SOP vol.2 Flashcards
(442 cards)
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Customer
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Any person with whom one has dealings with. We expanded our definition to include any person who receives our services and anyone with whom our members have dealings. Including
- The actual customer
- Anyone who knows or is closely related to the service recipient
- The people we encounter, directly and indirectly, during our workday
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Customer Service
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The ability of an organization to consistently give their customers what they want
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Exceptional Customer Service
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The result of an explicit, long term, planned out, acted out, and refined organizational approach to service delivery. It requires a personal commitment, as well as, organizational support and leadership.
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Added Value
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Occurs anytime we go beyond our standard quick, effective, nice, customer-centered service to create a feeling that they were the most important customers we served all day.
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Empowerment
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Means the organization delegates official authority and trusts its members with the power to provide customer service to the level of their abilities and imagination.
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Customer Service Mission
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To prevent harm, survive, and be nice. It is the priority to deliver the very best customer service to our citizens.
A set of guidelines designed to create a positive public impression include:
Follow SOP’s, mission statement, organizational values
Be professional Give the customer your undivided attention
Take a moment to educate the community about what we do
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The Value of a Customer Service Program
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Builds positive relationships and trust within our FD
- Builds positive relationships and trust within our community
- Secures and maintains adequate resources and benefits
- Happy customers, bosses, workers
- Positive job satisfaction
- Places us in the best position to compete
- It’s fun to be nice and do nice things
- Doing it right eliminates bad press, liability, and extra paperwork
- It saves lives and property
- It’s the right thing to do
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Customer Service Responsibilities
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It’s our job to respond to the needs of our customers. Nice is the essence of the whole customer service drill. The addition of “Be” makes it an action plan and allows us to take it to the street. This becomes our mission statement in action.
We have endless opportunities to consistently create a positive impression, and a memory of added value customer service wherever we are with whomever we encounter. This can best be accomplished by attempting to execute a standard problem-solving approach to every incident to encounter
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Management Responsibilities
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Basic organizational behavior must be customer oriented
- Need to continue to invest in human resources
- Bosses must take responsibility themselves, expand authority in others, and set the stage for good things to happen
- The basic management objective is to have our team win because of the coaching and not in spite of it
- Good coaching is almost invisible. Good service is obvious
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Awards for Customer Service Excellence
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Green sheets
- Leave time
- Letter of commendation
- Certificate of appreciation
- Crew citation
- Service excellence pens
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Labor’s Role and Input
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The most valuable resource of the PFD is our membership
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Why do we operate within the Incident Command System?
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In order to effectively manage personnel and resources and to provide for the safety and welfare of personnel, we will always operate within the Incident Command System.
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Command Procedures are designed to
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Fix the responsibility for command on a certain individual through a standard ID system depending on the arrival sequence of members, companies, and command officers
- Ensure that a strong, direct, and visible Command will be established from the onset of the incident
- Establish and effective organization defining the activities and responsibilities assigned to the IC and the other individuals operating with the ICS
- Provide a system to process information to support incident management, planning, and decision-making
- Provide a system for the orderly transfer of command to subsequent arriving officers.
- Ensure a seamless transition from a Type 5/4 incident to a Type 3/2/1 (NIMS)
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Roles and Responsibilities within the ICS
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Company Officers
- Occupy the position of IC when appropriate
- Occupy the position of Sector Officer when appropriate
- Manage task level activities and supervise firefighters
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Responsibilities of Command
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The Incident Commander is responsible for the completion of the tactical objectives. He is also the person who drives the system towards that end.
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Tactical Objectives
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- Remove endangered occupants and treat the injured
- Stabilize the incident and provide for life safety
- Conserve Property
- Provide for the safety, accountability, and welfare of personnel. THIS PRIORITY IS ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT
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The Incident Command System is used to facilitate the completion of the
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Tactical Objectives
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________is the person who drives the command system towards that end (tactical objectives)
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Incident Commander
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_______is responsible for building a Command structure that matches the organizational needs of the incident to achieve the completion of the Tactical Objectives for the incident.
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Incident Commander
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The functions of Command define standard activities that are performed by the IC to achieve the tactical objectives
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- Assume and announce command and establish an effective operating position (command post)
- Rapidly evaluate the situation (size up)
- Initiate, maintain, and control effective incident communications
- Provide and manage a steady, adequate, and timely stream of appropriate resources
- Identify overall strategy, develop an incident action plan (IAP), and assign companies and personnel consistent with plans and standard operating procedures
- Develop an effective Incident Command organization using Sectors/Divisions/Groups to decentralize and delegate geographic and functional responsibility
- Review and revise (as needed) the strategy to keep the IAP current
- Provide for the continuity, transfer, and termination of Command
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____________ is responsible for all of these functions. As command is transferred, so is the responsibility for these functions.
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Incident Commander
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The first ____functions must be addressed immediately from initial assumption of command
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Establishing Command
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The 1st member or unit to arrive on scene of a multiple unit response shall assume command.
- The initial IC shall remain in command until command is transferred, the incident is stabilized and command terminated.
- 1 or 2 company responses that are not going to escalate beyond the commitment of these companies do not require a formal activation of the ICS. Examples would include:
- Single unit response, check welfare
- Check hazard
- Any EMS call requiring only one or two companies
- The first arriving fire department unit initiates the command process by giving an initial radio report.
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What are the 7 bench marks On scene Report
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- Clear Alarm
- 2.Unit designation/on the scene
- Building /area description
- Occupancy -Size -Height (assumed 1 story unless reported otherwise)
4. Obvious problem/conditions - - Nothing showing (indicates checking) - -Smoke showing (amount and location) - -Fire showing (amount and location) - -Working fire - -Fully involved. - 5..Action taken - -Assume command - -Laying a line - -Attacking with… - 6.Declaration of strategy - -Offensive or defensive
7. Command confirmation with name
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Whats on your Follow-up Report
1. Any immediate safety concerns
2. Accountability started (announce the initial location)
3. Disposition of resources (add, hold, return)
4. IRIC – in place and identify
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What is Radio Designation
The radio designation “COMMAND” will be used along with the occupancy or address of the incident
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Command Options
If a Chief Officer, member, or unit without tactical capabilities (i.e. staff vehicle, no equipment, etc.) initiates Command; the establishment of a Command Post should be a top priority.
The following Command options define the Company Officer’s direct involvement in tactical activities and the modes of Command that may be utilized:
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Investigative Mode (nothing showing):
This is a mobile IC on a portable radio, moving around and evaluating conditions while looking for the incident problem. The officer should go with the company to investigate while utilizing a portable radio to command the incident.
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FAST ATTACK :
Visible working fires. IC#1 arrives and his direct participation in the attack will make a positive difference in the outcome. Examples include:
-Visible working fire in a house or small commercial occupancies
• -Critical life safety situations (i.e. rescue) must be achieved in a compressed time
• -Any incident where the safety and welfare of the fire fighters is a major concern
• -Obvious working incidents that require further investigation by the Company Officer
• -Combined crew experience level
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In fast attack mode the___________ must initiate and continue command until a command officer arrives and transfer of command is completed
Incident Commander
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The entire team responding in behind the fast attackers must realize that the IC is in an attack position inside the _____zone attempting to quickly solve the incident problem.
hazard
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The Fast-Attack-mobile command mode should not last more than a few minutes and will end with one of the following
1. Situation is stabilized
2. Situation is not stabilized and the Officer must move to an exterior command position and is now in the command mode. At some time the Officer must decide whether or not to withdraw the remainder of the crew based on:
- Crew’s capability and experience
- Safety issues
- The ability to communicate with the crew
3.Command is transferred to another Company or Command Officer
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When a Command Officer is assuming Command, the Command Officer may opt to:
- Return the Company Officer to his/her crew
- Utilize the Officer as staff support
- Assign him/her as a Sector Officer
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COMMAND MODE- STATIONARY COMMAND POST
Incidents, by virtue of their size, complexity, or potential for rapid expansion, demand early, strong, stationary command from the outset.
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The first arriving ______will assume command and from the very beginning stay out of the hazard zone or in a stationary command position.
Incident Commander
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The _______must remain there until the incident is terminated or command is transferred.
Incident Commander
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The _____________shall be initiated and utilized to assist in managing these types of incidents
Tactical worksheet
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The following options are available to a company officer with regards to the assignment of the remaining crew:
1. “Move up” an acting officer within the company. This is determined by the individual and collective capabilities and the experience of the crew.
2. The crew can be assigned to work under another company officer. This creates a larger work group with an officer. The must be acknowledged by both the original and receiving officer and by the inclusion in the accountability system.
3. The crew can be used to perform staff functions to assist command.
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TRANSFER OF COMMAND
Command is transferred to improve the quality of the Command organization.
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When command is transferred it should trigger _______in the command structure.
upgrades
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Using a standard routine for both establishing and transferring command creates the capability within the responding units for the __ to effectively and safely establish and continue command.
IC
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The benefits of an upgraded Command Post (CP) include
- Provides the IC#2 with a support officer
- Establishes an Incident Safety Officer (FIT) (ISO)
- IC #2 has a wider view of the fireground
- Improves communication
- Creates a lighted, warm or cool and dry environment for IC #2 to operate in
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The___ fire department member arriving on the scene will automatically assume command.
1st
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The 1st arriving________ will assume command after the transfer of command procedures have been completed.
company officer
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The 1st arriving command officer should assume _____of the incident following transfer of command procedures
command
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The 1st arriving ________will assume the roll of senior advisor and assist the IC
shift commander
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When a ________arrives at the scene at the same time as the initial arriving company, the chief officer should assume command of the incident.
Chief Officer
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True or False “Passing Command” to a unit that is not on the scene creates a gap in the Command process and compromises incident management. To prevent this “gap”
COMMAND SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO AN OFFICER WHO IS NOT ON THE SCENE
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Should a situation occur where a later arriving Company Officer or Command Officer cannot locate or communicate with command (after several radio attempts), they will assume and announce their assumption of Command and initiate whatever actions are necessary to confirm the safety of the missing crew
Should a situation occur where a later arriving Company Officer or Command Officer cannot locate or communicate with command (after several radio attempts), they will assume and announce their assumption of Command and initiate whatever actions are necessary to confirm the safety of the missing crew
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The actual transfer of Command will be regulated by the following procedure:
A. The officer assuming command will communicate with the person being relieved by radio or face-to-face. Face-to-face is the preferred method to transfer command.
