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Cleveland Fire Department Operations Manual B. Personnel Overhaul operations should be assigned to Ladder/Truck Company members who were not directly engaged in firefighting operations (if available). Crews arriving on their own (late-arriving off-duty personnel) are candidates for overhaul duties. If necessary, fresh Ladder/Truck crews should be called to the fire scene for overhaul. 1. Control of Personnel Movements No one should be permitted to enter the fire building without first reporting to the Incident Commander or Sector Officer. Firefighters entering the building without reporting may find themselves in serious trouble if no one knows that they are inside. Nobody should enter the building if not wearing protective clothing. No one should ever be allowed to enter a structure alone. Overhaul operations should be assigned to Ladder/Truck Companies as a whole or to members formed into groups. These Companies or groups, and not individuals, should be assigned areas in which to operate. If possible, each group should have a guide who is familiar with the situation inside the building. The groups should maintain contact with each other and with the Officer(s) in charge of the overhaul operation. 2. Work Assignments C. Procedure The basic duty of Ladder/Truck crews in the overhaul operations is to find existing embers, sparks, and fire, and to check for fire extension. Engine Company personnel advance and handle the lines needed to extinguish and embers or small fires that Ladder/Truck Company personnel may find. Ladder/Truck crews should be assigned to the areas above, below, and around the fire area, to check for fire spread that has not yet been detected. Engine crews should be called to these areas only if a hot spot is discovered. Jobs that are neither Truck work nor Engine work should be shared. Concealed horizontal and vertical spaces should be checked, whether or not they were opened during fire attack and exposure protection operations. Portable lights are of great help in examining concealed spaces or any areas that may have to be opened up. They also show up smoke that otherwise might not be seen. Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 231 Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley
Cleveland Fire Department Operations Manual 1. Areas of Possible Re-Kindling a. Walls and Ceilings b. Shafts If walls or ceilings have been in contact with fire and heat, they must be opened and checked for signs of fire. If they have been partially opened in the course of firefighting operations, they should be opened further until the full extent of the fire is found. Engine crews should be called to wet down any suspicious spots or areas with a light stream, and Ladder/Truck crews should check adjoining ceilings and walls. Cutting during overhaul should be done with power saws rather than with axes and other hand tools. The saws cause much less vibration than hand tools and thus allow firefighters a greater margin of safety. This is especially important in a building that has suffered structural damage and requires extensive overhaul work. When Ladder/Truck crews suspect or find that fire has spread into a vertical shaft, the shaft must be opened and checked. c. Cabinets and Compartments Check for fire extension around built-in cabinets and compartments located over or near fire areas. If such cabinets have been subjected to fire or intense heat, they must be thoroughly checked during overhaul, whether or not they were opened previously. d. Window and Door Facings When it is apparent that fire has involved window or door facings, Truck crews should remove the facings and check the concealed recessed for fire. If fire extension is found when the facings are removed, the walls or partitions must be opened to the end of the fire travel, and the area wet down as needed. e. Basement Areas When fire has directly involved a basement or cellar, the area must be checked completely, the same as any other area of the fire building. Even when a basement area has not been involved, check there for fire that might have fallen from upper levels. Party walls between adjoining structures also must be examined carefully. Both sides of such walls must be checked. Effective: June 1, 1997 Revised: 5/14/2009 Page | 232 Approved by: Chief Chuck Atchley
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