DEALING WITH CIVILIANS AT FIRE SCENES

摘要

You Pull Up First On A 2(1/2)-Story frame residence that is "going good." "Is everybody out?" you ask an occupant exiting the fire building. "Yes, yes, we are all out," you are told. You breathe a sigh of relief as you reach for your portable radio. "Engine 5 to responding units: Be advised that everyone is out of the building." WRONG! Your radio report to the incoming units is inaccurate. You don't know that "everyone is out." All you know for sure is that a civilian reported that everyone is out. This is what you should relay to the troops. Be precise! Telling them everyone is out of the building may lead them to believe that this is an established fact, perhaps even that your company has performed a primary search.