SOG’s Chapter 1-Safety

Question 1

What is the purpose of the Personnel Accountability System?

Answer 1

The purpose of the Accountability System is to account for all firefighters operating within the hazard zone of an incident.

Question 2

The hazard zone is defined as?

Answer 2

Any area that requires SCBA or in which a firefighter is at risk of becoming lost, trapped, or injured by the environment or structure.

Hazard Zones includes but not limited to the following:

•Any structure reported to be on fire
•Areas in proximity to a structure fire during exterior ops
•A structure undergoing overhaul after a fire
•Confined space incidents
•Trench collapse incidents
•Collapse buildings
• Metro and heavy rail incidents

Question 3

The Personnel Accountability System begins when?

Answer 3

It begins when members assume duty on an emergency response vehicle and place their Personnel Accountability Tag(PAT) on the Unit’s Unit Designation Card(UDC)

Question 5

The ______ shall begin tracking units assigned to the incident the moments units are dispatched and continue until the incident has been mitigated, and the incident Commanders determined tracking is no longer necessary.

Answer 5

The First Due Chief

Question 6

The minimum crew operating in a hazard zone shall be ___ FF equipped with ______?

Answer 6

Two Firefighters, equipped with portable radios.

Question 7

All personnel shall be in contact with their OIC by either :

Answer 7

•Voice
•Touch
•Sight
•Portable Radio

Question 8

Personnel Accountability Tags Color Codes:

Answer 8

White: Officers &PIO
Yellow:Firefighters
Orange:EMS
Blue:Fire Inspector
Red: Other members as directed by the Fire Chief

Question 9

In the event a member does not have his/her PAT( lost,stolen, forgotten) his/her_________ shall be used in place of the PAT. Journal entry shall be made by Platoon Commander

Answer 9

Official Fire Department ID card

Question 10

The Unit Designation Cards are approximately:

Answer 10

3”X4 1/2 plastic cards imprinted with the unit number

Question 11

Where is the UDC located on the apparatus?

Answer 11

The UDC is located on a hook inside the cab on the officer’s side of the apparatus.

Question 12

What are the Color Designation of UDC’s

Answer 12

Red: Engine Company
Green: Truck Company
Black: Rescue Squad
Orange: EMS Units: BLS and ALS units
Gold: Chiefs, EMS Supervisor, Haz-Mat, Fire Boat,Air Unit and other units.

Question 13

Unit Designation Card will be considered part of the _____?

Answer 13

Apparatus Inventory

Question 14

Initial unit accountability will be required within ___ min after the arrival of the first company on scene.

Answer 14

10min

Question 15

A formal “ Roll Call” to account for each individual on the fire ground will be conducted at the ___min interval of the incident, and at each subsequent 20min interval

Answer 15

20 minute interval

Question 16

A unit or crew cannot be contacted in the hazard zone after ___ consecutive attempts by radio contact:

Answer 16

3 consecutive attempts

Question 17

Levels of Accountability

Answer 17

Level I company Officer shall insure that all PAT’s on the UDC reflect the names of all personnel assigned to that unit

Level II All UDC’s are to be collected from the apparatus and delivered to the command posts

Level III ENTRY CONTROL- Incident Commander determines that more stringent accountability is required

Question 18

Anytime Level III accountability has been ordered, the IC will notify OUC to sound a _______ alert tone on the incident talk group.

Answer 18

Two-second alert tone

Question 19

The term_____ is the international distress signal and shall only be used when a member is in trouble and needs immediate assistance

Answer 19

MAYDAY

Question 20

Individual declaring a “MAYDAY” will:

Answer 20

Activate the orange “Emergency Activation” button located on the top of the portable radio.

•Depressing this button will cause the radio to emit a set of four-high pitched tones, and the word “ Emergency” will be displayed on the radio’s LCD display and at OUC

Question 21

The individual declaring a MAYDAY will have to push the push-to-talk button, that will activate all other radios that are on the same channel and will show_______?

Answer 21

Emergency Recieved

Question 22

Pushing the orange “ Emergency Activation” button gives this radio priority over all other radios except the ______ and ______

Answer 22

incident Commander or the OUC

Question 23

The acronym that should be use to give pertinent information during a “MAYDAY”

Answer 23

L-Location
u-Unit assigned
N-Name
A-Air status of SCBa
R-Resources needed to mitigate emergency

Question 24

During a MAYDAY Command shall order all radio traffic to cease except

Answer 24

EMERGENCY TRAFFIC

Question 25

Upon receiving a “MAYDAY” notification, OUC shall acknowledge and operate in an____?

Answer 25

Emergency Mode

Question 26

MAYDAY is to notify Command (and other units on scene) that firefighter(s) or crew are:

Answer 26

Lost,missing, or trapped

Question 27

The Collapse zone is defined as:

Answer 27

The area around the perimeter of a structure that could contain hazards/debris should the building collapse. Collapse zone perimeter should be at least 1 1/2 times the height Collapse Zone shall be marked with yellow barrier tape by Safety Officer or designee

Question 29

The IC shall assure that a collapse zone is established on any incident where a ____ strategy has been declared.

Answer 29

Defensive

Question 30

Heavy-duty devices and exterior hand lines should__ be operating at the same time unless the hand line is operating in an area that the heav-duty devices cannot reach, and the crew on the hand line is not endangered by the larger stream. The need to use 1 1/2 hand lines during heavy-duty operations is limited.

Answer 30

NOT

Question 31

_______ and ______ are responsible for conducting roll call and for confirming that all companies are out of the building before Command allows the use of heavy-duty devices.

Answer 31

Group and Division Supervisors