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