High-Rise Incident Preparedness

To provide life safety for persons in immediate danger.

To designate evacuation stairwell and keep it free of smoke.

To establish command and identify fire floor.

To provide guidelines for personnel to safely and effectively mitigate incidents at high-rise structures. (correct)

If the incident involves two or more companies and is judged by the on-scene ranking officer to have the potential for escalation. (correct)

If the fire floor has been identified and confirmed.

If the first arriving officer chooses to establish command.

If there is a need to designate an evacuation stairwell.

Decide upon evacuation routes vs. sheltering in place, designate evacuation stairwell and keep it free of smoke.

Provide for life safety of persons in immediate danger, search and rescue priorities.

Establish command, verify fire floor, potential for escalation.

Consult pre-fire plan early in the incident, establish command, identify fire floor, water supply, ventilation, lobby control, accountability. (correct)

<p>By checking the alarm panel and/or direct visual confirmation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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