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17 Cards in this Set
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Define VUCA Fireground |
V- volatile with unstable challenges U- uncertain with unknown outcomes C- Complex with interconnected parts A- ambiguous with lack of clarity |
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National Firefighter Near- Miss Reporting System Top 3 Contributing Factors |
1. Situational Awareness 2. Human Error 3. Lack/Poor decision making |
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Why poor decisions are made, three primary factors |
Inexperience Lack of information “De minimus” error |
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What does De minimus mean |
Act of explaining away evidence that warns of an impending problem. |
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Firefighters are faced with numerous decision making pressures. What are they? |
Limited time, very high stakes, dynamic conditions, information overload which leads to poor decision making |
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Why read smoke? |
Dictates strategy/tactics. Reading smoke is a tool to help firefighters be able to quickly absorb the volume of information and convert it to a usable form. |
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Define smoke |
Mobile fuel flowing through a building. |
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What does lighter weight construction mean as far as time? |
Shorter time frames, reduces the window of opportunity for interior operations |
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Inventory key factors, attributes of smoke |
Volume, velocity, density, color |
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What causes pressure? |
Volume and heat |
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Laminar/Mellow Smoke definition |
Straight line currents- linear Building absorbing heat Takes away heat Slows smoke down |
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Turbulent smoke definition |
Pushing, churning, rolling, curling, pressurized. # 1 predictor of flashover |
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What does density of smoke mean |
Thicker smoke means more fuel which means it’s more dangerous |
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What does black smoke mean |
Direct flame contact, room in contents fire |
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What does brown smoke mean |
Usually unfinished wood, structure fire |
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What is black fire |
High volume, high velocity, very thick black smoke. Sign of impending flashover. (Vent and cool or exit immediately) |
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What’s a CAN report? |
Conditions. Actions. Needs |
