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FirefightersProtecting evidence (restaurant, night)
The building is a restaurant. It happens at night. With a flashlight and overhaul tools, you protect the evidence of a fire's cause and origin so it is noted and left undisturbed until the investigators arrive. It is station 5-6 of Ohio's Firefighter II practical exam (NFPA 1001 5.3.4).
Free to startThis scenario
- The building is a restaurant.
- It happens at night.
The steps
- Find the fire's area of origin.
- Recognize the possible causes.
- Protect the evidence.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 4 steps.
- Evidence is left in place when possible (otherwise a chain of custody is set up), not altered by handling or walking on it, and not destroyed; ways to protect it include not touching it, covering it with salvage covers during overhaul, or roping off the area.
- It can be done in a burn pod (a shipping container set up as a room with its contents); you do not have to be an expert in origin and cause.
- 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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