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Unit 6 – Structure Protection OverviewSlide 6-1
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• Select a tactical action and determine if it is offensive or defensive.
• List the seven structure protection tactical actions.
Unit 6 – Structure Protection OverviewSlide 6-2
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• Structure protection involves an understanding of tactical operations and when and where these tactics are appropriate to the current and predicted fire behavior.
• In some instances, your mobility is critical to the task of structure protection. In other situations, structure protection requires maintaining static positions.
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• Defensive Mode– Before arrival of the fire
– When the fire front arrives
– After the fire front passes
• Offensive Mode– Suppressing the wildfire before it enters the
interface
• Combination of Both
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• Same as purely wildland fire incident– Anchor and flank
– Envelopment
– Line construction
– Firing out
– Hot spotting
– Extinguish spot fires
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• Based off structure triage decisions– Check and Go (Non-Defensible)
– Prep and Leave (Non-Defensible)
– Prep and Hold (Defensible)
– Bump and Run (Defensible)
– Anchor and Hold (Defensible)
– Fire Front Following (Non-Defensible)
– Mop Up and Patrol
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• Non-Defensible
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• Non-Defensible
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• Defensible
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• Defensible
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• Defensible
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• Non-Defensible
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• Defensible
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• Dynamic – Resources need to be mobile– Check and Go
– Prep and Go
– Bump and Run
– Fire Front Following
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• Static – Resources remain at fixed location– Prep and Hold
– Anchor and Hold
• Mop up and patrol can be either
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• Is LCES in place?
• Is an adequate safety zone available?– Then you are ready to move from a defensive
tactical posture to an offensive one.
Unit 6 – Structure Protection OverviewSlide 6-16
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• Select a tactical action and determine if it is offensive or defensive.
• List the seven structure protection tactical actions.
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