Types of Search and Rescue
Types of Drags/Carries
Equipment
Vocabulary
General questions
100

Another term for counter-clock-wise search

What is right-hand search

100
Supporting a conscious victim by draping their arm around your shoulders
What is one-person walking assist
100
This device allows you to breathe in a contaminated atmosphere
What is an SCBA
100
Looking for victims who need assistance leaving a dangerous area
What is search
100
This is when a firefighter has to force his/her way into a closed/locked room
What is forcible entry
200
Another term for clock-wise search
What is left-hand search
200
Two rescuers supporting a victim by draping his/her arms around them
What is two-person walking assist
200
This device is used to help find firefighters that need help
What is a PASS device
200
Assisting or removing a person out of a dangerous area
What is rescue
200
An explosion caused by re-introduction of oxygen in a non-oxygenated place
What is backdraft
300
A quick initial search and rescue
What is primary search
300
A rescuer carrying a victim by laying him\her around their shoulders.
What is firefighter carry
300
Section(s) laid out and charged with water to extinguish a fire
What is a hose line
300
Opening the ceiling to check for fire or for ventilation
What is a ceiling breach
300
Used to measure the pressure within an SCBA
What is a pressure gauge
400
A second, more thorough search
What is secondary search
400
A rescuer dragging a victim by the collar
What is a clothes-drag
400
Senses and reads heat to show firefighters where there may be fire or a person
What is a thermal imaging device
400
A fire reigniting
What is rekindle
400
When a firefighter has to rescue/save his/her self due to extreme measures
What is self-rescue
500
A search and rescue approach in which 1-3 firefighters search a room while an officer remains at the door.
What is officer-led search
500
A rescuer dragging a victim by mounting him/her and wrapping the victim's arms around the rescuer's neck
What is a firefighter drag
500
This tool is used when it's impossible to cover the interior by following the walls
What is search rope
500

A procedure in which the search team enters and exits through a window

What is vent-entry-search

500
Factors to consider when assessing whether or not a victim may be inside a burning building
What are occupancy factors
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