B. The person being relieved will brief command of the following:
1. General situation status
-Incident conditions
-Incident Management Plan
-Completion of Tactical Objectives
-Safety Considerations
2. Deployment and assignments of operating companies and personnel
3.Appraisals of need for additional resources
C. Command will not transfer to IMT (Type I/II) unless a formal written Delegation of Authority has been signed by both the JHA and the IMT.
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True or False
| The response and arrival of additional command officers strengthens the overall command organization.
True
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As the incident escalates, the____ should use command officers to fill sector (division), branch, and section positions.
IC
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Command should consider adding a command officer sector with___ or more operating companies.
3
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What should be done When the first arriving unit is a Command Officer?
efforts should be automatically directed towards establishing a Command Post and fulfilling the command functions.
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True or False All unnecessary radio traffic should be eliminated while responding unless such communications are required to ensure that Command functions are initiated and completed.
True
This requires the initial Incident Commander to give a clear on-the-scene report and continue to give updated progress reports as needed.
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The _____is responsible for managing the incident
IC
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True or False The FD empowers the IC with the authority to turn his/her decisions into actions
( develop and IAP and assign companies).
True
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The _________outranks everybody
Incident Commander
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If a higher-ranking Officer wants to affect a change in the management of an incident, he/she must first
be on the scene of the incident, and then utilize the transfer of command procedure.
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True or False When there are no working incidents the Alarm Room BC and Supervisor share the responsibility of initiating the ICS.
True
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A __________is an organizational response to quickly provide enough command and control to rapidly bring a significant incident under control.
Command Team
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The primary players in the Command Team are the:
- IC
- Support Office
- Senior Advisor
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It is the Responsibility of the IC to perform the Functions of Command to achieve the Tactical Objectives
1. Assume and announce command and establish an effective initial command position.
2. Rapidly evaluate the situation (size up).
3. Initiate, maintain, and control effective incident communications.
4. Provide and manage a steady, adequate, and timely stream of appropriate resources.
5. Identify the incident strategy, develop an IAP, and assign companies and personnel consistent with plans and SOP’s.
6. Develop an effective incident organization using Sectors/Divisions/Groups to decentralize and delegate geographic and functional responsibility.
7. Review and revise (as needed) the strategy to keep the IAP current.
8. Provide for the continuity, transfer, and termination of Command.
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What is a Senior Advisor?
The senior advisor’s focus is looking at the entire incident and its impact from a broader perspective and providing direction, guidance and advice to the IC and/or support officer.
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In order to maintain continuity and overall effectiveness, the senior advisor and support officer must be in the
Command Post with the IC.
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When a support officer and senior advisor are supporting “command” in the command post there are ___people performing the functions of command.
3
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The officer assigned to communicate directly to companies, sectors, or branches will use the radio designation ?
“Command”, and should be the only member of the command team talking on the tactical radio channel.
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What is Command Structure
It is the responsibility of Command to develop an organizational structure, using standard operating procedures, to effectively manage the incident scene.
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The development of the organizational structure should begin with deployment of the ?
first arriving fire department unit
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True or False The command organization must develop at a pace which stays AHEAD of the tactical deployment of personnel and resources
True
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In order for the incident commander to manage the incident, he must first be able ?
to direct, control, and track the position and function of all operating companies.
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True or False Building a command organization is the worse support mechanism the incident commander can utilize to achieve the harmonious balance between managing personnel and incident needs.
False
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The basic configuration of Command includes three levels:
1. Strategic Level- Overall direction of the Incident
2. Tactical Level- Objectives assigned to Sectors (divisions or groups)
3. Task Level- Task objectives assigned to Companies
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`What is Strategic
- Designed around the IC and command team, operating in the Command Mode
- Activities necessary for overall operational control
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Strategic level responsibilities include:
Determining the appropriate strategy: OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE
- Establishing a strategic plan for the incident
- Setting priorities
- Obtaining and allocating resources
- Predicting outcomes and planning
- Assigning specific objectives to tactical level units
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What is Tactical
The 1st management subdivision of incident scene organization is accomplished by assigning sector responsibilities.
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____________are responsible for the tactical deployment of assigned resources, evaluation, and communication with the IC. They are assigned by the IC and supervise directly at the site of the assigned activity.
Sector officers
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What is Task
the level of the organization where the work is performed by assigned companies and other resources.
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______and______are in place to support the task level.
Strategic and Tactical
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Task level activity supervised by?
company officers
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- True or False the accumulated achievements of Task level activity accomplish tactical objectives.
True
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The _______ ______refers to those activities normally accomplished by individual companies or specific personnel
Task Level
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True or False The task level is where the work is actually done.
True
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Task level activities are routinely supervised by?
Company Officers.
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True or False The accumulated achievements of task level activities should not accomplish tactical objectives.
False
| They should
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_______ ________is the function of command that the IC uses to track, communicate with, and account for resources in order to meet the incident objectives.
Incident organization
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What is a Sector?
A Sector is a smaller, more manageable unit of incident scene organization.
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What is Sectoring?
is a standard system of dividing incident scene command into smaller units or pieces.
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Whenever there are ___ or ____companies operating in a sector, the IC should assign a BC and FIT to that sector.
3 or more
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Whenever there are ___ or ____companies operating in a sector, the IC should assign a BC and FIT to that sector.
3 or more
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What is Span of control?
the maximum number of Sectors that an IC can effectively manage
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The span of control is usually ___sectors and should never exceed ____sectors.
5 and 7
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Sectors may be assigned by their?
geographic location or function.
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What are Divisions assigned by?
their geographic location
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What are Groups assigned by
their function
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When the number of sectors exceeds the span of control that the IC can effectively manage, the incident organization should be divided into _______
Branches.
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Utilizing sectors provides the following advantages
Reduces the IC’s span of control, divides incident into more manageable units
- Creates more effective incident scene communications
- Provides a standard and logical system to divide large geographical incidents into effectively sized units
- Provides an array of major support functions
- Improves firefighter safety
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Command should assign sectors based on the following factors
- When the number of assigned and operating companies threatens to overload the IC’s ability to command
- When the IC forecasts that the situation will become a major operation, soon exceeding his span of control
- When companies are involved in complex operations
- When companies are operating in tactical positions which command has little or no direct control over
- When the situation presents special hazards and close control is required over operating companies
- Name the sector according to its function or geographical location
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When establishing a sector, the IC will assign each sector officer
- Tactical objectives
- A radio designation
- The identity of resources assigned to the sector
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Sectors will be regulated by the following guidelines:
It will be the ongoing responsibility of command to assign sectors as required for effective emergency operations; this assignment will relate to both geographic and functional sectors.
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________shall advise each sector officer of specific tactical objectives. The overall strategy and plan will and should be provided.
Command
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The number of assigned to a sector will depend upon conditions within that sector.
companies
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During offensive fires____ companies represents a reasonable maximum span of control for a sector officer. ____companies for a defensive fire.
5 and 7
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Sectors assigned to specific operating areas will be designated by ____(east sector). Where incident involve odd geographic boundaries (Grand Avenue), an alternative use of sector _____may be used. Sector A would be the front of the building and the others would go clockwise around the building in alphabetical order.
Directions and A,B,C
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In multi-story occupancies, sectors will usually be indicated by ______
floor numbers
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Functional sectors will be identified by function ________
loss control sector, ventilation sector, safety sector
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_______will use the sector designation in radio communications
Sector Officers
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The ________should be readily identifiable and maintain a visible position as much as possible.
sector officer
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What is The primary function of Company Officer working within a sector is ?
to direct the operations of their individual crews in performing assigned task
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_______must be advised immediately of significant changes with regards to the ability or inability to complete an objective, hazardous conditions, accidents, structural collapse, etc.
Command
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As the incident organization grows in complexity, and the span of control with sectors is maximized, the IC may implement an additional intermediate level within the command organization=
BRANCH LEVEL
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The branch level of the organization is designed to provide COORDINATION between the _____and______.
SECTORS and COMMAND
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_________should be utilized at incidents where the span of control with sectors is maximized, incidents involving 2 or more distinctly different major management components.
Branch Officers
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The intent of the Branch Level of the Command structure is to ?
split an incident into manageable components and reduce the span of control.
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Branch officers will normally be utilized at very large-scale incidents that involve ?
two or more major components.
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______assist the IC Staff with the long term management of the incident and operate at the strategic level.
Section Officers
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The Fire department’s involvement and needs at the incident scene can be divided into four sections. They are
LOGISTICS
PLANNING
OPERATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE
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What is LOGISTICS
The support mechanism provides services and support systems. Responsible for the accountability of all personnel working in the hazard zone. Provides the “stuff”.
- Rehab
- Staging
- Personnel accountability
- Supplies and equipment
- Fuel, food, facilities
- Supervise assigned personnel
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What is PLANNING ?
Responsible for the gathering, assimilating, analyzing, and processing information needed for effective decision-making. Serves as the IC’s “clearing house” for information. Planning sections goal is to plan ahead of current events and to identify the need for resources before they are needed.
- Evaluate current strategy and plan with IC
- Refine and recommend any needed changes to plan
- Evaluate incident organization and span of control
- Forecast possible outcomes
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What is OPERATIONS
Responsible for the tactical priorities, and the safety and welfare of the personnel working in the operations section. The operations section officer uses the tactical radio channel.
- Coordinate activities with the IC
- Implement the incident management plan
- Assign units to sectors/branches based on tactical objectives
- Build and effective organizational structure
- Provide for life safety
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What is ADMINISTRATIVE ?
Evaluates and manages the risk and financial requirements for the Fire Department’s involvement in the incident.
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Definition of a Mayday Situation:
Any situation where a firefighter is unable to safely exit the hazard zone or an event that cannot be resolved by that individual within 30 seconds
Any member working on duty is empowered to call a Mayday when the above conditions exist. This can be during response; onscene of any incident or any time when a member becomes in trouble and a portable radio is available. Early identification of a Mayday situation is critical. The longer it takes to declare a Mayday situation the less likely a successful resolution is possible.
