Chapter 11: Response And Size-Up

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Taking action on your own without regard to standard operation procedures, command structure, or the strategic plan

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Freelancing

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The movement of fire into uninvolved areas of a structure

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Extension

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The ongoing observation and evaluation of factors that are used to develop objectives, strategy, and tactics for fire suppression

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Size-up

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All of the means available to fight a fire or conduct emergency operations

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Resources

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Activities that occur in preparation for an emergency and continue until the arrival of emergency apparatus at the scene

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Response

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Removing or protecting property that could be damaged during fire fighting or overhaul operations

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Salvage

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Examination of the building and contents involved in a fire to ensure that the fire is completely extinguished

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Overhaul

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Provides details about a building's construction, layout, contents, special hazards, and fire protection systems

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Preincident plan

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An updated list of fire fighters assigned to each vehicle or crew

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Personnel accountability system

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An area adjacent to the fire that my become involved if not protected from fire

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Exposure

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Why is a preincident plan helpful during size up?

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Because it contains information about the structure

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How is the gas supply to a building controlled by?

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A single valve at the entry point of the gas piping

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What does the dispatch information include?

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Location of incident

Type of emergency

Units due to respond

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What does the Incident Commander (IC) assembles, interprets and bases his decisions on?

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Reconnaissance report

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What does most departments have if an incident requires more resources than the local community can provide?

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Mutual aid agreements

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Where does fire fighters who respond to an incident on the fire apparatus deposit their personnel accountability tags?

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On a designated location on the apparatus

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When fire fighters advance into the fire building with hose lines to overpower the fire

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Offensive attack

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The removal or protection of property that could be damaged during fire fighting

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Salvage

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What must an emergency vehicle always be operated with?

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Due regard for the safety of everyone on the road

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Why is the age of the building often an important consideration in size up?

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Building and fire safety codes change over time

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What should the fire fighter begin during the response phase?

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Consider any factors that could affect the situation

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What is considered the main area of the fire?

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Seat of the fire

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What should be at every incident scene in order to track all fire fighters?

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Personnel accountability system

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What are events and outcomes that can be predicted based on facts, observations, common sense, and previous experience?

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Probabiliites

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What are a fire department's basic resources?

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Personnel and apparatus

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What is the first consideration at any emergency incident?

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Protecting lives

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What is the secondary objective at any emergency incident?

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Protecting property

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Who develops the incident action plan that outlines the steps needed to control the situation?

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Incident commander

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When is the initial size up of an incident conducted?

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When the first unit arrives on scene

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What does shutting off electrical service eliminates during an incident?

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Potential ignition sources

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Identification card used to track location of fire fighter on an emergency incident

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Personnel accountability tag (PAT)

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Ongoing observation of factors that are used to develop objectives, strategy, and tactics for fire suppression

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Size-up

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Electronic device that can detect sources of heat. They are valuable tools for finding fires in void spaces and hence for containing spread of fire

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Thermal imaging devices

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Dangerous practice of acting independently of command instructions

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Freelancing

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Actions that involve receiving alarm; donning protective clothing and equipment; mounting apparatus; transporting equipment and personnel to emergency incident quickly and safetly

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Response actions

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What term is referred to that is conducted to completely extinguish and remaining fires after a fire is under control?

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Overhaul

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What does a shut off valve for a natural gas system contain?

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Usually a quarter turn valve with a locking device

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Which attack occurs when fire fighters advance into the fire with extinguishing agents to overpower the fire?

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Offensive attack

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Information that is essential for determining the appropriate strategy and tactics for an incident

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Size-up

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What type of construction may have utilized older wooden buildings which can provide a path for fire to spread rapidly into uninvolved areas?

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Balloon frame construction

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What strategy or type of attack has the IC adopted when he has determined that there is no property left to save or that the potential for saving property does not justify the risk to fire fighters?

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Defensive strategy

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What is often a major concern for fire fighter safety at an emergency incident?

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Traffic

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When should a fire fighter never attempt to mount fire apparatus?

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While it is moving

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Who is legally responsible for the safe operation of the apparatus at all times?

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Driver of fire apparatus

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Observation and evaluation of existing factors that are used to develop objectives, strategy, and tactics for fire suppression

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Size-up

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A return to flaming combustion after apparent but incomplete extinguishment

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Rekindle

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Fire that moves into areas not originally involved in the incident, including walls, ceilings, and attic spaces; also the movement of fire into uninvolved areas of a structure

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Extension

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The process of final extinguishment after the main body of a fire has been knocked down. All traces of fire must be extinguished at this time

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Overhaul

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The deployment of an emergency service resource to an incident

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Response

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The main area of the fire

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Seat

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An identification card used to track the location of a fire fighter on an emergency incident

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Personnel accountability tag (PAT)

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A written document resulting from the gathering of general and detailed information to be used by public emergency response agencies and private industry for determining the response to reasonable anticipated emergency incidents at a specific facility

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Preincident Plan

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An advance into the fire building by fire fighters with hose lines or other extinguishing agents that are intended to overpower the fire

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Offensive attack

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The dangerous practice of acting independently of command instructions

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Freelancing

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An older type of wood frame construction in which the wall studs extend vertically from the basement of a structure to the roof without any fire stops

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Balloon frame construction

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A firefighting procedure for protecting property from further loss following an aircraft accident or fire

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Salvage

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The heat effect from an external fire that might cause ignition of, or damage to, an exposed building or its contents

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Exposure

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Series of actions that begin when a crew is dispatched to an alarm and end with the crew's arrival at the emergency incident

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Response

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Systematic process of information gathering and situation evaluation that begins when an alarm is received

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Size-up

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What information generally provides details about a building's construction, layout, contents, special hazards, and fire protection systems?

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Preincident plan

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What is a "walk-around" or "doing a 360"?

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Method usually performed by IC in which a size-up is done by walking completely around all four sides of a building

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What are the five basic fire-ground objectives?

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1. Save lives (fire fighters, victims, etc)

2. Protect exposures

3. Confine the fire

4. Extinguish the fire

5. Salvage property and overhaul the fire

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What is the highest priority in any emergency situation?

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Saving lives

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What is conducted after the fire is under control, with the goal being to completely extinguish any remaining pockets of fire?

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Overhaul

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When should you don your PPE?

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Before or prior to mounting the apparatus

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How should fire fighters cut the electricity to a building?

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Turn off the main circuit breaker serving the building

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When does the emergency response process begin?

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When the alarm is received at the fire station