• Tactical Simulation– What would you do?

    Posted on June 5, 2012 by admin in News.

    On this incident you are assuming the role of Battalion 4 and will be the IC
    Battalion 4 Engine Companies 4, 5& 3 Tower 1, Rescue 1 Medic 4, Medic 1& EMS 1 have been alerted to 2219 Village Drive the Lakeside Assisted
    Living Center for a possible structure fire. All companies are alerted at 1025hrs the communication center advises that she has received multiple
    calls reporting a large fire at this location. Upon your arrival your size up
    reveals a single story ordinary constructed building approximately 40′x75′ with heavy fire conditions on the A-side, the charge nurse meets you and
    advises you that there are approximately one hundred and twenty residents
    eighty of which will need assistance in being evacuated from the structure
    the remaining forty residents have been evacuated to the court yard out of
    the forty, fifteen are beginning to have medical complaints of difficulty

    breathing and chest pains they have five staff members with them none are
    able to provide any medical care the remainder of the staff members are
    providing assistance to those who cannot evacuate on their own. She also
    advises that the fire is located in the dining room and started about two
    hours after electrical contractors completed several repairs throughout the
    room and the facility has been without fire suppression systems for a month.
    Interior crews are reporting that smoke and heat conditions are beginning to
    worsen throughout the facility and are concerned about the possibility of
    interior fire spread. Utilize your organizations, standard operating
    procedures to devise a tactical plan to mitigate this incident.

    How would you handle this?

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