Timely and Appropriate Ventilation

A Tactical Priority

Total Hours: 16

John Kriska

269-760-9207

Introduction: An explanation of my journey to “Timely” and “Appropriate” Ventilation, A Tactical Priority, Foolish things that we do on the incident scene that can lead to Firefighter deaths or injury.

Solid Fuel Behavior: State of the fuel that we encounter in fires, Pyrolysis, Fuel and Ventilation controlled fires; Smoke is fuel, White smoke hazard, controlling the flammable vapors in smoke, Firefighter Safety Initiatives

Leadership: Traits and Principles of Leadership that can assist you in creating change

Technology vs. Increased Risks of Firefighting: Four technological advances that have impacted the risk of Interior Firefighting, Increasing your water flow, New light shed on toxic gases in fires; Flashover and Backdraft..what’s the difference?

“The Way We Have Always Done It”: Conduct a practical fire attack exercise, Mindset of the way we have always done it, Mission Vision Thinking, negative results of using a 30 degree fog pattern, Time element for search and rescue/fire attack,

Exterior Building Size-Up: Layman’s Size-Up Method, New Size-Up Method

Ventilation: What is Ventilation?, Timely and Appropriate Ventilation, Ventilation methods review, Vertical Ventilation-Timely?, Horizontal Ventilation, Hydraulic Ventilation, Negative Pressure Ventilation, Why ventilate?, Vent-Enter-Search

Positive Pressure: Wind Positive Pressure affect on venting operations, Understanding Fire Positive Pressure affect on the attack crew, The Ideal Gas Law, Natural Ventilation is not enough, Supporting Natural Ventilation with Mechanical Positive Pressure

Mechanical Positive Pressure: PPV and PPA what’s the difference?, Basic fire attack concept, NIST PPA Tests, How does Mechanical Positive Pressure work, `Pressurization Opening, Blower set-up and methods, Gasoline Blowers, Exhaust Opening, Location and size, Fire Approach Path, Building High Risk area upon arrival, Using timely and appropriate ventilation to reduce this high risk area into a smaller area and thus creating a lower risk area for Firefighters and trapped victims, Using your Imagination a practical exercise, Indicators that PPA is working, PPA FAQ, Examples of using PPA, Sequential Ventilating, Size-Up for using PPA to support Timely and Appropriate Ventilation , Standard Operating Guideline for implementing PPA with a three person engine company, When not to use PPA

PPA scenarios and Specific type fires/buildings: Residential Situations, Attic Fires, Balloon Construction, Chimney Fires, Basement Fires, Commercial Buildings, Single Story Strip Stores, Multi Story Strip Stores, Apartment Buildings, High Rise Buildings, PPA in reverse in High Rise Buildings, Buses, Campers, Trucks, Miscellaneous

Critiques: Mistake Incident..Success Incident..What would I do?, Forum www.firefighternation.com

Introducing PPV/PPA into your department

Doing it Right: Suggestions for a successful PPA operation