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What are the 2 search methods
The IN-ON-UNDER is a good method of searching obstacles and objects you may come across in the incident area
What are the positives of a directional search (2 answers)
What are the negatives of a directional search (2 answers)
What is the positive of Compartment searching method
What are the negatives of the Compartment search method (2 answers)
When a BA team is briefed to route directly to certain location within the incident, they must still do the BA shuffle
If a casualty is located, emphasis must be on removing the casualty to ‘safe air’ as quickly as possible
On locating a casualty, you should reassure them, team gauge check, ensure all team members don’t get drawn to casualty and hand kept on wall, radio ECO, check around casualty for others or to see if they are trapped, and what (3 answers)
On returning to ECO, you should inform them of the number of rooms fully or partially searched, types of room searched, unusual features, casualties located/removed/left in situ, and what (2 answers)
What two procedures need to be adopted when working in limited visibility
When working in limited visibility and concentrating on self protection, there are three actions you consider. They are movement, gauge readings, and what
How is Turn Around Pressure calculated
What is the final equation for GUN
Doors open towards and away
Gauge checks are conducted just prior to entering incident, prior to moving between compartments, prior and after changing levels, and where else (3 answers)
The triangle of fire involves Heat, Oxygen, and what
Heat can be transmitted in 3 different ways, Conduction, Convection, and
Starvation eliminates a fire through removal of what
Smothering eliminates a fire through removal of what
Cooling eliminates a fire through removing what
Pyrolysis is the chemical decomposition of a substance by heat
Carbon monoxide has an auto ignition temp of what
What are the 3 levels of the limits of flammability
The lower explosive limit is
The upper explosive limit is what
The ideal mixture is the particular concentration of a gas where the amount of O2 and gas is exactly right for a combustion to occur and burn quicker, with the most intensity, force and energy
The neutral plane is
How many stages are there to a fire
A flashover’s signs and symptoms include Ventilated compartment, high temp in the compartment, radiated high temp from overpressure, flames visible in overpressure, and what (2 answers)
Deflagration is the chemical reaction of a substance in which the reaction front advances into the unreached substances at less than sonic velocity
Signs and symptoms of a backdraught include compartment fire with limited ventilation, smoke being pushed out under pressure from the building potentially causing a whistle sound, windows blackened with no signs of flame, and what (3 answers)
EN 137 allows for the back plate to be removed from the user whilst face mask still in use
Under what circumstance may a BA set be removed
What would you considering when taking off your back plate and cylinder, you would check if it was absolutely necessary, you would allow for a greater use of air as you went through the obstacles, do not drop the set through unknown risks, good communications are essential, and what (2 answers)
Key points to consider when moving around with your back plate off include, it doesn’t pose a threat to the face seal, contact is maintained with the set at all times, procedure for negotiating obstacles, the wearer shouldn’t be forced through a restriction, and what (2 answers)
Who will often first be nominated to carry the patient out of the incident
What considerations would you give other than the BA member with the most air to carry the patient, including wearer fatigue, orientation of team member who led in, fitness and strength levels, close proximity of casualty to exit, only one adult casualty per team of 2 or 3, and what (2 answers)
When would guidelines be used, when searching a large building with complicated layouts, and
The total length of a guideline is
The length between the short and long strings on a guideline is
The length of the short knot string on a guideline is
The length of the long knot string on the guideline is
The distance between a set of knots on a guideline is
What is the maximum amount of guidelines you can have per entry control point
What is the across size of a branch line letter tab, and what is the size of the letter
What is the size of the rectangle branch line tally and what is the size across of the holes for numbering
Branch guidelines cannot be extended (unless in certain circumstances following a suitable risk assessment)
A branch line is deployed when the distance of the area of search from the main guideline is greater than the length of one personal line (6 m)
The actions taken when encountering a team exiting the risk are whilst guidelines in use are; Outgoing team takes precedent, BA team leaders should communicate their numbers and intentions, the team entering the risk area should take a knee, incoming team members should ensure all karabiners are held together so outgoing team can clip over the top, and what
If a BA wearer gets lost/disorientated, they should stop, communicate with the team, follow a hose line, locate a wall/try to identify landmarks, locate a door/window, and (2 answers)
When you are entrapped you should relax as much as possible, breath calmly and gently, operate the DSU, and (3 answers)
If your partner becomes trapped, you should consider staying/going, comforting and reassuring them, gauge check, and (2 answers)
Under no circumstances will HART staff deploy into areas within an incident where active firefighting is in progress
An emergency team will be deployed if a wearer fails to return to the ECP by the time of whistle and no contact can be made, a distress signal is heard and it cannot be communicated as accidental, it is clear a dangerous situation is developing, where audible/visual indicators suggest a wearer is in distress, and (2 answers)
An emergency team in a stage 2 setup will take in with them an E.A.S.E pack, guideline, axe, halligan bar, ladders, rescue line, and (2 answers)
What does RIDDOR stand for
Under RIDDOR, when is an incident non-reportable
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