IMS System Flashcards
(102 cards)
1
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What four things does IMS system do
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Establish command
Identifies commander IC
Manages personal
Strategic plan development
2
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Administration officer does what
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Manages all administrative and financial aspects of incident
3
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What is base?
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Primary point outside of hot zone for apparatus to report
4
Q
What is branch?
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A division of the command structure at large operations with too many sectors for IC
5
Q
What does branch officer do?
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Manages sectors and reports to IC
6
Q
What is chief officer?
A
District chief or higher
7
Q
What is command?
A
designation for officer in charge
8
Q
What is command post?
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Static position of command location
9
Q
Command post officer does what
A
Overseas staff
10
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What does CPO stand for?
A
Command post officer
11
Q
Who is Command vehicle for
A
Chief officers vehicle
12
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Company officer is in charge of
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Crews and apparatus
13
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Controlled area is
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Where functioning SCBA is required
14
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What does ETN stand for?
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Elapsed time notification
15
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Time intervals for ETN
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Every 10 minutes
16
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When does ETN start?
A
Report of working fire
17
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Emergency evacuation signal consists of
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Three - 3 second blasts of airhorn followed by five second pause
Repeat two more times
18
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What does emergency evacuation signal represent?
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Evacuate the structure
19
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Entry control point is
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Last safe area where firefighters pit in and out
20
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What does IC stand for?
A
Incident commander
21
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What does ICT stand for?
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Incident command technician
22
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Who is an incident command technician?
A
A fit
23
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What does FIT stand for?
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Fire ground incident technician
24
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What does IAP stand for?
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Incident action plan
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What does IMT stand for?
Incident management team
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How many people in incident management team?
two or three officers, depending on alarm level
27
What does IMS system stand for?
Incident management system
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What does ISO stand for?
Incident safety officer
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What does IRIT stand for?
Initial rapid intervention team
30
How many firefighters assigned to IRIT as a minimum
Minimum of two firefighters
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What does logistics officer provide?
Supplies, personnel, equipment, and other resources to operating sectors
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Who can call a Mayday?
Any firefighter who was trapped, missing or sustained a life-threatening injury
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How many times is Mayday stated
Three
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What follows three maydays
Location
Identification of firefighter
Problem
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What is mobile command?
When incident commander is not stationary
36
Functions of officer of note
Collects all documentation and reports
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Who is usually the officer of note?
First arriving captain or
First arriving district chief
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What does operations section chief do?
supervision of operation staff
39
When is operations section chief used?
When provincial incident management system is implemented
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What’s considered operating in teams?
Two or more individuals
41
What is radio alias
Name assigned for a radio identifier
42
RIT stands for
Rapid intervention team
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How many firefighters in a RIT team?
Four
44
What does SO stand for?
Support officer
Second senior chief at incident
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What does SA stand for?
Senior advisor
46
Where is staging located?
In an area where crews are immediately available
47
When should the term urgent be announced?
When any firefighters face potential for a life-threatening situation?
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How many times should urgent be announced
Three times
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FFAS stands for
Firefighter accountability system
50
FIT stands for
Fire ground incident technician
51
CPO stands for ???
Who do they oversee
Command post officer
Staff
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ISO stands for
Incident safety officer
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ICT stands for
Incident command technician
54
IMT stands for
Incident management team
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IMS stands for
Incident management system
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IRIT stands for
Initial rapid intervention team
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RIT stands for
Rapid intervention team
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Who developed rules of engagement
Association of fire chief
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What does rule of engagement help determine
Go or no go
60
Objectives of rules of engagement
Conduct 360 size up
Determine occupant survivability
Conduct risk assessment
Implement safe action plan
Maintain communication with crews
Progress reports
Accountability
61
Extend limited risk for what
Savable property
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Extend measured risk for what
Savable lives
63
rule of eight in order
Size up
Rescue
Exposures
Confinement
Extinguish
Overhaul
Ventilation
Salvage
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Size up includes
Information at dispatch
Weather condition
Time of day
Time of year
updates on route
Building type
Occupancy type
360° completed
Location of FDC and hydrants
Preplanning information
Need for additional resources
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What does size up begin?
IAP
Incident action plan
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What does IAP stand for?
Incident action plan
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What determines rescue?
People visibly endangered
People reported missing /trapped
Potential for endangerment
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What is an exposure?
When the incident impacts another area
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Confinement refers to what
Protect protecting interior exposures
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Goal of extinguishment
Determining what is necessary to put out the fire
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Primary goal of overhaul
Ensure fire is completely out
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When to implement ventilation
As soon as possible
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What does salvage accomplish?
Reducing damage
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When can salvage start?
Anytime during salvage
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Within IMS the incident commander is responsible for what
Overall strategy
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What is key at an emergency incident?
Communication
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The incident commander is also responsible for developing what
IAP
Incident action plan
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Two actions of strategy
Offensive strategy
Defensive strategy
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3 Objectives of offensive strategy
Rescue
Life safety
Stabilizing incident
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Three objectives of defensive strategy
Life safety
Exposure protection
Protect environment and property
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Should conducting offensive and defensive strategies simultaneously be avoided yes or no
Yes
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Offensive and defensive at the same time can cause what three dangers to firefighters
Opposing hose streams
Breaking glass without permission
Starting water tower operations
83
Six responsibilities of the IC at strategic level…..
SISPTS
Conduct size up
Develop IAP
Determine strategy
Set priorities
Assigned task to teams
Assigned sector officers
Allocate additional resources
Evaluate strategy
Safety of Public
84
What does tactics involve?
Deployment of resources and personnel to meet objectives in the IAP
85
Two officers of the tactical level may be
Sector officers
Branch officers
86
Three main tactical objectives are
RSP
Rescue and life safety
Stabilizing incident
Protecting environment/property
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What four objectives are part of stabilization of incident
CHSF
Controlling fire
Hazmat identification
Shoring
First aid until paramedics arrive
88
Task level activities include
8 things
Search and rescue
Fire attack
Ventilation
Hose stream
Laddering
RIT
Property conservation
Overhaul
First aid
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Who performs task level activities
Firefighters
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An incident management team comprises of what
I-S-S
Two or three command officers
Incident commander
Support officer
Senior advisor
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SO stands for
Support officer
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What rank is Support officer?
One rank higher than incident commander
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7 Roles of support officer
Evaluate IP
Provide guidance
Assign logistics
Control worksheet
Evaluate fire ground tasks
Second set of eyes
Protect the IC
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What does SA stand for?
Senior advisor
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Senior advisor is usually who
Senior chief officer
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Who is the incident commander for first alarms and working fire responses
District chief
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Who is the incident commander for second alarms?
The district chief and
Platoon chief as SO
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Who’s in command at third alarms
The district chief with
Platoon chief as SO
Divisional commander as SA
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Who’s incident commander at fourth alarms?
Platoon chief is IC with
Divisional commander as SO
On-call deputy as SA
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Single apparatus response is run by what officer with what 3 actions
Company officer
Strategic, tactical, task decisions
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Multiple apparatus response is run by
Incident commander for
Strategic and tactical decision decisions
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Tasks at multi vehicle responses, Multi vehicle responses are completed by who
Individual apparatus
Officers and crew
