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First arriving Initial Attack Team reports to Fire Control Room, and does what?
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- Locate alarm panel activations
- Obtain keys, phones, etc. - Locate Building Rep and direct them to remain at fire control room until Lobby Control is established - Designate Attack & Evacuation Stairwells. Communicate this with building personnel if possible. - Give additional radio report with information gathered HMRT 7, 3 |
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Inside Truck evaluates use of elevators.
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Phase 1 service must be activated, especially if...
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Fire Attack team intends to use an elevator (regardless if they have been recalled by fire alarm).
HRTM 7,4 |
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Attack & Evacuation Stairwell locations should be based on...
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the location of the fire; ability of the hose to reach from standpipe. The only door opened to the fire should be...
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from the attack stairwell, after being cleared of occupants and firefighters above the fire floor, and being pressurized.
HRTM 7,5 |
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Inside Truck, Fire Attack 1 and 2 ascends to fire floor while delivering...
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standpipe hose packs and bags to the floor below.
HRTM 7,6 |
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A high rise primary attack line should be what size and why?
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2 1/2" high-rise hose because its...
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lightweight & provides greater flow at lower pressure.
HRTM 7,6 (1) |
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Fire attack 1 and 2 will normally work to place and advance what for a high rise fire attack?
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a single attack line on to the fire floor.
HRTM 7,6 (2) |
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In a high rise situation, where must a company always connect to the standpipe?
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at the floor below the fire, regardless of...
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the size and/or extent of the fire.
HRTM 7,6 (3) |
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What 3 characteristics of high-rise events does connecting a standpipe on floor below provide a security blanket from?
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- Wind driven event.
- Open residential door. - Heavy fuel load. HRTM 7,6 (4) |
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What should Inside Truck, Fire Attack 1 and 2 advise command of?
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smoke and heat conditions in the stairwell...and consider
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use of PPV fans for stairwell pressurization.
HRTM 7, 6 (5) |
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Hose-lines should be placed on the fire floor first, and fire attacked at that area with secondary hose-lines then attacking any extension on floors above. Exception to this rule are:
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Rescue circumstances and when there is...
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more than 5,000 sq.ft. involvement of the fire floor it may not be possible to extinguish with handlines, so confine fire to floor of origin with cut-off lines above the fire floor. (Monitor stairwell integrity when doing this tactic.)
MRTM 8, note |
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What to do before starting fire attack?
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Locate fire
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Ensure current attack stairwell is the most appropriate to initiate attack from. (communicate to Occupants and firefighters)
HRTM 8,7 |
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To advance the line onto fire floor:
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Comply with Two-in/Two-out, by leaving 2 members in the stairwell:one to operate the gauge; one to feed hose
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Open/force door to fire floor, ensuring door is chocked.
HRTM 8,10 |
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What are the 2 types of Hose Stretches?
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Hallway Stretch requiring a tenable hallway and fire compartment door control. Nozzle is taken to the fire compartment door BEFORE being charged.
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Stairwell Stretch when conditions are such that entry cannot be made on firefloor without a charged hoseline. Therefore, hoseline is charged in the stairwell, before opening fire floor stairwell door.
HRTM 13 (A,1); 15 (B,1) |
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Apartment Stretch
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-3 drop points
1.Hallway floor below. Drop all 3 sections, remove straps, and connect them. Step into an apartment to get the layout. 2.Fire floor in the hallway, just outside stairwell door. Officer carries lead length of hose to drop point 3. 3.At fire apartment door. Place the nozzle on the hinge side, to keep door opened when it is charged. Grab mid-point of the hose, and walk it back. |
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