Firefighters-What would Firefighters do in this situation?

Question

Hello, I am currently working on a screenplay for college and need some help. What would firefighters do in this situation?

A man rushes inside of a burning building to save someone, and the Fire Dept. arrives. When they are informed that there are people still in the building, what action would you(if you're a Firefighter), or the Firefighters take?

Answer 1

Several things happen, all of them at once.

The engine crews are getting their trucks hooked up. Be this in a town, they are running hose from the pumper truck, to a hydrant. In a rural area, we hook up to our tankers, which provide an additional 3,000-4,000 gallons of water, depending on the tanker. That might seem like a lot, but when the pumper's going at full capacity, it's running at 1,250 gallons per minute.

At the same time, attack crews, in my department, two two man teams, get their airpacks on, and grab a 1 1/2 inch line, and go attack the fire.

Additionally, another 4 man crew packs up with an emergency air bottle, just in case the initial attack teams get hurt.

Once everything is hooked up, the firefighters outside perform a "surround and drown" and hose the fire from the outside, keeping in mind where their crews are, so as not to blast them.

This all takes place in about 5 minutes.

Upon hearing that there is someone inside, we try and ask where they are, giving us a rough guess. The fire inside is usually oxygen starved, and as such, very smoky. Crawling on our knees, so we can see, we search, or go where the people are, and if they cannot crawl out, we drag them out.

If you've got any other questions, feel free to e-mail me.

Answer 2

I fairly haven't any clue, however why no longer take a hike all the way down to the fireplace division the next day to come and uncover out your self from the truly firefighters? If you've gotten a dream to be a firefighter, do not take no as an reply! Good good fortune!

Answer 3

First off the OIC ( Officer In Charge ) would set up command of the scene, then find out how many ppl are inside, and if the witnesses know where inside the ppl are. Then a S.A.R. ( Search And Rescue ) unit would enter the building to conduct a rapid search and rescue of the ppl. Once they are located, they would bring them out to get medical attention and the hose teams would then go after the fire.

Answer 4

Good question.
First you have to size up the fire. Is every one out? Do you have the man power? Do you have a water supply?fire plug, tankers? If it's fully engulfed you shouldn't send crews in.
The type of fire structure, wild land, chemical, vehicle accident.

If you live in a large city you have back up. I live in a town were we have about 3000 people. So back is in question, the nearest town was 30min away.

Yes I know this as in 1992 we had a hotel go up, I was on the fire crew. It took 14hrs to stop this beast There were no injuries to anyone, and the hotel was lost. Crews were sent in to fight it. but it was lost totally 3hrs into the fire.

In the end you'd have to make the call.
Can you save the people, or is the risk to much to go in and save them?

Answer 5

The supervisor makes an assessment of the danger and sends firefighters in to rescue depending upon that assessment.

Answer 6

it varys on the type of fire, the type of structure, how engulfed the building is in the fire,

They would first get thier equipment in place and start putting water on the fire ( if that is the type of fire it is)
The officers would put on special breathing tanks and masks, and enter the buiilding if possible to do a search and rescue operation

Answer 7

it would depend on the degree of the fire. if it was fully engulfed
it would be suicide to rush in. if it was partially involved we would put on our protective gear and try and perform a rescue.

Answer 8

we would go in and try to find them