Extrication
After a scene size up, this is the first task that needs to be completed prior to any extrication
What is Vehicle Stabilization
An explosion that occurs when air is let into a oxygen starved fire. STAY LOW! GET DOWN!
What is a Backdraft
The moving section/sections of a extension ladder and some combination ladders.
What is the fly section
An extremely, sturdy, and therefore safe, fixed loop. Used by emergency personnel to loop around a victim's body and under their armpits for rescue operations.
What is The Bowline Knot
The second arriving truck should be sent to this area of the building
What is the FDC/stand pipe
The vertical post that support the vehicles roof
What is A, B, C post
This event inverts the temperature of a fire with the hottest on the floor and the moderate at the ceiling
What is Flashover
Rope or cable used for hoisting and lowering the fly sections of an extension ladder.
What is the Halyard
Easy to tie and untie, this is a popular knot (or hitch) often used to tie off an extension ladder or hoist tools
What is The Clove Hitch
The second chief to arrive on scene establishes staging in this area
What is the lobby
IF A VEHICLE WERE ON ITS SIDE, WE WOULD USE THESE TO STABILIZE THE VEHICLE
What are rescue struts
Last stage of fire development
What is Decay
The ladder should be extended this far beyond the roof edge (preferably) to provide both a footing and a handhold for firefighters stepping on or off of a roof.
What is 3 - 5 rungs
This is a very versatile knot most commonly used for attaching ropes to anchor points
What is The Figure 8 Knot
Usually located 2-3 floors below the fire
What is interior staging
WHEN A VICTIM’S LEGS ARE TRAPPED UNDER A DASH AND RAMS ARE NOT AN OPTION, THIS TYPE OF PROCEDURE WOULD BE BEST UTILIZED
What is a DASH ROLL
The class of a combustible metal fire
What is Class "D"
the position of the ladder is placed up wind below to the window with the tip about even with the top of the window sill.
What is the rescue position
A knot used to tie 2 ropes of different diameter together
What is the Sheet/Becket Bend
It is okay to use these during a high rise fire. However actions like ensuring control and not going past the fire floor are important when making the decision.
What is an elevator
A type of glass that is specially treated to become harder and more break-resistant that a plate of glass or a single sheet of laminated glass
What is tempered glass
what is temperature reduction
Devices attached to the inside of the beams on the fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
What are the Pawls or Dogs
A knot is used to join 2 ends of webbing together
What is the Water Knot
Unit responsible for water supply during high rise ops
What is the second unit on scene