Chapter 3 Engine Company Operations

Question 0

The primary consideration in the placement of the first hoseline for access to a fire in the cellar when an interior attack is ordered is via?

Answer 0

The entrance door that provides the quickest access to the fire area

Question 1

When the first arriving engine company backstretches to the hydrant, they should?

Answer 1

Consider dropping 2 Handlines in front of the building

Question 2

The status of the interior cellar door (open, closed, burned through, unable to locate, construction) should be communicated to?

Answer 2

The IC

Question 3

The first hoseline in a cellar fire should be stretched?

Answer 3

• To the entrance door that provides the quickest access to the cellar
• Bilco doors only utilized as last resort

Question 4

What is the paramount concern in making the decision to advance down the interior cellar stairs?

Answer 4

The safety of members

Question 5

In cellar fires When the first hoseline is stretched through the main entrance door but does not advance down the interior stairs into the cellar, then the first hoseline will?

Answer 5

• Maintain its position on the first floor to protect members, protect stairs, and extinguish extension
• interior cellar door should be maintained CLOSED when an exterior cellar entrance or other cellar access point is used for attack
• This hoseline on first floor will remain in first floor until fire is controlled