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General Fireground Operations Flashcards

1
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What is SOG 3.2.1.6?

A

General Fireground Operations

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Lee County Fire Chief’s Shared Ideologies

No other action on the fire ground saves more lives and property than what?

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Proper sized attack line placed in the right place at the right time

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Lee County Fire Chief’s Shared Ideologies

What is not dependent on water supply or staffing?

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Selection of appropriate GPM

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Lee County Fire Chief’s Shared Ideologies

How quickly must a primary search be completed after arriving on scene?

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10 min

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Lee County Fire Chief’s Shared Ideologies

When is a building considered clear?

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When FD personnel say its clear

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Lee County Fire Chief’s Shared Ideologies

Search can be assigned without knowing if the entire building can be searched. Why?

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Because we rely on staff to know “red lights”

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Lee County Fire Chief’s Shared Ideologies

If there are critical fireground task that need to be completed what is an acceptable move for the IC?

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Assign RIT to that task and backfill the RIT

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Lee County Fire Chief’s Shared Ideologies

When in a large commercial building where should you start your fire attack?

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At the closest point to the seat of the fire instead of arbitrarily from the front door.

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NFPA 1710

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Requirements for Single Family Residential Structure Fire

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How many personnel must be on the initial alarm for a single family residential fire?

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14 (15 if aerial in use)

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What is the minimum gpm and for how long on a single family residential fire according to NFPA 1710?

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400 gpm for 30 minutes and maintained by at least 1 person

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NFPA 1710 states a minimum of how many attack lines on a single family residential fire?

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2 lines (300gpm total; 100gpm minimum per) with 2 personnel operating each

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NFPA 1710 states that at least one person for every attack line should be deployed to do what?

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Provide hydrant hookup, and assist in laying line, FE, Utilities

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NFPA 1710 calls for how many search teams on a single family residential fire?

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At least 1 team of 2 personnel

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NFPA 1710 call for how many ladder and vent teams on a single family residential fire?

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At least 1 team of 2 personnel

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NFPA 1710 states that if an aerial device is on scene it must have what?

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An operator

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NFPA 1710 states that on the initial alarm what can be established while RIT waits for the second alarm?

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IRIC

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How will incidents be dispatched?

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Based upon unit recommendation through Lee Control for the incident type determined

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What ill the first unit on scene do when they arrive?

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Give a size-up report and establish command

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1st alarm for Single Family Residential Fire

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4 Engines, 1 Ladder, 1 BC, 1 EMS, 1 EMS DO

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2nd Alarm

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2 Engines, 1 Ladder, 1 BC, 1 EMS, 1 EMS DO

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3rd Alarm

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2 Engines, 1 Ladder

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4th Alarm

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2 Engines, 1 Ladder

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If a jump in alarms is requested (1st to 3rd) what happens?

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All the equipment defined in all of the alarms covered will respond.

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Once a 2nd alarm has been requested, or two additional single resource mutual aid units above the initial response, what happens?

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Lee Control advises all command staff officers through the FD all command page

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Exceptions to Alarms?

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Gas Leak/Odor- 2nd alarm- (2) engines, (1) ladder (Rural- (2) engines, (2) tenders
Rural Structure Fires- 2nd alarm- (2) tenders instead of (1)

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What does MAC stand for?

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Minimum Acceptable Coverage

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Who can request agency coverage?

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IC or automatically by Lee Control based upon call type and initial size up

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When will dispatch prompt IC concerning MAC?

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At 10 minute notification during certain incidents

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What incidents receive a 10 minute notification and prompt for MAC?

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Aircraft emergencies, explosion, haz-mat, prolonged vehicle extrications, brush fires, structure fires, train and rail fires

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When agencies experiencing multiple calls of different types what might dispatch do?

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Ask the shift commander or chief officer if a MAC is needed

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When will MAC be activated automatically?

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Anytime there is an additional alarm requested

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33
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What is an IAP?

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Incident Action Plan

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What is usually the basis for an IAP?

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What an IC sees circling the incident on the size-up

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What is a common failing for a Fire Ground Commander?

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Creating an IAP and refusing to modify the IAP even though the incident dynamics have changed

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What are the three basic source of fire ground factors?

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Visual info
Reconnaissance info
Pre-Plan and Direct Knowledge info

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Proper positioning of the command vehicle can provide what kind of view?

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Half of the buildings exterior

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What is reconnaissance info as it relates to fire ground factors?

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Information that command receives from fire personnel operating on the fire ground either by specific assignment or by virtue of normal status reports.

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What is a recon in terms of command?

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quick assessment of the fire building accomplished by walking areound the structure and noting all significant factors such as visible fire, smoke, vent points, access, victims, hazards, etc.

