TACTICS & STRATEGY II Fire Suppression

TACTICS The methods of directing and employing, people, equipment, and extinguishing agents on the fireground to most efficiently protect life and property.

STRATEGY The overall plan.

Tactics & Strategy What we do and how we do it.

Size - Up Considerations NAME SOME

Size Ups Who does size-up? First arriving company officer Later arriving Chiefs Incident Commander Every FF on the scene constantly re-evaluate

Priorities Rescue Exposures Confinement Extinguishment Overhaul Salvage Ventilation Coordinated Fire Attack

Ventilation #1 Priority Reduces heat and smoke build-up Confines the fire Line in place Reduce flashover potential East access for rescue & extinguishment Buy time for victims Vent & Enter Concept

Rescue Primary Search Initial Quick Check most obvious places for survivors Hallways Bedrooms Living areas

Rescues Secondary Search Multiple Victims Later More thorough largest endangered group has priority screamers on balconies jumpers hangers

Tactical Modes Offensive Fast, aggressive Vent & Enter Interior Attack Lines keep advancing Primarily handlines blitz with a master stream Straight streams NOT

Attacking from the unburned to burned. Fire Attack Attacking from the unburned to burned. Dwellings garages

Tactical Priorities Marginal modes of operation offensive/defensive interior attack will go to defensive defensive/offensive initial attack defensive offensive after a big hit

Tactical Priorities Defensive Exterior operations master streams and big hand lines No interior crews accountability

Tactical Priorities Mode of Operation Decisions Risk a lot to save a lot Risk our lives a lot to save savable lives. Offensive Risk a little to save a little Risk our lives a little to save savable property. Marginal Risk nothing to save nothing Don’t risk our lives at all to save what is already lost. Defensive

Tactical Priorities ? Factors Burn Time Construction Type How long have we been operating Have we slowed or stopped the forward movement of the fire why not ?

Apparatus Capabilities & Jobs Engines Aerials Ladders Towers Snorkels Quints

Apparatus Capabilities Tankers Squads /Rescues Ambulance Fire Boats Pool Vehicles

Bring the tools to the the job!! Riding Assignments Bring the tools to the the job!! Nothing Showing Smoke Showing Extrication EMS

Resources Personnel # = Size of fire Location Building Use Weather Life Hazard Fire Flow - 50gpm / FF

Resources Apparatus Size of the fire Location Water Supply Fire Flow - 500gpm / engine Life Hazard Aerials

Resources Fire Flow Iowa Formula L x W x H = Fire Flow 100

Specific Structure Fires Single Family Dwellings Kill the most firefighters Houses are big VES bedrooms First Line Between fire and occupants Front door - interior stairs

Specific Structure Fires Single Family Dwellings Horizontal ventilation fastest Heavy fire - vertical vent more than room & contents Check for extension

Specific Structure Fires Attached Garages Check the door on the interior side for integrity if its good, leave it closed attack from exterior Caution - prop open garage doors

Specific Structure Fires Attics Basements Exposures

Specific Structure Fires Multi-Family Multiple Rescues Ventilation Protect Exits Stairs Fire Escapes Truss Roofs Cocklofts

Specific Structure Fires Mercantile, Business, Taxpayer Roof vent quick Large hand lines Master streams Extension other units Forcible entry problems

Specific Structure Fires Mercantile, Business, Taxpayers Rapid heat & smoke build up fire in void spaces basements Facades Rear of building cellar doors different elevation Dwelling units

Specific Structure Fires Industrial, Warehouses Light weight construction Heavy fire load Haz-Mat Large open areas Processes Machinery

Specific Structure Fires Educational Large life hazard younger children Resources school staff Panic parents showing up on scene EMS

Specific Structure Fires Institutional Jails Health Care & Hospitals Occupants can’t escape on their own Staff assistance required guards / nurses Total evacuation not always possible shelter in place horizontal exits

More Fires Vehicle Fires Rubbish Wildland Others

Other Emergencies Technical Rescue Trench Collapse High Angle Confined Space Water Animals

RIT FF Safety #1 Two in - Two Out = LAW RIT Team / Sector Dedicated Company at IC At least 4 FF’s Ready for search, heavy rescue

Return to Service First in, first home Fresh crews for clean-up Keep change companies for a while Re-Hab Debrief