COG Mutual AID Flashcards
Command Staff: In an incident management organization, the Command Staff consists of the Incident Command and the special staff positions of ________________________, ______________________, ___________________, and ________________________ , who report directly to the Incident Commander. They may have an assistant or assistants, as needed.
Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, and other positions as
required
Automatic Mutual Aid: A procedure that pre-determines mutual aid response in certain areas or for certain target hazards so that the response occurs on the________________ and there is no delay for a command level request and authorization order to occur.
initial dispatch
___________________ is the individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering
and the release of resources. _______________ has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations and is responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site.
Incident Commander
Incident Commander
Management by Objective: A management approach that involves a four-step process for achieving the incident goal. The Management by Objectives approach includes the following: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________, in support of defined strategic objectives; and documenting results to measure performance and facilitate corrective action.
establishing overarching objectives
developing and issuing assignments, plans, procedures, and protocols
establishing specific, measurable objectives for various incident management functional activities
directing efforts to fulfill them
Safety officer is a member of the __________ staff
command
Whenever possible, mutual aid personnel shall be deployed as integral units under their ________ supervisor. If such deployment is not possible, the mutual aid personnel shall be deployed as members of a team with supervisor(s) (or designee) of ______________________
own
the requesting jurisdiction
When any order conflicts with a previously issued order, the conflict should be respectfully brought to the attention of the issuing officer. If the conflict cannot be resolved and the conflicting order is not rescinded, the original order___________________
shall stand.
If issues related to command and control authority cannot be reconciled among chief public safety officials, the principal ____________________________________shall be responsible for their resolution.
elected or appointed officials of the affected jurisdictions
The jurisdiction in which the incident occurs shall have ______________________________________________________If the first arriving unit is not from the affected jurisdiction, a determination will be made regarding who will hold command after the affected jurisdiction’s personnel arrive on the scene and confer with the initial incident commander.
command and control authority.
All personnel shall be accounted for throughout the entirety of the incident. During regular intervals, starting at _______ minutes into the incident (or entry into remote hazard area) AND subsequently at regular intervals in accordance with procedures set forth by the host jurisdiction a formal Accountability roll call will be conducted.
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Virtually every Fire and Rescue Department within the COG region have upgraded their land mobile radio systems to _________ ultra high frequency interoperable systems. More than ________________radios in the region
800 MHz
35000
Requests for mutual response may be made by _________________________, ___________________, or _____________________
telephone, radio, or via computer network.
Four basic types of equipment can be utilized to achieve communications interoperability:
Shared Systems: The use of a single radio system infrastructure to provide service to most public safety agencies within a region. Nearly all COG Fire and Rescue Departments “share systems” for daily emergency operations.
Shared Channels: Common channels that have been established and are programmed into radios to provide interoperable communications among agencies. They are always available because they are included and always operational in each piece of apparatus within a region.
Gateways: These systems interconnect channels of different systems, allowing first responders to utilize their existing radios and channels to be interconnected with the channels of other users outside of their agency.
Cache Radios: A cache of standby radios that can be deployed to support regional incidents.
___________________________________ channels are intended as a method of establishing common channel tactical communications for public safety agencies that may not share common talk-groups with another jurisdiction and do not have access to NPSPAC channels for communications with a potential mutual aid partner.
Regional Interoperability System (RINS)
Public Information Area ____________flag
Staging Area ____________flag
Treatment Area ________________ flag
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