FDNY FDNY Technical Rescue Operations 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What FDNY apparatus is specifically equipped with a hydraulic platform or aerial ladder and is used for high-rise rescues and elevated operations?
- Tower Ladder (Correct answer)
- Pumper Engine
- Rescue Company vehicle
- Battalion Supervisor unit
Correct answer: Tower Ladder
Tower Ladders (also called aerial platform trucks) carry a hydraulic articulating bucket and are used for high-rise rescues, elevated firefighting, and victim removal from heights.
Question 2: During an elevator entrapment rescue in New York City, what is the first action FDNY personnel should take upon arrival?
- Force open the elevator doors immediately
- Contact the building's elevator mechanic or management to shut down power (Correct answer)
- Cut the elevator cables to lower the car
- Break through the elevator cab roof
Correct answer: Contact the building's elevator mechanic or management to shut down power
Before any physical intervention, FDNY protocol requires contacting building management or the elevator mechanic to shut down power and prevent the car from moving during rescue.
Question 3: In structural collapse operations, which search method involves rescuers calling out and listening at regular intervals to locate survivors by voice or sound?
- Physical search
- Technical search using cameras
- Victim call-out and sound search (Correct answer)
- Canine search
Correct answer: Victim call-out and sound search
Call-out and sound search involves rescuers shouting to survivors and listening for responses during mandatory silence intervals — one of the first and fastest search methods used.
Question 4: What is the name of the FDNY's water rescue team stationed on the waterways surrounding New York City?
- Marine Division
- Harbor Unit (Correct answer)
- Water Rescue Squad
- Coastal Response Team
Correct answer: Harbor Unit
The FDNY Marine Division, informally known as the Harbor Unit, operates fireboats and rescue vessels on the Hudson River, East River, and other surrounding waterways.
Question 5: When performing a high-angle rappel rescue, what is the minimum acceptable safety factor for an anchor system used to lower a patient and rescuer?
- 2:1
- 5:1
- 10:1 (Correct answer)
- 15:1
Correct answer: 10:1
NFPA 1983 and FDNY technical rescue standards require a minimum 10:1 safety factor for anchor systems used in life-safety high-angle operations.
Question 6: In the FDNY's response to a vehicle extrication incident, what is the FIRST priority before initiating disentanglement of a trapped victim?
- Deploying air bags under the vehicle
- Stabilizing the vehicle to prevent movement (Correct answer)
- Removing the vehicle's roof with hydraulic tools
- Assessing the victim's airway
Correct answer: Stabilizing the vehicle to prevent movement
Vehicle stabilization must occur before any disentanglement to prevent the vehicle from shifting and causing further injury to the victim or rescuers.
FDNY FDNY Technical Rescue Operations 2
What FDNY apparatus is specifically equipped with a hydraulic platform or aerial ladder and is used for high-rise rescues and elevated operations?