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Close doors

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Strategic actions

Fire and rescue services should:

Develop tactical guidance and support arrangements for the actions to take and associated hazards when considering the need to minimise air flow, fire development and smoke travel by the closing of doors

Tactical actions

Incident commanders should:

Close doors to prevent smoke and fire gas travel whilst maintaining access, egress and ventilation
Consider leaving unopened doors closed to prevent the unnecessary spread of smoke and fire gas

TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Close doors to minimise the damaging effects of fire and smoke	Understand the following: The benefits of closing doors within a building The limitations and risks of closing doors within a building

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Close doors to minimise the damaging effects of fire and smoke

Understand the following:

The benefits of closing doors within a building
The limitations and risks of closing doors within a building

NOS knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:
You need to know and understand: 2920
K How to apply practices that maximise the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others during fire and rescue operational incidents K Methods and techniques to control and extinguish fires K Causes, effects and behaviour of fire K Different fire types and fire classes K Different active and passive fire protection systems K Building fire protection systems, features and facilities that contribute to firefighter safety while responding to incidents K Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents K How to preserve evidence at operational incidents K How to gain access, effect entry and maintain exit routes at fire and rescue incidents K The importance of limiting damage to property and the environment when resolving fire and rescue incidents
Health & Safety
K 3 How to apply practices that maximise the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others during fire and rescue operational incidents
Technical
K 15 Methods and techniques to control and extinguish fires K 16 Causes, effects and behaviour of fire K 17 Different fire types and fire classes K 18 Different active and passive fire protection systems K 19 Building fire protection systems, features and facilities that contribute to firefighter safety while responding to incidents K 20 Building features and facilities that can cause risk to firefighters when responding to incidents K 25 How to preserve evidence at operational incidents K 26 How to gain access, effect entry and maintain exit routes at fire and rescue incidents K 27 The importance of limiting damage to property and the environment when resolving fire and rescue incidents

Practical application

Control measure element	Learning outcome
Close doors	Demonstrate the ability to: Identify areas which may be protected by the closing of doors Identify the potential effects of closing doors

Control measure element

Learning outcome

Close doors

Demonstrate the ability to:

Identify areas which may be protected by the closing of doors
Identify the potential effects of closing doors

NOS performance criteria

You must be able to:
Respond to fire and rescue incidents
P 2 Establish key factors about fire and rescue incidents and inform others in line with your organisation’s procedures, including: 2.1 Extent 2.2 Nature 2.3 Location P 3 Establish risks affecting fire and rescue incidents in line with your organisation’s risk assessment procedures P 4 Use agreed methods and techniques to control and reduce fire in line with your agreed tasks and duties at an incident P 5 Operate within appropriate risk control measures in line with your organisation's procedures
Respond to fire and rescue incidents 2889
P Use agreed methods and techniques to control and reduce fire in line with your agreed tasks and duties at an incident P Operate within appropriate risk control measures in line with your organisation's procedures

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Close doors

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Close doors

Control measure knowledge

Strategic actions

Tactical actions

TRAINING SPECIFICATION

Knowledge and understanding

NOS knowledge and understanding

Practical application

NOS performance criteria