Fire Captain Practice Test

Swiftwater Rescue Tactical Priorities follow a tight, five-step sequence: Talk to the team and victim to coordinate actions, try to Reach the victim without entering the water, Throw a line if possible, Row or maneuver to position the victim, and Go in to rescue if other methods won’t work. Climbing isn’t listed as one of those top priorities. It’s a technique that might be used in certain situations, but it’s not a named priority in the standard swiftwater framework, so it isn’t part of the official priority sequence. The other options map to actions you’d take within that framework—talk is explicit, and methods like wading across shallow water fall under the go/approach phase, while searching for a victim is typically part of scene size-up and locating the target rather than a separate priority.