FIRE ENGINEERING: FIREFIGHTER RESCUE &
SURVIVAL - KOLOMAY/HOFF || A+ VERIFIED.
The greatest concern of all fire departments is correct answers Rescue and survival of their own
Always remember to take your firefighting profession seriously-- correct answers Never stop
learning and be receptive to change
What must be agreed upon in the field of firefighter rescue and survival is the statement correct
answers "Never give up!"
Rapid intervention in an emergency is correct answers The act of immediate involvement to
assist, search, and/or rescue
A team of firefighters or specially trained personnel at the scene of the emergency in a combat-
ready position with gear, equipment, and tools correct answers Rapid intervention crew or team
Much to the credit of the Fire Department of New York City, the concept of a rapid intervention
team was actually conceived after correct answers The Equitable Bank Building fire in
Manhattan on January 9, 1912
Resulting in the creation of Rescue Squad Company #1
Between the 1900s and 1980s , with the exception of New York City, much of the fire service
did not formally address correct answers any concept or training of firefighter rescue
the 1997 edition of the NFPA 1500, standard on fire department occupational safety and health
program, section 6-5 appendix 1, correct answers addressed RITs, and it outlined a concerted
effort toward firefighter rescue
In an effort to comply with NFPA 1500 Sec. 6-5 App. 1, standard questions started to arise
correct answers Who should be the RIC?
Who would they report to?
What would they do when they arrive?
How should they respond of needed for rescue?
Where do we get the people to make a RIT when we cannot get enough people to fight the fire?
NFPA 1710 and 1720 correct answers Address staffing recommendations for paid
urban/suburban and paid on-call/volunteer fire departments
FOHT BC John Norman staffing comment correct answers "To rescue people or accomplish any
other task, you must have able-bodied personnel to do the job!"
The fact is that a minimum staffing of two firefighters to compose a RIT is not only _____ but
also _____ correct answers Ineffective
Potentially dangerous
,The removal of a semiconscious or unconscious firefighter from a second floor window requires
a minimum of correct answers Four rescuers provided that surrounding conditions are stable
Committing two firefighters to a second floor, unconscious rescue it like correct answers
Sending them on a Kamikaze mission
Physical challenges are presented in the form of correct answers Ladder raises
Crawls
Victim drags
Extrication
Equipment familiarity under the harshest conditions is necessary to operate correct answers TICs
SCBA
Work with search and rescue rope
Possibly the most challenging demand is correct answers Mental toughness that is required to
enter a building in uncontrolled fire conditions, with a potential for collapse, along with the
added knowledge that a time bomb is ticking relative to the survivability of one of our own
To be in a trained state of readiness, prepared for a catastrophic event that might endanger, inure,
or cause death to our brothers and sisters who are committed to fighting fire, is correct answers
An extremely noble cause
The aggressiveness of RIT members is shown by their ability to communicate with _____ and
_____ concerning structural and fire conditions while preparing for the _______ correct answers
IC
Other team members
"worst case scenarios"
Two essential behaviors for any RIT officer correct answers Focus
Discipline
Realizing that complacency can be a killer, correct answers The RIT officer again must stay
focused
The event is mixed with correct answers Adrenaline
Fear
Emotion
and pure dependency upon one another as a team to get the job done
John F Kennedy
Profiles in Courage correct answers "A man does what he must, in spite of personal
consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures - and that is the basis of all human
morality"
, FDNY Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn correct answers "In order for a firefighter to survive the
danger of firefighting, he or she must know how other firefighters have died"
The number one fire ground killer is correct answers Structural collapse
Fire ground strategy training sessions, building construction classes, preplans, self education
correct answers Are all avenues used to increase awareness of a firefighter's "number one killer"
The year 2000 there were _______ fire attended by public fire departments correct answers
1,708,000
Being the lowest recorded number of annual fire by the US Fire Admin
LODD have remained constant and in _____ actually worsened as a single year correct answers
1999
NIOSH was funded in 1998 to investigate correct answers firefighter fatalities throughout the US
The goals of NIOSH LODD investigations are correct answers To better define the magnitude
and characteristics of work related deaths and severe injuries among firefighters
To develop recommendations for the prevention of these injuries and deaths
To implement and disseminate prevention efforts
Injuries and fatalities are due to repeated reasons mentioned by NIOSH as PREVENTABLE
correct answers poor physical fitness
poor fire/rescue training
inadequate training
poor communications
inadequate equipment scba, pass, tic, etc.
lack of written fireground procedures
no accountability system
Injuries and fatalities are due to repeated reasons mentioned by NIOSH as NON
PREVENTABLE correct answers Unpredictable explosions
Structural collapse
Rapid change in fire behavior
NFPA report in 2002
A 24 year study from 1977 to 2000 correct answers Firefighters are dying inside structure fires at
a rate that parallels the 1970s
It is hoped the combined efforts of sound leadership, quality training, and lessons learned from
the fatality reports in conjunction with strong enforcement of a RIT policy, correct answers that a
definitive and constant decline in firefighter injuries and fatalities will result.
