Guidelines

Question 1

What is the purpose of a guideline?

Answer 1

Allows BA team in risk area to retrace steps back to ECP

Allows subsequent BA teams to readily locate a team of BA wearers

Allows subsequent BA teams to locate the scene of operations

Allows subsequent BA teams to enter and search large/complex structures

Question 2

When can guidelines be used?

Answer 2

Only on instruction of IC

A suitable and sufficient risk assessment has been made

No other practical means are available for tracing way out

Hose has been hauled aloft

Hose lines are submerged

Specific industrial premises

Good comms

Stage 2 BA procedures in place including emergency arrangements

Question 3

What are the hazards of using guidelines?

Answer 3

Difficult if not tied off properly
Limited time off point
Guidelines could become crossed
Confusion/disoriented
Entanglement
Air management
Not laid near fire
Difficult to manage hose and lay guideline

Question 4

What is the length between the short tab and long tab?

Answer 4

150mm

Question 5

What is the length between hook and short tab?

Answer 5

2.5m

Question 6

What is the length of
A) short tab
B) long tab

Answer 6

50mm

125mm

Question 7

What is the length of a guideline?

Answer 7

60m

Question 8

What is the diameter of a tab?

Answer 8

3mm

Question 9

What is the diameter of the guidelines?

Answer 9

6-8mm

Question 10

How many guidelines can you have at an ECP?

Answer 10

2 main guidelines

4 branch guidelines

Question 11

What sort of tally indentifies
A) main guideline
B) branch guidelines

Answer 11

A) Circle tallies with letter

B) Rectangle tallies with holes

Question 12

What knot is used to secure a branch guideline to a main guideline?

Answer 12

Clove hitch

Question 13

How do you know of your on your way in or out when following a guideline?

Answer 13

In - short then long

Out - long then shorr

Question 14

What additional support is required when using guidelines?

Answer 14

Firefighting BA team
BA search team
Tactical ventilation
Good comms
Hose management teams
A lot of TICs as each team will need one

Question 15

When using guidelines what must the ECO do before entry?

Answer 15

Attach tallies to main guideline and any branch guidelines

Secure main guideline outside risk area to an immovable object

Check that short tab comes out of the bag first

Confirm brief with BA team

Question 16

When tying off what should you consider?

Answer 16

Secure regularly at intervals
Use suitable object
Incorporate standing part and running end
Ideally between shoulder and waist height

Question 17

How should you tie a guideline when you come across a stairs?

Answer 17

Loose lay

Tie off to both sides of the stairs ensuing the line is laying on the floor

Question 18

How do you tie off at a door?

Answer 18

Overhead knot X 2

Question 19

If one guideline is suspected to not be enough what should the BA team do?

Answer 19

BA member other than TL carries additional line

Extend by unclipping 150mm loop from first guideline and clipping snap hook from second guideline to it

When withdrawal is necessary - secure bag to suitable object

Question 20

What type of guideline can be extended?

Answer 20

Main guideline

NOT branch guideline

Question 21

What sort of search technique is used off a guideline?

Answer 21

Block search technique