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You hear a DSU

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bittenyakka:
You are on a hose line right at the front of the fire aggressively attacking and you are successfully slowing the spread.  your BA set has 170 bar left and you hear a DSU quite loudly but you are unable to see more than about 1m if that.

the structure is a large open plan shop similar to a supermarket so the shelves act like walls to you but not the fire.

What do you do? and why?

6739264:
Get down low, and GO GO GO!


But seriously, report the DSU to IC, confirm if they want you to search for it, allow RIT to go searching for it, while you battle the flame.

bittenyakka:
well i wanted to discuss weather it is better to keep the fire at bay or go searching and hence anyone else who enters the building will have no information where the fire is.

6739264:
Thats why you notify the IC of conditions inside and the fact you can hear a DSU activating. He then can make the decision as to weather of not you should leave fire attack and go searching or if he sends the purpose formed Rapid Intervention Team in from outside.

99% of the time I would leave it to the guys doing RIT to go in and get find the DSU as its what they are there for in the first place. They should also have the necessary tools for entry and extrication, that you may not have while conduction fire attack internally.

bittenyakka:
so in CFS where it is common place that internal crews do not carry a radio you would suggest letting the exterior RIT crews do the whole thing?

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