J&B Ch. 12

Question 1

Of all the calls a modern fire department responds to, the riskiest is:

Answer 1

structure fires.

Question 2

True or False: The primary role of the ISO is to always be monitoring/evaluating and devising ways to make response efforts safer.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The monitoring–evaluation relationship helps the ISO assess risk-taking and can be expressed by the formula:

Answer 3

Principal Hazards ± Integrity + Other Hazards ± Resource Effectiveness = Risk-Taking.

Question 4

A four-person crew can put “water on the fire” how much quicker than a two-person crew?

Answer 4

16%

Question 5

A four-person crew completes essential fireground tasks, such as attack, search, and ventilation, how much faster than a three-person crew?

Answer 5

25%

Question 6

Staffing guidelines for initial fireground operations would recommend how many responders for a school?

Answer 6

42

Question 7

For an apartment fire, how many engines are recommended to be on scene?

Answer 7

Three

Question 8

In cases where the personnel accountability report is incomplete, what is the next step?

Answer 8

A RIC should be deployed to find responders who are unaccounted for.

Question 9

Spaces or areas where conditions are simply not survivable have a __________. The most obvious indicator of unsurvivable space is a fully developed fire within the space (post-flashover) that has floor-level temperatures over 300°F (149°C; beyond human life threshold).

Answer 9

zero rescue profile

Question 10

True or False: Some fire departments mandate PARs every 30 minutes while firefighters are working in an IDLH environment or other high-risk environments.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

While the ISO is fulfilling his or her other responsibilities, he or she should also be listening for trigger words on the radio that could indicate a developing problem, such as:

Answer 11

“I’m lost.”

Question 12

Some departments have organized their systems and SOPs so that the RIC officer actually reports to the ISO when in standby mode. Upon RIC engagement, the RIC reports to:

Answer 12

the IC.

Question 13

For a center hall–configured building, or one with central shared stairwells, the number one tactical priority must be:

Answer 13

controlling the smoke and heat.

Question 14

All of the following are locations for an ASO during a high-rise incident EXCEPT:
A) performing recon outside the building.
B) at the incident command center.
C) working with the operations section.
D) where rehab and forward staging are located.

Answer 14

at the incident command center.

Question 15

Why shouldn’t the ISO judge the tactics and overall strategy during an incident?

Answer 15

It is not the ISO’s responsibility.

Question 16

True or False: The key for the ISO is to have a supportive tactics and strategy attitude and focus on safety issues (risk-taking).

Answer 16

True