201-220

Question 1

Question 201.
According to the Transfer and Mobility Policy, list the reasons permanent Officers and Firefighters may seek transfer or be transferred to other locations.

Answer 1

Career development

# Operational capability, skills and qualifications development
# Compassionate issues/staff welfare
# Location based transfers
# Performance /disciplinary

Question 2

Question 202.
According to the Firefighters Training Manual, what does the term latent heat of vaporisation refer to?

Answer 2

The amount of heat required to vaporise a unit weight of the extinguishing medium.

Question 3

Question 203.
According to the Firefighters Training Manual, water is drawn from various types of water mains. Name the types of mains.

Answer 3

• trunk mains,
• distributary mains,
• reticulation mains,
• recycled Water Mains

Question 4

Question 204.DELETED

Question 5

Question 205.
Insulated Sandwich Panels (ISPs), especially those with Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) cores can create an extremely hazardous environment for firefighters and may force adoption of a defensive strategy from an early stage.
According to SOGs, what are the reasons for this?

Answer 5

1. EPS melts and flows like a liquid. It is highly flammable, inducing rapid fire spread, which is undetectable with thermal imaging cameras due to the insulating properties of the panels) and can spread to areas remote from the fire
   origin.
2. Panel delamination, where the hot metal panel skins bow and open up, rapidly increases the rate of fire spread, which heats the ceiling void, creates secondary pool fires from melted EPS, and causes panels to collapse.
3. There is an increased risk of flashover and backdraught.
4. Large volumes of toxic, thick, black, acrid smoke are produced.
5. Sudden, loss of structural integrity may cause substantial building collapse.

Question 6

Question 206.
According to the Firefighters Training Manual, what are the main types of aircraft?

Answer 6

• civil;
• military; and
• helicopters civil and military).

Question 7

Question 207.
According to SOGs, when responding into a Rural Fire District, when are you required to send a Code 6?

Answer 7

• A Code 6 must be transmitted:
  − Immediately it becomes apparent to the Officer-in-Charge OIC of an FRNSW appliance that they have received a call to an incident located within a Rural Fire District, or
  − With the Code 1 responding message if it is known at the time of the call that the incident is in a Rural Fire District.

Question 8

Question 208.
According to Operations Bulletin 2023-02. List the risk management measures that should be taken when attending incidents involving hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV).

Answer 8

• Conduct atmospheric monitoring with a four head gas detector for LELs to detect if hydrogen is leaking.
• Use a thermal imaging camera TIC) to identify if hydrogen fire is present.
• Conduct thermal checks on the battery using a TIC to determine whether thermal runaway may be occurring within the lithium-ion battery. Increasing temperature is an indication that a thermal runaway event may be occurring. If so, use a hose stream to cool.
• Establish an exclusion zone minimum 15 m) around any hydrogen FCEV incident.

Question 9

Question 209.
The operation (or non-operation) of the pressure relief valve on an LPG storage or transport container does not necessarily mean that a BLEVE is imminent. However, if the valve is operating on an LPG storage container that has no odorant and is labelled accordingly the internal pressure of the cylinder may be rising.
According to the Firefighters Training Manual, what are indicators of a possible BLEVE?

Answer 9

a high-pitched, shrill sound issuing from the relief valves of a gas container an increase in the brightness of the flame at the relief valve involved in the fire - this indicates great pressure build-up.

Question 10

Question 210.
In accordance with SOGs, when developing objectives, strategies and tactics what should be considered?

Answer 10

• the response time for requested support;
• the requirements for relief crews and refreshments; and
• whether a change of shift might be necessary.

Question 11

Question 211.
You are the Officer in Charge at a hazardous materials incident, and the site manager is failing to cooperate. You advise the site manager of your authority to enter and operate under the FRNSW Act, what does it state?

Answer 11

The Commissioner is authorised to enter, by his or her agents, any land, building or vessel where any fire or hazardous material incident has occurred and to retain possession of the land, building or vessel for a reasonable time or until an inquest or inquiry has been held relating to the fire or incident.

Question 12

Question 212.
According to the Toolkit - Conduct - Respectful Workplaces, Clear communication is one of the best ways to build a respectful workplace and to avoid conflict. What is the tool that will help employees to communicate clearly when addressing difficult topics.

Answer 12

STRAIGHT TALK

Question 13

Question 213.
According to the Toolkit - Mental fitness- What program offers an external service that provides professional and confidential counselling/coaching to help you with challenges, issues or concerns that may be affecting you at work or home.

Answer 13

Employee Assistance Program E A P.

Question 14

Question 214.
According to SOGs - During the de-escalation of an incident, at what stage is command terminated?

Answer 14

Command is only terminated when the last resource leaves the incident.

Question 15

Question 215.
What are principles of situational evaluation in incident management?

Answer 15

Critical factors
The IC must identify a set of critical factors and process them into the
Incident Action Plan (IAP).
The IC can only deal with 3-7 critical factors at any one time.
Critical factors must be communicated to FireCOM.
Critical factors may change rapidly as the incident evolves. IAP must
be modified as critical factors change.

Collecting and evaluating
Collecting and evaluating information may start before arriving on scene.
Once on scene, further information can be collected and rapidly
evaluated via the initial size up from the vehicle.
Where possible, the IC should collect additional information via a
360 degree size up.
The IC should continually collect information during the incident from
commanders and other external sources - eg onsite experts,
weather bureau, other agencies.
Situation evaluation only ends when command is terminated.
Anyone at the incident may collect information regarding critical factors - these must be communicated to the IC.

Decision-making
The IC’s initial size up and decision-making about critical factors may need to be rapid.
Once the incident is contained, the IC should take a more deliberate approach

Question 16

Question 216.
According to Recommended Practice, state why the thermal imaging camera may or may not be suitable for use in a flammable atmosphere.

Answer 16

Thermal imaging cameras are not intrinsically safe.

Question 17

Question 217.
According to SOGs - A major goal for the IC is to develop an Incident Action Plan for the incident. What is an incident action plan?

Answer 17

An Incident Action Plan IAP is the plan developed by the IC that describes, at any one point, how the IC plans to resolve or control the incident.

Question 18

Question 218.
According to SOGs - What are the terms used in an initial radio report, to indicate the size of a structure at a fire incident.

Answer 18

• Small ,
• Medium ,
• Large ,
• Very large ,
• Mega .

Question 19

Question 219.
As stated in SOGs - Example -Initial radio report - The initial radio report (IRR) is sent by the first arriving officer to FireCOM. It time-stamps command, confirms and identifies the IC, and records initial details about the incident. It should be in Conditions, Actions, Needs (CAN) format and should include? -

Answer 19

• Confirmation of address.
• Conditions: Brief description of the incident; obvious critical factors
  including hazards.
• Actions: Initial incident action plan IAP); assumption of command and naming of incident; strategy.
• Needs: Increase of alarm level as per the Alarm Response Protocol ARP), or, in areas where this does not operate, request for particular resources as per local arrangements .

Question 20

Question 220.
According to Standing Orders - The Community Activities Reporting System (CARs) is the platform for reporting community activities engaged in at a station level and by our other specialist units. Who is authorised to enter completed activities in CARs.

Answer 20

Any member of the crews participating in the activity can complete the report, provided that they have direct knowledge of the information they are submitting