st ch 4

Question 1

The meaning of words in communications is based on prior _____________ and _____________.

Answer 1

Understanding and knowledge

Question 2

What are appropriate means of communication that must be considered in Step 1 of the communications model?

Answer 2

Radio, face to face, written

Question 3

The National Fire Academy (NFA) course Managing Company Tactical Operations introduces a communications model that can be applied to any emergency service communications. How many steps does this model contain?

Answer 3

6

Question 4

What are the steps of the communications model?

Answer 4

Formulate an idea to convey, Send the message, Message is transferred through a medium, message is received, Message is interpreted, receiver provides feedback

Question 5

What are possible mediums for a message being sent?

Answer 5

Oral, visual, written (most fireground communication is visual or oral)

Question 6

What is size up?

Answer 6

This is a step toward solving a problem in which information is gathered. I can begin before the incident and continue throughout.

Question 7

What are the 3 areas in which size-up fit into?

Answer 7

Environment, Resources, Conditions/Situation

Question 8

A red placard with an R indicates a what?

Answer 8

Lightweight truss roof

Question 9

What are the incident priorities?

Answer 9

Life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation

Question 10

What is the first priority at an incident?

Answer 10

Life safety

Question 11

What is the second priority?

Answer 11

Incident stabilization, such as things like fire extinguishment

Question 12

What are two modes of Incident stabilization?

Answer 12

Offensive & Defensive

Question 13

__________ attacks are usually accomplished with large caliber exterior streams and large handlines.

Answer 13

Defensive

Question 14

_________ attacks are when fire fighters move close to the fire area to extinguish the fire.

Answer 14

Offensive

Question 15

What is the third priority of an incident?

Answer 15

Property Conservation

Question 16

In firefighting, property conservation is often called what?

Answer 16

Salvage and overhaul or loss control

Question 17

________________ are broad, general statements of what we are expected to accomplish, and they are developed to satisfy the incident priorities.

Answer 17

Strategic goals

Question 18

Goal systems focus around how many goals from a firefighting perspective?

Answer 18

5 – 7

Question 19

What are three commonly known goal systems?

Answer 19

REVAS (rescue, evacuation, ventilation, attack, salvage), RECEOVS (rescue, exposure, confinement, extinguishment, overhaul, ventilation, slavage, and REEVAS (rescue evacuation, emergency care, ventilation, attack, and salvage).

Question 20

NFA course for HAZMAT lists how many goals?

Answer 20

8

Question 21

EMS system responders are trained in how many goals?

Answer 21

6

Question 22

For the purpose of this text, how many goals must be considered at every fire incident to ensure that the incident priorities are satisfied?

Answer 22

9

Question 23

What are the 9 goals of every fire incident?

Answer 23

Fire fighter safety, search and rescue, evacuation, exposure, confinement, extinguishment, ventilation, overhaul, salvage

Question 24

What helps to determine what strategic goals need to be implemented?

Answer 24

Scene Size-up

Question 25

_______________ are more specific functions that are designed to meet strategic goals.

Answer 25

Tactical Objectives

Question 26

What satisfy tactical objective?

Answer 26

Tactical Methods

Question 27

What is developed after the size-up, or information-gathering process, and gives consideration to the strategic goals and tactical objectives that have been identified?

Answer 27

Plan of Action

Question 28

The action plan must be fully communicated to all personnel at the scene, what is the most effective method of communication?

Answer 28

Face to Face

Question 29

Recognition-primed decision making (RPD) was a process that was researched by who?

Answer 29

Klein Association

Question 30

The RPD model implies that a commander in almost 9 out of 10 cases does not make a decision of a selection of choices, but rather basis them on what?

Answer 30

Previous experience

Question 31

The RPD process is being replaced in the fire service curricula by what the NFA teaches in its Command and Control curriculum as _________________.

Answer 31

Naturalistic decision making (NDM)

Question 32

What is the NDM theory concerned with?

Answer 32

The best alternative to take and assumes the decision maker is fully informed, rational and able to compute the information at hand.

Question 33

While the RPD process says that an IC will use prior experiences to make a decision, the NDM process says that the IC will use information based on _______, ________, and ________ to assist in identifying what is occurring.

Answer 33

Sight, sound, and odor

Question 34

Classical decision making model is taught by the NFA in its Command and Control curriculum, and it is used when the ICs are confronted with a situation that they ________________.

Answer 34

Have not experienced in the past

Question 35

How many steps are there in the classical decision making model?

Answer 35

4

Question 36

What are the four steps of the classical decision making model?

Answer 36

Aim- what the IC wants to accomplish

Question 37

What are the only factors that never change in regard to incident command decision making?

Answer 37

Factors -anything that affect the decision making process

Question 38

NDM came about after reviewing decision making as it relates to _______ in real life—from _____ commanders to _____ commanders.

Answer 38

Courses – are the options an IC has to accomplish the aim

Question 39

The NDM theory is that the IC will use info based on ____, _____, and ____ to assist in identifying what is occurring.

Answer 39

Plan – is the course of action that best fits the situation

Question 40

IC’s must use their ability to identify_______ and their ________ base to make strategic and tactical decisions.

Answer 40

Life Safety, Incident stabilization, Property Conservation

Question 41

The network of hardware and software components – radios, computers, printers, pagers ect. That allows personnel to communicate with one another during an incident.

Answer 41

People in real Life, Military, Fire-ground

Question 42

What are the mediums of communication, and which two are most fireground communications?

Answer 42

Sight, sound, odor