Captain

Front 1

First truck high-rise

Back 1

One firefighter Otis for the duration.

One firefighter FACP until relieved by third engineer.

Go to firefloor to investigate with first engine.

Company officer is FIT team leader.

Safe haven in adjacent unit.

Front 2

First engine high-rise

Back 2

2x 2 1/2-in to FDC

Four lengths of 2 and 1/2-in hose, 1¼" shut off pipe 70, 60, 50psi

Clear five floors above attacks stairwell.

Lead out floor below fire

6 through 19: stop halfway and exit 3 floors below

20+: stop on five, 10 below fire, exit 3 floors below

Front 3

Second truck high-rise

Back 3

Salvage cover fire floor and 1 for below elevator.

Force entry for safe haven.

Assist first truck in search.

Coordinated ventilation

Front 4

Third engine company high rise

Back 4

Take control and operates second elevator car

Third engineer relieves first truckman at FACP

Locate building staff for elevators pumps HVAC FACP master keys floor plans special assistance mechanical rooms

Front 5

Supporting Engine company high-rise still & box

Back 5

Relieve members.

Lead out additional lines.

Conduct primary secondary and/or final searches.

Conduct stairwell searches.

Front 6

RAT Companies/still& box

Back 6

One company to fire a tax stairwell and one company to evac stairwell.

Tower ladders will not be used for rat.

PPV

To search teams from fire floor 15 floors up the other five floors down.

Check hallways immediately adjacent to stairwell for smoke.

Complete entire stairwell search.

Front 7

RIT Engine (ALS) high-rise

Back 7

Stair chair, scared, monitor, QRB, oxygen, drug box

Stage at forward fire command post

Front 8

RIT truck high-rise

Back 8

All written tools including elevator rescue tools.

Lobby command post then to forward fire command post.

Stand by and rit staging area one floor below fire

Front 9

First elevator up, high rise

Back 9

Otis, fit engine officer, fit truck officer.

Forcible entry tools, two hand pumps, 200 ft of 2 and 1/2-in hose with inch and a quarter shut off, high-rise bag

Front 10

Forward fire command post

Back 10

Two floors below the fire floor

Front 11

Forward staging area

Back 11

Three floors below the fire floor

Front 12

High-rise building

Back 12

80 ft or more above grade.

Front 13

Category 1 high-rise

Back 13

Over 780 ft

Front 14

Category 2 high-rise

Back 14

541 to 780 ft

Front 15

Category 3 high-rise

Back 15

Over 275 ft up to 540 ft

Front 16

Category 4 high rise

Back 16

80 ft up to 275 ft

Front 17

Multilator

Back 17

Oxygen distribution system with multiple individual regulators designed to provide oxygen to multiple patients simultaneously

Front 18

Phase 1 recall

Back 18

Recalling all elevators in a bank to the main floor by use of a key

Front 19

Phase 2 recall

Back 19

Operating individual elevators that have already been recalled, fire service mode

Front 20

Structured risk management assessment

Back 20

Structured analysis of risks and hazards that are present on the scene of an emergency incident. Serves to increase situational awareness of the emergency incident to enhance individual or overall safety

Front 21

Situational awareness

Back 21

Level of understanding and attentiveness regarding the reality of an emergency incident. When situational awareness is elevated surprises rarely happen. The relationship between what members perceive is happening and what is really happening.

Front 22

Operational risk

Back 22

Risk to members responding to or operating at emergency incidents. Trip and fall, overhead hazards, roadways, thermal injuries

Front 23

Organizational risk

Back 23

Risk to the fire department as an organization. Include failure to properly train, failure to properly equip, also includes understanding that operations will become ineffective if a member becomes trapped or injured.

Front 24

Structured risk management assessment

Back 24

1 identifying / reassessing risk exposure.

2 evaluating risk potential.

3 ranking in prioritizing risks.

4 determining and implementing actions.

5 evaluating and revising actions.

Repeat

Front 25

Mayday, why?

Back 25

Injured and needing assistance, lost, trapped, out of air, needs to be removed from hazardous area.

Front 26

Mayday, how?

Back 26

Mayday three times

Location identification problem

Front 27

Mayday response

Back 27

One additional rit team, one special ops chief, one safety chief, one additional squad, collapse response 521 and 522, air mask, light wagon, EMS plan 1

Front 28

Emergency alert

Back 28

Structural integrity issues, notable hazards, loss of water, change in weather wind conditions, hazardous materials, change in incident that places members in significant danger

Front 29

Emergency evacuation

Back 29

Structural collapse or threat of collapse, roof collapse, rapidly changing fire conditions, incident commanders discretion

Front 30

Systematic withdrawal

Back 30

Methodically exiting, most remote members and/or members most endangered leave first ensuring means of egress is protected. Orded by the incident commander

Front 31

Emergency evacuation

Back 31

Evacuate three times and radio order all apparatus drivers to sound horns with short blast for 30 seconds.

All equipment abandoned except minimum necessary to complete evacuation.

Hose lines left in place until par completed except those needed to protect members during emergency evac.

Par is conducted.

Front 32

Personnel accountability report: PAR

Back 32

After mayday, after emergency evacuation, after systematic withdrawal, after any sudden hazardous event, when do you necessary by IC

Front 33

Rapid intervention team

Back 33

One chief

One truck

One paramedic chief

One ambulance

One ALS engine company for high rises

Stage on side A

Front 34

RIT kit

Back 34

Forcible entry tools

Thermal imaging

Search

Rabbit

RIT Pack

Ground ladder from nearby truck

STOKES BASKET

SAWZALL

10 ft collapsible ladder

Metal saw

Vent saw

PFDs and elevator keys when appropriate

Front 35

We rehab when...

Back 35

Training, 20 minutes for every hour

Hazmat training 20 minutes for every 45 minutes

Fire ground, 20 minutes for every 45 minutes

Fire ground hazmat, 20 minutes for every 30 minutes.

After rehab, 20 minutes for every 30 minutes worked

Front 36

Rehab parameters

Back 36

Between 95° and 100.6°

Pulse below 110 BPM

Front 37

Progress reports

Back 37

Every 15 minutes until incident is under control then every 30 minutes until all companies are released

Front 38

Electrical hazard area

Back 38

Minimum of one span

Front 39

Chicago fire hydrants

Back 39

Blue, 16 plus inches

Yellow, 12 to 16 in

Red, 68-in main supported within 600 ft

White, unsupported for more than 600 ft or at end of Main

Front 40

Small pentagon key

Back 40

Buffalo box key shuts down water to individual building

Front 41

Small square key

Back 41

Wall hydrants,

CTA emergency doors,

Chicago hydrant with missing custodian or pentagon nut

Front 42

Large square key

Back 42

Nuts found on valves the department of water Management uses to control large underground valves

Front 43

Large Pentagon key

Back 43

Operating nut on most fire hydrants and port caps