{"id":99,"date":"2019-09-12T15:12:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T19:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/?post_type=chapter&p=99"},"modified":"2019-12-12T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:09:19","slug":"chapter-10-risk-benefit-analysis","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/chapter\/chapter-10-risk-benefit-analysis\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 4 - Risk-Benefit Analysis","rendered":"Chapter 4 – Risk-Benefit Analysis"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"740\"]\"\"<\/a> David Mark
https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/fire-flames-building-house-home-89353\/[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Risk vs Benefit Analysis is a key component to the IC\u2019s size-up when deciding on a strategic mode. The Fire Department will \u201crisk a lot to save a lot\u201d, \u201crisk a little to save a little\u201d and \u201crisk nothing to save nothing\u201d\r\n

Risk a lot to Save a Lot<\/h2>\r\nThe IC will determine that there is a high chance of survivability and they have a strong chance of rescuing an occupant, protecting property or the environment. They will assign crews to do an aggressive fire attack and search while risking the health and potential death of a firefighter. These risks could include floor collapse, roof collapse, medical emergency, flashovers and backdrafts. An offensive attack with multiple crews entering a two-story house with a compartmentalized fire and heavy smoke with reports of a trapped child would be risking a lot to save a lot.\r\n

Risk a little to save a little<\/h2>\r\nThe IC will determine that there is a low to moderate chance of survivability or protecting the structure, property or environment. While there may be the potential for a patient to be rescued, the fire might need to be controlled before the firefighters enter the structure. A quick attack from outside the structure to darken the fire may allow the firefighters to then enter and perform their tasks.\r\n

Risk nothing to save nothing<\/h2>\r\nThe IC will determine that there is no benefit to risking the firefighters' life, safety and health when there are no signs of survivability or damage to the property\/environment is too great. Significant fire involvement, extreme heat or building collapse would lead the IC to this decision. This would become a defensive fire, and firefighters would attack it from outside only.\r\n

Contributing factors into the Risk vs Benefit Analysis<\/h2>\r\nTime of Day<\/strong>\r\n

Is the building occupied? At night, a house is expected to have people inside vs daytime when they might be at work\/school<\/p>\r\n

Is it a Holiday\/Stat or a regular workday<\/p>\r\nVehicles<\/strong>\r\n

Are there cars parked in the driveway\/parking lot, or is the driveway\/parking lot empty<\/p>\r\nOn Scene Reports\/Indications<\/strong>\r\n

Occupant indicates there are people still inside the structure<\/p>\r\n

Neighbours can inform you if the family is away on holidays, or if they are normally home at this time<\/p>\r\n

Are there children who should be at school, or toddler aged children who would normally be home with a parent<\/p>\r\n

Are there elderly, handicap or special needs people inside the house<\/p>\r\n

Is the house abandoned\/boarded up\/slated for demolition<\/p>\r\n

Smoke & Fire Conditions<\/p>\r\n

Is there significant fire involvement throughout the house<\/p>\r\n

Is the fire through the roof\/has the roof collapsed<\/p>\r\n

Is the fire isolated to a single room<\/p>\r\n

Are the smoke conditions favourable for an occupant to survive<\/p>\r\n

Where is the fire located<\/p>\r\nStructural Specific<\/strong>\r\n

How long has the fire been burning, and has it started to affect the frame structure<\/p>\r\n

What type of building construction<\/p>\r\n

What is the layout of the building<\/p>\r\n

Are there sprinkler systems\/shelter-in-place procedures<\/p>\r\n

What is the Occupancy Class<\/p>\r\nFire Department Specific<\/strong>\r\n

Is there a water supply available<\/p>\r\n

How close is the next in Apparatus<\/p>\r\n

Is there a RIT team<\/p>","rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
David Mark
https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/fire-flames-building-house-home-89353\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Risk vs Benefit Analysis is a key component to the IC\u2019s size-up when deciding on a strategic mode. The Fire Department will \u201crisk a lot to save a lot\u201d, \u201crisk a little to save a little\u201d and \u201crisk nothing to save nothing\u201d<\/p>\n

Risk a lot to Save a Lot<\/h2>\n

The IC will determine that there is a high chance of survivability and they have a strong chance of rescuing an occupant, protecting property or the environment. They will assign crews to do an aggressive fire attack and search while risking the health and potential death of a firefighter. These risks could include floor collapse, roof collapse, medical emergency, flashovers and backdrafts. An offensive attack with multiple crews entering a two-story house with a compartmentalized fire and heavy smoke with reports of a trapped child would be risking a lot to save a lot.<\/p>\n

Risk a little to save a little<\/h2>\n

The IC will determine that there is a low to moderate chance of survivability or protecting the structure, property or environment. While there may be the potential for a patient to be rescued, the fire might need to be controlled before the firefighters enter the structure. A quick attack from outside the structure to darken the fire may allow the firefighters to then enter and perform their tasks.<\/p>\n

Risk nothing to save nothing<\/h2>\n

The IC will determine that there is no benefit to risking the firefighters’ life, safety and health when there are no signs of survivability or damage to the property\/environment is too great. Significant fire involvement, extreme heat or building collapse would lead the IC to this decision. This would become a defensive fire, and firefighters would attack it from outside only.<\/p>\n

Contributing factors into the Risk vs Benefit Analysis<\/h2>\n

Time of Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is the building occupied? At night, a house is expected to have people inside vs daytime when they might be at work\/school<\/p>\n

Is it a Holiday\/Stat or a regular workday<\/p>\n

Vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are there cars parked in the driveway\/parking lot, or is the driveway\/parking lot empty<\/p>\n

On Scene Reports\/Indications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Occupant indicates there are people still inside the structure<\/p>\n

Neighbours can inform you if the family is away on holidays, or if they are normally home at this time<\/p>\n

Are there children who should be at school, or toddler aged children who would normally be home with a parent<\/p>\n

Are there elderly, handicap or special needs people inside the house<\/p>\n

Is the house abandoned\/boarded up\/slated for demolition<\/p>\n

Smoke & Fire Conditions<\/p>\n

Is there significant fire involvement throughout the house<\/p>\n

Is the fire through the roof\/has the roof collapsed<\/p>\n

Is the fire isolated to a single room<\/p>\n

Are the smoke conditions favourable for an occupant to survive<\/p>\n

Where is the fire located<\/p>\n

Structural Specific<\/strong><\/p>\n

How long has the fire been burning, and has it started to affect the frame structure<\/p>\n

What type of building construction<\/p>\n

What is the layout of the building<\/p>\n

Are there sprinkler systems\/shelter-in-place procedures<\/p>\n

What is the Occupancy Class<\/p>\n

Fire Department Specific<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there a water supply available<\/p>\n

How close is the next in Apparatus<\/p>\n

Is there a RIT team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":597,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-99","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/597"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99\/revisions\/353"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/99\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/esm1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}