2

What are one of the most dangerous environments in structural firefighting?

Answer 2

When a fire is located on sub levels.

Question 3

What is one of the biggest challenges with Fires in Hillside homes?

Answer 3

Gaining access to lower floors from grade level

specifically Multi story cantilever homes are outfitted with an unenclosed interior stairwell that serves all floors while often times offering no access to lower floors from the exterior.

Question 4

Hillside home size up

Answer 4

• Type of hillside structure
• Number of floors above or below grade
• Location, nature and extent of fire.
• Floor with the lowest elevation of involvement
• The floor and side of building where initial fire attack lines will be deployed

Question 5

Hillside home tactical watch outs

Answer 5

360° size up
Portal of entry
Sounding the floor system
Thermal imaging

Question 6

What Tactic is better than sounding the floor system to determine structural integrity?

Answer 6

Cutting indicator holes