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1
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Clue vs cue

A

A clue is a hint or suggestion that MIGHT lead to an answer.

A cue is an INDICATOR, red flag, or high degree of certainty

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______ is the key to effective decision making under emergency situations

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Experience

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The naturalistic method is a process in which the decision maker _____

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Looks for certain critical cues, relates cues to previous similar situations, and recalls precious conclusions

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T or F. The naturalistic method is better than the classical method

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True

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Normally, the brain will automatically try to use a _____ methodology

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Naturalistic

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The _____ _____ is another name for the classical methodology of decision making

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Command sequence

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Three phases of sizeup

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  1. Pre-incident information
  2. Dispatch through on-scene sizeup
  3. Ongoing sizeup
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The goal of sizeup is ____

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Problem identification

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____ is the overall plan that will be used to control the incident

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Strategy

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_____ are the specific operations that must be completed successfully to accomplish the strategy’s goals.

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Tactics

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T or F. No actions are taken at the strategy level

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True

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The NIMS was enacted through presidential directives __ and __

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5 and 8

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An operation that lacks organization is usually one in which various tasks and responsibilities are overlooked. Invariably, _____ is one of the first to fall into that category

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Safety

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14
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______ decide what gets done first in order to accomplish their assigned tasks

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Company Officers

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ICS is a _______-oriented system

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Performance

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Under most circumstances, the only position (function) in the ICS that must always be staffed is that of ___

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Incident command

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17
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Span of control (according to command and control book)

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2 to 7, optimal 5

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The five major management functional areas of the ICS

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Command, operations, planning, logistics, finance/admin

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_____ command is generally associated with a critical fast attack situation or known rescue

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Passing

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20
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Command should only be passed

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Once

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21
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T or F. Command is transferred in Both directions, up and down

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True

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22
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The best method of transferring command is through a

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Face to face

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Media area should be established ______ the command post

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Away from

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Liaison area should be ____ the command post

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NEAR but not AT

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Personnel that make a single resource
Crew
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A task force is a group of ____
Resources with common communications and a leader
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A strike team is ______
Five of the same type and kind of resources
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____ is a location where resources are ready for immediate assignment (3 minutes or less)
Staging
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Staging at a high rise fire is generally ____
Two floors below the fire floor
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Each incident will have only one ____ but there may be more than one _____
Base, staging area
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____ is an organizational level responsible for resources and operations within a defined GEOGRAPHICAL area
Division
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Resources assigned to a specific function such as ventilation, rescue, and water supply
Group
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In a ____ command situation, only one agency has legal responsibility
Single
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Unprotected steel members weaken at about _____ and are unable to support their own weight at ______.
1000F, 1500f
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____ continues to be the leading cause of line-of-duty firefighter deaths
Heart attacks
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___ of firefighters killed happens during training
13%
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In ____ states, the state enforces worker health and safety not OSHA.
23
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What is the most important safety milestones for firefighters in the last 20 years?
Two-in, Two-out provision
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In a high rise operation, the RIC should be located in ______, ____ floors below the fire
Staging, two
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Crews must self-rehab for ___ minutes following either ___ minutes of intense work or the depletion of one ___ SCBA cylinder
10, 20, 30minute
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Crews must go to rehab, get a medical evaluation, and rest for a minimum of ___ after depletion of two 30m cylinders, or 40m of work without an scba
20 minutes
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Over ___% of fire deaths occur in residential occupancies
80
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Approx ___ of firefighter fatalities occur in residential structures
1/3
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Partition walls are usually ___” drywall
1/2”
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If roof construction is unknown, assume it is ____
Lightweight
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Ridgepole and rafter construction typically indicates _____ construction, is very _____
Older, strong
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___ is an important part of sizeup
Prediction
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T or F garden apartments are not prone to early collapse
True
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The two basic search methods are ___ and ___
Left hand searches, right hand searches
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Wood beam and rafter with sheathing, generally found in older buildings, has a very ___ resistance to collapse
High
51
Parallel-chord wood truss and plywood I beam fail after __ minutes of major fire involvement
5
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Steel bar joists have been known to fail in _____ minutes after significant fire involvement
As little as 9 minutes
53
Two types of lumberyards?
Traditional - one or more buildings Home improvement - large retail
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In the case of larger fires in outdoor lumber storage, you should deploy ____
Large hand lines (2.5”)
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A small hotel or barding house is any building providing transient or short term housing for ____
Fewer than 100 persons
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Large hotels house more than ____ and are ____ or more stories tall
100, 8
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_____ have to be considered the first line of defense in any residential occupancy
Alarm systems
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Standpipe systems in small hotels usually are class ____ systems
Class II, 1.5”
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Class __ standpipe systems, ___” are found in some newer small hotels
1, 2.5”
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___ civilians die in every 1,000 dwelling fires. ___ civilians die in every 1,000 small hotels and boarding house fires every year
7, 18
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A minimum of ___ means of ingress/egress are required
2
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Enclosed malls of modern construction will generally have class __ standpipe systems with multiple outlets
Class 1, 2 1/2”
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You cannot develop strategic and tactical solutions until you have identified the ____
Problem
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There are ____ air ambulances operating in the US transporting approximately ______ patients per year
800, 500,000
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Aluminum has a very low melting temp of _____
700-800 F
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Magnesium ignition temperature
1,200 F
67
The typical small private aircraft uses the equivalent of ___
100-octane gas
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Rotor wash can generate winds up to ___ mph
70 mph
69
Pipelines range in size from ____ to ___.
1/2” to 18”
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A 14” petroleum transmission line can be under 1,200 to 1,400 psi and carry ______ gallons of product for every mile of line
42,000 gallons
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On a railroad incident, put flaggers at both ends of the incident scene asap as far as ___ miles from the crash site
2
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A 100 car freight train traveling at 5 mph can take up to ___ to stop
A mile
73
Never get on the roof of a train. They can carry _____ volts AC
Over 13,000 volts AC
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A rule of thumb is to assign ___ ___ ___ for each firefighter actively engaged in suppression
Three support personnel
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The three generally used methods of obtaining resources are
Cooperative agreements, assistance by hire, and voluntary assistance
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