contents, explosions, flashover, and backdrafts. The second type is referred to as a fully involved or structure fire. These fires almost always have destroyed structural components, have minimal life expectancy and kill firefighters by collapsing on them. The next area covered was how to organize the incident and obtain a proper 360 on structures too large to walk around. His suggestions on incident organization were to use division and group assignments as soon as possible. Per his department, functional groups were used on confirmed rescues, special incidents, or incidents beyond the average residential fire. The RIT group supervisor was assigned to handle any MAYDAY calls to allow command to continue to run the incident and provide logistical support for rescue operations. He explained why using the term interior division was only acceptable for one story single family dwellings and suggested eliminating that term all together since it could accidentally be used in a building which deteriorates the ability for command to know where the people are. In regards to obtaining a 360 on large structures, he stated that they often rely on a Roof report. These reports should include: Type of roof (peaked/flat), conditions (stable/unstable), fire/smoke conditions, firewall presence and locations, any heavy roof loads, attic conditions (if known), blueprint considerations (if something weird is found such as remodeling work, etc.) and actions taken. Chief Problem Solver Chief Richard Marinucci: has been a chief for more than 27 years. He is a speaker at FDIC, a columnist for and magazines, and Fire Engineering Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment editor of the 7th edition of the He is a faculty member at Eastern Fire Chief's Handbook. Michigan University and the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute.
contents, explosions, flashover, and backdrafts. The second type is referred to as a fully involved or structure fire. These fires almost always have destroyed structural components, have minimal life expectancy and kill firefighters by collapsing on them. The next area covered was how to organize the incident and obtain a proper 360 on structures too large to walk around. His suggestions on incident organization were to use division and group assignments as soon as possible. Per his department, functional groups were used on confirmed rescues, special incidents, or incidents beyond the average residential fire. The RIT group supervisor was assigned to handle any MAYDAY calls to allow command to continue to run the incident and provide logistical support for rescue operations. He explained why using the term interior division was only acceptable for one story single family dwellings and suggested eliminating that term all together since it could accidentally be used in a building which deteriorates the ability for command to know where the people are. In regards to obtaining a 360 on large structures, he stated that they often rely on a Roof report. These reports should include: Type of roof (peaked/flat), conditions (stable/unstable), fire/smoke conditions, firewall presence and locations, any heavy roof loads, attic conditions (if known), blueprint considerations (if something weird is found such as remodeling work, etc.) and actions taken. Chief Problem Solver Chief Richard Marinucci: has been a chief for more than 27 years. He is a speaker at FDIC, a columnist for Fire Engineering and Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment magazines, and editor of the 7th edition of the Fire Chief's Handbook. He is a faculty member at Eastern Michigan University and the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute.
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