This week the Tactical Fire Problem is for my friends at the coastal communities that may or may not have any shipboard firefighting experience. Just because you may or may not have the specialized experience, you might still have the fire!

Take a look.

1.) Name three differences between fighting this fire and a “standard” structural fire?

2.) How much fuel might you find on board one of these vessels?

3.) Have you ever been on board and/or preplanned one of these vessels if you have them in your response area?

4.) What other agencies might be involved in assisting you for this emergency? What is their response time to your area? Have you trained and preplanned with them?

5.) What is your initial attack pan, and brief initial report or C A N report on this incident?

This week we move away from our standard structural and suburban incidents and move toward the shore line a bit. Take a look.

1.) Have you pre-planned your piers? I once operated on a pier fire that reached over 600 feet out into the water. Length of the stretch and pumper access? How close can you get?

2.) What is the construction like and what will it take to extinguish creosote soaked timbers?

3.) How are you going to deal with the “under” pier fire?

4.) What marine resources do you have to assist you, and can they get access to the underside?

Can you use foam or another agent and what are the potential risks if any in using it?

This week the Tactical Fire Problem is for our folks that cover railways and train emergencies.

1.) How much fuel could you anticipate in a railway locomotive fire?

2.) Do you have track areas that are both diesel and electrified?

3.) What is your plan for a locomotive that may be in an area of the tracks that is very remote?

4.) What steps will you use to identify the consist and potential exposure of other rail cars?

5.) What are some of the other concerns that might be considered here? What other agencies will be involved?