Upper floor fire with a standpipe

Firefighter I · Who you talk to: Your partner and the engine company

What this case adds

• Take the hose bundle, nozzle, gated wye and spanner wrench to the floor below the fire.
• Connect to the standpipe, advance to the fire floor and flake the dry line up the stairwell.
• Charge the line, clear kinks and bleed it without water hammer.
• Sound the floor before entering.

Critical fails

• Entering without SCBA on air, or letting your partner enter without it.
• Starting an interior attack without two firefighters outside, unless life is in jeopardy and a rescue is needed.
• Losing voice or visual contact with your partner inside.
• Any action that compromises your safety or your team's (mandatory item in Pennsylvania's NFPA 1010 station).

Sources

1. Washington State Patrol Fire Protection Bureau, Firefighter I skill sheets (NFPA 1001, 2019 edition), skill sheets 23 to 26 https://wsp.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/420076_Skill-Sheets_Firefighter_I_R_1-23.pdf

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