Topic:Reading Smoke and Company Operations
Subject:Other
Volume: 3 pages
Type: Case Study
Format: APA
Description
Reading Smoke and Company Operations The future of the fire event is in the smoke. For this Assignment, review the resources listed below about reading smoke. Resource 1: Video: “Reading Smoke: The First Step in Safe Decisions” Reading Smoke: The First Step in Safe Decisions: Everyone Goes Home. Retrieved from http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/resources/video-resources/volume4/ Note: On the Video Resources page, scroll down to the section Download Additional Training Material. In this section, you will find the Reading Smoke video. Video Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb53TK4J2B8 Resource 2: Article: “Smoke Signals Determine Strategies and Tactics” Ballam, E. (2012, May). Smoke Signals Determine Strategies and Tactics. Firehouse. Retrieved from http://www.firehouse.com/news/10709882/smoke-signals-determine-strategies-and-tactics Resource 3: Article: “Reading Smoke & Go/No-Go Decisions” Tippett, J. B. (2011, Apr.). Reading Smoke & Go/No-Go Decisions. Firefighternation. Retrieved from http://www.firefighternation.com/article/firefighting-operations/reading-smoke-gono-go-decisions Note: Make sure that you watch all three of the resources listed in the Preparation section of this article. Assignment Details After reading the three resources, identify four attributes about smoke and what these attributes can tell you about the fire in a 3-4 page paper (excluding the title page and references page). Explain why these attributes are important and how they can help you effectively utilize resources, including the deployment of personnel and equipment and deployment and methods of the application of extinguishing agents. Explain how attributes about smoke can help you identify future fire events. In addition, address the following questions as they relate to the video “ Big house fire caught on tape 12.18.09.” Note: This is one of the videos included in the article “Reading Smoke & Go/No-Go Decisions.” Describe the initial smoke conditions (color, volume, force, and other attributes). What do you think is burning? At 1:42 into the video, the smoke conditions change color on the “A” side of the structure. What does this change of color indicate? When you see fire coming out of the roof, the smoke conditions on the “A” side dramatically decrease. Why is that? Where do you find out where the fire actually is? Discuss whether there were adequate resources (firefighters, apparatus, water, etc.) to handle this incident and were they deployed properly.
