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Equipment
Where On The Apparatus?
5 Senses
Response and On Location
100
The primary structure specifically designed to remove smoke from caves, huts, and buildings through vertical draft.
What is a Chimney?
100
Single ladder equipped with folding hooks on one end.
What is a Roof Ladder?
100

The location on E 2511 where the chimney kit is located.

What is the passenger side rear compartment?

100
During a chimney fire, what you may see in addition to smoke, coming out of the top of the chimney.
What is fire (flames)?
100
You are dispatched for a chimney fire. Due to the nature of the call, this general response type is warranted.
What is a Structure Fire response?
200
A tangible byproduct of incomplete combustion. Adheres to tile, unlined, flexible metal, and joints in flue liners.
What is Creosote?
200
A high-tech device carried on both engines, designed to detect and visually depict varying levels of heat and assist in finding "hidden" fire.
What is a Thermal Imaging Camera?
200

Salvage tarps on E2511 may be found here.

What is the officer's side front compartment?

200
Sometimes with a chimney fire, you may hear this persistent "lion-type" sound coming from the upper flue area.
What is roaring?
200
The ongoing process of gathering and analyzing information that will influence decisions fire officers make and actions firefighters take.
What is size-up?
300
A specialized, heavy, "linked" device which may be lowered into a chimney to break up blockages.
What is a Chimney Chain?
300
"Blanket-like" devices that may be put down to protect floors and other interior areas of the house. Some may be fireproof and are commonly used during overhaul.
What are Salvage Tarps?
300

You've been asked for the ventilation fan on E2511. This is where you would find it.

What is the rear compartment, below the hose bed?

300
You've determined with your hand that the walls adjacent to the fireplace are hot. You've used this sense.
What is touch?
300
A specific number that represents a complete walk-around of the scene, noting the conditions of emergency, potential hazards to personnel, and deployment of resources before making strategic decisions.
What is a 360?
400
What the "stove crew" inside must always be doing with the "chimney crew" on the roof. Talking is a form of this.
What is Communication?
400
A mandatory piece of equipment to be worn by all roof personnel to protect from smoke and carbon monoxide.
What is SCBA?
400

The toolbox is needed from E2511. In which compartment is it located?

What is driver's side, engineer's compartment.

400
You may be able to smell this byproduct of combustion before it becomes visible.
What is smoke?
400
All members should have properly donned this before boarding apparatus.
What is Personal Protective Equipment or Full Turnout Gear?
500
The most common of the hazardous substances contained in smoke that is a product of combustion, should be monitored during the incident, and may necessitate the use of SCBA.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
500
A powdery extinguishing agent, typically found in extinguishers with the designation "A-B-C". Also found in small baggies, or "chimney bombs" in the chimney fire kit.
What is Dry Chem?
500

The attic ladder on E2512 is located here.

What is behind the extension ladder?

500
An ever-present dangerous byproduct of incomplete combustion, which none of the senses can detect.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
500
A method of determining which firefighters are inside the structure at any given time.
What is accountability?
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