Which strategy is described as standard for managing workload in a high-rise incident?

• A. Assign several companies to share the workload
• B. Enforce a 1:1 work time/rehabilitation time rule
• C. Hoist, rather than carry, tools and equipment
• D. Do not require PPE for personnel

Answer: (A)

Distributing the workload among multiple companies is standard in high-rise incidents to prevent fatigue and keep operations safe and effective. In a tall building, crews juggle demanding tasks—advancing lines, handling standpipes, searching for occupants, ventilating, and coordinating redeployments—so sharing duties helps ensure each team has a manageable scope, reduces the risk of overworking a single crew, and allows fresh teams to rotate into critical roles. This approach supports a sensible span of control, keeps progress steady, and enhances overall safety through timely rehab rotations. The other options don’t reflect this organizational strategy: a fixed one-to-one work-to-rehab rule isn’t universally applied and can bottleneck operations; hoisting tools is a tactical method, not a workload-management strategy; and PPE is essential, so omitting it is not acceptable.