Assessment 3
See Learning Guide for the due date.
This assignment must be prepared by the student submitting the assignment. Collaboration between students though is encouraged to enhance the learning experience.
An upper word limit of 2000 words shall apply to the assignment.
The assignment is to be submitted in Arial 11 or Times New Roman 12 font. All pages are to be numbered.
Resources needed:
• 300711 – Module 12 – 14 Learning Guide Fire Brigade Intervention
• Fire Brigade Intervention Model Manual – Version 3
• Fire Brigade Intervention Model Dataset – Version 2020.05
Assignment task: Complete Questions 1 to 4 below.
Q1. FIRE BRIGADE AWARENESS (15%)
1.1. What are the two strategic options available to an Incident Commander at an emergency incident?
1.2. At an emergency incident what is the ideal number of persons an Incident Commander should aim to have reporting directly to them?
1.3. What resources would be deployed to a “Second Alarm” response under the FRNSW alarm response protocols?
1.4. On arrival at a residential house fire how would the Incident Commander typically designate each side of the house?
1.5. At most permanently manned fire stations how many officers and firefighters will be available to respond to an emergency incident?
1.6. An Inspector, Leading Station Officer and Station Officer are in attendance at an emergency incident. Who would typically fill the role of Incident Commander in this instance?
1.7. Where does the Fire and Rescue NSW Act apply? Provide a reference for your answer.
1.8. Under the provisions of Clause 5A (1) of the Fire and Rescue NSW Act, what are the duties of the Commissioner of FRNSW?
1.9. What is permitted by the provisions of Clause 13 (1) of the Fire and Rescue NSW Act?
1.10. After undertaking an initial size-up at an emergency incident what action would the Incident Commander typically do next?
1.11. At an emergency incident the Incident Commander is required to undertake a continual risk assessment of the incident. What are the four steps typically applied in this process?
1.12. In determining the tactical priorities at an Emergency Incident the Incident Commander will typically use the acronym RECEO VS to provide a framework for decision making. What does RECEO VS stand for?
1.13. Detail three tasks that an Incident Commander may order firefighters to do under their command?
1.14. At an emergency incident the IC is responsible for sending 5 types of reports. What are these?
1.15. FRNSW pumping appliances carry a broad and very varied range of equipment, at a residential house fire list four items of equipment that may be used and what they would be used for by operational fire fighters at such an incident.
Q2. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (10%)
For a metropolitan fire brigade such as FRNSW, identify the number of staff expected to respond in a typical appliance and list each members rank/role/title.
Detail one task/action that each member would undertake if they were the first arriving FRNSW appliance at an incident.
Q3. PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS AND THE FIRE BRIGADE (15 %)
3.1. What are the potential implications on fire brigade intervention in each of the following if they were to be proposed as a potential Performance Solution? (Limit your response to two or three sentences each)
a. Location of fire hydrant booster
b. Extended travel distances in a warehouse
c. Reduced FRL of structure
Note: This does not suggest that the above performance solutions are appropriate or acceptable
Q4. FIRE BRIGADE INTERVENTION MODEL (FBIM) (60%)
Undertake an FBIM analysis to determine the time taken from the start of a fire up to the time taken to travel to the set up area (from Chart 1 to the end of Chart 8).
In answering this question, the information is to be tabulated in a format similar to the template provided at the end of this document and also presented on a Gantt chart.
All tasks, activities and times are to be detailed. Resources and staff are to be allocated with each task.
Any assumptions made are to be documented and are to be explained. For dimensions required, e.g. travel distances, heights of stairs, etc., please make reasonable assumptions however be clear on what the value is and what it relates to, e.g. horizontal travel to front door = 35 metres.
NOTE: For this exercise limit your answer to the nearest two (2) fire stations.
