Fire Ground Roles

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Fire Ground Roles Responsibilities

• On scene reports
• Truck and seat assignments

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Response to the Incident

• Radio Monitoring
• What is the tone of the companies on scene?
• What assignments are being given?
• What information is dispatch giving?
• What is the Initial radio report?

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Incident Factors

• Time of day
• May indicate victim location
• Traffic Patterns
• Weather
• Crew condition
• Wind direction
• Location
• Building construction infrastructure
• Water supply
• Response
• Company type and manpower

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Crew Preparation

• Primary duties
• Life safety
• Water supply
• Utilities
• Fire Attack
• Secondary duties
• Back-up lines
• Secondary searches
• Reporting to IC

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Officer Tip

• During the response, make sure your crew is ready
  to go to work in the proper PPE, has their tools,
  and knows the assignments that they can be
  expected to perform.

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Personal Protection Equipment

• Properly worn turnout gear
• SCBA
• Personal Tools
• Life safety equipment

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Truck Placement

• When responding to fire incidents, apparatus
  operators must remember to approach the involved
  location in such a manner as to
• give the Officer the look the look at
  three-sides of the building, that is. This also
  makes room at the front, or address, of the
  building for incoming aerial apparatus. A little
  positioning fore-thought upon arrival will pay
  huge dividends in the long run.

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Reading Smoke BasicsInventory Key Factors

• Volume amount of fuel, fullness of windows
• Velocity rate of heat release, speed exiting
  from the structure
• Density Quality of burning, potential for other
  events flashover
• Color Illumination, shimmering, unusual, heavy
  carbon (fuel) based

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Reading Smoke BasicsWeight Other Factors

• Container Where is the smoke coming from, is
  this the origin or is it traveling to an opening
• Weather Low temperatures humidity usually mean
  low hanging smoke
• FF efforts Has entry been made or other openings
  that allow the smoke to migrate from areas of
  origin

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Reading Smoke BasicsDetermine Fire Status

• Getting Better Smoke changing is volume,
  velocity, density and color
• Getting Worse Increases is above with visible
  flames or other significant events

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Reading Smoke BasicsDecide on Tactics/Strategy

• Categorize The event one of three ways
• Stable Contained within an area
• Rapidly Changing Preflashover, developing
  significant heat
• Unpredictable Confusing, unstable fire behavior,
  plan for worst case scenario

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Based on the previous pictures

• 1. What type of strategy would each of these
  incidents be? Explain your
• reasons.
• 2. What tactical decisions would you make for the
  first arriving companies at these incidents?
  Explain your answers.
• 3. What is your inventory of the key factors
  regarding the smoke visible
• here? (Volume, Velocity, Density, Color) What
  will happen next?
• 4. Are these incidents getting better? Getting
  worse? Or unchanged?
• Explain your decision.
• 5. Based on the above information, is this a
  stable, rapidly changing or
• unpredictable situation?
• 6. Define your companies objectives at these
  incidents for First-in
• Engine and First-In Truck companies. What
  assignments do you
• have for Second-due units?

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Based on the previous pictures

• 1. What type of strategy would each of these
  incidents be? Explain your
• reasons.
• 2. What tactical decisions would you make for the
  first arriving companies at these incidents?
  Explain your answers.
• 3. What is your inventory of the key factors
  regarding the smoke visible
• here? (Volume, Velocity, Density, Color) What
  will happen next?
• 4. Are these incidents getting better? Getting
  worse? Or unchanged?
• Explain your decision.
• 5. Based on the above information, is this a
  stable, rapidly changing or
• unpredictable situation?
• 6. Define your companies objectives at these
  incidents for First-in
• Engine and First-In Truck companies. What
  assignments do you
• have for Second-due units?

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Based on the previous pictures

• 1. What type of strategy would each of these
  incidents be? Explain your
• reasons.
• 2. What tactical decisions would you make for the
  first arriving companies at these incidents?
  Explain your answers.
• 3. What is your inventory of the key factors
  regarding the smoke visible
• here? (Volume, Velocity, Density, Color) What
  will happen next?
• 4. Are these incidents getting better? Getting
  worse? Or unchanged?
• Explain your decision.
• 5. Based on the above information, is this a
  stable, rapidly changing or
• unpredictable situation?
• 6. Define your companies objectives at these
  incidents for First-in
• Engine and First-In Truck companies. What
  assignments do you
• have for Second-due units?

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Based on the previous pictures

• 1. What type of strategy would each of these
  incidents be? Explain your
• reasons.
• 2. What tactical decisions would you make for the
  first arriving companies at these incidents?
  Explain your answers.
• 3. What is your inventory of the key factors
  regarding the smoke visible
• here? (Volume, Velocity, Density, Color) What
  will happen next?
• 4. Are these incidents getting better? Getting
  worse? Or unchanged?
• Explain your decision.
• 5. Based on the above information, is this a
  stable, rapidly changing or
• unpredictable situation?
• 6. Define your companies objectives at these
  incidents for First-in
• Engine and First-In Truck companies. What
  assignments do you
• have for Second-due units?

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Based on the previous pictures

• 1. What type of strategy would each of these
  incidents be? Explain your
• reasons.
• 2. What tactical decisions would you make for the
  first arriving companies at these incidents?
  Explain your answers.
• 3. What is your inventory of the key factors
  regarding the smoke visible
• here? (Volume, Velocity, Density, Color) What
  will happen next?
• 4. Are these incidents getting better? Getting
  worse? Or unchanged?
• Explain your decision.
• 5. Based on the above information, is this a
  stable, rapidly changing or
• unpredictable situation?
• 6. Define your companies objectives at these
  incidents for First-in
• Engine and First-In Truck companies. What
  assignments do you
• have for Second-due units?

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Initial Radio Report

• Establish on scene and command
• Fast concise size up of structure
• Smoke Conditions
• Fire conditions
• Type of structure
• Need for additional manpower or equipment

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Special Hazards

• Power lines down
• Gas leaks
• Presence of animals

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Truck AssignmentResidential

• 1st Due Engine
• Driver Pump Operator
• Passengers Search/Attack Personnel

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Truck AssignmentResidential

• 2nd Due Engine
• Driver Water Supply
• Passengers Search/Attack Personnel

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Truck AssignmentResidential

• 3rd Due Engine
• Driver RIC
• Passengers RIC
• Can be used for outside operations that keep the
  crew intact.

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Truck AssignmentResidential

• Rescue Truck
• Establish or assume command
• Utilities
• Back up lines

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Truck AssignmentCommercial

• Tower 1
• Ventilation
• Support Functions
• Elevated Master Stream

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Personal Responsibilities

• PPE Wear all of it correctly!!!!
• Tools Come off the truck with tools and know
  how to use them!!
• Radios Everybody should have one, carry it if
  you get in trouble it is your responsibility to
  be able to call out let somebody know!!!
• SCBA This is your lifeline take care of it and
  know it!!!

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RIT Responsibilities

• Stay as a working Company
• Gather Tools and have them ready
• Perform a 360 degree walk around of structure