What are the three fireground priorities?

During any incident, you have three strategic priorities: life safety, incident stabilization and property conservation. During many incidents, property conservation is not an issue for the fire department (example: trench rescue). The order of these strategic priorities never changes; life safety is always number one.

What does it mean to practice situational awareness on the fireground?

What does it mean to practice situational awareness on the fireground? Being observant about hazards and changing conditions.

What is NIST fire?

Quick Response of Sprinklers in Chemical Laboratories The Center for Fire Research and The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) teamed up and composed a series of fire tests in typical chemical laboratories in order to address the use of quick response sprinkler technology.

What are the three priorities in an aircraft fire fighting incident?

Decisions on the emergency incident are reached as incident managers consider three main incident priorities: Life Safety (both the occupants and the responders), Incident Stabilization and Property Conservation.

What are the five E’s of fire prevention?

In the FIre Service, we often speak of the 5 E’s of Community Risk Reduction. The 5 E’s are Education, Engineering, Enforcement, Economic Incentives/Disincentives, and Emergency Response.

What are the three typical levels of tiered training?

Tier 1 = Universal or core instruction. Tier 2 = Targeted or strategic instruction/intervention. Tier 3 = Intensive instruction/intervention.

How can control flow path?

Three main ways of controlling the flow-path: Isolating the flow-path (close doors; use smoke blockers and wind control devices) Ventilating the flow-path (reversing the flow-path with intent)

What is the study of fire dynamics?

Fire Dynamics is the study of how chemistry, fire science, material science and the mechanical engineering disciplines of fluid mechanics and heat transfer interact to influence fire behavior.

What is fire incident command?

Incident command is the foundation of fire and emergency scene operations, and incident commanders set the tone for how the scene will be managed.

What does the E stand for in slicers?

what does the E stand for in the acronym SLICERS? Extinguish the fire.