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What is the purpose of the procedure described in the text?
What is the purpose of the procedure described in the text?
- To provide guidelines for engine companies at structure fires (correct)
- To define terms related to firefighting
- To increase teamwork, safety, and efficiency in engine companies
- To assign engine companies specific tasks
What is the definition of flow path?
What is the definition of flow path?
- The path that firefighters take to reach a fire objective
- The location of exposure lines
- The direction of air movement during a fire (correct)
- The type of attack used for fire extinguishment
What is the purpose of the back-up line during an offensive attack?
What is the purpose of the back-up line during an offensive attack?
- To protect personnel operating the interior attack line (correct)
- To extinguish fires from the exterior
- To control the flow path of the fire
- To provide additional water supply
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- Standardized assignments for engine companies increase teamwork, safety, and efficiency
- Command may assign engine companies specific tasks that deviate from pre-designated assignments
- Purpose of the procedure is to provide guidelines for engine companies at structure fires
- Definitions include terms such as apartment lay, attack line, backup line, CAN/CANAL report, defensive attack, door control, exposure line, exterior water, fire attack engine, FDC, and flow path
- Apartment lay is used when pre-connected attack line cannot reach fire objective
- Back-up line protects personnel operating interior attack line during offensive attack
- CAN/CANAL report requests information on conditions, actions, needs, air, and location
- Defensive attack uses exterior attack lines for fire extinguishment and/or exposure protection
- Door control tactic involves closing doors until hoselines are advanced through them for fire attack
- Flow path is the direction of air movement during a fire and should be identified and tactics implemented to support or restrict it.
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