Title: Conduct primary and secondary searches in a structure.
Course: Firefighting I (15152-I) > Section: Following Rescue Procedures

Conducting searches should include

- demonstrating a search size-up (e.g., surveying situation, retrieving information, securing equipment)
- using search strategies based on building type (e.g., residential, commercial, high-rise)
- using search rope
- working in pairs
- staying low
- relying on sense of touch
- searching one room completely before systematically moving on
- reporting deteriorating conditions
- maintaining situational awareness
- searching under beds, under covers, and in closets
- staying alert, listening attentively for signs of victims
- communicating continuously with rescuers and victims.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why must firefighters work in pairs?
- How would a rescuer know whether a room has already been searched?
- Why is it important to stay low when searching?