A Mayday is initiated by any member communicating “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” via portable radio.
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The Rule of Mayday Readiness
It is every individual firefighter’s responsibility to maintain a high level of Mayday readiness at all times. “Mayday” procedures and actions are perishable for all levels of an incident organization. The strategic, tactical and task levels of hazard zone management should consistently and regularly be exercised for “Mayday” procedures and practices.
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Definition of Mayday Readiness
In order to reach a position of Mayday readiness, a firefighter must adopt an attitude and preparation to look at every incident from the standpoint of “what if I or another firefighter gets in trouble” prior to the development of a bad scenario or outcome. Additionally, the NFPA 1500 Standard defines mayday readiness as the ability to “don, doff and manipulate the SCBA in zero visibility while wearing firefighting gloves.”
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Effectively preventing Mayday situations involve multiple factors. Command Officers, Company Officers and Firefighters must reinforce the prevention of scenarios that lead to a Mayday. The most important factors for Mayday prevention begin with the following operational standards:
- Working within an Incident Command System/Risk Management System
- Working within the Incident Action Plan
- Always being accountable to someone within the incident command system (Never Freelance)
- Maintaining individual and crew air management
- Management of work cycles
- Monitoring distances traveled into buildings
- Layering of resources and providing for a tactical reserve
- Planning and acting out an exit plan
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In order to establish effective Mayday readiness, it is necessary to recognize that Mayday readiness has 2 components. These components are _____ and _____
Prevention and Response.
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The ________is responsible for Crew development and practice. Consistent training and practice with regards to Mayday prevention is critical for rapid and appropriate response in a true Mayday situation. This involves setting a consistent attitude and expectations for all crew members regarding Mayday readiness. This also involves developing routines that are encouraged and participated in by the Company Officer.
Company Officer
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Company Officer responsibility for Mayday preventions include:
- Integrating a daily SCBA check into the crew routine
- Practicing crew communication in the hazard zone
- Rover integration into crew
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Individual rovers are responsible to ask if not explicitly discussed at the beginning of a shift.
- Maintaining knowledge of portable radios and practicing their use.
- Ensuring Company Officer responsibilities and expectations are clear to the entire crew.
- Practicing and maintaining crew integrity/accountability.
- Instilling the standard that firefighters should always stay on a hoseline
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Individual firefighter responsibilities for Mayday response include:
- Maintaining preparation and reaction skills
- Early communication of Mayday situation utilizing the above standard
- Controlling an emotional response to the situation
- Once the Mayday situation is recognized and reported, each firefighter should remember:
B.O.A. = Breath, Organize and Act
Utilization of IAFF Fire Ground Survival training
- SCBA familiarization
- High/low profile wall breech
- Disentanglement
- Ladder bail
- Window hang
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GRAB LIVES
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G = Check Air Gauge
R = Radio for Assistance
A = Activate PASS Device
B = Control Breathing, Conserve Air
L = Stay Low
I = Illuminate, Turn Flashlight On
V = Make Loud Noises (Volume)
E = Find An Exit
S = Shield Your Airway (last ditch effort)
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The tactical level of every incident has the responsibility to actively and routinely work toward Mayday prevention
and preparedness. The Battalion Chief and F.I.T. or I.S.O. tandem best manages these responsibilities. These responsibilities include:
- Working within the overall incident action plan
- Continual assessment of the decision making model within the sector operations
- Management of tactical objectives for the sector through position and functions of crews working within this sector.
- Sector level air management
- Managing geographic working area
- Work/rest cycles
- Distances into building
- Accountability
- Maintain adequate resources assigned to the sector (remember to TAG hose lines)
- Layered resources in position to manage tactical objectives and prepared to respond in the event of Mayday.
- Maintaining effective and appropriate communications with Command
- Sector C.A.N. reports
- Requesting or de‐committing resources
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What is PROCEDURE
All operating personnel shall employ the Risk Management System during all emergency operations on every emergency incident. This application will be continuously re-assessed throughout the incident.
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What is the risk management profile
* We Will risk our lives a lot, in a calculated manner, to save SAVABLE lives.
* We Will risk our lives a Little, in a calculated manner, to save SAVABLE property.
* We Will Not risk our lives at all for lives or property that are already Lost.
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“Actions in a calculated manner” require the following:
* Incident Command established
* Proper personal protective equipment
* Accountability system established
* Safety procedures in place
* Continuous risk assessment by all members
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When considering the _______profile of any victims, members must consider the conditions present in the “compartment” or area of fire involvement or other conditions affecting survival..
A well-involved building would likely represent a zero survivability profile. Similar conditions in an abandoned building would indicate little survivability and little property to be saved and members should avoid an offensive fire fight
SURVIVAL
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Victims buried by a trench collapse or under water for __ minutes or more, would be unlikely to survive therefore an extremely cautious and a well-planned, safe, recovery operation is required.
10
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“In Transit” is the time it takes for a company to reach their assignment area after receiving an order. It varies due to:
- Distance between staging and the incident
- Size of the incident perimeter
- Amount of equipment the company needs to assemble
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On deck is defined as:
a forward staging position located just outside the immediate hazard zone, safely distanced from the entrance of a tactical position/sector. On deck crews will be supervised either by the sector officer or company officer and they will remain on deck until assigned by the IC or sector officer.
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The most likely assignments for on deck companies are:
- Reinforce a position within a sector
- Crew relief within an assigned sector
- Any other tactical position assigned by the IC
- Rapid Intervention Crew/ RIC
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On deck crews must remain intact, in a ready state and monitor the tactical channel at all times. On deck crews must also size the area they are assigned to, this size up should include:
- Locating the structures entrance/exit points in their assigned area
- Interior and exterior conditions
- Unit ID of crews operating inside the structure
- Approximate location of interior crews
- Identify which crews are operating each hose line
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When an on deck crew is used as a relief crew, the company officer should do a face to face and transfer information with the officer exiting the structure. Info should include:
- Interior conditions
- Routing instructions to the work area
- Interior obstructions
- Additional tools/resources required
- Sector objectives
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Recycling is defined as:
a timely and efficient means of air replacement and re-hydration of companies while maintaining their sector assignment.
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If conditions permit, a companies work cycle could be up to ____________
2 to 3 air cylinders.
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_______ and ______are responsible to monitor the welfare of their personnel at all times and determine if sector recycling or a formal rehab is appropriate.
Sector and company officers
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________will be defined as any area that requires the use of an SCBA.
The hot zone
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ACCOUNTABILITY
This system will increase firefighter safety and provide the incident command team, sector officers/Division/Group Supervisor, and company officers a means to track the location and function of firefighters on the scene.
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Command/Strategic
addresses the strategic level of accountability by the tracking of all crews and sectors by location and function on a tactical worksheet
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Sector officer Division/Group Supervisor/Tactical
addresses the tactical level of accountability by tracking crews assigned to their sector.
150
Company officer/Task
addresses the task level of accountability and must know where each firefighter is located, and what each firefighter is doing
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Company officer duties:
- Maintain current PASSPORT
- Maintain current MCT ROSTER
- Crew members have proper HELMET ID and name tags on SCBA face piece and helmet
- Must obtain PARS for crews
- Must keep crew intact and maintain awareness of exit air supply
- Must ensure passport is delivered to the accountability location prior to entering hot zone and retrieved upon exiting the hot zone
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A minimum crew size is ?
two or more members
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The _____will be used to effectively track firefighters in the hot zone
passport system
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Accountability equipment for each piece of apparatus and shift consists of
- A passport with a pouch
- Small company ID tag
- Helmet ID stickers
- Hose ID tag
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Passports are:
- Bright yellow tags
- 3x4 inches
- Marked by company ID and shift
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____places passport, passport pouch, and hose id tag on discharge gate at the pump panel. This identifies crews and crewmembers on each hose line. Allows engineers to identify hose lines to change pressure, and makes the pump panel an accountability station for the engineer to track crews.
Engineer’s
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_____are removed from the passport and placed on the respective hose line. These hose line ID tags provide a means to identify hose lines that crews entered the building on, and are a reference point to find lost or trapped firefighters. The engineer becomes the accountability officer for the crews that took the hose lines from his/her apparatus.
Hoseline ID tags
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Accountability can be terminated following a report of “____”, at which time a PAR for all crews must be obtained. Based on the risk management assessment of the scene, Command will determine whether to continue or terminate the use of the passport system
fire under control
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Passport Rules
- Will reflect only those personnel presently in the hot zone
- Will be delivered to accountability location prior to entering the hot zone
- Will be maintained at the point of entry to the hot zone
- Never enter the hot zone
- Will be retrieved by crews upon exiting the hot zone
- Accountability location is the engine where the crew deployed the hose line
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Personnel Accountability Report (PAR)
Involves a roll call of all personnel assigned to crews and sectors that are working in the hot zone.
161
The ____is a confirmation that all members are accounted for and have an adequate exit air supply.
PAR
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PAR’s required at:
- Report of missing or trapped firefighter
- Change from offensive to defensive
- Sudden hazardous event
- Report of an all clear
- Report of under control
- 30 minutes of elapsed time
- Any time command feels it is necessary
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All crews reporting to the building will deliver their passports to the building lobby. The hose line ID tag will be taken by each crew to mark their hose line in the stairwell at the standpipe.
Crews will leave their passports with fire personnel in the fire control room if lobby has not been established.
Multi-story/High Rise
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INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER SYSTEM
Purpose: The incident safety system that assigns the responsibility for firefighter safety to an individual beginning with the 1st arriving Company Officer and the process by which this responsibility is transferred.
Overview: The Incident Safety System is implemented any time the Phoenix Fire Department responds to an incident
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The language and safety system structure used in this procedure are intended to conform to NFPA standard____, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) , and to embody the intent of NFPA __
1561 and 1521
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Incident safety system-Deployment model
The incident safety function begins with the 1st arriving unit, typically the companyIC as part of the initial size up and continues until the incident is terminated. Safety is integrated in the strategic decision making process of looking at critical fireground factors present at the incident, and applying the risk management profile to chose an appropriate strategy and develop an IAP. The initial IC/ISO maintains this responsibility until command is transferred or the incident is terminated.
