Search & Rescue
Know Your Tools
More WATER!!
Where on LD3?
I Want to Pump You Up
100
Rapid but thorough search to determine the location of victims; performed either before or during the fire suppression operations.
What is primary search?
100
This tool is used to pull all types of lock cylinders and is typically used with a halligan.
What is K-Tool?
100
Water can be found in these 3 states.
What is solid, liquid, gas?
100
TIC
What is behind passenger jump seat in cab?
100
Nozzle pressure for hand held smooth bore.
What is 50 psi?
200
This should always be carried with you when assigned to perform a search operation.
What is a tool?
200
This tool is designed to cut behind the protective collar of a lock cylinder and maintain a hold so that the lock cylinder can be pried out.
What is an A-Tool?
200
This is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.
What is 212 degrees?
200
Backboard
What is on the aerial ladder?
200
Approximate GPM flow of master stream with 1 1/2" tip.
What is 600 GPM?
300
Two firefighters are assigned to search. One stays outside of a designated area and directs the other to search using a TIC.
What is TIC directed search?
300
This flat steel tool resembles a wide bladed putty knife with a notch cut in one edge of the glade can provide firefighters rapid access to outward swinging latch-type doors.
What is a Shove Knife?
300
When water converts to steam it expands approximately this many times.
What is 1700?
300
Water Can
What is passenger side 2nd compartment or compartment 11 on check off sheet?
300
Approximate GPM of 2.5" hand-line with 1 1/8" tip.
What is 265 GPM?
400
These are on our search rope and would indicate you were going away from the fire and to safety.
What are metal rings?
400
Wedge shaped tool that will widen and break the shackles of padlocks, much like using the hook of a halligan.
What is a Duck billed lock breaker?
400
The density of liquids in relation to water.
What is specific gravity?
400
Sprinkler Wedges
What is driver side last compartment or compartment 5 on check off sheet?
400
Our 2.5" Bresnan Distributor nozzle flows 250 GPM at this nozzle pressure.
What is 100 psi?
500
When a search is conducted on a structure a detailed account of the search can be provided using an X on the outside of the structure searched. These 4 things should be included in the X.
What is Search team name, date and time search team left the structure, total victims still inside, hazards?
500
This tool is made of rigid heavy gauge wire designed to fit through the space between double swinging doors to engage panic hardware.
What is a J-Tool?
500
The temperature at which a liquid absorbs enough heat to change to vapor.
What is boiling point?
500
Hose Clamp
What is top of the truck just above the pump panel?
500
200' of 1 3/4" handline with a fog nozzle flowing 200 gpm will have this pump pressure.
What is 180 psi?
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