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Question 0

The IC is responsible for the completion of the tactical objectives. What are they?

Answer 0

Remove endangered occupants and treat injured. Stabilize the incident and Provide for life safety. Conserve property. Provide for the safety, accountability, and welfare of personnel.

Question 1

What do command procedures do?

Answer 1

Place responsibility for command on an individual based on arrival sequence. It will be strong direct & visible. Provide for orderly transfer of command.

Question 2

What are the eight functions of command?

Answer 2

Assume confirm and position command. Size up. Initiate, maintain and control communications. Deployment. Strategy and IAP. Organize sectors. Review, evaluate, revision. Continuing, transferring and terminating command.

Question 3

Who initiates command?

Answer 3

The first fire department member were unit on scene of a multiunit incident.

Question 4

What is investigative mode?

Answer 4

Nothing showing. Command is mobile. Other units remain in level one staging.

Question 5

What is fast action mode?

Answer 5

An incident that requires immediate action to stabilize. Command is mobile and company officer goes in with crew.

Question 6

What are examples of fast action mode?

Answer 6

Offensive fire attacks especially in marginal situations. Critical life safety situations like rescue with compressed time. An incident where firefighter safety is a major concern. Incidents requiring investigation by the company officer.

Question 7

The fast attack mobile command Lasts only a few minutes. When is it over?

Answer 7

Situation stabilized. Command is transferred. Situation not stabilized, command becomes exterior/stationary.

Question 8

Describe stationary command.

Answer 8

Incidents based on size, complexity or potential for rapid expansion Require immediate strong, direct, overall stationary/exterior command

Question 9

Why is command transferred?

Answer 9

To improve the quality of command organization. It should trigger upgrades in the command structure

Question 10

The first arriving command officer assumes command, what does the second arriving command officer do?

Answer 10

The second arriving command officer reports to command to assume the support officer position

Question 11

What does the first arriving senior staff or on duty chief do after arriving on scene?

Answer 11

Reports to the command post and assumes the role of senior advisor

Question 12

When is it advantageous for the first arriving company officer to transfer command to the next company on the scene?

Answer 12

When the initial company on scene requires a full crew for example a high-rise or immediate rescue

Question 13

What does a later arriving company or command officer do if they cannot communicate with command?

Answer 13

The later arriving company or command officer will assume and announce their assumption of command and initiate whatever actions are necessary to confirm the safety of the missing crew

Question 14

What information is conveyed for the transfer of command?

Answer 14

General situation status including Incident conditions like fire location and extent has met Bill number of patients etc. incident management plan. Completion of technical objectives. Safety considerations. Deployment and assignments. Need for additional resources

Question 15

The person being relieved of command should review what with the officer assuming command?

Answer 15

The tactical worksheet should be reviewed it provides the most effective framework for transfer and it outlines the location and status of all members and resources

Question 16

Is command automatically transferred with the arrival of a ranking officer?

Answer 16

No transfer of command only occurs following the transfer process. The person being relieved will be assigned to the best advantage by the officer assuming command

Question 17

Who is responsible for managing an incident?

Answer 17

The incident commander is responsible the incident commander outranks everybody. If a higher ranking officer wants to make a change in the management of incident they must first be on scene of the incident menus utilize the transfer of command procedure

Question 18

When can anyone effect a change in incident management?

Answer 18

Anyone can make a change in extreme situations relating to safety by notifying command and initiating corrective action.

Question 19

When does the incident command system operate? ( ICS)

Answer 19

The ICS never sleeps. It is in a constant state of readiness when there are no working incidents the on-duty chief and alarm room supervisor share the responsibility of IC

Question 20

How does the alarm room help him initiate command?

Answer 20

The alarm room receives a call that notifies of a working incident they start the IC process by giving instructions to the caller and dispatching a response. The alarm room in shores that the first on scene unit takes command. The on-duty chief shares this responsibility because they are the highest ranking on duty member

Question 21

How does the IC maintain control over an incident that goes past a first alarm assignment?

Answer 21

The IC should assign the next command officer as a support officer to assist in tactical worksheet, planning, forecasting and calling for additional resources. The only reason to assign the second command officer to a sector is if safety is in extreme in that sector.

