Title: Outline fire-suppression techniques and measures.
Course: Firefighting I (15152-I) > Section: Practicing Fire-Suppression Techniques

Outline should include

- locating the fire and determining its extent
- developing a plan of attack
- developing a mode of attack
  - offensive
  - defensive
  - transitional
- determining the method of attack
  - direct
  - indirect
  - transitional.

Other considerations should include

- rescue, exposures, confinement, extinguishment, and overhaul (RECEO)
- oriented vent, enter, isolate, search (O-VEIS)
- rescue, fire control, and property conservation
- rescue, exposures, ventilation, attack, and salvage (REVAS)
- factors that affect the selection of fire stream, including
  - proper stream type
  - stream size
  - stream placement
  - timing
  - water supply or quantity of water
  - stream reach
  - mobility needs
  - tactics required
  - speed of deployment
  - personnel available.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the responsibilities of the first and second engine companies to arrive at the scene of a fire?
- What are some of the hazards involved with modern vehicle fires?
- What factors might affect arrival time after a call is made?