1.2 Strategies, Tactics And Tasks Flashcards
Who is responsible for the overall strategy at an emergency incident?
a. Sector Officer
b. Crew
c. Incident Commander
d. Operations Manual
C
What document does the Incident Commander (IC) develop to define objectives and allocate resources?
a. Crew Manual
b. Incident Action Plan (IAP)
c. Operations Manual
d. Tactical Objectives Plan
B
What is crucial for the Incident Commander’s ability to strategize at an incident?
a. Crew coordination
b. Sector Officer reports
c. Information updates from personnel
d. Tactical objectives
C
What does the strategic level involve in incident management?
a. Crew assignments
b. Tactical objectives
c. Incident Action Plan (IAP)
d. Task level activities
C
Who must keep the Incident Commander informed of conditions, actions, and needs in their assigned location?
a. Crew
b. Operations Manual
c. Sector Officer and/or team of firefighters
d. Incident Commander
C
What are the primary objectives of an Offensive Strategy?
a. Life Safety, Exposure Protection
b. Stabilization of the Incident, Conservation of the Environment
c. Rescue and Life Safety, Stabilization of the Incident
d. Rescue and Life Safety, Exposure Protection
C
What are the objectives of a Defensive Strategy?
a. Rescue and Life Safety, Stabilization of the Incident
b. Conservation of the Environment, Property
c. Life Safety, Exposure Protection, Conservation of the Environment and Property
d. Exposure Protection, Rescue and Life Safety
C
What is the objective in a marginal situation?
a. Exposure Protection
b. Rescue and Life Safety (defensive conditions with a known rescue)
c. Stabilization of the Incident
d. Conservation of the Environment and Property
B
When is a partial PAR conducted in incident management?
a. After initiating a Defensive Strategy
b. After withdrawing from an Offensive Strategy and before initiating a Defensive Strategy
c. During a size-up of the incident
d. Before conducting a size-up of the incident
B
What is one of the responsibilities of the Incident Commander (IC) at the strategic level?
a. Conducting size-up of the incident
b. Assigning specific tasks to Entry Control
c. Conducting a full PAR
d. Directly managing tactical objectives
A
What is the primary responsibility of Sector and Branch Officers at the tactical level?
a. Conducting size-up of the incident
b. Identifying Hazmat substances
c. Making decisions and assigning tasks within specific tactical assignments
d. Managing environmental conservation
C
What is the first tactical objective in order of priority?
a. Stabilization of the emergency incident
b. Conservation of the environment and property
c. Rescue and Life Safety
d. First Aid, Defibrillation, or oxygen therapy
C
What does Rescue and Life Safety involve?
a. Identifying Hazmat substances
b. Fast and effective decision-making, recognizing the need for additional resources
c. Controlling and confining the fire
d. Committing resources to minimize property losses
B
What does Incident Stabilization, as the second tactical objective, involve? a. Identifying Hazmat substances
b. Controlling and confining the fire, Hazmat, and providing First Aid
c. First Aid, Defibrillation, or oxygen therapy
d. Committing resources to minimize environmental losses
B can also add A and C
What is the responsibility of the Incident Commander regarding Conservation of the Environment and Property?
a. Handing out task assignments
b. Committing resources to minimize losses
c. Identifying foreign substances
d. Assuming responsibility for patient care
B
