Ch 3 FF Safety And Survival Flashcards
(20 cards)
If firefighters are to safely and effectively carry out their duties inside and outside of a burning building, they must keep (bland and blank) in mind at all times.
safety and survival
three key points to keep in mind regarding IFSTA risk management principles
- Team integrity
- No property is worth the life of a FF
- FF should not be committed to interior offensive attacks in abandoned or derelict buildings that are known or reasonably believed to be unoccupied.
3 Universal priorities
Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property conservation
Two most prominent risk management models
Dynamic risk assessment and crew resource management.
A continuous process of identifying hazards and risks and taking steps to eliminate or reduce them in the rapidly changing circumstances of an operational incident.
Dynamic risk assessment
What are the two components of dynamic risk assessment
Organizational responsibility
Individual responsibility
What does the crew resource management (CRM) program provide
Better team work, improved communication and problem solving, promotes team member input while preserving legal authority, and provides for proactive accident prevention.
4 critical leadership skills of Crew Resource Management (CRM)
- Authority
- mentoring
- conflict resolution
- mission analysis
Which step in critical leadership skills involves all of below
A.involves the leader identifying core conflict issues encouraging B.diplomatic questioning of the actions/decisions of others
C.acknowledging differences of opinion
D. accepting constructive criticism.
Conflict resolution
What is a key safety behavior
Never breath smoke.
Routine fire range from small cooking fires or typical room/contents fire to?
Fire that are beyond the point where offensive interior operation is reasonable
In many departments, the policy for cordon off an area for structural collapse is
An area equal to one and one-half times the height of the structure
Safety and survival on the fire ground are dependent on a number of equally important elements, name 3
Working inside the ICS
Making sure orders are understood
And maintaining SA
What is the purpose of the accountability system
To ensure that only those who are authorized and properly equipped to enter an IDLH, and are allowed to do so
Also, to control movement into and out of hazards
Name three benchmark events on the fire ground
Changing of attack modes from offensive to defensive
Significant changes in conditions (flashover, mayday, etc)
Fire control or extinguishment
What is one of the most fundamental rules of firefighter safety and survival
Everyone looks out for everyone else
Safe and effective strategy and tactics can be employed to mitigate the risk, when what happens
When the problem is defined, Safe and effective strategy and tactics can be employed to mitigate the risk.
Acceptable degree of risk based on the IFSTA principles of risk management
High risk, life safety
Moderate risk, property saving potential
No acceptable risk, where neither life or property can be saved
Collapse Indicator
Heavyfire—noprogressafter10-12 kin in wood ordinary construction
• Walls/floors bowing or sagging
• Distortion of doors/windows
• Beams pulling away from supports
• Little or no runoff while using heavy streams
• New cracks developing or moving
• Walls disassemble under stream impact
What greatly increases the risk of structural collapse
Dead loads
