Aerial Apparatus Operator

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Aerial Apparatus Operator

• Aerial Apparatus
• Strategies and Tactics

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IFSTAFire Department Aerial Apparatus

• Chapter 8

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Common Uses of Aerial Equipment

• Rescue
• Exposure Protection
• Ventilation
• Elevated Streams

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Rescue

• First Priority
• Remove Victims In Order of Priority
• 1st-most severely threatened
• 2nd-largest number
• 3rd-remainder in fire area
• 4th-people in exposed area

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Rescue

• Raising aerial to victim
• aim high then lower to victim
• Rescue from window
• ladder tip inside or platform against building
• Rescue from roof
• ladder tip 3 feet above roof
• bottom of platform just above edge

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Exposure Protection

• Second Priority
• Place water directly on exposure
• Position aerial for max. coverage
• Use wide sweeping fog pattern
• Do not block ventilation openings

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Ventilation

• Third priority
• Position a close to work as possible
• Ladder roof from two sides
• Do not use aerial to open holes

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Elevated Streams

• Fourth priority
• Ladder placed between 70 and 80 degrees
• safest position allows for excellent penetration
• Nozzle reaction
• elevated stream will cause a force in opposite
  direction

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Elevated Streams

• Movement restricted to 15 swing
• No more than one person on ladder
• Fire fighters should be secured
• Avoid sudden surge or movement

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75-80-85 Rule

• Rule of thumb for elevated streams
• 75 degree elevation
• 80 extended length
• 85 psi nozzle pressure

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Offensive Operations

• Conditions must be just right
• No personnel or victims in building
• Apparatus positioned close to building
• Usually conducted on upper floors
• Position nozzle close to bottom of window
• bounce stream off ceiling
• flow long enough to blacken fire

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Defensive Operations

• Most common use of elevated stream
• Exterior attack with emphasis on exposure
  protection
• To contain fire
• Conditions indicate type of stream
• Do not push fire to uninvolved areas