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Describe a guideline |
- 60 metres long - 8mm diameter - Snap hook at the running end - Long and short tabs every 2.5 metres - long tabs indicating the way in and short knotted tabs indicating the way out |
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When should guidelines be used? |
- used where no other means of safely seraching large open areas that are heavily smoke logged - premises are flooded and hose lines are submerged - buildings with a complex layout - enables a team to retrace their steps to the entry control point - enables subsequent teams to locate scene of operatoons or other crews |
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How many times can you extend a guideline? |
A guideline can be extended as many times as is required to achieve the brief |
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How many times can you extend a branch line? |
A branch line can not be extended |
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How many guidelimes can be deployed from one stage 1 ecp |
2 main guidelines from 1 ecp |
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How many branch lines can be deployed from one stage 2 ecp? |
4 branch lines from 1 ecp on a maximum of 2 main guidelines |
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What is the furthest you can search off a guide/branch line using personal lines? |
A firefighter can search off a guide or branch line within the length of the personal line (6 metres) |
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Describe a BA personal line |
- 6 metres lomg - karabiner on the running end - split into 1.25m and 4.75m sections by a D ring attached to a tenax clip - attached to the waist belt with a snap hook and split ring |
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Who has priority - the inward or outward going team? |
Outward teams have priority when passing as they will be lower on air |
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When do you record the testing of your personal line |
The BA set log book |
