What are the strategies used in firefighting?
10 Strategies Firefighters Use to Fight Wildfires
- CONTROL LINE.
- BURNING OUT.
- BACKBURN.
- FLANKING.
- HOT SPOTTING.
- KNOCK DOWN.
- COLD TRAILING.
- AERIAL ATTACK.
What are the three primary strategies in a fire incident?
Decisions on the emergency incident are reached as incident managers consider three main incident priorities: Life Safety (both the occupants and the responders), Incident Stabilization and Property Conservation.
What are the three components of effective fire prevention?
Engineering, education, and enforcement have been staples in the fire prevention world for a long time. These same principles can be used to prevent firefighter injuries.
What is defensive fire fighting?
The defensive mode is chosen to isolate or stabilize and incident to ensure it does not get any worse. This may mean sacrificing the building on fire to save others that are not involved. During the defensive operation, place large exterior fire streams between the fire and the exposures to prevent fire extension.
What is the difference between strategy and tactic for the control of fires?
Strategy is what we intend to accomplish at a fire; tactics are the evolutions required to accomplish it.
What does RFB mean firefighter?
RFB – Remember Fallen Brothers.
Which is the first priority when reporting a fire?
The absolute FIRST PRIORITY in a fire emergency is to evacuate everyone in the home. Time is the most import factor in a fire. Any delay may increase the danger, and decrease people’s chance to escape. CLOSING THE DOORS on the way out will help contain smoke and fire spread – giving more time for evacuation.
What are the five E’s of fire prevention?
In the FIre Service, we often speak of the 5 E’s of Community Risk Reduction. The 5 E’s are Education, Engineering, Enforcement, Economic Incentives/Disincentives, and Emergency Response. These 5 E’s form the foundation by which we plan, establish, and measure our CRR activities and programs.
What are the components of fire protection plan?
Fire-protection and life safety systems include building exit systems, fire-alarm systems, and fire-suppression systems. Fire-prevention codes specify the proper maintenance and repair of these systems.
What is defensive and offensive?
Summary: Offensive behavior is characterized as an attacking and active attitude, while defensive behavior, coming from the recipient of all action and intention, is a combination of alertness and a passive position.
What disrupts the ventilation strategy and causes the fire to grow?
What disrupts the ventilation strategy and causes the fire to grow? counter effects of natural ventilation.
What should be included in a fire strategy?
Your fire strategy should describe the applicable design standards for external vehicle access, hydrants, location and number of access points, fire fighting lifts, internal access, dry/wet rising fire mains, etc.
What is the best way to plan a fire attack?
Planning time is extremely limited. Develop fire plans to concentrate fires on forward enemy elements. If time permits, use quick fire planning techniques to plan fires. Fires should be massed on the forward units and are continuous until the final coordination line is crossed or as directed by the commander.
What is the product of fire support planning?
Therefore, each FSO from company through brigade must add those two items to the considerations to adequately plan and coordinate fire support for an operation. The product of fire support planning is the fire support plan, a key component of the commander’s operation plan. The plan must be simple flexible, and descriptive.
What is a fully engineered fire risk strategy?
A fully engineered fire risk strategy will identify the extent of fire protection required throughout the building including linings, unprotected areas and external wall construction standard required. Both internal and external fire spread will be assessed.