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TACTICAL PROBLEM

Tactical Fire Problem – Fire in a downtown Taxpayer.

The tactical problem this week is a commercial building in a downtown area.

 

1.) Based upon your first alarm resources, how would you deploy tour personnel and apparatus.

2.) What would be the starting pump pressure using an 1 3/4″ line with a smooth bore nozzle for the line reaching the fire floor? How long is that length of line?

3.) How many personnel will it take to search the upper floors? How long will that take?

4.) How long will you be on scene?

5.) How many major fires of this magnitude has your department had? How many of your members were present at that fire? Does the lack of practical experience in fires of this type affect your decision making?

 

Thanks! Stay safe, and stay thinking!

Pete Lamb

Copyright 2014

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TACTICAL PROBLEM

Tactical Problem – House Fire with a victim

We are looking at a rather small house fire and while we are making the size up, things change rapidly.

1.) What impact does the live, and critically burned female have on your first due crews capabilities? How many personnel to treat her and be removed from firefighting duty?

2.) What would cause a young woman to stay inside the structure so long as to endanger her own life?

3.) Based upon your first due resources is a greater alarm warranted ?

4.) Based upon the size of the structure and information from this victim, how long do you think it will take to do the search? (in minutes)
Consider fire conditions.

5.) Based on the facts of a known burn victim, and probable other victims, do you think there has been a delay in alarm? What does a delayed alarm mean to the first due crew?

Pete Lamb
Copyright 2014