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This video demonstrates a safe and effective process for
managing a vehicle fire.
911.
What's the location of your emergency?
311 Hunters Court.
My husband was working on a care, and it is
on fire right now.
The car is on fire?
Step one, the dispatch.
Crew members will stop what they are doing, listen to,
obtain, and acknowledge the dispatch information.
Engine One, report to a car fire, 311 Hunters Court, 311
Hunters Court for a car fire.
Engine One understands.
311 Hunters Court for a car fire.
Step two, pre-board.
Crew members will properly don turnout gear and perform
accountability if not already accomplished.
The driver operator will perform an
apparatus circle of safety.
Step three, response.
The crew boards the apparatus, seated and belted, prior to
the response.
The crew will then don their SCBA and remainder of their
gear, ensuring that all safety checks are performed.
The officer advises Dispatch that they are en route.
Engine One in route.
Engine One in route.
[INAUDIBLE].
The driver will maintain a defensive driving strategy by
stopping on red and driving no faster than 10 miles per hour
over the posted speed limit.
[INAUDIBLE] ready.
[INAUDIBLE].
Guys are ready.
All ready.
Dispatch Engine One.
Engine One on scene.
[INAUDIBLE] car fire.
Engine One [INAUDIBLE] command doing a defensive
outside fire attack.
Engine One commanding a defensive outside fire attack.
Affirmative.
Step four, arrival.
The driver will position the engine to protect the crew.
The crew will safely exit the engine, assemble tools, and
perform a buddy check.
Step five, defensive attack.
While maintaining crew integrity, the crew will
advance to a defensive position, when possible,
upwind, uphill, and at a 45 degree angle to the vehicle.
The tool firefighter will bring the first coupling to
the nozzle.
The officer performs a perimeter check.
A nozzle firefighter calls or signals for water and performs
a defensive attack until visible flame has
been knocked down.
Step six, transitional attack.
After visible flame has been knocked down, the crew
advances to accomplish the under control, all clear, and
loss stop benchmark.
Command dispatch.
Dispatch command.
We're in transitional PAAR 3800.
Transitional PAAR 3800.
Affirmative.
Under the protection of the hose stream, the tool
firefighter chocks a wheel.
Access is gained from the doorway to better look for
occupants, knock down any remaining visible passenger
compartment fire, and the tool firefighter tries the hood
release and removes the keys.
The attack moves to the engine compartment and starts with a
knockdown of any fire within the wheel well, including of
the front bumper.
The tool firefighter pries open the hood from the side
for a quick knockdown before committing to the front of the
vehicle to open the hood and extinguish any remaining fire.
The hood is propped to stay open by the tool firefighter
using a Halligan bar.
After control of the engine compartment, the crew
moves to the trunk.
Then under the protection of the hose stream, the tool
firefighter gains access, using the keys when possible,
for access and knockdown of visible fire.
Command dispatch.
Dispatch command.
Under control, all clear PAAR 3400.
Under control all clear PAAR 3400.
Affirmative.
To complete the third benchmark of loss stop, the
crew performs overhaul of the trunk, passenger, and engine
compartments.
Command dispatch.
Dispatch command.
Loss stop PAAR 3200.
Loss stop PAAR 3200.
Affirmative.
Step seven.
After completing the three primary benchmarks, necessary
report information is gathered and the opportunity for
additional customer service is accomplished.
A transitional attack is an aggressive exterior attack
that gets water on the fire faster with lower risk than an
offensive interior attack.
A transitional attack is performed in a transitional
zone consisting of the area around the vehicle that is one
and a half times the length of the vehicle.
A PAAR report is a verbal radio report confirming that
you have the same amount of firefighters that you started
with, and a reporting of the lowest SCBA air
pressure of the crew.
This report assists firefighters and incident
commanders with the high priority of crew integrity and
monitoring air supplies.
A PAAR is typically reported at the completion
of a task or benchmark.
Command dispatch.
Dispatch command.
All stop PAAR 3200.
All stop PAAR 3200.
Affirmative.
When the hood release does not work, the hood pry technique
is necessary to provide hose stream penetration into the
engine compartment prior to committing to the
front of the vehicle.
This can be accomplished by placing the adze end of the
Halligan bar into the hood fender seam and striking with
a flat headed axe, followed by prying down on
the Halligan bar.
To ensure that the hood stays open, wedge the fork end of
the Halligan bar against an engine component while
supporting the hood on the adze end of the Halligan.
Chocking a wheel keeps a fire in one location by stopping
the vehicle from rolling.