Question 22

What are the roles and responsibilities of the support officer?

Answer 22

Define, evaluate, and recommend changes to the plan. Provide direction relating to tactical priorities, specific critical fire ground factors and safety. Additional resources? Logistics responsibilities. Assist with the tactical worksheet for control and accountability. Evaluate fire ground organization and span of control. And other duties as necessary.

Question 23

Who is the senior advisor?

Answer 23

The senior adviser is normally the on-duty chief, the operations assistant chief or the highest ranking officer in the command post

Question 24

What does the senior adviser do?

Answer 24

The senior advisers focus is looking at the entire incident and its impact from a broader perspective and providing direction, guidance and fatherly advice to the IC and or support officer. The senior is advisor is essentially acting as the overall incident commander.

Question 25

What are the role and responsibilities of the senior advisor?

Answer 25

Review and evaluate the plan and initiate needed changes. On going review of the overall incident the big picture. Review the organizational structure and initiate change to meet incident needs. Initiate section/branch functions as required. Liaison with other city agencies/officials etc. other duties as necessary.

Question 26

During an incident, where should the senior adviser be?

Answer 26

The senior adviser and support officer must be in the command post with the IC.

Question 27

Of the command post/team, who should be the only one talking on the radio on the tactical channel?

Answer 27

The officer assigned to communicate directly to companies, sectors or branches and will use the designation "command".

Question 28

Command is responsible for developing an organizational structure, when does this begin?

Answer 28

The organizational structure should begin with the deployment of the first arriving unit. Building a command organization is the best support mechanism the IC can utilize to achieve the harmonious balance between managing personnel and incident needs.

Question 29

What are the three levels of the basic configuration of command?

Answer 29

The strategic level, tactical level, and task level.

Question 30

Describe the strategic level.

Answer 30

The strategic level is the overall direction of the incident (command). This level defines where and when resources will be assigned. This is the Plan. This plan is the basis for developing a command organization and establishing tactical objectives by priority

Question 31

What are the responsibilities of the strategic level?

Answer 31

Offensive or defensive: determining the appropriate strategy. Establishing a strategic plan. Setting priorities. Obtaining and allocating resources. Predicting outcomes and planning. Assigning specific objectives to tactical level units.

Question 32

What is the tactical level?

Answer 32

Objectives assigned to sectors. This level includes sector officers, tactical level officers are responsible for specific geographic areas or functions supervising personnel assigned to the sector. The accumulated achievements of tactical objectives should accomplish the strategic level goals.

Question 33

In the basic organization of the command structure, what does the task level refer to?

Answer 33

The task level refers to task objectives assigned to companies. This is where the work is actually done. These activities are supervised by company officers and the accumulated achievements accomplish the tactical level objectives

Question 34

Who operates at the strategic tactical and task level?

Answer 34

Command operates at the strategic level sectors at the tactical level and companies at the task level.

Question 35

When the number of sectors exceed the span of control at an incident, command should do what?

Answer 35

The incident organization should be divided into branches, each branch is responsible for several sectors and should be assigned a separate radio channel.

Question 36

What is the sector officer responsible for?

Answer 36

Sector officers responsible for the tactical deployment of resources at his or her or her disposal in order to complete tactical objectives. Sector officers are also responsible for communicating needs and progress to command this reduces the overall amount of radio communications. Routine communications within the sector are usually handled face-to-face.

Question 37

What is the major reason for establishing sectors?

Answer 37

Safety is the major reason for establishing sectors. Each sector officer must maintain communication with the assigned companies to control both their position and function. The sector officer must constantly monitor all hazardous situations and wrist to personnel. They must take appropriate action to ensure that companies are operating in a safe and effective manner.

Question 38

Command should begin to assign sectors based on what factors?

Answer 38

When the functions of an incident go beyond the capability of command to control. The first arriving company usually get sector responsibilities based on geographic area or function until chief officers are available. When there is a hazardous materials incident technical rescues her large interior geographic area. When operating companies are out of direct sight. When special hazards are involved and close control is required, unstable structural conditions hazardous materials heavy fire load or marginal offenseive of situations, etc.

