S-215 TEST

Understand incident priorities

Protect life, stabilize incident, avoid damage to property

What defines SOP's and may limit the activities in which firefighters in interface activities may engage

Agency policies

Understand how different specialized resources can be used in an interface incident

Aircraft, dozers, etc.

Understand factors that can affect your triage decision on a structure

Fuels, weather, terrain

Parts of a structure that are vulnerable to entry or catching fire

Corners, eves,

Who has the authority to perform a burnout

Crew Boss

What do we never compromise on any incident

Safety

List and understand key factors that can impair decision making

Distraught homeowners, business owners that are negatively impacted by the fire, firefighters with a local connection to the fire or the area that it is burning

Name ways to safely position fire apparatus

Facing towards escape route, avoid blocking escape routes, avoid parking next to heavy brush

List the interface unique hazards in the interface in relation to traditional wildland firefighting

Structure protection, civilian life safety, hazardous materials,

Definition of a TRA

A pre identified area where firefighters can immediately take refure for temporary shelter and short term relief without deploying their shelters

Definition of a safety zone

A pre identified area where firefighters can take refuge without deploying their shelters

Definition of deployment site

An area where firefighters can deploy their fire shelters

The ops section chief has the authority to perform

Backfiring

Identify at least 1 resource to gain pre planing information

Community wildifire protection plan

Know different actions for structure protection

Defensive, offensive and combination

List many different items to consider and identify while completing pre incident planning for WUI incidents

Escape routes for civilians, trigger points for evacuations, evacuation protocols

List a few items to consider when assessing the effectiveness of action plan

Expected fire behavior,

Do we lock doors after we prep a structure

No

Know items that are a part of a size up on an interface incident

Note the locations of safety zones and escape routes. • Note the number, arrangement, and types of structures. • Are structures safely defensible? • Are water supplies available? • Where is the fire currently in relation to the structures? • What are the factors that are causing the fire to spread, such as fuels, weather, and topography? • What is the current and expected fire behavior? • Are adequate resources available to do the job at hand?

Know different duties that we should be doing after the fire has passed

Patrol the area, mop up

Know and understand 4 structure triage categories

Prep and hold, standalone, prep and leave, rescue drive by

Tactics used for defensible and non defensible structures

Prep and leave, prep and hold,

Know what an after action review should focus on

The what not the who

The IC can declare

an evacuation order