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| Physical removal of a person from confinement or danger |
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| Physical act of looking for victims who are in need of assistance. |
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| Search teams must consist of a minimum of how many members? and how must they maintain contact with eathother? (3) |
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minimum 2 members
Voice, Visual, Physical |
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| Search priorities in multi-story buidlings (4) |
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1st- Immediate fire area, then the rest of the fire floor
2nd- Area directly above the fire
3rd- Top floor, working down
Last- Areas below the fire |
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| Quick attempt to locate any potential victims and should be as thorough as time permits and should cover any places where victims likely to be found. Search beds, cribs, chairs, dressers and sofas. Adults are usually by doors and windows and Children are usually in closets, bathtubs, and shower enclosure or under beds or piece of furniture. |
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| Is conducted after the situation is under control. Take your time and look everywhere thoroughly and make sure no one is missing. If possible this search should be conducted by a different team because each areas of the building are examined with a fresh set of eyes. |
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| What are two types of searches? |
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| Wall Search and Rope Assisted |
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| Maintain contact with the wall with at least one hand, start right stay right or start left, stay left |
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| What is a Rope Assisted Search |
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| A search for large areas, interconnected rooms, areas with aisles, and serves as a path of return. The rings on the rope are used as direction of travel and attachment points. Rings lead out. The rope used for the large area search is the 3/8 Kevlar rope. Commonly they use knots that signify 20 ft. on the rope. 3 to 5 people are used for a large area search. |
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