HFD Guidelines: HIGH-RISE
FIREFIGHTING questions n answers
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3.01 Access Control: - correct answer ✔✔Duty of recording all members entering and exiting a building
and their locations while inside the building. This responsibility includes distribution of surveys, Fire
Fighter phones, splitting key sets and distributing keys to appropriate members going up.
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3.02 Branch: - correct answer ✔✔That organizational level having functional/geographic responsibility
for major aspects of incident operations. The Branch level is organizationally situated between the
Section and Division or Group in the Operations Section; and between the Section and Units in the
Logistics Section. Branches are identified by the use of Roman numerals or by functional area.
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3.03 Crew: - correct answer ✔✔organized group of Fire Fighters under the leadership of a Company
Officer.
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3.04 Crew Staging: - correct answer ✔✔An area where crews are assigned in a high-rise fire that serves
as a holding area for available crews awaiting an assignment, this is usually two floors below the fire.
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3.05 Demobilization Unit: - correct answer ✔✔Functional Unit within the Planning Section. Responsible
for assuring orderly, safe, efficient demobilization of resources committed to the incident.
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3.06 Division: - correct answer ✔✔The partition of an incident into geographical areas of operation.
Divisions are established when the number of resources exceeds the manageable span of control. A
division is located within the ICS organization, between the IC or branch (when implemented) and the
particular resources being used to accomplish tactical objectives.
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3.07 EMS Group: - correct answer ✔✔A functional group established to meet the needs of civilian
casualties. A Senior EMS Supervisor will determine the location and manage triage, treatment, and
transport.
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3.08 FDC/Fire Department Connection: - correct answer ✔✔A connection through which the Fire
Department can pump water into the sprinkler/standpipe system.
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