Promotional Scenario #12

Fire Service Promotional Test Preparation

Oral Assessment exercise: Chief Officer

At 14:30 hours on a warm July afternoon, you are dispatched to a reported fire at 1747 Ocean Ave. The building located at 1747 Ocean Ave. is a 1 story, Class 2 commercial warehouse measuring 225 ft. x 325 ft. Upon arrival, alarms are ringing and you observe smoke showing from the front door.

As you exit your vehicle a few employees are exiting the building yelling “there is a fire in the rack storage area.” At the same time a building manager comes up to you and states a few of employees are attempting to control the fire with extinguishers, but are not having great success. At that same moment the Fire communications Center contacts you via radio and states they are now receiving a smoke and sprinkler fire alarm for the same address. There is a 10 mph wind blowing from the west to the east. You respond with 2 Engine Co.s and 1 Ladder Co. You are the first arriving FD Unit.

QUESTIONS:

As you arrive, identify what actions you will take prior to assigning your resources?

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What strategy and tactics will you utilize in an attempt to place this incident under control?

Now that the fire is Under Control ………… (nice job)………. during overhaul, the Interior Team advises you that a storage rack of 5 gallon pails containing an unknown liquid has fallen and spilled on the warehouse floor creating a foul odor. What actions do you take?

ANSWER KEY:

Arrival Steps:

* Establish Command

* Attempt a multi-sided view

* Name/locate CP

* Question the building manager as it relates to:

* Number of employees still in the building.

* Contents burning as well as contents exposed/nearby.

* Obtain a copy of the MSDS from him.

* Best access to the fire’s location within the building. ( Big Building)

* Give a radio report/size up to dispatch and all in coming companies.

* Other value added responses:

Strategy and Tactics to Under Control:

* Request additional resources: Use Promotional Prep’s – U2 PERS WAR + Arson/Fire

Investigator, Haz-Mat. Team.

* Identify an Offensive operation:

* Advise members of any content information (MSDS-building manager) and the best

access to the fire.

* Engine Co.s:

* Establish primary and secondary water supplies.

* Supply the FDC – sprinkler.

* Stretch a 2.5 inch hose line to locate-confine and extinguish fire.

* Order/stretch back up 2.5 inch hose line.

* Use the reach of the stream to extinguish the content fire and also sweep the underside

of the truss supported metal deck roof.

* Utilize TIC to determine/confirm fire location and extent/spread.

* Have Ladder Companies:

* Raise aerial ladders to the roof.

* Vent skylights and natural ventilation openings (scuttle/access hatches).

* Horizontally vent opposite the movement of the engine companies movement.

* Coordinate all vent and search activities with engine companies movement.

* Search/Rescue and remove employees still within the building.

* Utilize search ropes with TIC’s

* Conduct air management (Big Building) with all members.

* Ready/open/control and advise all of secondary means of egress options.

* Utility control.

* Salvage where possible.

* Advise ALL member of the rack storage collapse concerns. Keep egress options open.

* Consider us of PPV to move “cold smoke.”

* IMS: Fire Attack, Vent and Search/Rescue Groups

* Conduct a PAR

* Seek Progress reports

* Review – Evaluate – and Revise Incident Action Plan (IAP) IF necessary.

* Place incident Under Control

* Other valued responses:

Hazardous Material involvement.

* Acknowledge the Interior Teams report.

* Transmit an URGENT message alerting all to the concern.

* Withdraw all fire fighters from the building.

* Conduct a PAR and account for all members

* Transmit an additional alarm(s). Staging Area identified.

* Re-adjust IMS for a Hazardous Material Operations

* IMS:

* Unified Command

* Operations with Confinement, Containment and Decon groups.

* Ensure you have back-up and RIT teams in place.

* Planning for Tech specialist

* Logistics for Supplies and Support

* Finance for cost recovery.

* Hazardous Material Involvement.

* Initiate Site Management and Control steps

* Isolate and deny entry/access to the area.

* Identify Control zones: Hot-Warm-Cold

* Announce that you have a Level 1 incident involving a hazardous material spill of

unknown content and amount.

* Attempt to Identify the product involvement through:

* MSDS

* Information- rack/storage content/layout from Building Manager.

* Conduct air monitoring to further assess product release.

* Conduct a Hazardous and Risk Evaluation.

* Review Haz-Mat data base, DOT ERG and/or Chem -Trec for technical assistance.

* Assess action options.

* Determine Level of PPE needed.

* Obtain wind speed and direction

* Response objectives:

* Dike/dam spill.

* Plug/patch/secure/pack any leaking pails.

* Test water runoff for contaminants.

* Seek progress reports from all areas.

* Decon members involved or exposed.

* Medical assessment of those same members.

* Rotate and Rehab.

* Assign clean-up responsibilities.

* Secure scene and turn it over to a responsible party.

* Terminate the incident.

* File all necessary incident reports.

* Conduct a post incident analysis.

* Other valued responses: