1. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer — Lesson 17 Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4 th Edition Chapter 17 — Preincident Planning

2. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–1 Learning Objectives 1.Select facts about preincident planning. 2.Match to their definitions the NFPA 220 types of building construction. 3.Match to their definitions the International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) types of building construction. (Continued)

3. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–2 Learning Objectives 4.Identify different types of roofs. 5.Choose correct responses about the preincident survey. 6.Select facts about conducting the preincident survey. (Continued)

4. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–3 Learning Objectives 7.Select facts about fire loading. 8.Select facts about fire protection and structure ventilation systems. 9.Choose correct responses about water supply information that should be gathered during a preincident survey. (Continued)

5. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–4 Learning Objectives 10.Select correct responses about developing preincident plans. 11.Apply the process of preincident planning to a facility.

6. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–5 Preincident Planning Process of gathering/evaluating information, developing procedures, and ensuring the information remains current; consists of: –Developing positive public relations –Conducting preincident survey –Managing preincident data –Developing preincident plans

7. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–6 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type I –Fire-resistive construction –Structural members of noncombustible or limited combustible materials (Continued)

8. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–7 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type I (Continued)

9. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–8 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type II –Noncombustible or noncombustible/limited combustible construction –Similar to Type I except that the degree of fire resistiance is lower –May include materials with no fire- resistance rating (Continued)

10. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–9 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type III –Exterior walls and structural members that are portions of exterior walls are made of noncombustible or limited combustible materials –Interior structural members may be made of wood (Continued)

11. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–10 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type III (Continued)

12. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–11 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type IV –Exterior and interior walls and their associated structural members are of noncombustible or limited combustible materials –Interior structural members made of solid wood with no concealed spaces (Continued)

13. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–12 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type IV (Continued)

14. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–13 NFPA 220 Types of Building Construction Type V –Exterior walls, bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, trusses, arches, floors, and roofs entirely or partially of wood or other approved combustible material

15. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–14 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type I –Noncombustible materials characterized by the use of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry structural elements (Continued)

16. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–15 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type IA –Frame and walls – 3 hours –Floor – 2 hours –Roofs – 1½ hours Type IB –Frame and walls – 2 hours –Floor – 2 hours –Roofs – 1 hour (Continued)

17. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–16 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type II –Noncombustible materials but with a reduced fire-resistance rating when compared with Type I construction –Bearing walls and floors have a 1-hour fire- resistance rating (Continued)

18. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–17 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type IIA –Noncombustible fire-resistive materials similar to Type I buildings insofar as the structural elements must be of steel, concrete, or masonry Type IIB –Approved combustible materials, but materials used may have no assigned fire- resistance rating (Continued)

19. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–18 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type III –Structural elements of any materials permitted by code –Exterior bearing walls – 2-hour rating –Type IIIA –Materials that will provide a 1-hour fire- resistance rating throughout –Type IIIB –Lacks 1-hour fire-resistance requirement (Continued)

20. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–19 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type IV –Structural elements of any type permitted by the code with exterior walls of noncombustible materials while interior building elements constructed of solid or laminated wood with no concealed spaces –Permanent partitions –Structural frame members – 1-hour fire- resistance rating (Continued)

21. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–20 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type IV (continued) –Exterior walls –Wooden columns –Floor framing –Roof framing –Roofs (Continued)

22. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–21 International Building Code ® (IBC ® ) Types of Building Construction Type V –Wood frame construction –Structural elements and exterior and interior walls constructed of any materials permitted by code –Type VA – 1-hour fire-resistance rating for all structural elements except nonbearing interior walls and partitions –Type VB – Non-fire-rated structural elements

23. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–22 Roof Types Flat Pitched Arched Concrete Metal Lightweight construction

24. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–23 Preparation Consideration factors Priorities Tools and equipment Survey schedules Facility survey information Public relations Preincident Survey

25. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–24 Process Corrections Information records Exterior survey Interior survey Safety hazards Building conditions Conducting Preincident Survey

26. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–25 Fuel load Different procedures Documentation Fuel load composition Considerations Fire Loading

27. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–26 HVAC systems Built-in ventilation devices Underfloor air distribution systems Fire protection systems Fire Protection/Structure Ventilation Systems

28. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–27 Water Supply Locations of supplies Locations of connections Sizes/locations of water mains

29. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–28 Developing Preincident Plans Success Essentials only appraoch Highly structured approach Facility survey drawings Written reports Preincident plans

30. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–29 Summary Safety and effectiveness of emergency operations can be enhanced by information about occupancies. The best way to gather/use this information is through a preincident planning process. (Continued)

31. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–30 Summary Benefits of preincident planning process: –Provides accurate information –Trains personnel

32. Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 17–31 Discussion Questions 1.Discuss the importance of preincident planning and give examples of situations where it might be especially useful. 2.Which preincident plan do you think is better, the essentials-only type or the highly structured and detailed type? Why?