Question 39

The incident command to each sector officer:

Answer 39

Tactical objectives, the radio designation, the identity of resources assigned to the sector.

Question 40

Command shall advise each sector of specific tactical objectives, what else will be advised?

Answer 40

Time permitting, command will advise of the overall strategy and plan

Question 41

How many companies are normally assigned to each sector?

Answer 41

In most cases, five companies represent the maximum span of control for sector officer. This will depend on the capabilities of the sector officer too.

Question 42

How are sectors named?

Answer 42

Sectors maybe divided by geographic area, individual floors on a high-rise, or function (loss control sector, safety sector)

Question 43

What are the safety precautions in place for a sector officer operating in the hazard zone?

Answer 43

Sector officer operating in the hazard zone must have the appropriate protective clothing and equipment and must be accompanied by a partner.

Question 44

In order for sector officers to maintain control of all assigned functions within their sector they are required to:

Answer 44

Complete assigned objectives. Account for assigned personnel. Ensure safety. Monitor work progress. Redirect activities as necessary. Coordinate actions with adjacent sectors. Welfare of sector personnel. Additional resources if needed. Provide progress reports. Move resources within the sector.

Question 45

Sector officers will notify command immediately of what changes/Conditions?

Answer 45

Sectors must advise command immediately of significant changes, particularly those involving the ability or inability to complete an objective, hazardous conditions, accidents, structural collapse, etc.

Question 46

What happens when a company is assigned from staging to an operating sector?

Answer 46

The company will be told what sector and which sector officer they will be reporting to. The sector officer will be informed of which particular companies or units have been assigned by the incident commander. The sector officer then contacts the assigned company to transmit any instructions.

Question 47

What is the branch level of the organization and what do branch officers do?

Answer 47

The branch level is an intermediate level within the command organization it is designed to provide coordination between sectors and command. Branch officers supervise and manage a number of sector officers and report to the IC. This is useful in a large complex incident.

Question 48

What are examples of incidents requiring branch officers?

Answer 48

A large fire with a major evacuation, a large fire with a large number of patients. Incidents involving two or more distinctly different major management components. This can also include a large-scale incidents spread over a wide geographic area.

Question 49

During the initial phases of an incident the initial IC and his/her staff carry out what 4 sector functions?

Answer 49

Logistics section Planning section Operations section Administrative section

Question 50

What is the logistics section?

Answer 50

Support mechanism of the organization. Provides support system and services to all involved in the incident. Resp for accountability of all personnel in haz zone. May have sep channel.

Question 51

Roles and responsibilities of logistics section?

Answer 51

Rehab, account in haz zone, staging, needed supplies or equip. Coord with Planning section to forecast and get future needs. Provide comm equip, fuel and needed repairs. Get specialized/expertise for command. Provide food, etc. secure fixed/portable facilities. Coord immediate CISD

Question 52

What is the Planning section?

Answer 52

Resp for gathering, assimilating, analyzing and processing info needed for effective decision making. "Clearing house" for info. Plan ahead for resources and ID resources before they are needed.

Question 53

When command implements branch officers the sector officer should be notified of:

Answer 53

What branch the sector is now assigned to and the radio channel the branch/sector is operating on. Communications should then go from sector officer to branch officer instead of to command.

Question 54

Discuss the role of section officers.

Answer 54

Section officers assist the incident command staff with the overall management of the incident scene and operate at the strategic level. Section officers should operate on separate radio channels and use the radio designation that identifies their section (planning, logistics, etc.).

Question 55

The four sections are:

Answer 55

Logistics section Planning section Operations section Administrative section

Question 56

What is the operations section responsible for?

Answer 56

The operations section is responsible for the tactical priorities and the safety and welfare of the personnel working in the operations section. Section officers use a tactical radio channel to communicate strategic and specific objectives to sector and or branch officers

Question 57

What is the radio designation of the operations officer?

Answer 57

If the operations officer is at the command post here she should be called "command".If the operations officer is located outside of the command post they should be called "operations"

Question 58

Once the operations officer is in place and functioning, what does the incident commander focus on?

