Rescue profile

Question 1

Rescue profile is determined by considering all critical size up info and applying a members

Answer 1

Judgment and experience

Question 2

Fire and smoke conditions indicate they the interior environment is incompatible with human life or the structural integrity of the building is compromised

Answer 2

No rescue

Question 3

In this profile 2 in and out may or may not apply

Answer 3

Possible rescue

Question 4

PFB recognizes there is no such thing as an empty building until the building

Answer 4

Is searched by fire bureau personnel

Question 5

When operating under this profile a search is conducted but the aggressiveness of the search is somewhat restrained

Answer 5

Possible rescue

Question 6

Little reason to believe a rescue situation exists however as a matter of practice the Bureau conducts primary and secondary searches on all fires where interior FF operations are initiated

Answer 6

Possible rescue

Question 7

Three reasons house may be unoccupied

Answer 7

Credible person says house is empty, strip mall/school/commercial occupancy outside of regular business hours

Question 8

2 in 2 out doesn’t apply

Answer 8

Confirmed rescue

Question 9

Information that would prompt a confirmed rescue

Answer 9

Dispatch reports of trapped occupants, credible occupants or bystanders indicate someone is unaccounted for, firefighter mayday is called

Question 10

All efforts on the fireground are in support of the search effort

Answer 10

Confirmed rescue