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FirefightersPre-incident survey (restaurant)

The building is a restaurant. With forms, the tools needed and an assignment, you prepare a pre-incident survey: all the required occupancy information is recorded, items of concern are noted and accurate sketches or diagrams are made, for officers to use in pre-incident plans. It is station 5-11 of Ohio's Firefighter II practical exam (NFPA 1001 5.5.3).

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This scenario

  • The building is a restaurant.

The steps

  1. Identify the parts of the fire suppression and detection systems.
  2. Find the hazards and special considerations to include in the pre-incident sketch.
  3. Sketch the site, the buildings and their special features.
  4. Complete all the related department forms.
  5. Record all the required occupancy information.
  6. No unsafe act during the evaluation.

To pass

  • All 6 steps.
  • The candidate gets a pre-incident survey form approved by the program.
  • The evaluator can stop the station at any time for an unsafe act.

Official source

State · Ohio EMS 5920

Firefighter II Practical Examination Skill Sheets (EMS 5920)

Ohio publishes every Firefighter II skill sheet free: the steps, the critical points and the minimum to pass.

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