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What are the tactical priorities that are considered to be critical factors because of their inherent importance?

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Fire Control
Search
Ventilation
Property Conservation

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What does an offensive attack involve?

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Deployment and operation of hose lines inside a structure that is deemed tenable

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What are the basic components of an offensive operation?

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On scene report/ assume command
360
1st line to best postition
Assign search
Coordinated Vent
Ensure water supply
2nd line
Consider RIT/Secure utilitites
Evaluate progress
Adjust and reassign if needed
Establish secondary search
Salvage and overhaul until fire is out
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What is a tactical withdrawal

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The orderly removal of all personnel and equipment from the fire building

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What is an emergency evacuation?

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when crews are ordered out without delay due to eminent danger, and leave their equipment and lines behind if necessary

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What will command do to initiate and emergency evacuation?

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State on radio “Emergency evacuation, emergency evacuation”

Multiples of 3 horn blasts to be repeated over 30 seconds by units on scene

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What will company officers do after exiting following an emergency evacuation?

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Let command know they are out and they have a PAR

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Preparation for a strategy change on the fire ground can involve what?

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Identifying and prioritizing exposures
Locating additional water supplies and planning for mutual aid
Deployment of exposure lines
Establishing additional water supplies
Staging mutual aid
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In some cases, the most effective tactical analysis involves what?

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An evaluation of what is not burning rather than what is actually on fire

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Who should conduct a recon on the fire ground?

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First arriving company officer upon arrival prior to making entry.

50
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What tool should be used during recon to scan the area and insure firefighter safety?

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TIC

51
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When conducting a recon, what four techniques should be used with the TIC?

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Look up
Examine floor to check for fire/hazards
Examine area from right to left
Look back, not exit and conditions

52
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What is the preferred method of ventilation?

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Horizontal vent because it is safer and sometimes more effective than vertical

53
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What is an OVP

A

Outside vent person

54
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Where should the exit point for ventilation be?

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Near the seat of the fire

55
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Who should ensure an adequate vent point?

A

OVP

56
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What is possibly the most dangerous task performed by firefighters?

A

Vertical Vent

57
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When should vertical ventilation be done?

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Just prior to “water on the fire”

58
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What is an alternative to removing the fuel of a back draft through ventilation?

A

Cooling it with water

59
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What form of vertical ventilation puts the vent team out ahead of the path of the fire and at far less risk?

A

Trenching

60
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When is a trench cut most effective?

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When cut on the fire side of a rated, or even a non-rated wall

61
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When must a trench cut be accomplished by?

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Within five minutes of the fire

62
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Where are relief cuts in a trench cut at?

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a maximum of every 5 feet

63
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What is the systematic search for savable victims?

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Primary search

64
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What is a quick search of all affected areas of the incident to remove and/or protect the safety of the occupants?

A

Primary search

65
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What is to be utilized in situations where traditional search is not possible due to conditions?

A

VEIS

66
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What radio term reports the completion of the primary search to IC?

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“PRIMARY SEARCH ALL CLEAR

‘

67
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Where should primary search begin?

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As close to the area of involvement as possible unless information suggesting a likely location of victims is known

68
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When should a medical group be established ot triage , treat, and transport patients?

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WHere multiple injured victims are encountered

69
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What is the key to answering the question on whether or not to remove victims from the fire building or to have them shelter in place?

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Evaluating the ability of fire personnel to extinguish and the time and resources necessary to evacuate all threatened occupants.

70
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What are the radio terms that are used when announcing decision on what to do with multiple occupants in a fire building?

A

EVACUATING THE OCCUPANTS

DEFENDING THE OCCUPANTS

71
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If you decided to shelter and do not make progress within several minutes of the attack what should happen?

A

A holding action combined with smoke control while evacuation of the most threatened occupants begins

72
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In what order should rescue efforts be extended?

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Most severely threatened
Largest number
Remainder of fire area
Exposed area

73
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This person will report any information on fire location and extent, report utilities secured, and all other non-urgent potential hazards face to face

A

Utilities Control

74
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Three duties of utilities control

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Secure power by main disconnect
turn off water at meter or at house
Turn off gas if applicable

75
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this involves deployment of hose lines on the outside of the involved structure when the building is judged to be untenable and/or beyond saving due to extent of involvement

A

Defensive attack

76
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The objective of this attack is to confine the fire to the structure of origin by protecting exposure and by directing high volume streams onto the fire building

A

Defensive attack

77
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Where should attack lines be during a defensive attack?

A

Outside of the collapse zone

78
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Where can you engage a secondary search on a defensive operation?

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Where the condition of the building will allow

79
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This is a thorough search of the interior of the fire are for victims after initial fire control activities have been completed.

A

Secondary search

80
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Who should complete a secondary search?

