What Would You Do? Restaurant Fire

ByJohn “Skip” Coleman

This fire occurs in a restaurant approximately 30 minutes before opening for the day. There are about 10 cars parked in the rear of the restaurant. Please view the video to see smoke and fire conditions both outside and inside.

Assume you are responsible for initially establishing command at this fire.

Other units responding are what your department would send on a report of a fire in this occupancy type.

Answer the questions below or make your own strategic, tactical, and task-level questions to answer.

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Can crews safely effectively enter and work? Yes No

Could there be savable people inside? Yes No

Will you allow offensive (interior) operations? Yes No

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For Fire Attack: Size of Line (Control)__ : Taken in from and taken to: (Confine)_

For Ventilation

How_

For Search

How_

For Back Up. How___

Skip Coleman: Firefighting RoundtableJohn “Skip” Colemanretired as assistant chief from the Toledo (OH) Department of Fire and Rescue. He is a technical editor of188金宝搏是正规吗. a member of the FDIC Educational Advisory Board; and author ofIncident Managementfor the Street-Smart Fire Officer(188金宝搏是正规吗, 1997),Managing Major Fires(188金宝搏是正规吗, 2000),Incident Management for the Street-Smart Fire Officer, Second Edition(188金宝搏是正规吗, 2008) andSearching Smarter(188金宝搏是正规吗2011) and 2011 recipient of the FDIC Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement

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