This week we are looking at a 2 story vacant/abandoned wood frame.
 

1.) Assuming you have a good hydrant supply line what is the correct action for the first engine?

2.) What advantages does the location of the fire give you?

3.) Interior?  Transitional?  Defensive only? Blitz?

4.) Identify three dangers in this scenario.

5.) Do you “inventory” the vacant  and abandoned buildings in your response district?

This week we look at an old abandoned shed, maybe on a farm.

1.) This sheet metal structure with an advanced fire inside, what is the risk model for this incident?

2.) What is your attack plan?

3.) What resources might you need for this scenario?

4.) What unusual possibilities might complicate this scenario?

5.) Check your response district and see if you have any of these old neglected structures, maybe without a water supply nearby.

This week we have a fire inside a large warehouse recycling facility.

1.) What is the best method of extinguishment here? What could be used to assist in extinguishment?

2.) What are the products that may be found here? How will this affect your operation?

3.) What is your plan for overhaul? How will this be accomplished?

4.) Based upon the size of the building are there any ventilation challenges?

5.) Besides normal structure fire precautions, are there any additional safety concerns here?

This week the Tactical Fire Problem is a warehouse adjacent or attached to a large store.

1.) What is your Brief initial C A N report? How do you describe the warehouse? Is it One story, or do you describe the height?

2.) What is your initial attack line and where does it go?

3.) Name three challenges that the chain link fence poses?

4.) Identify 3 safety challenges posed by this incident?

5.) Are the sprinklers operating or not?

This week we are looking at a structure fire in a storage building/

1.) As you look at the building with no markings, what other information can you find in this response that might give clues to contents?

2.) Looking down the “D” side estimate the length of the building.

3.) How advanced is the fire based upon smoke conditions?

4.) The smoke condition appears to be emanating from a horizontal joint near the roof line. What can this tell you about possible construction, if anything?

5.) What is the attack plan? How many lines, what size, and where and how?

This week we have a problem in a commercial freight elevator.

1.) What type of building would you find a freight service elevator like this? What is the age and/or construction of the building?

2.) What are the ventilation considerations if this is in the basement or lower level?

3.) Is the fire contained to the car or is smoke spreading from somewhere else, depending upon floor it is located on?

4.) What could the contents be?

5.) How do you make entry and/or operate, or secure this car?

This week we take a car fire but our exposure is a wood frame building. Is it “just a car fire”?

1.) What is the standard response in your FD for a car fire?

2.) What is your first priority when you arrive on scene? (Trick question here, think about it)

3.) What size attack line and where? (Another trick question!!)

4.) Have you ever recreated this scenario in one of your in service training drills?

5.) Tank water? Supply line? Enhanced water stream with agent or foam?

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?