A

Different company from the primary

81
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What is of utmost importance in a secondary search

A

Thoroughness

82
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With a 2.5 off of tank water how much time is there approximately for water flow?

A

3 minutes or less

83
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1.75 off tank water how much time is there approximately for water flow?

A

5 minutes or less

84
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If no water supply is established on a defensive operation, where should your streams be directed?

A

At the exposures

85
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Where should you apply your streams on to the fire building during a defensive operation?

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On the side with the highest priority exposure

86
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This involves the operation of large streams onto a fire building where there are no strategic goals to be achieved since the structure has already been written off

A

Surround and drown

87
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This involves efforts to keep property loss to a minimum by protecting contents from smoke and water

A

Property conservation

88
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As a general rule, who should be assigned to command when operating on a fire scene to prevent information overload of the incident commander?

A

FIT

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What does FIT stand for

A

Field Incident technician

90
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This is a request for a predefined level of additional resources

A

Alarm

91
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When command request the closest unit of a specific type

A

Single Resource Request

92
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when command request a specific type of equipment

A

Special Resource Request

93
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Pre-designated members of the regional IMT Team that report to the EOC and address resource response and coverage

A

Area Command

94
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5 pieces of equipment of the same type with a leader and common communications

A

Strike team

95
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5 pieces of equipment, of different types, with a leader and common communications

A

Task Force

96
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Any area that is remote in nature and is not serviced by a municipal water supply system

A

Rural Area

97
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The process of tracking personnel and resources on an incident

A

Accountability

98
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Acronym used to indicate when the first line pulled should be 2.5” rather than 1.75”

A 
A- advanced fire
D- defensive ops
U- Unable to locate/extent of fire
L- large uncompartmentalized ares
T- tons of water
S- standpipe op
99
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benchmark given when a primary search has been completed by ff and no one is inside

A

All Clear

100
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a rapid introduction of air to an oxygen starved fire resulting in an explosion

A

Backdraft

101
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CAN Report

A

A verbal update reporting
C- conditions
A- actions
N- needs

102
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The first arriving unit will establish a presence of control dictate actions to mitigate the incident.

A

Command

103
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How will command be established?

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By providing a size up, communicating an initial report, and designating the command utilizing a geographical location. If working with a structure designate the side of the structure the command post is located.

104
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a water supply that has been esptablished by utilizing a pressurized or static water source that is supplying fire ground operations

A

Continuous water supply

105
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The stage of fire development within a structure characterized by either a decrease in the fuel load or available oxygen to support combustion, resulting in lower temperatures and lower pressure in the fire area

A

Decay Stage

106
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The process of ensuring the entrance door providing access to the fire area is controlled and closed as much as possible after the search team enters without the protection of a hose line

A

Door Control

107
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A company comprised of a minimum of three personnel that is assigned to a fire department pumper.

A

Engine company

108
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The victim is able to move freely within the vehicle, however is unable to self-extricate due to damage to the vehicle.

A

Entrapment

109
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Used to describe that reports from occupants, neighbors or someone other than firefighter says no one is inside

A

Everyone out

110
Q

A transition in the development of a compartment fire when surfaces exposed to thermal radiation from fire gases in excess of 1100 degrees F reach ignition temperature more or less simultaneously

A

Flashover

111
Q

The movement of heat and smoke from the higher pressure within the fire area towards the lower pressure areas accessible via doors, window openings and roof structures

A

Flow Path

112
Q

A fire in which the heat release rate and fire growth are controlled by the characteristics of the fuel because there is adequate oxygen available for combustion

A

Fuel Limited Fire

113
Q

The rate at which energy is generated by the burning of a fuel and oxygen mixture.

A

Heat Release Rate

114
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What will the initial report include?

A

A brief description on the incident
A description of the property involved
Initial actions that are being taken

115
Q

A company comprised of a minimum of three personnel assigned to fire department aerial device

A

Ladder/Truck Company

116
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The six basic functions of the truck company at structure fires

A 
FE
Search and Rescue
Laddering
Ventilation
Overhaul
Utilities
117
Q

What does PAR stand for

A

Personal Accountability Report

118
Q

When should a PAR be called

A

Every 10 minutes or less if conditions warrant
If the mode of operation changes
Significant event has occurred

119
Q

Term used when the victim is physically pinned in the vehicle due to the structural integrity of the passenger compartment being compromised

A

Pin-In

120
Q

A systematic process if collecting information of the conditions found on an emergency scene.

A

Size-Up

121
Q

An assessment on whether units can operate within the fire area based on the condition encountered and the impact of these conditions to potential victims and members

A

Tenability

122
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The approved tactic when entering a structure though an opening to search an area for the location of the fire or to locate possible victims.

A

VEIS

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