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What is the best rate of climbing stairs to minimize fatigue?
What is the best rate of climbing stairs to minimize fatigue?
- 1 step every 2 seconds
- 1 step every 3 seconds
- 1 step every 4 seconds
- 1 step every second (correct)
What is a recommended practice when going to upper or lower floors?
What is a recommended practice when going to upper or lower floors?
- Go up empty-handed
- Bring needed equipment (correct)
- Utilize duct tape
- Plan to establish a back-up hose line
What is the best way to ensure that personnel resources are sufficient?
What is the best way to ensure that personnel resources are sufficient?
- Recognize the time and distance requirements
- Anticipate the need for relief companies (correct)
- Relieve the entire company when any one member requires relief
- Establish a back-up hose line for each primary interior hose line
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Study Notes
- In high-rise/mid-rise fires, it can take longer for orders to be turned into action due to the time and distance requirements.
- Always bring needed equipment when going to upper or lower floors, and never go up empty-handed.
- Recognize that it will take longer to transform orders into action and establish sufficient personnel resources.
- Climb stairs at a rate of 1 step per second to minimize fatigue.
- Relieve the entire company when any one member requires relief due to fatigue or depletion of air.
- Anticipate the need for relief companies well in advance due to the limited operating time on the fire floor and the time required to get relief companies in position.
- Utilize duct tape over door bolts to maintain locking doors in an unlocked position.
- Plan to establish a back-up hose line for each primary interior hose line placed into operation.
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