TB 106 - Structure LCES Flashcards
(37 cards)
What does LCES stand for (4critical actions for initial wild land operations)?
Look out
Communication
Escape routes
Safety zones
What are the 3 additional direct causes of firefighter injury or death in the wild land areas?
Location
Conditions
Safety equipment
The end result of LCES is now what? (LLCCESS)
Look out/location
Communication/condition
Escape routes
Safety zones/safety equipment
It will be the what that do not occur that should drive the risk analysis of crews?
Changes
It is critical to what for the indicators that might suggest an analysis of their current location and operation?
Look up, down, and around
If who is operating immediately outside the structure, this person gets the big picture of what’s going on inside and outside the structure?
Engineer
Prior to initiating interior operations make sure you have established the best what for access?
Location
Most importantly identify the best location with sufficient area to what should conditions begin to deteriorate?
Exit
The location selected to initiate operations as a first arriving company on scene will become a what for the operations for the balance of the assignment?
Focal point
Communication among members operating at incidents is always best when accomplished how?
Face to face
Doing what forcefully on the line should indicate to the crew that they need to retreat and investigate the cause of the alarm?
Pulling back
Sounding the horn for how long and repeating this cycle 3 times for a total of how many seconds indicates that all companies need to retreat to their safe area?
Horn for 10 seconds
Silence for 10 seconds
Total of 50 seconds
What kind of condition can dramatically impact a brushfire?
Santa Ana condition or wind direction change
The sudden introduction of air by companies opening a building for interior fire attack often will result in what condition?
Flashover or backdraft
For conditions, the most important decision will be knowing when to what a consider the risk vs gain?
Regroup
All too often the only life hazard present at an incident is the lives of who?
Firefighters
A what in a structure fire is the same direction you entered will involve reversing direction on the hoseline?
Escape route
When using the hoseline as an escape route it is imperative that you do not do what with the hose within the structure?
Coil (spaghetti)
When retreating on the hoseline as your escape route, you should pull as much what out of the line as possible?
Slack
A what should be set up to further highlight the doorway at the earliest convenience?
Quartz light
Setting up the quartz lights should be a standard procedure for who once the lines are in operation?
Engineers
Handheld spotlights are also excellent for leaving a what of light at key intersections and/or doorways?
“Trail”
What are not normally located above rolling steel doors and should be considered for advancing firefighting lines?
Facades or mezzanines
A what is an area that does not require SCBAs or hoselines?
Safety zone or safe refuge area