Answer 58

The incident commanders focus is now on the strategic issues, overall strategic planning and other components of the incident. The focus is on the big picture. The IC provides direction and advice to the operations officer in directing the tactical aspects of the incident.

Question 59

What does the administration section do?

Answer 59

The administration section evaluates and manages the risk and financial requirements for the fire department involvement in the incident.

Question 60

Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the administration section.

Answer 60

Procurement of services and or supplies, documenting all financial costs of the incident and documents services for cost recovery. Handles legal risk and serves as the incident commanders liaison with city officials litigators etc. monitors and coordinate emergency service for the rest of the community during major incidents to ensure adequate coverage. Is the EOC rep, briefs the EOC staff. Manages investigations.

Question 61

An EOC is designed to:

Answer 61

Work Center for top-level city officials, provide organizational structure for department heads to coordinate overall response, fix responsibility of service delivery on one individual, provide coordination of an event with other local county etc. agencies

Question 62

When should the EOC be opened?

Answer 62

The EOC should be opened during large catastrophic events. Large multi-jurisdictional and/or multi-disciplined events that extends beyond our city orders. Large fires, hazmat incidents, mass casualty incidents, terrorism, Floods, tornadoes, power failures

Question 63

Who opens and staffs the EOC?

Answer 63

The EOC is opened by the city of Mesa on duty emergency manager. The EM is contacted through the Mesa police/fire dispatch.

Question 64

What are the two types of power outages?

Answer 64

The two types of power outages are local and feeder. Feeder outages usually affect more homes were commercial areas.

Question 65

When is the emergency power outage plan implemented?

Answer 65

Emergency power outage plan can be implemented when the heat stress factor exceeds 105 were extremely Cold temperatures below 34°. At the discretion of the duty chief or senior staff were command officer.

Question 66

Define the hot zone.

Answer 66

The hot zone is any area that requires and SCBA, A charged hose line and protective clothing or in which a firefighter is at risk of becoming lost, trapped or injured by the environment or structure.

Question 67

When is a par report required?

Answer 67

Report of missing or trapped firefighter there'll be a part of all crews on the scene. Any change from offense of two defenses. Said nonhazardous event, by all crews reporting and all clear, Every 30 minutes, report a fire under control, anytime plan feels it is necessary.

Question 68

Who is the initial accountability officer?

Answer 68

The first engine to each geographic side of the incident or point of entry will serve as the initial accountability location the engineer is the first officer. All crews entering the incident will deliver their PASSPORTs

Question 69

Define accountability sector.

Answer 69

As an incident escalates, accountability officers are assigned command should implement an accountability sector to coordinate accountability officers. The accountability sector officer will be assigned to safety section and will operate on the assigned safety radio channel.

Question 70

What are the responsibilities of the accountability sector officer?

Answer 70

Accountability sector officer is responsible for developing and implementing a plan designed to track and account for all personnel in the hot zone, Ensure that accountability at officers are in each sector, request and manage sector resources, provide progress reports to command and initiate PAR's upon benchmarks or as needed.

Question 71

Give an example of an instance when a crew can leave their passport on the dash.

Answer 71

Crews of the initial assignment that have apparatus Park in very close proximity for example 50 feet or less, of the initial engine may leave their passports on the dash of their apparatus or take them to the first engine. Ladder companies on the first alarm may leave their passports on the dash of their apparatus if it would be hard to deliver it to the accountability engine.

Question 72

When is the passport system terminated?

Answer 72

Passport accountability will be maintained through report of fire under control at that time a PAR for all crews must be obtained. Command will determine at that time whether to continue the passport system. If this ability is still impaired or significant hazardous conditions still exist command may choose to extend the passport system further.

Question 73

When is a RIC unit dispatched?

Answer 73

RIC unit will be dispatched for all working fire situations or greater and or operations that pose A special hazard for example a confined space rescue.

Question 74

What happens if there is an absent member of any crew?

Answer 74

Member will automatically be assumed lost or trapped in the hot zone until otherwise determined safe. Company officers must immediately declare a Mayday. Command must request the next greater assignment or alarm with a medical component. Command must then initiate a PAR of all companies in the hot zone. RIC goes. To last reported location. Strategy is now a priority search and rescue effort.