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Role/responsibility of the initial IC/ISO
Follow Phx Regional Standard Operating Procedures
* Use the Standard Risk Management Plan
* Analyze critical fire ground factors present at the incident
* Determine a Strategy
* Establish the Personnel Acct system
* Provide a standard initial radio report(on-scence/follow-up)
* Report as defined in CMD procedures MP201.01 8/10-R
* Establish IRIC
* Manage incoming resources until CMD is passed to another arriving company officer or CMD officer
* Provide for the ongoing safety of all members involved in the incident
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EMS and Still Assignments are
Manage task level safety concerns (driving safety, appropriate PPE, equip use)
* Size up critical factors and apply the risk management plan at all incidents
* Mange crew acct through sight, voice, touch
* Actively monitor air supply of crew
* Monitor crew member fatigue and need to recycle
* Communication and mitigation of hazards
* Continue monitoring and reevaluating incident hazards and risk/benefit of actions
* Request additional resources and command components as necessary
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SUPPORT SECTOR
Establishes a standard structure and guidelines for the provision of support services at all incidents requiring response from Resource Management, and incidents involving special supply needs.
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The Lobby Sector Officer is responsible for the following:
1. Identified all entrance/exit points
2. Control all access points when alternate entrances are present
3. Identify suitable entrance/exit point or location
4. Maintain full accountability
5. Record names, times and assignment of personnel
6. Collect all accountability tags
7. For High-rise buildings, normally Lobby Sector is the ground floor lobby area
8. Special Ops Incident: Define perimeter with HAZARD ZONE tape
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ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR
The purpose of this procedure is to establish guidelines for handling large-scale events during and after fire ground mitigation. These incidents include any significant events that may result in environmental contamination or have a major impact on the operation of City services. The sector will function under the Planning Section Chief.
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EVACUATION SECTOR
The potential for evacuation should be considered during all emergency incidents.
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There are 3 levels of evacuation
Site Evacuation- Involves a small number of citizens, holding times are short, less than an hour or two, includes workers at the site and people from adjacent occupancies or areas.
Intermediate Level Evacuation- Larger area affected, off-site business and homes, fewer than 100 people. Coordination with PD required.
Large-Scale Evacuation- large scale evacuation, evacuees may be out of homes and businesses for many hours in not days.
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Who should be evacuated
All residents living/working in the area identified should be evacuated. In the event that a resident decides not to evacuate, they should be specifically informed of the risk and, if they still refuse, left to stay.
The Evacuation Branch is to be notified and a note of the citizen's address made for further follow-up.
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RED
| On-Site Notification to Evacuate
Use of sirens, air horns and PA systems will speed the alert process.
When making door to door evacuations be in uniform and helmet.
Where immediate and rapid evacuation makes door to door impossible:
- Use three (3) five second blasts of the siren a while on the YELP setting
- Initiate notification at the beginning of each block and each 50 yards after that
Documentation of refusal should be done. The decision of return evacuees to their homes will be that of the IC.
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Post incident critiques provide
an opportunity to review the effectiveness of actions and procedures in their application during actual incidents and also to review the quality of the services provided to the customers at the incident.
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Determining Critique Levels
The Assistant Chief of Operations or designee will determine at which level the incident is to be critiqued. There are 5 levels of critique.
1. Individual – Conducted within company by the company officer. No documentation.
2. Company Level- Initiated by the command or BC, informal and brief.
3. Battalion Level- Initiated by BC. Structured critiqued format. Forwards critique to Tactical Services Section.
4. Operations Level- Conducted within the battalion by the BC or shift commander, utilizes a critique packet.
5. Department Level- A chief officer will be selected to prepare and conduct critique.
Turnaround for submitting the information to Tactical Services chief will be ten (10) days.
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Company-Officer Critique Review
Company-level critique review will be presented to all company officers on a regular basis throughout the year. The objective of the review is to provide the follow-up training of lessons learned to all company and Command officers of the department.
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WHEN TO SUMMON ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
An actual or potential fire situation exists and the life hazard exceeds the rescue EMS capabilities of initial alarm companies.
The number, location and condition of actual victims exceeds the rescue/removal/treatment capabilities of companies.
An actual or potential fire situation exists and the property protection demand (both internal and external) exceeds the fire control capabilities of initial alarm companies.
Fire conditions become more severe or the situation deteriorates significantly.
All companies have been committed and the fire is not controlled.
Forces are depleted due to exhaustion or injury or are trapped or missing: Command must forecast the effect the fire will have on personnel and provide for the support of such personnel in advance.
Command runs out of some resource (men, apparatus, water, equipment, command, etc.).
There is evidence of significant fire but companies are unable to determine location and extent.
The commitment of companies is not effective
. Companies cannot effectively perform early loss control operations.
Situation becomes so widespread/complex that Command can no longer effectively "cope"--the situation requires larger command organization and more sector functions.
The weather is or has the potential to have a particularly exhausting effect on resources.
Command instinctively feels the need to summon additional resource--(don't disregard fireground hunches).
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Med-Evac helicopters are capable of carrying only
1 Immediate patient.
181
DPS helicopters are capable of carrying
1 patient only
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The Phoenix Police Air Unit has the ability to put ___ bambi buckets in service
2
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The Mesa Police Department has the ability to put __ bambi bucket in service.
1
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The PFD has __ buoy wall tanks
4
185
The buoys hold either ____ or____gallons of water.
3000 or 4000
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The bambi buckets can hold ___ or ___gallons of water
67 to 96
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Buoy Wall Set Up
Apparatus kept at least 150’ to the side of the flight path of helicopters dipping the tank.
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Contract Helicopters Can drop approximately ___ gallons of water each pass.
120
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Contract Helicopters Average flying time per fuel load is _____ hours.
1-1/2 to 2
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_____ is the designation for a helicopter operating under the direction of the Phoenix Fire Department.
___ __is the designation for the helicopter operating under the direction of the Department of Pubic Safety. Staffed with 2 DPS and 1 FD member.
Firebird
| Ranger 41
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Should anything become unsafe during the approach of any helicopter during landing operations instruct pilot to GO AROUND _____
3 TIMES.
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Landing Zones Areas of ______for each helicopter will be used.
100’ X 100’
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All spectators and apparatus must be kept a minimum of ____ away from landing zone.
200’
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For heavily loaded helicopters (i.e., water drop), the clear path should be extended at least ___yards in each direction.
100
195
“Tail guard” shall be stationed ___ to ___feet from the tail rotor.
50 to 100
196
“Special Use” landing zones
are defined as any landing zone where the pilot cannot land and shut down power to the aircraft.
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The area between the treatment area and landing zone shall be_____ ft.
300’
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All fire personnel and crew members will wear ?
Flight Helmet/TRT helmets, fire resistant clothing, leather boots, gloves.
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Standard company operations:
Assign basic fireground functions and activities to companies based upon the capability and characteristics of each type of unit.
- Assign major fireground functions to the particular company who can best accomplish the operation.
- Integrate the efforts of engine, ladder, and rescue companies
- Increase the awareness and confidence of company members in the standard performance of other companies operating on the fireground
- Reduce the amount and detail of orders required to get companies into action on the fireground
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Engine Company Functions
- Search, rescue, treatment
- Stretch hoselines
- Operate nozzles
- Pump hoselines
- Loss control
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Ladder Company/Tender Functions
- Search, rescue, treatment
- Ventilate
- Forcible entry
- Raise ladders
- Provide access/check fire extension
- Utility control
- Provide lighting
- Operate ladder pipes
- Perform overhaul
- Extrication
- Loss control
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Rescue Company Functions
- Transportation of sick and injured to hospitals
- Search, rescue, and treatment—Rescue companies should communicate commitment and location to Command and maintain a retrievable status for victim treatment and transportation
- General fire fighting duties as assigned by command
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_______will determine, based upon conditions and the risk management profile, the priority of the functions for their company unless otherwise ordered by command
Company officers
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Fireground factors offer a standard list of basic items Command must consider in the evaluation of tactical situations.
Command must identify the critical factors that are significant in each tactical situation—the list of factors offers a framework for that process.
Size-up is a conscious process involving the very rapid but deliberate consideration of the critical factors and the development of a strategy and rational plan of attack based on those conditions.
Effective fire operations require action plan revisions that continually reconsider fireground factors based upon information feedback.
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Information management revolve around three (3) basic information factors:
1. Visual Factors- factors obvious to visual observation and those absorbed subconsciously. Involves the perceptive capability of command.
2. Reconnaissance Factors- factors that must be gained by actually sending someone to check-out, go-see, look-up, research, advise, call, go find etc. This involves command making a specific assignment and then receiving an information-oriented report.
3. Preplanning and Familiarity Factors- factors that include the intelligence gained from pre-fire planning, MDT (drawings, bldg)
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What are the Fireground factors-
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BUILDING
FIRE
OCCUPANCY
LIFE HAZARD
ARRANGEMENT
RESOURCES
OTHER
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Priority:
Precedence, especially established by the order of importance or urgency
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Objective:
Something worked toward or striven for
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Strategy:
incident action plan or the "what' incident solutions)
210
offensive
incident action plan or the "what' incident solutions)
211
Tactic:
Maneuver(s) for gaining advantage, (e.g. performing vertical ventilation, or the "how" of incident solutions)
212
Rescue :
The activities required to protect occupants, remove those who are threatened and to treat the injured.
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Fire Control:
The activities required to stop the forward progress of the fire and to bring the fire under control.
214
Property Conservation:
The activities required to stop or reduce primary or secondary damage to property.
215
Priorities dictate the order of importance, objectives identify goals, strategies are a set of plans/methods for achieving objective, tactics are the specific maneuvers or assignments used to execute a strategy, and benchmarks signify completion of objectives.
Tactical Priorities
Life Safety
- Incident Stabilization (through fire control on fires)
- Property Conservation
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The following objectives and benchmarks relate to fire incidents
Tactical Objectives: Benchmark
- Rescue- primary search
- All Clear
- Controlling the fire - Fire Control
- Stopping the Property loss -Loss Stopped
- Providing customer service to
- Not a spoken benchmark as this is the ongoing and often affetclast long after the acute incident is over
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Fireground operations will fall in one of two strategies, ________or_______The two strategies are based on a standard risk management plan that is employed at all structure fires.
OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE.
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Within a structured risk management plan
WE MAY RISK OUR LIVES A LOT TO PROTECT SAVABLE LIVES
WE MAY RISK OUR LIVES A LITTLE TO PROTECT SAVABLE PROPERTY
WE WILL NOT RISK OUR LIVES AT ALL TO SAVE WHAT IS ALREADY LOST
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Considering the level of risk, the IC will choose the proper strategy. The strategic mode will be based on:
- The building (construction type, condition, age, etc)
- Structural integrity of the building (contents vs. structural involvement)
- The fire load (what type of fuel is burning and what’s left to burn)
- The rescue profile (savable occupants/survivability profile)
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The __is responsible for determining the appropriate fireground strategy.
IC
221
It is the ____ job to ensure that all personnel are operating within the strategy.
IC’s
222
The proper strategy will be determined based on the following:
- Avoiding simultaneous offensive and defensive strategies in the same fire area.
- Matching the appropriate strategy to the fire conditions of the structure, and minimizing risk to fire fighters.
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Offensive Strategy
- The structure must first be determined to be safe to enter.
- Structured around RESCUE
- IRIC prior to entry
- Initial attack efforts must be directed toward supporting a primary search
- 1st attack line goes between the victims and the fire to protect avenues of rescue and escape
- Don’t operate fire streams into smoke
- Fires should be fought from the INTERIOR-UNBURNED SIDE
- Interior capability is the principal offensive strategy factor.
- Exterior water application is the very worst application point
- Avoid fire attack from the burning side of the building
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The ______portion represents where the fire is going and should establish the framework for fire control activities and requirements.
UNBURNED
225
Command must consider the most critical direction and avenues of fire extension, plus its speed, particularly as they effect:
- Rescue activities
- Level of risk to fire fighters
- Confinement efforts
- Exposure protection
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Fire cannot be considered under control until all 7 sides are addressed what are the 7 sides ?
- Front
- Rear
- Both sides
- Top
- Bottom and interior
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What is MARGINAL-
Command must initiate an offensive interior attack while setting up defensive positions on the exterior.
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THE ONLY REASON TO OPERATE IN MARGINAL SITUATIONS IS_____
RESCUE.
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Command should abandon marginal attacks when:
- A primary all clear is obtained and the situation is still marginal
- The roof is unsafe or untenable especially working fires in large unsupported, or lightweight trussed attic spaces
- Interior forces encounter heavy heat and cannot locate the fire or cannot make any progress on the fire
- Heavy smoke is being forced from the building under pressure and is increasing
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Defensive Strategy
The offensive strategy has been abandoned for reasons of personnel safety and the involved structure has been conceded as lost.
231
______streams are generally the most effective tactic to be employed in defensive operations.
Master
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For tactical purposes a standard master stream flow of ___ gpm should be the guideline
750
233
Fire under control
means the forward progress of the fire is stopped and the remaining fire can be extinguished with the on-scene resources; it does not mean the fire is completely out.
234
Primary Search
- Always in ALL involved and exposed occupancies which can be entered
- Command structures initial operations around its completion
- Means companies have quickly gone through ALL affected areas and verified the removal and/or safety of all occupants
- Time is the critical factor
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Primary Search
Always in ALL involved and exposed occupancies which can be entered
- Command structures initial operations around its completion
- Means companies have quickly gone through ALL affected areas and verified the removal and/or safety of all occupants
- Time is the critical factor
- Always in ALL involved and exposed occupancies which can be entered
- Command structures initial operations around its completion
- Means companies have quickly gone through ALL affected areas and verified the removal and/or safety of all occupants
- Time is the critical factor
- Regarded tactically as the rescue functions that follow lengthy fire control activities
- Means companies have thoroughly searched the interior of the fire area after initial fire control and ventilation activities have been completed
- Should preferably be conducted by different companies
- Thoroughness rather than time is the critical factor
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In nothing showing situations:
Command structures rapid search and reports “all clear”
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In smoke showing:
Fire control efforts are conducted simultaneously with rescue efforts
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In fully involved:
1. Number, location and condition of victims
2. Affect the fire has on the victims
3. Capability of the control forces to enter the building, remove/protect victims and control fire.
239
Rescue efforts extended in the following order:
1. Most severely threatened
2. Largest number
3. Remainder of the fire area
4. Exposed areas
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Normal means
of interior access should be utilized to remove victims whenever possible (stairs, halls, interior public areas etc.)
241
Secondary means
of rescue to be utilized in order of effectiveness (platforms, ladders, fire escapes, helicopters, etc.)
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The most urgent reason for calling additional alarms is for the purpose of covering____ _____.
life safety
243
Offensive Strategy-
- Interior attack and related support directed toward quickly conducting a search for victims and bringing the fire under control.
244
Defensive Strategy-
Exterior attack directed to first reduce fire extension and then bring the fire under control.
245
OFFENSIVE PLAN
- Take command
- Identify critical fireground factors
- Establish IRIC
- 1st line—fast, aggressive interior attack
- Support functions (ventilation, forcible entry)
- Primary search
- 2nd line—backup 1st/cover opposite side
- Pumped water
- Evaluate success and react
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DEFENSIVE PLAN
- Take command
- Evaluate fire spread/write-off lost property
- Identify critical fireground factors
- Prioritize fire streams
- Big water, well placed streams
- Pumped water
- Determine additional resources
- Surround and drown
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In the defensive strategy, operating positions should be as far from the involved area as possible while still remaining effective.
All personnel shall be:
- Positioned in staging
- Assigned to a task or operating within a sector
- Having completed an assignment and no other assignment is available within that sector, crews should be assigned to a Resource, Staging, or Rehab Sector until such time as they can be reassigned to an operating sector or released to in-service status.
248
When laddering a roof, the ladder shall be one which extends ? above the roofline.
2’-3’
249
When operating above or below ground level, establish at least ____separate escape routes/means where possible.
2
250
HOTZONE-
Any area that requires an SCBA, charged hoseline, special protective clothing, or in which fire fighting personnel are at risk of becoming lost, trapped, or injured by the environment or structure.
251
WARMZONE-
will be defined as just outside of the hotzone where the firefighters start their operations on the fireground.
252
COLDZONE-
will be defined as outside the warmzone where no one is at risk because of the incident.
253
High rise perimeter will be ___’Feet
200’
254
A 100’ length of unprotected steel will expand 9” when heated to ____ F
1100
255
In the typical fire involved building, the roof is the most likely candidate for failure.
Signs of building collapse may include:
- Cracks in exterior walls
- Bulges in exterior walls
- Sounds of structural movement—creaking, groaning, snapping
- Smoke or water leaking from walls
- Flexible movement of floor or roof where fire fighters walk
- Walls or columns leaning, twisting, flexing
- Sagging or distorted rooflines
- Time of fire involvement
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If after _____minutes of interior operations heavy fire conditions still exist, command should initiate a careful evaluation of structural conditions and be prepared to withdraw crews and change to a defensive strategy.
10-15
257
Evacuation
Interior fire fighting operations should be abandoned when the extent of the fire prohibits control or the structure becomes unsafe to operate within. When such conditions exist:
- Evacuate
- Account for personnel
- Regroup
- Recommunicate
- Redeploy
258
The method of evacuation selected will vary depending on the following:
- Imminence of the hazard
- Type and extent of hazard
- Perception of the area affected by the hazard
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True or False Upon the receipt of emergency traffic, company officers will assemble their crews and exit to a safe location where the company officer will report a par for all crew members.
True
260
Search and Rescue
- Overall objective
- Designation of search area
- Individual assignments
Should be conducted by two or more members
When exposed to fire conditions the search team should be protected by a hoseline.
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Elevators
Elevator shaft must be checked, if smoke or fire are visible in shaft, DO NOT USE ELEVATOR.
- Locate nearest enclosed stairway should elevator stop at a floor with heavy smoke or heat
- Must verify floor that your going to is uninvolved
- Take elevator to the floor two floors below the fire floor.
- Elevators without the Emergency Operations shall not be used
- Pumpers supplying water shall utilize hydrants outside the perimeter when possible.
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The primary use of the TIC is for
conducting search/rescue and crew accountability tasks.
263
SCBA’s shall be used by all personnel operating:
- In a contaminated atmosphere
- In an atmosphere which may suddenly become contaminated
- In an atmosphere which is oxygen deficient
- In an atmosphere which is suspected of being contaminated or oxygen deficient
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SCBA’s shall be used by all personnel operating This includes personnel operating:
- In an active fire area
- Directly above an active fire area
- In a potential explosion or fire area, including gas leaks and fuel spills
- Where products of combustion are visible in the atmosphere (vehicle and dumpster fires)
- Where toxic products are present, suspected to be present, or may be released
- In any confined space which has not been tested to establish respiratory safety
Above ground or below ground areas which is not but may become contaminated are the ONLY situations were SCBA may be worn with facepiece removed.
An evaluation of all members in the use of the SCBA shall be conducted both quarterly and annually.
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Maximum distance a crew will enter any building is___Ft
150
266
#1 Rule of Air Management:
- All members utilizing an SCBA in the hazard zone of an incident shall monitor the amount of air in their SCBA as well as their rate of air consumption in order to exit the hazard zone prior to low air alarm activation.
267
The first __% of SCBA air is working and exiting air. The remainder __% is emergency reserve to be used only in the event of an emergency.
75 and 25
268
What is a PACAN:
- Position
- Air status
- Conditions
- Actions
- Needs
269
Benchmarks for PACAN reports are __ minute elapsed time on air, all clear, fire control, and lost stopped.
10
270
Air Emergencies:
- Anytime the breathing apparatus being used cannot deliver air to the user as designed; whether mechanical failure or if the individual has consumed the air supply beyond the designed work cycle, or an individual becomes lost or trapped within an IDHL environment regardless of air supply.
Activation of the low-air warning is an immediate action item for the individual and crew involved.
Immediate action is described as notifying command of low air alarm activation and immediately exiting the IDLH atmosphere intact as a crew and notifying command that you are out with a PAR after exiting.
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When remaining air supply reaches the ____% range a May Day should be called if still inside and will be unable to exit within 5 minutes.
18-15
272
True or False
| Roof sector crews must enter the roof from an established safe area and must have a secondary means to escape the roof.
True
273
Bow String Roofs
No operations if there is any evidence that the fire has penetrated the attic or involves the truss area.
274
Residential Tile Roofs
No operations on roof covered with tile shingles.
275
Commercial Tile Roofs
Extreme caution should be used on these roofs.
276
Roof Sector Duties Roof sector officer must report the following to command:
- Roof design and construction
- Structural conditions
- Fire conditions or effects of fire on roof
- Locations of fire walls
- Locations of heavy objects that are affected by fire conditions
- Ventilation plan
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Roof Sector Objectives:
- Determine safe working surface
- Cut adequate size vent hole and achieve ventilation
- Coordinate roof ventilation with interior crews
- Coordinate roof fire control operations as directed by command
- Maintain roof-top monitoring of roof structure
- Communicate with interior
- Provide progress reports to command
278
Ventilation holes of at least __% of roof surface of the involved area is a rule of thumb
10
279
Resource Sector
Established as a supply pool to provide a standby supply of personnel and/or equipment for operating sectors.
280
Resource Sector For high-rise operations established
2 floors below the fire floor.
281
Rehab Sector
No member will be permitted to continue emergency operations beyond safe levels of physical or mental endurance.
The intent is to lessen the risk of injury that may result from extended field operations under adverse conditions.
Boundaries will be defined with blue tape and will have only one entry point.
282
Rehab sector will be divided into___ sections:
4
283
What are the 4 sections of rehab
Section A: Entry point
Any member with pulse over 120 goes to section C.
Section B: Hydration and Replenishment
Initial CID provided here
Section C: Medical Treatment and Transport
After 20 min of cooling down process, any person with :
-Pulse greater than 70% of max heart rate
- BP less than 100 systolic
- BP greater than 105 diastolic
- Temp greater than 99.9 F
Will be unavailable for reassignment and will require ALS treatment and evaluation.
Section D: Documentation
Time in and time out for members/crews entering or leaving the rehab area.
Section E:
Reassignment
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REHABILITATION SECTOR PROCEDURE
The Rehabilitation Sector, radio designation REHAB, will be used to evaluate and assist personnel who could be suffering from the effects of sustained physical or mental exertion during emergency operations. Rehab Sector will provide a specific area where personnel will assemble to have
1. Assessment of vital signs
2. Revitalization ‐ rest, hydration, refreshments, and temperature regulation
3. Medical evaluation and treatment of injuries, if needed
4. Transportation for those requiring treatment at medical facilities
5. Reassignment as needed
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The Rehab Sector area boundaries will be defined and will have only one entry point. It will be divided into the
following four Functions:
Function A: Assessment
Function B: Hydration and Replenishment
Function C: Medical Treatment and Transport
1. Vital Signs & Assessment Standards for REHAB:
2. To be reassigned – Members must have:
3. A heart rate below 100 bpm with no irregular beats
4. Systolic BP below 160
5. Diastolic BP below 100
6. Respiratory rate between 12‐20 per minute
7. No abnormal neurological findings. (see below)
8. No complaints
SECTION D: Documentation
Time‐in and time‐out for members/crews entering or leaving the rehabilitation area shall be tracked with vitals.
Any member requiring further evaluation beyond 20 min will be documented on an EMS patient care report.
Where emergency medical care is provided, an EMS Patient Care Report shall be generated and a copy placed in
the member’s employee health record.
Rehab Sector Officer.
286
Tactical support activities are those functions that assist active fire control and rescue operations and include:
- Forcible entry
- Ventilation
- Access
287
We ventilate a building principally for 2 reasons:
1. To prevent mushrooming
| 2. To gain (and maintain) entry
288
Vertical ventilation
as close to directly over the fire as possible, is the most effective form of ventilation in working interior fire situations
289
Ventilation should be provided in advance_
of attack lines.
290
The best operating position to determine if a building requires ventilation and the location and timing of that ventilation is the ____sector.
interior
291
If ladder crews cannot get on the roof to ventilate because of fire conditions/roof profile, Command should consider this a ____situation.
marginal
292
Bowstrung Truss/Arched Roof Policy
1. When the fire is in the attic/truss space, and it is safe to do so, quickly search the building and implement a defensive strategy.
2. When crews are unable to locate the fire, and it is safe to do so, quickly search the building and implement a defensive strategy.
3. When fire involves a room/contents with no evidence of attic/truss extension, offensive strategy.
293
Residential Tile Roof Policy
For interior and or attic/roof fire in single family residences with tiled roofs fire fighters are prohibited from going to the roof.
294
A standard attack team equals
2 engines and 1 ladder
295
In the City of Phoenix, a high-rise building is defined as
6 elevator stops or greater or 75 feet in height or greater.
296
High-rise Building Size-up:
Exterior View: hide smoke and fire, building well sealed, large internal capacity for smoke potential for falling debris, major structural collapse
Interior View: Blding personnel acct for, is bld being evacuated, alarm indications Stairwell Assest: # of stairwells, Conditions within, How are they labeled and have elevators been recalled?
297
Risk Management Profile High Rise
Is building occupied, causes, affect the fire has, building integrity, fire location
298
Tactical Objective High Rise
Rescue: Secure/maintain viable evacuation & fire attack stairwells Each must be declared to CMD or AHQ prior to making way to the fire floor
-Evacuation stairwell=stairwell dedicated to the removal of occupants from bld
-Fire attack stairwell=dedicated to the fire attack operation, ideally w/ roof access w/ no evacuation traffic to impede the FA operations.
Fire Attack: Assess fire/smoke conditions Provide water supply via standpipe Stop production smoke/heat Manage the spread of heat/smoke thru building: -use building systems: sprinklers, standpipes, fire pumps, HVAC -PFD equip: vent truck, portable fans carried on trucks, natural ventilation
Property Conservation: hi value occupancies, involve more than 1 floor
299
High Rise Deployment:
1st arriving Phoenix Fire Department Engine or Ladder company should assume command. (PFD rescue should not assume cmd if 1st arriving
300
High Rise Deployment: 1st Engine
- spot close to interior as possible
- Proceed to build lobby/gain access to Fire Control Room or Building alarm panel
- Establish Building systems Sector w/ 1 member from engine
- Lobby level size-up
301
High Rise Deployment: 2nd Engine
- Should establish water connection to building standpipe system
- Engineer stay with pumper
- Capt to Fire Control Room/alarm panel and meet w/ 1st eng capt & ladder capts.
302
The most significant thing we can do to reduce damage is
to put the fire out.
303
Salvage objectives:
- Stop or reduce the source of damage
| - Protect or remove contents
304
When addressing salvage consider:
- Type, value and location of contents
- The extent and location of fire
- Recognition of existing and potential damage sources
- Estimate of required resource
305
The goal of overhaul is to:
- Reduce the incidence of secondary fires
- Control loss
- Stabilize the incident scene while providing for safety
306
Occupant Services Sector
The Occupant service sector is a critical extension of our service delivery, and serves as the liaison between the FD and those citizens directly, or perhaps indirectly involved in or affected by the incident.
307
Positive Pressure Ventilation Benefits:
- Removes heat and smoke improving ability to conduct S/R
- Improves atmosphere
- Visibility increases
- Reduces firefighter heat stress
- Reduces damage to structure
- Reduce the risk and need of roof ventilation
308
Fans should be placed at point of entry from unburned side of fire
12’-15’ back
309
PPV must have 2 major items:
1. An “exit” for the pressurized air and must be located in the fire area.
2. PPV must be injected from the unburned side of fire
310
1st Due companies approaching the scene with any evidence of a working fire in a structure should lay their own supply line.
EXCEPTIONS:
1. Obvious critical rescue requiring a full crew
2. Unsure of actual fire location in multi-unit building complex
3. Hydrant within 50ft of fire
311
Staging key pumpers on hydrants enhances fire ground safety in several ways:
- Ensures an uninterrupted water supply
- Provides volume when needed
- Ability to pump water through the forward pumper in the event of mechanical failure
312
Most ladders have the ability to flow ___GPM
2000
313
Engine mounted master streams should be considered for:
- Structures that are well involved
- Beyond rapid reach of attack lines
- Exposure protection
- Situations that pose and unusual safety risk to fire fighters
314
Attack Line Choice
The objective of the attack hose line choice is to provide enough GPM flow to overcome the volume of fire being produced, or adequate flow to effectively cool and protect exposures.
315
Hose Line Placement
- 1st stream between the fire and persons endangered by it
- When no life endangered, 1st stream between fire and most severe or unburned exposure
- 2nd line should protect a secondary means of egress
- Additional hose lines should cover other critical areas or when covered, back up in place hose lines
- Whenever possible lines should be positioned that direct support rescue activities, begins confinement, protect exposures, and control losses
316
Solid Stream:
Greater penetration, reach and striking power, less steam conversion
317
Peripheral:
Increased heat absorption/expansion. Shorter reach, most effective in confined spaces and protecting exposures.
318
Fire Stream Considerations
An offensive attack mode should achieve and effect on fire quickly.
If you apply water on the fire and it does not go out—React! Back it up or Re-deploy.
Crews should not use fog streams when operating in basement fires as steam production will be extensive. Straight streams should be used.
Attack lines should be ready during forcible entry. Attack crews should be fully protected and supervised before forcible entry is initiated.
A good rule of thumb is that you have written off the building when you initiate ladder pipe operations and you are essentially in a defensive mode.
When positioning ladders, the turntable should be lined up with the wall to be protected.
319
All fires will comply with NFPA Standard
1403
320
All structural off-site burns require an asbestos survey and file within __ working days prior to schedule burn.
10
321
Each RIC shall consist of a minimum of __firefighters. A company officer shall be in charge of each RIC unit.
3
322
All firefighters involved in structural training fires will meet objectives in Firefighter I, NFPA ____
1001
323
LCES
| STANDS FOR
Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, Safety Zones
324
Brush/WildLand Fire Definitions Type 1:
A typical structure Engine 400 gallon tank and 1000 gpm pump
325
Brush/WildLand Fire Definitions Type 3:
Short wheel base engine capable of both wildland and structural, commonly 4-wheel drive, Min 3 personnel, 500 gallon tank/250 gpm pump
326
Brush/WildLand Fire Definitions Type 6:
Brush truck, Min 2 crew personnel, 200 gallon tank/50 gpm pump w/ higher pressure capacity than an engine and pump-roll capability 4-wheel drive off road fire suppression
327
Brush/WildLand Fire Definitions Water tender:
A water transport and delivery fire apparatus. capable of carrying 1000-5000 gallons of water. pumps range from 50-1500 gpm
328
STILL BRUSH:
1 engine and 1 brush
329
BRUSH ASSIGNMENT:
2-engines
2-brush trucks
1-water tender
1-cmd officer
330
1st ALARM BRUSH
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5-engines
4-brush trucks
2-water tenders
3-cmd officers
1-shift commander
1-command van
1-safety officer
rehab unit
canteen unit
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331
The following support resources will be dispatched for 2nd ALARM BRUSH assignments or greater.
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5-engines
4-brush trucks
staff and cmd officers response
port a potties
refueling truck
mechanics
radio techs
multi spare radios
weather reports
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332
Fire Behavior: Brush/WildLand Fire
The following factors have effect on the fire behavior of a wildland fire.
-weather, fuel, topography
333
Topography: Brush/WildLand Fire
Fire burns uphill much more rapidly than downhill. Access is often the most serious problem with topography.
334
Tactics and Strategy: Brush/WildLand Fire
Brush fires often present a large area of rapidly spreading fire. The critical decision is often where to attack the fire to the best advantage. Protection of exposures is the primary goal when immediate control is not possible
335
Size up considerations that greatly affect tactics and strategy: Brush/WildLand Fire
1. Location of fire head, the fastest moving part of the fire
2. Pertinent burning conditions
3. Type of fuel
4. Exposures
5. Size of fire and rate of speed
6. Special hazards
7. Manpower needs
8. Fuel continuity
9. Accessibility into fire area
10. Water resource
11. Line of retreat. How can I escape?
336
Direct Attack (Offensive): Brush/WildLand Fire
Whenever fire conditions allow fire personnel to work directly and safely on the fire edge. Personnel should "anchor and flank" a fire by establishing a safe location, or anchor point to start the attack w/o being outflanked.
337
Aircraft use and Restrictions:
Aircraft used for water/retardant drops shall not be used at night
- Rotary wing aircraft carrying external i.e. Bambi buckets shall not fly over occupied structures
- All state and Federal resources must be on the ground 30 mins prior to sunset.
338
Dip Site/LZ/helispots locations:
Approach/departure routes must be clear in 300' in all directions
- Terrain should be flat and paved if possible
- Dust control procedures must be in place
- Water supply location: hydrant close or is a water tender going to be used to shuttle water to bouy wall.
- Travel time to and from the fire line along travel routes
- Wind direction and a plan for potential wind shifts effecting approach and departure.
339
There are 2 types of aircraft crashes:
1. Low impact
| 2. High impact
340
HIGH PILED OUTSIDE COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE FIRES
The purpose of this procedure is to establish guidelines for companies operating on fire incidents involving high piled outside combustible storage. High piled outside combustible storage fires are defined as outside fire
incidents including but not limited to:
· Pallet Storage
· Metal Recycling
· Tire Storage (See Tire Fires MP 202.18A)
· Paper Stock
· Mulching Operations
· Wrecking Yards
· Lumber Yards
· Large unfinished construction projects (stick cities)
· Any other fires incident involving outside combustible storage
341
EMS Responsibilities Multi-patient
any incident with fewer than 25 patients
342
EMS Responsibilities Mass casualty:
incident involving 25-100 patients
343
EMS Responsibilities Disaster:
incident with more than 100 patients
344
EMS Responsibilities Tactical objectives in order of priority:
1. Remove endangered occupants and treat the injured
2. Stabilize the incident and provide for life safety
3. Ensure the functions of triage, extrication, treatment and transportation are established as needed and performed appropriately
4. Provide for the safety, accountability and welfare of rescue personnel and victims
5. Conserve property
In addition EMS TACTICAL objectives must include:
1. Completion of a TRIAGE REPORT
2. Declaration of All IMMEDIATES TRANSPORTED
345
Patients should be treated and transported in the following priority order:
1. IMMEDIATE
2. DELAYED UPGRADED TO IMMEDIATE
3. DELAYED
4. MINOR
346
Basic Operational Approach
| EMS Responsibilities
1. Scene size up, assume command, initiate triage (normally 4-6 minutes)
2. Hazard assessment, establish safe zone, traffic control, work treatment area
3. Charged handline
4. Additional resources
5. Radio triage report to Dispatch
6. Stabilize hazards and/or remove patients to treatment area
7. Assign crews specific tasks
8. Early sectorization- triage, extrication, treatment, transportation
9. Initiate patient assessment and treatment
10. Coordinate patient transportation
347
Triage tags should be used any time there _________or_______
are 3 or more IMMEDIATE patients or more than 10 patients.
348
The 1st arriving officer will assume command and give an onscene report which will answer:
- What do I have?
- What actions will I take?
- What resources do I need?
349
Treatment areas using salvage covers can be identified as:
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RED = IMMEDIATES
YELLOW = DELAYED GREEN = MINOR
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350
EMS Responsibilities Basic Sectors
Triage Sector: Determine the location, number, and condition of patients and whether triage should be performed before or after patients are extricated. Assign and supervise triage teams, provide triage report to command, forward tracking slips to command.
Extrication Sector: Determine the location, number and condition of patients, assign and supervise extrication teams, extricate and deliver patients to treatment, notify command when all patients have been removed from impact area.
Treatment Sector: First determine whether treatment will occur in place or in treatment area (treatment area is preferred), assign and supervise treatment teams, ensure all patients have been triaged, assessed and treated, notify command when all patients have been treated.
Transportation Sector: Obtain of modes of transportation needed to take patients to hospital, determine staging area and LZ zone, determine hospital availability, supervise the movement of patients, determine hospital destination and notify hospitals or rescue arrival, remove tracking slips from patient from triage tag prior to transport, notify command when all patients are transported (EMS tactical benchmark).
351
Triage Sector
The purpose of triage is to categorize patients based on the severity of their injuries, prioritize their need for treatment and transportation and stabilize life-threatening injuries before additional resources arrive on-scene.
352
At smaller incidents (up to 10 patients) triage may be handled by the?
1st company officer and his crew.
353
Extrication Sector
Utilized in multiple patient incidents that require physical disentanglement and/or the removal of trapped victims. Extrication is responsible for removing and delivering patients to a treatment area. Extrication will assist triage with any patient treatment that is necessary prior to disentanglement.
354
A reasonable guideline is an initial commitment of 1 company per _ victims.
5
355
Treatment Sector
Utilized to provide a site to manage the treatment of multiple IMMEDIATE and DELAYED patients. Responsible for establishing a treatment area and to provide stabilization and continuing care of patients until they can be transported.
356
Transportation Sector
Established to manage patient transport from the scene to appropriate facilities, arranging all of the transportation needs for a multi-patient incident, and for allocating those patients to appropriate medical facilities
357
Hazardous Materials
The use of full protective clothing and SCBA as well as special protective clothing and the use of all SOP’s on a continuing basis are foundational for this plan.
The 1st arriving officer will establish Command and begin size-up.
358
Command should consider level II staging whenever possible for other responding companies. Consider the following when establishing a safe distance:
- DOT Guidebook
- NFPA Reference Materials
- NIOSH Pocket Guide
359
Take immediate action to evacuate and/or rescue persons in critical danger, if possible, providing for safety of rescuers FIRST.
The action plan must provide for:
1. Safety of all fire personnel
2. Evacuation of endangered area, if necessary
3. Control of situation
4. Stabilization of hazardous materials
5. Disposal or removal of hazardous materials
360
A hazardous material incident has 2 initial zones associated with the scene:
1. Limited Access Zone
| 2. Evacuation Zone
361
There are 3 levels of evacuation: Site, Intermediate, Large Scale.
Site Evacuation involves a small number of citizens. Includes the workers at the site, and persons from adjacent occupancies. Holding times less than 1 hour or 2, permitted to return to their businesses or homes.
Intermediate Level Evacuation involves larger number of citizens (fewer than 100) and/or area. Persons remain out of area for 2 to 4 hours.
Large Scale Evacuation involves large off-site evacuation, 1000’s could be evacuated. Evacuees may be out of homes or businesses for many hours or days. The EOC will be activated.
362
Hazardous Materials Decontamination
The purpose of the decontamination procedure is to assure that any potentially harmful or dangerous residues, on persons, equipment or apparatus, are confined within the hot zone.
363
The decon sector officer must assume that al personnel and equipment preparing to leave the hot zone are contaminated. 3 courses of action are available:
1. Confirm not contaminated – using instruments or investigation of situation
2. Decontaminate and release
3. Retain and package items for removal from the site for disposal
364
The following items should be considered at any Hazardous Materials incident:
1. Cooling Containers – Flame impingement
2. Remove Uninvolved Materials
3. Stop the Leak
4. Apply Diluting Spray
5. Construct dams, dikes, or channel
6. Remove ignition sources
365
There are 3 types of mercury, the 2 most common are_____and____.
elemental and inorganic
366
There are 3 types of mercury
Elemental- used in thermometers
Inorganic- used in scientific instruments
Organic- used in mining
367
Mercury release at commercial facility:
- Contact on-site responsible party
- Determine amount
- Determine source
- Determine size of affected area
368
Mercury release Command also responsible to:
- Evacuate the affected area
- Isolate the area with hazard line tape
- Deny entry
- Request Fire Prevention Haz Mat specialist and Special Ops to respond
369
Mercury release Fire Personnel Shall not:
- Enter the reported spill area unless for rescue or treatment
- Clean up even the smallest amount
- Take possession of the mercury
Exception: A resident brings mercury to station
- Transport mercury
370
Radiological Hazards FD responsibilities:
- Rescue
- Treatment
- Fire control/extinguishments
- Control of contamination and spread
- Alert responsible agencies/experts
371
Flammable Liquid Incidents
The main operational problems with flammable liquids are fire extinguishments, ignition prevention, and disposal of spills.
372
The principle agent for flammable liquid fire fighting is:
AFFF/Class B Foam.
373
The only time flammable liquids will be flushed to the environment or drain is:
- Less than 10 gallons of Diesel Fuel
- Less than 10 gallons of Leaded Fuel
- Less than 30 gallons of Unleaded Fuel
374
When spills fall into one of the above categories, the application of a chemical dispersant, such as bio-safe, combined with a minimum of ____ gallons of water
1000
375
Natural gas is ___than air and will usually dissipate rapidly outside.
lighter
376
Natural gas flammable limits are ___%-__% in air.
4% - 15%
377
Clandestine Drug Laboratories
It is imperative that nothing is moved, shut off, turned on, or touched, at a laboratory whether it is operational or abandoned.
378
Clandestine Drug Laboratories Indicators:
- Unusual odors
- Glassware such as flasks, beakers, funnels
- Heating elements, hot plates, heating mantles
- Vacuum pumps
- Marked or unmarked chemical containers
379
Confined Space Rescue
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146: Permit required confined space regulates entry into confined spaces for general industry and the rescue service and shall be considered for the confined spaces ops.
For the purpose of emergency response a confined space is defined as:
- A space large enough for personnel to physically enter.
- A space not designed for continuous employee occupancy.
- An area of limited entry/egress
380
A phased approach to confined space rescue operations which include:
Arrival, Pre-entry ops, Entry Ops, Termination
381
A permit is required if (1) or more of the following:
Atmosphere Hazards
- Configuration Hazard
- Engulfment
- Any other recognized hazard
382
Trench Rescue Operations
OSHA 29 CFR 1926 sub part P regulates the excavation for general industry and the rescue service
An excavation shall be defined as any depression, hole, trench or earth wall man made or natural of 4ft or greater.
Set perimeter 50ft from collapse area
Remove all non-essential civilian personnel at least 150ft away
Stage all apparatus 150ft
Re-route all non-essential traffic 300ft away
Shut down all heavy equipment down within 300ft
Place ingress/egress ladders (2) no more than 50ft apart
383
High Angle/Rope Rescue
Rope rescue is defined as any rescue attempt that requires rope or rope systems and related equipment to safely gain access to and remove patients from hazardous geographic areas or location with limited access
2 categories:
- Nontechnical: rescues with angles less than 40* incline
- Technical: rescues with angles greater that 40* to 90*
384
NFPA 1006
Standards for technical rescuer professional qualifications
385
NFPA 1670:
Standards on operation and training for search and rescue incidents
386
NFPA 1983:
Standards on life safety rope and equipment for emergency services.
387
Water Rescue
Identify the hazards that are present which include but not limited to
- The volume of water
- The velocity of the water
- Debris in the water
- Hydraulics
- Depth of the water rising/ falling
388
The order of water rescue from low to high risk:
Talk- the victim into self-rescue
Reach -If possible, the rescuer should extended his hand, pike pole, etc.
Throw- the victim a throw bag or flotation device.
If the victim cannot be reached by these methods command should consider stopping the operation until TRT arrives. The next order of rescue from low risk to high:
Row- using a boat based operation
Go – consider putting a rescuer into the water to reach the victim
Helo – the use of a helicopter to reach victim
389
The rescue sector should establish a Building triage team and shall consist of a
- TRT member
- Structural Engineer
- Haz-mat technician
390
Incident Taker The primary responsibility of the incident taker is to determine:
- Nature of call
- Location
- The call back number
- Entry into the CAD system
391
What consist of a 2-1 Medical
2 ENG, LAD, BC, 2 RES (2 ALS)
392
1 Alarm Medical =
4 ENG, 2 LAD, 2 BC, 3 RES, RH, CV, U, SDC,
| 3 ALS
393
Fire 3-1 =
3 ENG, LAD, 2 BC, RES, (if within a 4 mile radius)
394
Working 3-1’s receive a
RIC assignment = 3-1 + ENG, RES, U, CCU, RH
395
1 Alarm Fire =
5 ENG, 2 LAD, 2BC, SDC, NDC, CV, U, RH, C957, SC, ALS
396
Still Brush =
ENG, BR
397
Brush Assignment =
2 ENG, 2 BR, TANKER, BC
398
BR1A =
5 ENG, 4BR, 2 TANKERS, 2 BC, U, RH, CV, R41, SDC, NDC
399
Hazardous Materials Assignments have 5 levels of response:
1. HAZ
2. HAZ2-1
3. HAZ1A
4. HAZMED
5. 2AHAZARDOUS
3rd Alarm – 4 ENG, 2 LAD, 1 BC
4th Alarm – 4 ENG, 2 LAD, 1 BC
5th Alarm – 4 ENG, 2 LAD, 1 BC
400
Units may add themselves to an incident by an __ function on their MCT.
AU
401
Move-Up Policy
The need for move-up companies should be evaluated whenever:
- A working fire is declared
- 3 or more units are committed to an incident in an outlying area
- Greater alarms are dispatched
- Simultaneous incidents occur in one area of the City
- Coverage in an area is compromised
- 2 or more adjacent 1st due companies will be uncovered more than 30 min
402
If overall coverage in the City falls below __Engine Companies and__ ladders, the Shift Commander may recall off duty personnel.
12 and 3
403
Deployment will send a cover company if no reply is received within a__ minute timeframe.
2
404
AOI Calls:
Allows company dispatched to a low priority call to be re-dispatched on a higher priority call if they are closer only when responding.
405
AOI Calls unit is responding longer than __ minutes they will be place Unavailable on Incident (UOI).
10
406
True or False When more than 1 unit is responding, the first unit should report “(Unit ID) on the scene” on the assigned tactical channel in addition to the MCT message.
True
407
What is a Working Fire
The term working fire indicates a situation that will require the commitment of all responding companies.
408
Incident Status and Milestones
The 4 different incident status changes that need to be indicated are:
- Working Fire (WF)
- Working HAZ MAT (WHZ)
- Code (CO)
- Major Medical (MM)
409
For Working Fire and Working Haz Mat incidents this change will prompt ELAPSED TIME NOTIFICATIONS every __ minutes until incident placed under control.
5
410
All Clear (AC)
fire buildings searched (fire) or patients extricated (medical)
411
Command Terminated (CT)
No longer a single person in charge of incident.
412
Immediates Transported (IT)
All patients triaged as immediate have been transported
413
Loss Stopped (LS)
Salvage has been completed, no more damage
414
Patient Contact (PC)
First unit has made contact with patient
415
Personnel Accountability Report (PAR
All personnel assigned to a work area accounted for.
416
Primary All Clear (PAC)
Primary search completed
417
Secondary All Clear (SAC)
A more comprehensive search of building has been done
418
Triage Complete (TC)
All patients have been triaged.
419
Under Control (UC)
The fire has been contained and will not extend. Used on Haz Mat calls indicating leak has been secured.
420
Utilities Secured (US)
The power has been shut off
421
Ventilation Complete (VC)
The task of ventilation has been completed
422
What is a 906
Fire unit/s Need PD assistance URGENTLY
423
What is a 261 code
Rap
424
Rescue Dispatched initially on:
- Gunshot wound
- Stabbing
- Auto accident appearing serious
- Car/Ped
- Code
- Drowning
425
When a rescue will have a response time of more than_minutes, a private ambulance will be contacted.
20
426
When returning to first due area, rescues should go available within _ minutes driving time to quarters.
10
427
Rescue Status 2 indicates
that there is a shortage of rescues in a particular area of the city.
428
Rescue Status 3 is reserved
when there are less than 3 rescues available in entire city.
429
There are 3 types of emergency deployment principles
Type 1-
All 3-1 will be modified to 2-1
All 1st alarms will be modified to 3-1
Haz mat and trt also scaled down in same way
Type 2-
Requires South Deputy to call off duty personnel in to staff brush trucks or other adjunct response apparatus.
Type 3-
Requires South Deptuy to call off duty personnel in to staff reserve apparatus
430
The Placement of apparatus should be a reflection of:
- SOP’s for 1st arriving companies
- Tactical objectives and priorities
- Staging procedure
- Direct order from command
- Conscious decision from the company officer based on conditions
431
Apparatus should generally be positioned at least __ feet away from involved buildings, even with nothing showing.
30
432
When spotting ladders officers must consider:
- Extent and fire location
- Most dangerous direction of spread
- Confinement
- Exposure conditions
- Overhead obstructions
- Structural conditions
433
The staging officer will also be responsible for the following functions:
1. Locate an area of adequate size for all apparatus, including apparatus that may respond with additional alarms.
2. Transmit the staging area location to Command and Dispatch, indicating access and routing as needed.
3. Coordinate with the Police Department to block streets, intersections, and other access required for the staging area.
4. Ensure that all apparatus is parked in an appropriate manner for quick exit.
5. Maintain a log of companies available in the staging area and inventory all specialized equipment that might be required at the scene.
6. Maintain crews in a ready state with their apparatus.
7. Provide progress reports to Command indicating number and type of units available.
8. Assume a position that is visible and accessible to incoming and staged companies. This will be accomplished by leaving the red lights operating on the staging officers apparatus and by wearing a sector vest.
9. Assign staged companies to incident duty per Command’s direction.
434
A _____ path to ground can occur when contact is made between something energized and a portion of your body.
direct
435
An ____ path to ground happens when you are holding something or touching an object that is in contact with something energized.
indirect
436
If your feet are in areas where there is a voltage difference, you could complete the circuit and be the source to the ground. This is called “____ ____”. Indicated by a tingling sensation in the feet. More severe when ground is wet.
step potential
437
Never spray directly into power lines, use a ___spray at the base of the pole.
fog
438
Electrical equipment is classified as:
- Energized
- De-energized
- Dead
439
There are 3 different types of storage tanks at the Tank Farm:
1. Floating Roof- open top tank with floating cover on top of liquid
2. Cone Roof- fixed top tank
3. Cone/Floating Roof- tank with both fixed and internal floating roof.
440
When to Call an Investigator
Any time there is evidence of arson
| If the fire was set intentionally and the child is 8 to 18 years old.
441
Emergency decon serves three functions:
1. Marks victims for easy identification
2. Removes product/particles from victims
3. Engages victims in activity that reduces anxiety
442
In effect whenever temperatures exceed ___ degrees or whenever the combination of air temperature and humidity equal a humiture index of ___ degrees.
105 and 105
