Questions and Answers
What is the primary objective of firefighting operations?
Life safety
What is the term for a vehicle equipped with a fire pump and hose for fire attack and water supply?
Pumping Apparatus
Which of the following is not a part of Outside Truck Work?
Captain
What is the term for a subset of a single Company comprised of two or more individuals?
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What is the term for placing an apparatus at a designated location and maintaining a state of readiness until an assignment is received?
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Study Notes
- All firefighting operations will be conducted under an Incident Management System (IMS).
- The Incident Priorities for firefighting operations are Life Safety, Incident Stabilization, and Property Conservation.
- Unless there is an immediate need for rescue, no interior operations will begin until there are two firefighters available outside the structure who can attempt rescue of firefighters, if necessary.
- The guidelines for fireground operations are as follows: Aerial Apparatus, Apparatus Capability, Backup Team, Blitz Attack, Captain, Chief, Lieutenant, Inside Division, and Inside Truck Work.
- The Outside Truck Work area includes tactical functions such as laddering, ventilation, forcible entry, utility control, and salvage.
- Any Company may be assigned Outside Truck Work.
- Pumping apparatus is a vehicle equipped with a fire pump and hose for fire attack and water supply.
- Team is a subset of a single Company comprised of two or more individuals who have been assigned a common task, are in communication with each other, coordinate their activities as a work group, and support the safety of one another.
- Standby is to place an apparatus at a designated location, perform any needed activities associated with standing by at that location, and maintain a state of readiness until an assignment is received.
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