Ch. 8 - 9 (res/MFD fires)

A LARGE ESTATE dwelling (aka _____s) are houses that exceed ___sq ft per NFPA 1700.

McMANSIONS = 3000sqft +

____ ____ and vertical ventilation need to be SYNONYMOUS.

Review mayday and self-survival procedures how often?

FORCED ENTRY = vert vent

DAILY - beginning of shift

Give your ____ the same respect a paramedic does their heart monitor.

RADIOs

Greatest number of civ/FF injuries occur in what fires?

Most commonly started by what?

HOUSE fires

started by KITCHEN

__-__ synthetics make the SMOKE in today’s house fires more flammable.

LOW-MASS - smoke flammable

5 year NFPA study from 2015-2019 states that __% of fires happened in homes.

__% of civilian DEATHS were in homes and __% of ALL injuries were in homes.

26% fires in home

75% die in home

72% all injuries in home

Most home fires and casualties are started/caused by what FIVE things?

Cooking, Heating, Electrical, Intentional, Smoking mats

Per Project Mayday, a full 360 was not completed in __% of career dept maydays.

__% in volunteer.

70% - career

62.7% - volley

no 360

If a __ is not announced on the radio, Search can be an afterthought.

no VP = afterthought

A TIC sees “heat” by recognizing the ___ ___.

INFRARED SPECTRUM

can’t see through solid objects

____ will never outperform a well-trained ff bent on finding victims.

TECHNOLOGY

What should be utilized and employed well ahead of section chiefs like operations.

DIVISIONS and GROUPS

One common phenomenon is the use of __ ___ as a radio designator rather than a true ICS Tactical Super.

FIRE ATTACK - as radio

The TWO approaches/perspectives when it comes to debating tactics?

SCIENCE/Research and EXPERIENCE

The advent of ___ studies appeared to polarize the fire service overnight.

SCIENCE - polarized

Debate is good, it causes ____.

DISCUSSION (hopefully)

How many years is the usual tipping point for a generation to think they know everything?

20 years

What is a benefit to trying to learn from someone else’s experience instead of solely your own?

REMOVES Emotion

Why is “fire venting itself” and “it’s already vented the roof” not usually adequate?

vent not doing what you want it to/having enough effect

With the advent of McMansions and their “Garage ___s” with _-_ bays, garage fires got worse.

garage MAHAL” 3-4 bays

___ ____:act of restraining oneself in the moment to consider alternative options that could make conditions more favorable, rather than reacting.

Tactical DISCIPLINE

What type of attack/tactic is deckgunning from the street?

it’s DEFENSIVE Tac

(not transitional attack)

What is a common culprit to starting many attic fires?

What are common culprits that start the fires from OUTSIDE and work through soffit/rafter vent?

Electrical WIRING

Plastic GARBAGE CANS

When attacking an attic fire from underneath, where is a good location to use inside the structure?

Open a small hole and put 1 ¾ “ _-_ft into the attic.

Flow for _-_minutes

BATHROOM off a hallway

hose 3-5ft up

flow 1-2mins

When vertically venting an attic fire, opening the roof further away from the fire (__-__ft) will help the safety of roof crew.

6-12ft

To enter the attic from inside the structure, cut a __ and use a ladder.

SCUTTLE

UL FSRI study of residential attic fires is from what year?

2021 attic fire

Attic fires starting from the outside should be attacked from where?

Attic fires are commonly __-__ fires.

OUTSIDE attack

VENT-LIMITED

What kind of vent can affect size-up and fire dynamics with attic fires?

PLASTIC Ridge vent

You can wet down ___ with an __ attack to slow attic fire growth.

wet SHEATHING w/ EAVE attack

Attic fires: consider flowing master streams how?

UP not down

(through eaves etc)

Attic fires: __ ___ construction often provides the potential for IDEAL fire growth, with air entering low at the eave etc.

KNEE WALL - ideal fire growth

Transitional attack is a tactic used in what kind of strategy?

OFFENSIVE - trans atk

Tactical DISCIPLINE answers the FOUR questions to the WHAT of transitional attack. Name them

Why

When

Where

How

The HOW in the WHAT of transitional attack uses the FOUR _s.

Straight/solid

STEADY

STEEP angle

SUSTAINED period

IDEALLY no less than _ personnel should perform vertical vent on a roof.

3

Officer, Sounder/louverer, Cutter

Considering a house fire as what is a sign of DISRESPECT?

Bread and Butter - disrespect

What style of apartments have the door to individual units open to the outside?

Which ones open to the (inside)?

GARDEN Apt = outside door

CENTER HALL = enclosed hallway

_______: series of MFD buildings located in close proximity to each other.

Apartment COMPLEX - series

A hotel is a ______ type of structure, typically multi story with ENCLOSED stairwells and hallways.

CENTER HALL type - hotel

MOTELs are a __-___ building.

The term motel originated from what building?

GARDEN-STYLE

origin - Milestone Mo-Tel (Milestone MOTOR Hotel) didn’t fit on the sign.

Regarding apartment “types” which is the most LETHAL?

CENTER HALL - secondary/tertiary exits

Apartments with a victim trapped are most likely to have how many victims?

THREE/3 vics

Apartment complexes are commonly found where on city blocks?

CORNER - two street names associated

What is a common tactical problem with apartment complexes?

WATER SUPPLY

Most MFD fires should be considered what VP at least?

Some apartments have multiple FAMILIES living in __sq ft apartments.

Mod-high

500sqft - multi fams

Who is a good choice to assume HOT division on MFDs?

2nd Chief

MFD Attic fires: first objective once the fire is located is what?

CONFINE fire from occipants/hallways/egress

Which supervisors on MFDs are particularly insightful in leveraging fire walls from their vantage point?

ROOF DIV supes

____: separate living SPACE in the SAME building.

UNIT - under same roof

___: separate occupancy/structure, NOT connected.

BUILDING

When assigning ABCD to UNITS involved in a fire, how should you assign them?

A = origin unit

B = LEFT exposure

D = RIGHT exposure

A FOURPLEX will likely necessitate the need for more than one ___-Level DIVISION.

GROUND-Level (division)

Townhomes, condos, and row houses present what unique challenge?

VERT spread up floors and LATERAL spread(cockloft)

Consider adding what division on townhome/condo/etc fires?

Div C - for rescues in back

Townhomes/condos: the PORTAL for each floor is what?

So a division supe would supervise how many floors?

Exterior DOORS

ALL (2-3 usually)

Confirmed VP in small MFD fires can use what template?

same as single-fam

What kind of blanket filtered the dang heat from the black kid that survived?

WOOL blanket

Occupant ____ for hotels and motels is critical and should be coordinated with who?

ACCOUNTABILITY

coord with MANAGEMENT (tell which units are occupied)

Motels are likely to be organized by what division/ICS template?

DIV A and DIV C

What is the benefit of an enclosed stairway from a tactical standpoint?

Tactical supes are protected from HOT zone and have easy accountability for crew

NOWHERE is Pre-Planning more important than on ___.

MFDs - preplan important

(brannigans says garden?)

If needing to expand communications, consider giving separate channels to who?

Each DIV/GROUP

or GROUPING divs/groups together

Adding additional tac channels too early can complicate things in what TWO ways?

Crews have AUDITORY Exclusion

MAYDAY goes to a separate channel

The SWEET SPOT for when to add/expand communications is when you do what?

call ADDITIONAL Alarm or

EXPAND INCIDENT(with more groups/divs)

What is a trade name for fiberglass-reinforced sheetrock?

FIREROCK - electric chainsaws lol