Question 75

How do you implement IRIC four person crew?

Answer 75

When in mobile command mode, first arriving company officer makes an interior attack On working fire with the nozzle person. The plug person assumes primary IRIC and the engineer is Assumes secondary IRIC.

Question 76

When is there an exception to the RIC requirement?

Answer 76

When there is a life hazard where immediate action could prevent the loss of life. When the fire is in an incipient stage that could be controlled by portable fire extinguisher.

Question 77

Where is RIC set up on a high-rise fire?

Answer 77

RICs Will be assigned to standby positions in the resource sector location or other appropriate locations. A secondary standby location may be in the lobby sector location.

Question 78

What are the items in RIC-SCBA kits?

Answer 78

For flashlights for pack straps for door straps for sprinkler wedges for lifelines with the appointment bags. One small bolt cutter, two channel locks, two Phillips head screw drivers, four folding knives, to wire cutters, two straight blade screwdrivers, 1 SCBA mask, 1 SCBA bottle and supply pigtail

Question 79

What are the five things that must happen rapidly following the Mayday?

Answer 79

Emergency traffic, change the plans high priority rescue effort, immediately request additional alarms, PAR, commit the RIC

Question 80

What does welfare sector or branch do?

Answer 80

Welfare sector or branch will aid in notification of next of kin and allow command to stay ahead of the media's release of information. It will need to be established early. A ranking chief officer should be assigned to this sector/branch.

Question 81

What are some of the general considerations when searching for a lost member?

Answer 81

Establish another RIC. Knowledge of last location, visible sighting of arms/legs, PASS device sounding, tapping, open or unlock doors, search the immediate airway of doorway first, search hallways before interior rooms, search large interior spaces in a detailed grid pattern

Question 82

Who does resource sector work under and what are the responsibilities?

Answer 82

Resource sector is a support sector and is assigned under logistics section officer. Assist logistics section officer in evaluation of support needs, provide supplies such as air, oxygen, medical supplies, AFFF etc. refueling of apparatus, work with equipment management to provide for department apparatus, specialized equipment

Question 83

What is lobby sector?

Answer 83

Lobby sector is used to control access to a building or area during fires, hazardous materials incidents, rescue operations. It has an identified entrance/exit point from the building or area involved.

Question 84

When can in-place sheltering take place?

Answer 84

Hazardous materials has low or moderate health risk, the material has been released and is now dissipating, leaks can be controlled rapidly and before a evacuation is done, Exposure would be short-term and public can be adequately protected by staying indoors

Question 85

What is site evacuation?

Answer 85

Site evacuation includes a small number of citizens. It includes workers at the site and people from adjacent occupancies usually lasts less than an hour or two

Question 86

What is intermediate level evacuation?

Answer 86

Intermediate level involves larger numbers of citizens and or affects a larger area this could include offsite homes and businesses and normally affects fewer than 100 people. Citizens may remain out of the area for 2 to 4 hours or more

Question 87

What is large-scale evacuation?

Answer 87

It is the release of a large or concentrated release of hazardous substance. Thousands of citizens could be evacuated. Evacuees he out of their homes or businesses for many hours if not days. Shelters will need to be located opened and managed. The EOC Will be activated to support the evacuation and site operations.

Question 88

Discuss evacuation branch

Answer 88

It may be run by a police officer. Branch officers work directly with command. Separate radio channels will be required. Evacuation branch will run several sectors including. Pio, Geographic sectors, police liaison sector staging sector , shelter sectors

Question 89

What are the command responsibilities during evacuation?

Answer 89

Scene size up to determine evacuation needs. Evacuation plan, request police supervisor to the command post, evacuation perimeters, number and location of shelter sites, order evacuation, evac persons from the greatest danger first

Question 90

How do you do in evacuation with the PA system?

Answer 90

Use 3 five second blast of the siren while on the yelp setting. Make notification at the beginning of each block and each 50 yards after that.

Question 91

Who makes the decision to return is that QE's to their homes?

Answer 91

The fire department incident commander. If the EOC is operating the decision to return it back you leave will be made by the EOC staff. The planning section will jointly developed a return plan for evacuees. Returning evacuees may need help with transportation