Lt Questions 1 Flashcards
You arrive as the 2nd due ladder for a top floor fire in a 4 window front Row Frame building. The LCC, after setting up the aerial and realizing that he is not needed for rescue or laddering operations, should report where?
Into an exposure as directed by his officer
*Row Frames (10.3) If the exposure is an IDLH he needs to team up with another member
What does it mean when the Handie Talkie LED is a steady red when the mic is keyed?
HT is transmitting
*Communications 11 Add 1 2.1
The Engine and Truck respond 1st due for a Class 3 Valve Alarm. You arrive and discover a defective alarm valve. You transmit the following correct report.
10-18, 10-34-1
*Communications 8 Pg. 9
There are 3 acceptable ways to supply air to the inflatable water rescue hose. What are they?
SCBA
FAST Pak
Apparatus Air Outlet
*Water Rescue 1, ADD 1,
You respond to an EMS run for a hand injury. Upon arrival you find a 32 year old male with a minor burn to his hand which he received from a defective stove flame. What signal would you transmit?
Transmit a 10-45 Code 4 and request the response of a BC
*Comm 8 2.8 10-37 Note
You respond “engine only” to an ERS no contact box. Upon arrival you find a fire on the 2nd floor of a 2 story vacant private dwelling marked with an X in a box. You would be correct to order an interior attack after performing a risk assessment based on which factors?
Current structural stability of the building.
Any known life hazard.
Size and location of the fire.
Verification of safe access to fire area
*Vacants 1.1.3
When activated, glow sticks will provide up to how many hours of illumination?
12
*TB tools 30
During chainsaw operations, which member(s) must wear chaps?
Both the operator and the control person must wear chaps
*TB tools 24 7.3
Due to the need for speed and mobility in Private Dwelling Fires, what size hoseline is recommended?
1 3/4
*FFP PDs Ch 3 1
True or False
“An IED can be as lethal as conventional military explosives”
True
*ERP Add. 3 2.2
You arrive as the first due Truck for a fire on the 6th floor of a Class “A” High Rise Fireproof Multiple Dwelling. Which member operates the elevator?
Nobody!
*FFP MD FIRES sec 6.1.3 a&b.
Stairs shall be used when the fire is on the seventh floor or below.
Tower Ladder 163, riding with an officer and 5 firefighters arrives first for a fire on the 3rd floor of a 4 story H-type building. Fire is showing from 2 windows on the front of the building. No other units are on the scene yet. Who will compose the Safety Team until the arrival of additional units?
The OV and LCC firefighter
*FF Procedures Managing Members in Distress Chapter 1 (2.1.1)
Your ladder company arrives at the scene of a person pinned under a NYC subway car in a subway tunnel. The assigned Battalion Chief is going to be delayed to the scene. As the officer in charge of the scene, your first consideration should be to determine what?
Whether power should remain on or be removed.
*AUC 207 (3.2)
All but which of the following operations are to be considered routinely within the capability of a single unit?
- Oil burner emergency
- Food on the stove
- Sprinkler discharge
- Carbon monoxide detector activation
Carbon monoxide detector activation
*AUC 233 (1.2)
Ladder Company 138, assigned as the FAST Unit, arrives on the scene as a MAYDAY is transmitted. The IC decides the Handi-Talkie Emergency Channel will be used and orders the FAST Group to turn their Handi-Talkies to this channel. The officer of Ladder 138 would be correct to have his members change to which channel?
16
- FF Procedures Managing Members in Distress Chapter 5, Addendum 1 (1.1)
You receive an assignment to respond in to an All Hands fire as the Salvage Truck. You would be correct to respond in which manner?
10-20 (Modified Response)
*ABC 2-2011 2.1
As a Ladder Company officer arriving at a High-rise building for a single unit Class E alarm, how many members go into the building with you to investigate?
All of your firefighters except the chauffeur.
*The chauffeur shall remain in the apparatus to monitor both the Department radio and HT for additional information and relay information between the officer and dispatcher. ABC 5-94 Add 1 2
While wearing your Handie Talkie it begins to “chirp”. What does this sound mean?
Radios that chirp have approximately 5-10% of their full charge battery capacity remaining with battery power just above the power threshold for transmitting a 5 watt emergency alert.
E-287 responded to a patient with difficulty breathing. They placed him on supplemental oxygen. The patient’s son shows you a valid DNR and requests that your members cease all care. You would be most correct to?
Continue to give appropriate care but not CPR (CFR CH 2 6.2.1A)
Ladder 7 is assigned to perform void searches at an east side building collapse. They come across an “X” that has been spray painted above an opening. Lt Shields knows that the information in the top quadrant will contain what?
The time the company searching this void exited the area.
- Collapse Add2 (4)
Aerial Ladder 112 arrives 2nd due for a fire on the 3rd floor of a 4 story Brownstone without a fire escape. 112’s OV checked the rear for occupants and assured that ventilation was completed. The OV returned to the front of the building where he was not needed for laddering operations. Unless instructed otherwise by his officer, where should the OV now report?
To his officer above the fire.
*Brownstones 2.7 OV Duties
When using the TIC in an Interior Search and Rescue Operation, what is the proper way to scan the area?
Operators should begin at the ceiling and
use a side-to-side scanning
motion, slowly working their
way to the floor area. This will compensate
for the narrow field of view of the TIC.
*TB Tools 27 3.3
Engine 249 and Ladder 113 are the first to arrive units for a fire on the 12th floor of a 20 story high rise fireproof multiple dwelling. Upon entering the lobby they see that the only available elevator is non fireman service. Which members would be correct to take the elevator first?
The Ladder Officer, Forcible Entry Team, Engine Officer, Nozzle FF and Control FF
- MD 6.1.3 F states these particular engine FF’s with all roll ups and standpipe kit.
Ladder 3 arrives 1st for a reported fire on the 14th floor of a 50 story high rise office building. What is the first duty of the LCC?
Conduct a preliminary inspection of the exterior of the building.
- High-Rise Office (8.3.1 C)
