Search-TB Flashcards
Flow Path?
movement of HEAT/SMOKE from HIGHER pressure to LOWER PRESSURE…via doors, window, openings and ROOF STRUCTURES
-SEVERAL flow paths
Heat Release Rate:
rate at which energy is generated by the burning of a fuel and oxygen mixture
VEIS?
vent, enter ISOLATE search
- approved tactic when entering through DOOR/WINDOW
- priority upon entering via WINDOW, is to CLOSE DOOR and isolate are being searched from the fire area
- when entering via DOORWAY, control unit CHARGED HOSELINE is advancing on the fire
- by isolating, we control flow path of fire, heat and smoke towards ventilation point, as well as controlling the air flow from the ventilation point towards fire area
Ventilation ?
controlled coordinated removal of heat and ,smoke from structure, replacing with escaping gas
bi directional…HEAT AND SMOKE EXHAUSTING FROM TOP and air flowing in towards the fire at BOTTOM
Ventilation Profile should be ?
UPWARDS AND OUTWARDS
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS have a higher?
HEAT RELEASE RATE
- GIVE OFF MORE HEAT QUICKLY than ordinary combustibles , leading to more rapid and sudden change in the fire environment
- fires today develop faster and produce thick black smoke ,,, reducing visibility
-TIC is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
MODERN content quickly becomes VENTILATION____?
LIMITED
-Conditions may become untenable in as little as 1.5 MINUTES after ENTRY (ventilation) is made into fire are or apt.
AT night in MD?
LARGE number of sleeping occupants
Commercial buildings may have watchmen or cleaning personnel working ?
AFTER NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS
Office buildings may have cleaning and maintenance
- present DAY and NIGHT
- Computer personnel often present 24 hours a day
IT CANNOT BE ASSUMED no one is present inside taxpayers that have ROLL DOWN security doors with padlocks…
MANY TIMES PEOPLE ARE PADLOCKED IN TO PROVIDE SECURITY AT NIGHT
Ask occupants if they had anyone visiting and staying with the family..
VERIFY if a report of a trapped victim is a person or pet
Retail establishment, pay particular attention to?
REAR MAIN SELLING AREAS (taxpayer mentions REAR FIRST FLOOR, even for Cellar fire)
Only in EXTREME CASES should ENGINE COMPANY become involved in search and rescue WITHOUT ?
SIMULTANEOUSLY stretching and positioning a hoseline
Primary Search>
IMMEDIATE search for LIFE
- RAPID/THOROUGH/Systematic
- quickly with DUE REGARD FOR PERSONAL SAFETY
- usually 1st due truck
- 2nd due truck primary on floors above
1st arriving company:
- LOCATE FIRE
- CONTROL DOOR to apt. or area, any other ventilation points
- COMMUNICATE fire location to Engine and IC
- determine if conditions are tenable to support life:
a. entry can be made and search without hoseline…LOCATE/CONFINE FIRE AREA and THEN START SEARCH FROM THIS POINT
b. UNTENABLE…move in BEHIND ENGINE COMPANY and search behind hoseline
Search for LIFE in the areas adjacent to or above the fire area/floor should start IMMEDIATELY upon entering the area….
followed by searching for the extension of fire…any EXTENSION REPORTED TO IC, IMMEDIATELY
Primary search of ELEVATORS conducted?
EARLY into operation
Secondary Search?
THOROUGH/PAINSTAKINGLY COMPLETE SEARCH FOR LIFE OF ALL AREA that required PRIMARY SEARCH
-include ENTIRE OUTSIDE PERIMETER OF BUILDING/ALL SHAFTS, BASEMENTS, CELLAR, ELEVATOR, ROOFS, ETC
TIME IS NOT As important , as ACCURACY.
Secondary search completed ?
BEFORE EXTENSIVE OVERHAULING of fire area is attempted
DIFFERENT COMPANY, other than company that performed PRIMARY SEARCH
SEARH activity will be documented on ?
FIRE REPORT
EXTERIOR TEAM , must report conditions?
WIND, and other conditions to OFFICER and IC
COMPANY OFFICERS must NOTIFY_____when searches are completed?
INCIDENT COMMANDER
*also NOTIFY IC when searches HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED *
LCO’s must supervise ?
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR SEARCHES
INTERIOR- IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION VIA VERBAL COMMUNICATION/TIC
EXTERIOR -FUNCTIONAL/HT
When enter rooms to search?
use either LEFT HAND OR RIGHT HAND SEARCH PATTERN
- work along wall and furniture as you move towards fire area
- when searching for life, continue with left or right hand and probe toward CENTER of the floor or room
when probing with TOOL/use caution to avoid injuring victim
remember…method for searching areas adjacent or above are to ?
IMMEDIATE SEARCH FOR LIFE
FIRE AREA/APT…LOCATE FIRE FIRST
SEARCH ROPE used IN COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCIES or ?
when DEEMED NECESSARY BY OFFICER
If there are INDICATIONS of fire on the other side of the door, do NOT ________?
stand in front of the door when opening it
-stay to one side, keep low and then open door
IF FIRE is wrapping around DOOR JAMB as door is being forced ….
a HOSELINE MUST BE CHARGED AND IN PLACE, AT DOOR BEFORE DOOR IS OPENED
- this may indicate window failure and wind
- COMPANY OFFICER shall contact exterior team for size up
As soon as entry is made, what must be checked?
AREA in the vicinity of , and behind, the entrance door MUST be checked as soon as entry is made
-if doors is easily opened first, and then obstructed , reach behind door for unconscious person
How can WE KEPP DOOR FROM LOCKING?
A. SET the LOCK
B. SEARCH DOOR MARKER over LATCH and around BOTH KNOBS
-UPON ENTERING IDLH, CONDUCT SEARCH AT FLOOR LEVEL
When unable to enter due to SEVER CONDITIONS…?
PROBE ARE IN VICINITY OF THE DOOR WITH HAND OR TOOL before closing door
-maintain control of door, move in behind ENGINE AND CHARGED LINE
What is the determining factor of whether or not the door will remain OPEN OR CLOSED?
ENGINE COMPANY HAS CHARGED hoseline and is READY TO ADVANCE INTO THE FIRE AREA/OCCUPANCY
a. if engine has charged line…member of ladder shall chock door open
b. if engine DOES NOT, door should be closed after search team enters, LCO will communicate identity of FIRE APT. to ENGINE AND IC: FF on INTERIOR TEAM MUST BE POSITIONED AT DOOR INSIDE FIRE APT. TO MAINTAIN CONTROL , THE LCO AND OTHER MEMBER WILL SEARCH..’
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What will inside team leave OUTSIDE DOOR, TO INDICATE APT BEING SEARCHED?
HYDRAULIC FORCIBLE ENTRY TOOL
THE FF POSITIONED ON THE INSIDE OF DOOR MUST:
- maintain DOOR CONTROL and control flow paths
- make sure door DOES NOT LOCK
- monitor conditions in immediate entry area
- monitor HT TRANSMISSIONS –water, wind, etc…to insure safety of search team
- ACT AS BEACON to guide search team back to door
- if members are forced to evacuate , ACCOUNT FOR THE INTERIOR TEAM AND CLOSE THE DOOR AFTER ALL MEMBERS HAVE EXITED THE APARTMENT (Officer does not close door…THIS FF DOES)
LCO must notify_____of decision to close the door?
ENGINE and IC
Once the ENGINE reaches apt. door with CHARGED LINE, the ENGINE OFFICER must notify?
LaDDER COMPANY OFFICER of readiness to enter apt. and that apt. door will be opened …
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Who must approve the opening of this door?
LADDER COMPANY OFFICER (not engine)
Member Entering through WINDOW:
- prior to entering, NOTIFY LCO
- be cautious when breaking glass
- before entering , PROBE FOR VICTIMS/STABILITY
- before entering…CLEAR OUT ENTIER WINDOW (EGRESS)
- IMMEDIATELY UPON ENTERING, make QUICK SWEEP of floor in the hall outside door and then CLOSE DOOR for more DETAILED SEARCH
if unable to enter window due to sever conditions, PROBE THE FLOOR WITH HAND OR TOOL
Company Officers must evaluate the risk of going above a fire _______?
without protection of hoseline
*when assigning an Engine company to stretch a hoseline to the floor above the fire, the IC shall give that Engine company identity to UNITS OPERATING ON THAT FLOOR (FLOOR ABOVE)
Prior to proceeding above, notification must be made to ?
OFFICERS on the FIRE FLOOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE PROCEEDING ABOVE
Means of access to upper floors?
INTERIOR STAIRS
FIRE ESCAPES
PORTABLE/AERIAL /TL
IF an area of refuge is to be made, ?
ensure door is CLOSED AND UNLOCKED, not to create additional flow path
When searching on floor above, progress of hoselines on______must always be monitored ?
FIRE FLOOR (not above)
If there is any indication of a DELAY in putting water on an UNCONTROLLED FIRE, all members operating above the fire should seek REFUGE by returning to the FIRE FLOOR or FLOOR BELOW….
resume ops on floor above, once water problem is RESOLVED
Searching for fire extension is NOT A VALID REASON to remain above an UNCONTROLLED FIRE
-Water problems should transmitted as URGENT,,,IC should ensure all members above fire area aware
Search Tips:
- alert for sounds of trapped victim
- sweep beds and couches front to back..person found, GIVE EXTRA SWEEP FOR ANOTHER PERSON
- check BETWEEN BED AND WALL/BETWEEN 2 BEDS PUSHED TOGETHER
- Check all rooms, closets, bathrooms throughly
- LOCKED BATHROOM indication someone inside
- children may be PADLOCKED in rooms
- night chain latch is good indication of people inside
- ensure ALL INTERIOR WALLS OF A CLOSET are touched when searching the closest floor…children may hide in closets*
- look under beds/furniture
- try to AVOID MOVING FURNITURE –may hide victim or block doorway
- sweep under bed/arm, tool, leg
- bunk beds, search levels …low level mattress will alert to bunk beds
- NARROW TAPERED LEGS (wheels) -CRIB
- search clothes , bed linens, drapes
- check dresser, toy chests,…children hide
REmoval?
I. HAVE.FIVE.LITTLE .RATS INTERIOR HORIZONTAL EXITS FIRE ESCAPES LADDERS ROPES
Members locating victim?
transmit SIGNAL 10-45 and LOCATION and ASSISTANCE
always remove via SAFEST ROUTE
AMBULATORY ?
can assist in their own removal
-remove or direct FROM IDLH AREAS
_IC shall be notified if ambulatory victims evacuated
NON AMBULATORY?
CANNOT assist in their own removal
- aged, obese, children, unconscious
- members shall notify for assistance
Non ambulatory victims must be removed to ?
A NON IDLH AREA
-when required , the rescuer shall provide MEDICAL TREATMENT until arrival of a CFR ENGINE OR EMS….KEEP IC AWARE OF VICTIM LOCATION
-search may not be complete..there may be other victims requiring assistance within occupancy
