BOOK 93 LAFD EXPANDED COMMAND OPERATIONS MANUAL

Question 1

What is the Departments City wide Command Post?

Answer 1

Department Operations Center

Question 2

What is Area Command?

Answer 2

an expansion of the incident command function primarily designed to manage a complex or large incident/event or area that has multiple incident management organizations assigned

Question 3

Criteria for activation of an Area Command may include, but not limited to?

Answer 3

1) several major or complex incidents in close proximity to each other
2) critical human or property values at risk when multiple incidents are competing for limited resources
3) difficulties with inter-incident resource allocation and coordination are encountered
4) ability of MFC to dispatch and track resources is compromised

Question 4

Whose responsible to determine when Causative Event is of such magnitude, complexity or operations intensity that resource allocation/prioritization would benefit from the activation of an Area Command?

Answer 4

FC, EOPS commander, or Bureau Commander

Question 5

Who provides an intermediate level of command between the IC and the Area Commander?

Answer 5

Zone Commander (ZCDR)

Question 6

Why should the Area Command Post be located in close proximity to the incidents under its authority?

Answer 6

easier to have meetings and direct contact between Area Commander and Zone Commanders

Question 7

Who is responsible for specifying the “footprint” of the tactical area for Area Command?

Answer 7

Agency Administrator

Question 8

The IC requests additional resources through who?

Answer 8

ZONE/AREA COMMAND

Question 9

Each Area Command communications plan has how many separate modes?

Answer 9

4

Question 10

What are considerations for determining the tactical area?

Answer 10

1) type of event causing cascading incidents
2) projected expansion of the tactical area
3) number of resources available to handle all incidents within the tactical area

Question 11

All incidents with addresses inside the tactical area will be forwarded directly to the Area Command as undispatched incidents when?

Answer 11

MFC activates the tactical area

Question 12

For planned events, who will co-dispatch resources not assigned to the event to any call in or near the event area?

Answer 12

MFC
MFC will notify the Incident Communications Unit of the call and the MFC resources responding

Question 13

When should Notification Areas be used?

Answer 13

whenever the event poses no real threat to responders

Question 14

Resources assigned to Area or Zone commands by MFC may be?

Answer 14

S/T, TF, or single resources

Question 15

S/T and TF formed from single resources by AREA, ZONE or IC shall be designated in accordance with?

Answer 15

FIRESCOPE Resource Designation system

Question 16

Why do TF not have a letter designator like S/T?

Answer 16

TF can be any number of any kind and type or resources;
S/T is a pre designated number of a specific kind and type of resource

Question 17

What are the allotted designators for each geographic bureau?

Answer 17

OCB: 1031-1040
OSB: 1041-1050
OWB: 1051-1060
OVB: 1061-1070

Question 18

When MFC has passed the responsibility for command and control of resources to Area Command, who do resources relay Still Alarm info to?

Answer 18

Area Command

Question 19

Who always retains the responsibility for entering incidents into the CAD?

Answer 19

MFC

Question 20

When Zones are established, Area Commands need to only track what info from each Zone?

Answer 20

1) number of incidents received but not yet dispatched
2) number of active incidents
3) number of closed incidents

Question 21

When shall officers complete NFIRS reports?

Answer 21

once all incident information is reconciled in the CAD

Question 22

Depending on the timing of the Causative Event, the Dept. will move into what 3 phases of planning and deployment?

Answer 22

PHASE 1 NOTIFICATION
PHASE 2 PREPARATION
PHASE 3 ACTIVATION

Question 23

Phase 1 activities occur at or above what level? and how will it be posted?

Answer 23

Bureau;
Official notice