Near Miss: Crew Runs Out of Water
This report from the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System highlights a problem we face on many fires - running out of water.
As I heard this on the radio, conditions were starting to worsen. Our TIC "whited out" on my crew, the heat was dramatically increasing, and we had water flowing for at least 1 1/2 minutes. We knew our water wasn't going to last much longer. I pulled my crew out while hitting the fire to prevent flashover. Ten seconds after we exited the front door we ran out of water.
This is just a small excerpt of the report. Read the whole thing.
Do your crews have the communications equipment and knowledge that would allow them to communicate like the firefighters in this report?
If not, why not?
Are your crews aware of what is taking place on the fireground so they can avoid the problems that the crew in the report faced?
If your interior attack crew was in this situation, what would have happened? Would they have left the building in time?
Posted March 16, 2006 10:24 AM · Link
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