Fire Protection
FIRE RESCUE AND EXTRICATION
On all fire calls, it is required that one of the most immediate things done is a search and rescue. A search and rescue is when a group of firefighters go into a burning building (usually in groups of two) and search high and low for anyone who may have been injured, or is not capable of leaving a building without assistance. In this paper I am going to talk about tactics that firefighters use to keep themselves safe as well as save lives.
When first entering a building, a firefighter?s number one priority is safety for himself as well his fellow firefighters. Firefighters are there to help, not become more of the problem. Once a scene is cleared by the captain depending on the size of the structure groups of 2 will go in and do a ?primary search? this search requires firefighters to enter every room, closet, anyplace a victim might be hiding to get away from the fire. They do this by crawling on the ground and feeling there way around staying on wall?s and reaching out so do not get lost hoping to get a hold on someone. The reason they stay close to
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