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By Forest Reeder This week's drill challenges the fire attack team to select the correct type and length of attack line to go to work on an apartment building fire. Several alternatives exist for …
… whereby initial arriving fire companies are required to have two members stand by for a rescue effort in case the initial attack team becomes lost, trapped, or incapacitated. Fire departments across the country have implemented standard operating …
… original citation would have made it impossible for firefighters to do their jobs. The Feb. 7 citation said the initial attack team violated eight of the 10 Standing Firefighting Orders and took no action to mitigate 11 of the 18 "Situations That …
… someone who escaped from the mobile home tipped off firefighters that people were still inside. "We put together an attack team with thermal-imaging cameras," he said. They went inside the narrow single-wide home. Four people were brought …
… fell. One of those falling trees killed Anne Veseth, 20, of Moscow. The citation, dated Feb. 7, said the initial attack team violated eight of the 10 Standing Firefighting Orders, including maintaining proper communications, being aware of …
… initial reaction and apply it to some practice scenarios. In most of the scenarios, the answer is obvious. If I am the attack team on a two-story, single-family residence with fire on division 2, I would prefer to have a backup team at the bottom …
… and burned at worst. Suppose an attack team is positioned at the door to a ..... to the exterior, away from the attack team . This is how it is supposed to ..... through the entry point of the attack team . Because of this lack of coordination …
… five minutes elapsed from the time the first attack team left the building until the second attack team went back into the building. This second attack team reported it could not return to its original …
… dedicated search component to your attack team , in which the team moves with ..... things: It allows you to move your attack team more precisely to where it needs ..... finding a victim. By moving with the attack team , you have a better chance of uncovering …
… the pump panel waiting for the attack team to advise when the line is ready ..... feed the hose for the advancing attack team . This prevents the attack crew ..... of the structure and advise the attack team to check on the inside. If the …
