Accountability 201.03

Question 1

The purpose of this Accountability procedure is

to ?

Answer 1

account for all fire fighters operating in the hot zone

Question 2

The hot zone will be defined as ?

Answer 2

Any area that requires the use of an SCBA.

Question 3

Who must make a strong personal commitment to follow all policies and procedures regarding
accountability ?

Answer 3

Each person involved in an incident whether at the strategic, tactical, or task level of an incident

Question 4

Command / strategic – addresses the strategic level of accountability by the tracking of all
crews and sectors/divisions/groups by location and function on a What?

Answer 4

tactical worksheet

Question 5

What two things should company officers maintain current at all times for personnel responding on the
apparatus?

Answer 5

PASSPORT and MCT roster

Question 6

Company officers must ensure that all crew members have proper company ID on what and
nametag across what ?

Answer 6

scba face piece and helmet.

Question 7

Company officer must ensure that the _________ is delivered to their accountability location prior
to entering the hot zone and retrieved upon exiting the hot zone.

Answer 7

passport

Question 8

The Accountability system will increase firefighter safety and provide the incident command team, sector officers/Division/Group Supervisor, and company officers a means to do what two things?

Answer 8

Track the location of firefighters

and function of firefighters on the scene.

Question 9

Company officers must obtain PARs for their crews, which is a confirmation that all members assigned to his/her crew are accounted for and have an adequate what ?

Answer 9

exit air supply.

Question 10

All crews work for command or sectors there is no ?

Answer 10

NO free lancing

Question 11

A minimum crew size is ?

Answer 11

two or more members

Question 12

Each member must have a ______ to communicate.

Answer 12

radio

Question 13

All crews entering the _____ _____ must have a supervisor and crews must go in together, stay together, and come out together

Answer 13

hot zone

Question 14

The entire crew will exit if an SCBA, radio, or any equipment that could compromise what ?

Answer 14

safety fails while in the hot zone

Question 15

The _______ system will be used to effectively track firefighters in the hot zone

Answer 15

passport

Question 16

Accountability equipment for each piece of apparatus and shift consists of what 4 things ?

Answer 16

• A passport with a pouch
• Small company ID tag
• Helmet ID stickers
• Hose ID tag

Question 17

Passports are ?

Answer 17

• Bright yellow tags
• 3x4 inches
• Marked by company ID and shift

Question 18

The small company ID tag is kept in a pocket on the back of the passport pouch and is used to replace the passport at the pump panel in the event that accountability is what ?

Answer 18

tracked closer to the building by a sector

Question 19

When entering the hot zone with a partial crew, such as when an engineer remains at the engine to pump lines, the company officer must what ?

Answer 19

remove his nametag from the passport

Question 20

Implementation of the passport system will occur at any incident that requires What to be used ?

Answer 20

use of an SCBA.

Question 21

The first company on scene will give an on scene report. In the follow up report, their accountability unit identification and ________ _________ will be announced.

Answer 21

geographic location, north, south, east, west,

Question 22

As stage units are assigned, each crew will deliver their passport to who?

Answer 22

The engineer of the engine where they deployed a hand line.

Question 23

The engineer becomes the ________ officer for the crews that took the hose lines from his/her apparatus.

Answer 23

accountability

Question 24

Ladder crews will leave their passports on the ladder dash when going where to do what ?

Answer 24

to the roof to perform ventilation

Question 25

BACK UP ACCOUNTABILITY KIT are where ?

Answer 25

on every engine

Question 26

All crews entering the hot zone must have a ?

Answer 26

supervisor

Question 27

PAR (personnel accountability report) will be required for the following 7 situations ?

Answer 27

• Any report of a missing or trapped fire fighter
• Any change from offensive to defensive
• Any sudden hazardous event at the incident - flash over, back draft, collapse, May Day, etc.
• As companies report an all clear.
• As companies report under control.
• At every 30 minutes of elapsed time.
• Any time Command feels it is necessary

Question 28

Passport accountability will be maintained throughout the entire incident. Accountability can be
terminated following a report of “____ _____ _____”, at which time a PAR for all crews must be
obtained.

Answer 28

“fire under control,”

Question 29

6 Passport Rules

Answer 29

• Will reflect only those personnel presently in the hot zone
• Will be delivered to accountability location prior to entering the hot zone
• Will be maintained at the point of entry to the hot zone
• Never enter the hot zone
• Will be retrieved by crews upon exiting the hot zone
• Accountability location is the engine where the crew deployed the hose line

Question 30

When going to the interior of the structure, each ladder crew will deliver their passport to
the engine closest to the what?

Answer 30

point of entry

Question 31

The PAR is a confirmation that all members are accounted for and have what ?

Answer 31

an adequate exit air supply

Question 32

MULTI-STORY / HIGH-RISE

All crews reporting to the building will deliver their passports to the _______ _______.

Answer 32

building lobby

Question 33

MULTI-STORY / HIGH-RISE

The hoseline ID tag will be taken by who and to what location ?

Answer 33

by each crew to mark their hose line in the stairwell at the standpipe

Question 34

If exiting the hot zone at a location other then where you entered the crew must notify who and retrieve what ?

Answer 34

accountability officer and retrieve their passport