MP 202.05 Fireground Safety

Question 1

When choosing offensive or defensive strategy, what is taken into account?

Answer 1

The risk management profile

Question 2

What is the Risk Management Plan

Answer 2

• We may risk our lives a lot to protect savable lives
• We may risk our lives a little to protect savable property
• We will not risk our lives at al to save what is already lost

Question 3

Where should crews operate while in the defensive strategy?

Answer 3

in positions as far from the involved area as possible while still remaining effective

Question 4

Where should crews operate while in the offensive strategy?

Answer 4

in an effective, coordinated interior attack operation directed towards knocking down the fire

Question 5

How many personnel will operate within the hazard zone in extreme hazardous situations?

Answer 5

The absolute minimum number of personnel

Question 6

What needs to be done before ladder pipes can go into operation?

Answer 6

Ground crews must be notified and evacuated from interior positions

Question 7

When laddering a roof, how high should the selected ladder extend above the roof line?

Answer 7

2’-3’

Question 8

Why should the ladder extend 2’-3’ above roof line?

Answer 8

to provide personnel operating on the roof with visible means of egress

Question 9

Ladders should be placed near building corners or fire walls. What is the reasoning for this?

Answer 9

these areas are generally more stable in the event of structural failure

Question 10

How many escape routes should be established when operating above or below ground level?

Answer 10

at least 2 separate escape routes

preferably at opposite ends or diagonal corners of the building or separated by considerable distance

Question 11

Define the Hot Zone

Answer 11

any area that requires an SCBA, charged hose line, special protective clothing, or in which Firefighting Personnel are at risk of becoming lost, trapped, or injured by the environment or structure

Question 12

All firefighters working in the hot zone should be in crews with a minimal of how many personnel?

Answer 12

Minimum of 2 personnel

accountability system wil be in place

Question 13

Define the Warm Zone

Answer 13

just outside the Hot Zone where the firefighters start their operations on the foreground.
(where the firefighter is not at risk of becoming lost, trapped, or injured by the environment or structure)

Question 14

When does the Warm Zone become the Hot Zone?

Answer 14

any time firefighters become threatened

Question 15

Define the Cold Zone

Answer 15

outside the warm zone where no one is at risk because of the incident

Question 16

What 3 things must all personnel in the Hot Zone do?

Answer 16

1. Wear full turnouts
2. Have crew intact
3. Be assigned to a sector

Question 17

When should crews be reassigned to Rehab Sector?

Answer 17

When crew members exhibit signs of physical or mental fatigue
( crews should report to and remain intact while assigned to Rehab)

Question 18

A 100’ length of unprotected steel will expand how much when heated to 1100degrees?

Answer 18

9”

Question 19

At how many min should command evaluate structural conditions and be prepared to withdrawal interior crews and change to a defensive strategy?

Answer 19

after 10-15 min of interior operations if heavy fire conditions still exist

Question 20

At what point should interior firefighting operations be abandoned?

Answer 20

when the extent of the fire prohibits control or the structure becomes unsafe to operate within

Question 21

When the decision has been made and firefighting operations much be abandoned, what should crews do? (5)

Answer 21

1. evacuate
2. account for personnel
3. regroup
4. recommunicate
5. redeploy

Question 22

When is Emergency Traffic initiated?

Answer 22

only when the hazard appears to be imminent or has just occured

Question 23

How should individual search activities be conducted?

Answer 23

by two or more members when possible

Question 24

What should be done when a search is conducted that exposes search crews to fire conditions?

Answer 24

the search team should be protected with a charged hose line in order to insure a sage escape route

Question 25

In an elevator, what happens when smoke or fire is visible in the shaft?

Answer 25

Do not use the elevator

Question 26

When taking an elevator, where should you exit in regards to the fire?

Answer 26

two floors below the suspected fire floor

Question 27

When operating a high-rise building, how large of a perimeter should be established? n

Answer 27

200’