TACTICAL PRIORITIES 202.02A

Question 1

What ranks what’s most important in our emergency service delivery, and they guide our decision making and actions taken?

Answer 1

Tactical priorities

Question 2

Definition of Priority?

Answer 2

Precedence, especially established by the order of importance or urgency

Question 3

Definition of Objective?

Answer 3

Something worked toward or striven for

Question 4

Definition of Strategy?

Answer 4

Plan(s) method(s) for achieving a specific goal(s) (e.g. the set of tactics that make up a offensive incident action plan or the “what’ incident solutions)

Question 5

Definition of Tactic?

Answer 5

Maneuver(s) for gaining advantage, (e.g. performing vertical ventilation, or the “how” of incident solutions)

Question 6

Definition of Rescue?

Answer 6

The activities required to protect occupants, remove those who are threatened and to treat the injured.

Question 7

Definition of Fire Control?

Answer 7

The activities required to stop the forward progress of the fire and to bring the fire under control.

Question 8

Definition of Property Conservation?

Answer 8

The activities required to stop or reduce primary or secondary damage to property.

Question 9

What are the 3 Tactical Priorities?

Answer 9

• Life Safety
• Incident Stabilization (through fire control on fires)
• Property Conservation

Question 10

What dictate the order of importance?

Answer 10

Priorities

Question 11

Objectives identify What?

Answer 11

goals

Question 12

What are a set of plans/methods for achieving objective?

Answer 12

strategies

Question 13

Specific maneuvers or assignments used to execute a strategy are what?

Answer 13

tactics

Question 14

What signify completion of objectives?

Answer 14

benchmarks

Question 15

What are the Tactical objectives and the benchmarks that correspond? (4-1 is not spoken)

Answer 15

Tactical Objectives: Benchmark

• Rescue- primary search - All Clear
• Controlling the fire - Fire Control
• Property conservation - Loss Stopped
• Customer stabilization - Not a spoken benchmark as this is the ongoing and often affect last long after the acute incident is over

Question 16

The umbrella of service is made up of 3 ongoing

considerations which are?

Answer 16

• fire fighter safety
• customer service
• Loss Control