201.01 Flashcards
The incident commander is responsible for the completion of the _______ ________.
Tactical objectives
The tactical objectives are?
A. Remove endangered occupants and treat the injured.
B. Stabilize the incident and provide for life safety.
C. Conserve property.
D. Provide for the safety, accountability and welfare of personnel.
This priority is ongoing throughout the incident.
Provide for the safety, accountability and welfare of personnel.
The functions of command and include:
- Assume and announce command and establish an affective on the floor command 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 the incident strategy, develop an IAP, assign companies and personnel consistent with plans and standard operating procedure’s.
- Develop an effective incident organization using sectors/divisions/groups to decentralize and delegate geographic and functional responsibilities.
- Review and revise the strategy to keep the IAP current.
- Provided for the continuity transfer and termination of command.
The first ______ ________ of command must be addressed immediately from the initial assumption of command.
Six functions
The first fire department member or unit to arrive at the scene of a multiple unit response _______ ________ ________ of the incident.
Shall assume command
The initial incident commander shall remain in command until?
Command is transferred or the incident is stabilized in command is terminated
One or two company responses that are not going to escalate beyond the commitment of these companies do not require the first arriving unit or officer to ______ ______
Assume command.
The first arriving fire department unit initiates the command process by giving an ______ _______ ________
Initial radio report
The follow up report to an on scene report should include the following:
Any immediate safety concerns
Accountability started and announcement of accountability location
Disposition of resources (hold/add/return)
IRIC in place and identify
This is a mobile IC on a portable radio, moving around and evaluating conditions while looking for the incident problem. The company officer should go with the company to investigate while utilizing a portable radio to command the incident.
Investigative Mode (nothing showing)
In the fast attack mode the initial IC goes inside with a portable radio supervising their crew in the attack. Examples of these situations include:
- visible working fire in a house or a small commercial occupancy
- critical life safety issue
- any incident where the safety and welfare of firefighters is a major concern
- obvious working incident that require further investigation by the company officer
- combined crew experience level
The fast attack mobile command mode should not last more than a few minutes and will end with one of the following:
A. Situation is stabilized
B. Command is transferred
C. This situation is not stabilized, the fast attack company officer must move to an exterior stationary command position and is now in the command mode
The following describes:
Certain incidents, by virtue of their size, complexity, or potential for rapid expansion, demand early, strong, stationary command from the outset. In these cases, the first arriving IC will assume command and, from the very beginning stay out of the hazard zone in a stationary exterior command position.
Command Mode - Stationary Command Post
If the Company Officer assumes a Command mode, the following options are available with regards to the assignment of the remaining crew members?
A. “Move up” an acting officer within the Company.
B. Assign the crew members to perform staff functions to assist the IC.
C. Assign company personnel to another Company.
