Search & Rescue Operations
True or False?
Generally, the life risk in residential occupancies is lower at night and on the weekends.
What is False?
At least one member of each search team should be equipped with this.
What is a portable radio?
These are the three senses firefighters must rely on when searching.
What is sight, sound, and touch?
True of False
The secondary search should be conducted by the same team who conducted the primary search.
What is false?
Whenever possible use these escapes before using ground ladders.
What is a protected stairway, fire escape, or aerial tower?
Land-based efforts to find victims or recover bodies.
What is search?
These may be used during search operations to provide searchers with an anchor point that will help them maintain their orientation while searching for victims.
What is a search rope?
An immediate and quick search of the structures likely to contain survivors.
What is the primary search?
A return to flaming combustion after apparent but incomplete extinguishment.
What is rekindle?
This techniques should be considered when the occupants are conscious and are found in a part of the building that is adequately protected from the fire.
What is the shelter in place technique?
According to the risk/benefit analysis, firefighters should risk a lot to save a lot and risk a little to save this.
What is a little?
The _____ is responsible for managing the level of risk during emergency operations.
Who is the IC?
This type of primary search method is conducted by having the officer remain outside the individual rooms that are being searched, and 1-3 firefighters search the room.
What is the oriented search method?
This search is conducted slowly and methodically to ensure that no areas are overlooked.
What is the secondary search?
The most efficient method to remove and unconscious victim from a dangerous location is this.
What is a drag?
Physically removing an occupant from a dangerous environment.
What is rescue?
Once a room or apartment is searched, searchers should do this.
What is mark the door?
A primary search should be completed in this time frame.
What is 15 minutes or less?
The secondary search is conducted after this in regards to the fire.
What is when the fire is under control?
This is the simplest rescue.
What is the exit assist?
An offensive fire attack initiated by an exterior, indirect handline operation into the fire compartment to initiate cooling while transitioning into interior direct fire attack.
What is transitional attack?
This can be used in smoke-filled buildings to locate victims and search for hidden fires during size-up.
What is a thermal imaging camera?
This is also known as the rope search.
What is the team search method?
True or False
There are fewer risks to fire fighters during the secondary search than during the primary search.
What is true?
This type of carry an arm is placed around the child's back and the other arm under the thighs.
What is the cradle-in-arms carry?