Command and control ics chapter 8. Garden Apartment Fire Strategy

• Scenario involves a garden apartment with a single entrance, smoke and flames from a third-floor bedroom window, indicating a life-threatening fire situation.

Problem Identification

• Fire is located in one apartment, likely originating in a bedroom.
• Potential for occupants being trapped or overcome by smoke in the apartment of origin and other third-floor apartments.
• Risk of fire extension into the attic space and through the firewall into adjacent sections of the building.
• Initial resources are insufficient to handle all necessary tasks.

Strategy

• Prioritize rescue operations and primary search of the building.
• Implement exposure protection measures by checking for fire extension in adjacent sections.
• Confine the fire by checking the attic and nearby apartments.
• Extinguish the fire.
• Conduct ventilation to remove smoke from the third floor.

Tactics

• Rescue: Assign a company to search the third floor, reinforce as needed, and search lower floors to ensure all occupants are outside.
• Exposure: Assign a company to check for fire extension in the adjoining section on the other side of the firewall.
• Confinement: Deploy one hoseline to the apartment of origin and a second to the third floor for backup or to extinguish any extension into the attic or adjacent apartments. A third line may be necessary to combat a potential attic fire.
• Extinguishment: The hoseline in the apartment of origin should be capable of extinguishing a room-and-contents fire.
• Ventilation: Perform horizontal ventilation of the third floor; vertical ventilation may be needed if there is significant fire extension into the attic.

Tactical and Task Assignments

• Engine 1: Establish a water supply, deploy a 1 3/4-inch hoseline, and attack the fire in the apartment bedroom; request a second alarm and two additional medical units.
• Engine 2: Establish a water supply and extend a 1 3/4-inch hoseline to the third floor; the officer will be assigned as Division 3 by the Incident Commander (IC) and given command of Engine 1’s interior crew.
• Engine 3: Designated as the Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC) and standby at the Command Post.
• Truck 1: Assigned as Rescue Group by the IC; conduct primary searches in pairs and perform ventilation as they proceed. One team should immediately ventilate the windows of the fire room before beginning the search.
• Engine 4: Check for fire extension in the section on the other side of the firewall; the officer will be designated as Exposure D.
• Engine 5: Assist the Rescue Group with primary searches of the rest of the building.
• Truck 2: Assigned as Vent Group to assist engine companies with smoke removal and forcible entry into walls and ceilings.
• District Chief 1: Assume the role of IC upon arrival and reassign the officer from Engine 1 to their crew working for the officer of Engine 2, who is Division 3.
• Medic 1: Assigned as Medical Group by the IC; establish an area to locate and treat victims and assess the situation for additional medical units.
• Medic 2: Assigned to the Medical Group.

ICS (Incident Command System) Organization (Two Alarms)

• Command, Safety, RIC-3, Division 3, Rescue Group, Exposure Group, Vent Group, Medical Group.
• Command oversees Safety, RIC-3, and branches out to Division 3, Rescue Group, Exposure Group, Vent Group, and Medical Group. Staging area is implied.
• Division 3 manages Engine 2.
• Rescue Group consists of Truck 1 and coordinates with Engine 5.
• Exposure Group is handled by Engine 4.
• Vent Group is managed by Truck 2.
• Medical Group includes Medic 1 and Medic 2.
• Engine 1 supports Division 3.