SURVIVAL - KOLOMAY/HOFF || A+ VERIFIED.
The greatest concern of all fire departments is correct answers Rescue and survival of their own
Always remember to take your firefighting profession seriously-- correct answers Never stop
learning and be receptive to change
What must be agreed upon in the field of firefighter rescue and survival is the statement correct
answers "Never give up!"
Rapid intervention in an emergency is correct answers The act of immediate involvement to
assist, search, and/or rescue
A team of firefighters or specially trained personnel at the scene of the emergency in a combat-
ready position with gear, equipment, and tools correct answers Rapid intervention crew or team
Much to the credit of the Fire Department of New York City, the concept of a rapid intervention
team was actually conceived after correct answers The Equitable Bank Building fire in
Manhattan on January 9, 1912
Resulting in the creation of Rescue Squad Company #1
Between the 1900s and 1980s , with the exception of New York City, much of the fire service
did not formally address correct answers any concept or training of firefighter rescue
the 1997 edition of the NFPA 1500, standard on fire department occupational safety and health
program, section 6-5 appendix 1, correct answers addressed RITs, and it outlined a concerted
effort toward firefighter rescue
In an effort to comply with NFPA 1500 Sec. 6-5 App. 1, standard questions started to arise
correct answers Who should be the RIC?
Who would they report to?
What would they do when they arrive?
How should they respond of needed for rescue?
Where do we get the people to make a RIT when we cannot get enough people to fight the fire?
NFPA 1710 and 1720 correct answers Address staffing recommendations for paid
urban/suburban and paid on-call/volunteer fire departments
FOHT BC John Norman staffing comment correct answers "To rescue people or accomplish any
other task, you must have able-bodied personnel to do the job!"
The fact is that a minimum staffing of two firefighters to compose a RIT is not only _____ but
also _____ correct answers Ineffective
Potentially dangerous
,The removal of a semiconscious or unconscious firefighter from a second floor window requires
a minimum of correct answers Four rescuers provided that surrounding conditions are stable
Committing two firefighters to a second floor, unconscious rescue it like correct answers
Sending them on a Kamikaze mission
Physical challenges are presented in the form of correct answers Ladder raises
Crawls
Victim drags
Extrication
Equipment familiarity under the harshest conditions is necessary to operate correct answers TICs
SCBA
Work with search and rescue rope
Possibly the most challenging demand is correct answers Mental toughness that is required to
enter a building in uncontrolled fire conditions, with a potential for collapse, along with the
added knowledge that a time bomb is ticking relative to the survivability of one of our own
To be in a trained state of readiness, prepared for a catastrophic event that might endanger, inure,
or cause death to our brothers and sisters who are committed to fighting fire, is correct answers
An extremely noble cause
The aggressiveness of RIT members is shown by their ability to communicate with _____ and
_____ concerning structural and fire conditions while preparing for the _______ correct answers
IC
Other team members
"worst case scenarios"
Two essential behaviors for any RIT officer correct answers Focus
Discipline
Realizing that complacency can be a killer, correct answers The RIT officer again must stay
focused
The event is mixed with correct answers Adrenaline
Fear
Emotion
and pure dependency upon one another as a team to get the job done
John F Kennedy
Profiles in Courage correct answers "A man does what he must, in spite of personal
consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures - and that is the basis of all human
morality"
, FDNY Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn correct answers "In order for a firefighter to survive the
danger of firefighting, he or she must know how other firefighters have died"
The number one fire ground killer is correct answers Structural collapse
Fire ground strategy training sessions, building construction classes, preplans, self education
correct answers Are all avenues used to increase awareness of a firefighter's "number one killer"
The year 2000 there were _______ fire attended by public fire departments correct answers
1,708,000
Being the lowest recorded number of annual fire by the US Fire Admin
LODD have remained constant and in _____ actually worsened as a single year correct answers
1999
NIOSH was funded in 1998 to investigate correct answers firefighter fatalities throughout the US
The goals of NIOSH LODD investigations are correct answers To better define the magnitude
and characteristics of work related deaths and severe injuries among firefighters
To develop recommendations for the prevention of these injuries and deaths
To implement and disseminate prevention efforts
Injuries and fatalities are due to repeated reasons mentioned by NIOSH as PREVENTABLE
correct answers poor physical fitness
poor fire/rescue training
inadequate training
poor communications
inadequate equipment scba, pass, tic, etc.
lack of written fireground procedures
no accountability system
Injuries and fatalities are due to repeated reasons mentioned by NIOSH as NON
PREVENTABLE correct answers Unpredictable explosions
Structural collapse
Rapid change in fire behavior
NFPA report in 2002
A 24 year study from 1977 to 2000 correct answers Firefighters are dying inside structure fires at
a rate that parallels the 1970s
It is hoped the combined efforts of sound leadership, quality training, and lessons learned from
the fatality reports in conjunction with strong enforcement of a RIT policy, correct answers that a
definitive and constant decline in firefighter injuries and fatalities will result.
