Structure Fire Guidelines Flashcards
What may occur at any time?
Tactical actions of opportunity
What should be considered at all times?
the potential for rescue
A ____ must be made prior to initiating search and rescue operation?
A victim survivability assessment
Firefighters should use ____ to control fire spread and smoke whenever possible.
compartmentalization
A fire in which the heat release rate and fire growth are controlled by the characteristics of the fuel because adequate oxygen is available for combustion.
Fuel limited fire
The stage of fire development which has reached its peak heat release rate within a compartment. This usually occurs after flashover, resulting in floor to ceiling burning within the compartment.
Fully developed stage
The stage of fire development when the heat release rate from an incipient fire has increased to the point where heat transferred from the fire and combustion products are pyrolyzing adjacent fuel sources.
growth stage.
The early stage of fire development where the fire’s progression is limited to a fuel source and the thermal hazard is localized to the area of the burning material.
Ignition stage
Fires that primarily consist of natural fiber contents such as wood, wools and cottons. These fires have a relatively low heat release rate when compared to hydrocarbon based products.
Legacy Fire
Fires that involve hydrocarbon and synthetic based contents.
Modern content fire
The process of breaking up a substance into other molecules as a result of heating; also known as thermal decomposition.
Pyrolysis
_____ Occurs in the growth stage when sufficient fuel, heat and oxygen are available to allow flame spread in the upper hot gas layer inside the compartment.
Rollover
An assessment of whether units can operate within the fire area based on the conditions encountered and the impact of these conditions to potential civilians and firefighters.
Tenability
Firefighting operation where water is applied from an exterior position to the interior of A ROOM AND CONTENTS FIRE to reduce the thermal threat and cool the environment just prior to initiating interior operations.
resetting the fire
Firefighting operation where water is applied from an exterior positon to the interior of A WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE to reduce the thermal threat and cool the environment just prior to initiating interior operations.
Transitional fire attack
