Month 12; Ifsta Officer Readings

Question 0

Company
Line and Staff Personnel
Unity of Command
Span of Control
Division of Labor

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Question 1

Chapter 11 Organizational Structure

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Question 2

Unity of Command

Answer 2

Each subordinate must have only one supervisor

Question 3

Chain of Command

Answer 3

Pathway of responsibility from the top of the organization to the bottom.

Question 4

Span of Control

Answer 4

number of subordinates that one individual can effectively supervise.

Question 5

Division of Labor

Answer 5

Dividing larger jobs into smaller jobs.

Question 6

Fire and Emergency Services Classifications

Answer 6

Public
Municipal 
County 
Fire District
State/Provincial 
Federal 
Tribal 
Private
Industrial Fire Brigades 
For-Profit Fire and Emergency Services Organizations
Nonprofit Fire and Emergency Services Organizations

Question 7

Staffing

• Full Time Organization
• Volunteer Organization
• Combination Departments

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Question 8

Resource Allocation

• Mutual Aid
• Automatic Aid
• Outside Aid

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Question 9

Mutual Aid

Answer 9

-Reciprocal agreement between two or more fire and emergency services organizations.

Question 10

Automatic Aid

Answer 10

Aid results from a formal, written, agreement between fire and emergency service organizations that share a common boundary.

Question 11

Outside Aid

Answer 11

Similar to mutual aid except that payment rather than reciprocal aid is made by one jurisdiction to the other.

Question 12

Chapter 19 Incident Scene Management

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Question 13

Common Terminology for Functional Structure

Answer 13

• Command
• Command Staff
• General Staff
• Section
• Branch
• Division
• Group
• Unit

Question 14

Command

Answer 14

Act of directing, ordering, and/or controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency or delegated authority.

Question 15

Command Staff

Answer 15

Incident management personnel who are in overall command of the incident.

Question 16

General Staff

Answer 16

Incident management personnel who represent the major functional sections.

Question 17

Section

Answer 17

Organizational level having responsibility for a major functional area of incident management such as operations.

Question 18

Initial Action Plan

Answer 18

Written or unwritten plan for the safe and efficient disposition of an emergency incident.

Question 19

Incident Command Post

Answer 19

Location from where all incident tactical operations are directed; located at or in the immediate vicinity of the incident site.

Question 20

Personnel Accountablility

Answer 20

Company officers are responsible for knowing where their subordinates are at all times and what tasks they have been assigned.

Question 21

Life Safety

Answer 21

It involves the safety of responders, victims, and bystanders. Life safety is the responsibility of everyone involved in an incident or at a scene.

Question 22

Incident Stabilization

Answer 22

Involves the decisions, resources, and activities that are required to control an incident.

Question 23

Property Conservation

Answer 23

Is the result of incident stabilization activities. Property involved in an emergency incident will be exposed to less damage when the incident is controlled quickly.

Question 24

Incident Size up Considerations Facts

Answer 24

Things that are true

Question 25

Incident Size up Considerations Probabilities

Answer 25

Things that are likely to happen

Question 26

Incident Size up Considerations Own Situation

Answer 26

Officer's own knowledge about the situation.

Question 27

Incident Size up Considerations Decision

Answer 27

Initial use of resources followed by supplemental resources needs.

Question 28

Incident Size up Considerations Plan of Operation

Answer 28

Information compiled into incident action plan.

Question 29

Scene Control, Perimeter Control

Answer 29

Hot Zone Warm Zone Cold Zone

Question 30

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations RECEO, VS

Answer 30

``` Rescue Exposures Confinement Extinguisher Overhaul Ventilation Salvage ```

Question 31

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Rescue

Answer 31

Rescue Evacuation Shelter in Place

Question 32

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Exposures

Answer 32

Need to limit the fire or other emergency to the property or area of origin, that is where the emergency began.

Question 33

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Confinement

Answer 33

Need to confine a fire or other problem to the smallest possible area within the property of origin.

Question 34

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Extinguishment

Answer 34

The concept is that of resolving the problem.

Question 35

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Overhaul

Answer 35

Restoring the scene to as nearly normal a condition as possible.

Question 36

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Ventilation

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Means of controlling or modifying the environment and spread of fire within a structure. Ventilation helps reduce the possibility of backdraft or flashover conditions, improves the chances of affecting a rescue by reducing hot gasses and poisonous smoke, improves visibility for responders, and reduces property damage.

Question 37

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Ventilation Types

Answer 37

Negative Pressure Positive Pressure Horizontal Vertical

Question 38

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Salvage

Answer 38

Salvage process includes all actions taken to protect structures and contents from preventable damage and can be applied at any time during the implementation of the RECEO model.

Question 39

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Size Up

Answer 39

- Pre Incident - Before an Alarm - While Responding - On Arrival

Question 40

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Size Up; On Arrival

Answer 40

Arrival Report; simply the first impression of the existing hazardous conditions and report of initial actions taken by the officer and unit. The report provides other responding units with an idea of what they will encounter.

Question 41

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Initial Risk Assessment

Answer 41

- Responders will risk their lives a lot, if necessary, to save savable lives. - Responders will risk their lives a little, and in a calculated manner, to save savable property. - Responders will Not risk their lives at all to save lives and property that have already been lost.

Question 42

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Operational Modes

Answer 42

Offensive Operational Mode Defensive Operational Mode Transitional Operational Mode

Question 43

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Offensive Operational Mode

Answer 43

The offensive operational mode involves taking direct action to resolve the problem such as suppressing a structure fire, performing a rescue, containing a hazardous materials release, extricating the occupants of a wrecked vehicle, or providing life-support for a victim of a medical emergency.

Question 44

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Defensive Operational Mode

Answer 44

Operating in a defensive operational mode is essentially intended to isolate or stabilize an incident and keep it from getting any worse or larger. In the case of a structure fire, a defensive mode may mean sacrificing a building that is on fire to save others that are not burning.

Question 45

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Transitional Operational Mode

Answer 45

When a rapid change in the hazard is indicated, it is necessary for the operation to shift from an offensive to defensive operational mode.

Question 46

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Apparatus Placement

Answer 46

Positioning apparatus to meet the appropriate objectives.

Question 47

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Structural Fire Scenes

Answer 47

- When operating at a structural fire scene, vehicles directly involved in fire suppression should be positioned in locations that support fire-suppression operations. - Aerial devices should be strategically positioned so that they can be quickly placed into operation to provide access to upper stories or place elevated fire streams in operation.

Question 48

Chapter 20 Incident Scene Operations Incident Termination

Answer 48

-The termination phase of an emergency operation involves activities such as retrieving equipment used in the operation, determining the cause of the incident, releasing the scene to those responsible for it, performing medical evaluations of personnel involved in the incident, and returning the unit to service.