Chapter 4

Question 1

What is PAR

Answer 1

Personnel Accountability Report

• a formal accounting system for the location, status, and condition of each crew assigned to an incident

Question 2

What are the 7 key Issues addressed by ICAW

Answer 2

1. Accountability
2. Outline of emergency site plan
3. Plan of attack
4. Progress
5. Available resources
6. Transfer of Command
7. Final report

Question 3

What are the 4 Command priorities of Fire Command

Answer 3

• Safety
• Rescue
• Fire Control
• Salvage

Question 4

What are the Ten Command functions?

Answer 4

1. Assume and effective command position and confirm operations
2. Rapidly size up the situation
3. Initiate, maintain and control the communications process
4. Identify the overall strategy and develop an attack plan and assign crews
5. Develop an effective fire ground organizaton
6. Provide continuing command within the framework of departamental SOP’s and SOG’s
7. Coordinate Transfer of Command as required
8. Review, evaluate, and revise attack plan as required
9. Request and assign additional crews as required
10. Terminate operations/command and return crews to service

Question 5

First arriving officer shall:

Answer 5

Assume Command

Question 6

What are the benchmarks required for each event?

Answer 6

1. Primary Search complete
2. Fire Under Control
3. Secondary Search complete
4. Fire Out

Question 7

In an escalating event who assumes the role of Incident Commander?

Answer 7

Second arriving District Chief

Question 8

When must PAR be provided?

Answer 8

• When entering a building
• When exiting a building
• Whenever command asks for it

Question 9

When do you have PAR?

Answer 9

When you can TOUCH, SEE, or HEAR your crew members

Question 10

List and describe the levels of organization on the fire ground

Answer 10

• Strategic levels
  
  • Command functions
• Tactical levels
  
  • Sector functions
• Task levels
  
  • tasks of the firefighters within a sector

Question 11

When does ‘Fast Attack’ mode cease?

Answer 11

• Incident is stabilized
• The crew is forced to withdraw due to hazardous conditions
• Incident command is transferred

Should fast attack fail, IC must leave the building and establish a stationary command post or transfer command.

Question 12

What information is included in the initial report?

Answer 12

• Unit identification
• Size up
• Summary of Fire/emergency conditions
• Initial Plan of Action
• Identify who is assuming fire command
• Where Fire command is located

Question 13

Who assumes the role of Safety Officer?

Answer 13

First arriving District Chief

Question 14

What are the advantages of the Incident Command System?

Answer 14

• Flexible for any size emergency
• Systematic approach lessens confusion
• Allows for informed decisions
• Deployment of resources is easier
• Provides accountability for all resources

Question 15

Define Incident Commander

Answer 15

The person with the over all responsibility and authority for the management of second or multiple alarm incidents

The I.C. is responsible for supplying resources to assist the Fire Commander

Question 16

Describe ‘Command Mode’

Answer 16

First arriving officer remains Staged at the apparatus, assuming Incident Command: assigning tasks to unit personnel, communicating with other responding units, and adapting the Incident Action Plan as needed.

Question 17

Define Fire Commander

Answer 17

• The person with the overall responsibility to manage dispatched resources at an emergency event
• This person is responsible for developing the initial strategy, determining tactical priorities, and assigning personnel to sectors for the successful mitigation of the emergency

Question 18

What are the Three modes of Command?

Answer 18

• Command mode
• Mobile Command
  
  • Nothing Showing
  • Fast Attack

Question 19

Describe the Mobile Command mode: Nothing Showing

Answer 19

• The officer performs a reconnasissance and directs the other responding units to level 1 staging
• Ability to transfer command to next incoming officer

Question 20

What is the primary objective of the ICS?

Answer 20

Management of assigned resources for the effective and efficient control of any emergency regardless of size or complexity

Question 21

Describe Reconnaissance factors, to gain information:

Answer 21

Information received from other officers on the scene, or others assigned specifically to get the information requested by command.

• Crews inside the structure relay fire, smoke and heat information
• Info gathered by crews from occupants exiting the structure, bystanders, and other non-departmental services involved in the event

Question 22

How should Command be transfered?

Answer 22

Face to Face

Question 23

When will Fire Command/ Incident Commander terminate the incident?

Answer 23

When incident no longer requires any EFRS resources

Question 24

Describe the two types of Staging

Answer 24

• Level 1
  
  • Initially dispatched units may report their location to FC
  • FC may request up to 2 additional units before upgrading to a 2nd alarm
• Level 2
  
  • First arriving officer @ level 2 staging area becomes Staging Officer
  • FC will request additional crews directly through staging officer
  • Crews identified as major/ minor crews

Question 25

What information is requred for Transfer of Command?

Answer 25

* Current attack plan * Deployment of crews * the Effectiveness of attack * the need for additional crews * ICAW

Question 26

What questions must teh Fire Commander ask to provide Continuing Command?

Answer 26

* Is command established * What is the effect of the implemented stragegy and tactics * Are sectors able to accomplish their tasks * Is the plan still effective * Do I know where my personnel are (PAR) * Should the plan be changed * How long will this event continue * Does this plan follow department SOP and SOG's

Question 27

Define: Strike Team

Answer 27

A combination of a number of units that are all of the same type and purpose

Question 28

Define: Task Force

Answer 28

Combination of single resources within the span of control amassed for a task

Question 29

Define a single resource

Answer 29

Personnel, vehicle, and/or equipment is considered a single resource

Question 30

Describe a Hold-In-Place strategy

Answer 30

Initiated when safety is uncertain and immediate evacuation must be initiated ( ie: bomb threat)

Question 31

Describe a Defensive Exterior Attack

Answer 31

Inititated when fire conditions are unsafe to entre the structure. Lives are not threatened, and/or the property is un-savable

Question 32

Describe an Offensive Interior attack

Answer 32

Initiated when Fire conditions are reasonably safe to do so * Fire conditions must be closely monitored nothing the position of interior crews * Preparations must be made to quickly switch to a defensvie exterior attack

Question 33

List the strategic choices available to Fire Command

Answer 33

Offensive Interior attack Defensive Exterior attack Hold-In-Place non-attack

Question 34

Describe Visusal factors for gaining information

Answer 34

Information Fire Command can see from the Command Post * Type of building * construction, occupancy, obvious outside hazards * Location, volume, density, velocity and colour of smoke coming fom the structure * Weather

Question 35

Describe the mobile command mode: Fast Attack

Answer 35

The first arriving officer assuming command directs their personnel in an offensive attack to bring the fire quickly under control.

Question 36

What are three methods to gain information on the Fire ground

Answer 36

* Visual factors * Reconnaissance factors * Pre-fire assessment factors

Question 37

Describe Pre-Fire assessment factors for gathering information

Answer 37

Pre-fire planning information that is determined in advance of the incident * Life hazards * numbers and locations of occupants * access to the structure * Floor plans * nature of interior and exterior exposure