Promotional Scenario 02

If you require special resources, call and assign themYour pre-incident information shows that 321 Liberty Street is a three story garden apartment complex built of wood frame construction with light-weight wood truss constructed floors and roof. Within the building there are a total of six apartments off a common, unenclosed interior stair with a skylight. The building measures 30′ x 60′ and has a street setback of 40′. (No pre-plan diagram provided)As you arrive on the scene, you observe heavy smoke showing from an open second floor balcony door. As you exit your vehicle, Fire Dispatch advises all responding units that they have reports of occupants trapped in the top floor apartments.As the Incident Commander, what are your actions and orders?

ANSWER KEY:
- Establish, name, and ID Command
- Describe situation with a brief initial radio report to fire dispatch and incoming units
- Request/stage additional resources; (use Promotional Prep’s U2 PERS WAR + acronym)
- Conduct a scene size-up noting the fire’s location, trapped occupants, truss support systems, and the ability of the fire to spread via stacked kitchens
- Establish an offensive strategy
- Develop an Incident Management plan for the incident.
- Have arriving engine companies place their apparatus to facilitate ladder company placement and operations
- Have E-1 and E-2 establish primary and secondary water supplies
- Have E-1 stretch a 1-3/4 hoseline into the front door, interior stair to the fire apartment (Apt.C)
- Hoseline # 1’s objective is to protect the primary means of egress, place the hoseline between the fire and any endangered occupants, and to locate, confine, and extinguish the main body of fire
- Have E-2 stretch a back up hoseline
- Hoseline #2’s objective is to back up E-1 initial fire attack… if not needed the hoseline will be stretched to the floor above to protect the FF’s involved with the search of trapped occupants as well as to halt any vertical fire extension
- Have E-3 (second alarm company) stretch a third hoseline to halt any concerns with auto exposure and protect any ladder/balcony/window rescues
- Have L-1 place their apparatus infront of the fire building
- Have the interior team force and then conduct a primary search of the fire apartment ( Apt.C) and floor above
- Have the exterior team ladder the building for a secondary means of egress
- Have exterior team vertical ventilate stair skylight
- Have L-2 (second alarm company ) assist with top floor searches
- Have L-2 assist with exterior laddering and horizontal ventilation
- Search landscaping for jumped occupants
- Coordinate occupant removal with EMS
- Have both ladder Companies utilize TIC to check for fire extension (remember fire’s location and note fire spread via stacked and back-to-back kitchens)
- Determine fire spread/involvement into truss supported areas and request report on the same
- Control all utilities
- Conduct periodic PARS
- Have all assigned Divisions/Groups or companies give progress reports to Command
- RER the incident IAP if necessary
- Place incident under control
- Conduct R&R and rotate companies in from staging
- Conduct salvage and overhaul
- Assist with cause and origin operations
- Terminate incident
- Secure building/apartment
- Check CO levels before returning occupants
- Turn building over to owner/responsible party
- Provide shelter for displaced occupants
- Conduct post incident analysis
- Complete incident reports upon returning to quarters
Student Note: The enclosed answer key is a brief summary of the needed content for your oral exam. Depending upon your assessment design and time frame, candidates should be prepared to expand on key areas related to their strategy and tactics.

Resources:

Promotional Scenario 02

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