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STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING: THE STRATEGY

USED IN FIREFIGHTING OPERATION
Structural firefighting

the activities of rescue, fire suppression,

and property conservation in buildings,
enclosed structures, or like properties
that are involved in a fire or emergency-
situation.

The main purpose of structural fire protection is to

prevent fire and smoke from spreading throughout
the building.
 Basic Strategy Used in
Firefighting Operation

1. Locate the fire

2. Confine the fire

3. Extinguish the fire

4. Exposures

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 Strategy Used In
Firefighting Operation

OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE
Made on the seat of All forces are heavily
the fire or on the engaged in defensive
immediate area actions. Typically, it would be
used when the volume of fire
involved in the fire. This
and the number and nature
is most commonly used of exposures preclude
since, upon arrival, anything but defensive
most fires are still small. techniques.
 OFFENSIVE-DEFENSIVE DEFENSIVE-OFFENSIVE
Involves a vigorous attack against the
main body of the fire, while taking
This is essentially a “holding action” to
adequate measures to control actual
keep the fire within reasonable bounds
and potential extension of fire. The
while awaiting the availability of
major portion of the fire force operates
additional forces.
directly on fire extinguishment problems
and a lesser force on fire extension
problems.

Strategy Used In Firefighting Operation

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