MP 202.16 Car Fires

Question 1

What is the minimum level of protection for firefighters fighting car fires?

Answer 1

Full protective clothing

Breathing air from their SCBA

Question 2

What must Captains, that are supervising crews fighting car fires, wear?

Answer 2

full protective clothing

Question 3

Where should apparatus be placed when fighting car fires? and why?

Answer 3

Upwind and uphill of the incident if possible. to afford protection from hazardous liquids and vapors and to reduce smoke in the work area

Question 4

What should be done first on a car fire where patients are trapped in the vehicle?

Answer 4

first water should be applied to protect the patients and permit a rescue

Question 5

One should at least one member of the crew have when fighting a car fire and why?

Answer 5

Forcible entry tools to provide prompt and safe entry into the vehicle