Chapter 7 Flashcards
(36 cards)
The second and third arriving officers should
Find more details about the building from the preincident plan and relay critical information to the first arriving officer and the rest of the responding personnel via of radio.
The purpose of preincident planning is to know
The building and their various components before an incident occurs at the facility
The basic information needed
Includes
Name of the business
Owner/occupant contact info
Key holder info
Any immediate life hazard found
Should be mitigated while on scene.
A tour of the basement and crawl space will reveal
the building construction features such as truss floors
While completing the interior tour, note
Built in fire protection devices such as the presence of sprinkler systems, standpipe connections, hood systems, and fire alarm systems. Note the location of the fire alarm control panel
Other items that need to be noted on the interior building tour include
The location of electrical panels, how doors are locked and how they can best be forced open, and the location of firewalls or smoke separations
NFPA 1620
Standard for pre-incident planning
Consider filing plans by
Address instead of business name due to change in occupancy name over time
Very important to include
A date on the pre-incident plan, which allows the company officer to know how the old the plan is.
General information
Building name and address, identification as a target hazard, occupancy classification, keyholder information, phone numbers, contact names, and business hours
Access information
Overhead extractions and access issues
Water supply
Hydrant locations, distance to hydrants, and alternative water supply
Rescue
Number and ability of occupants to various times of day
Exposures
Buildings, hazard materials, wildland , etc.
Forcible entry
Best way to force entry, possible entry points, how the entries are locked, and blind openings, and the location of locked box.( such as know box)
Ventilation
Horizontal and vertical openings and possible then points
Building features
Construction type, type of walls, roof type, any firewalls, type of doors, protection of vertical or horizontal openings, number of stories, height, ground floor area, square footage of building, total cubic feet, and the fire flow needed to extinguish a fully involved fire
Fire protection equipment
Alarm systems, standpoint and their location, siamese , special systems(such as a hood system), location of extinguishers, sprinkler system, location of the FDC, post indicator valve(PIV), and or outside stem and yolk(OS&Y)
Utilities
Location of electrical, gas, water, and HVAC disconnects
Remarks
Date of the initial pre-incident plan and updates, and an area for special information
The second component of a pre-incident plan
The map of the building and grounds, maybe one page or several pages depending on the size of the complexity of the building
Circle with “SP”
Reflects a standpipe
Triangle with “FG”
Reflects flammable Gas
