205.01 Flashcards

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who will Dispatch the appropriate assignment and upgrade the response as necessary based on information received up to a working first alarm until IC is established upon the arrival of the first unit?

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Deployment

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What does PFDRDC mean?

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Phoenix fire department regional dispatch center

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When will units be dispatched to borderline locations?

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When deployment personnel cannot make accurate determination of the jurisdiction

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PFDRDC has enhanced mutual aid with what departments?

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•Rural/Metro
•Gila river
•Sun lakes fire district

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PFDRDC has one way automatic aid into where?

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Luke Air Force Base

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CAD has been programmed to select LAFB units for any calls that fall within how far of the base?

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5 mile radius

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Calls for assistance outside of the automatic aid consortium/enhance mutual aid will be dispatched as what

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Mutual aid incidents with the approval of the JHA

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Who has the authority to approve mutual aid for incident outside of the automatic aid consortium?

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The individual jurisdictions on duty BC or on duty Phoenix fire department shift Commander if Phoenix resources are needed

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What occurs if a citizen outside of the automatic aid consortium boundaries call for assistance?

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PFDRDC will contact the appropriate JHA and Dispatch accordingly

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What is the fire department policy when a positive determination of need for emergency response cannot be made

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To Dispatch

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What is the primary responsibility of the call taker?

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To determine the location, telephone callback, and nature of the emergency and to verify entry into the CAD system

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The CAD system selects available units by what three categories to fulfill response requirements of the assignment?

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Availability, location, and capability

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What does the response type identify?

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The requirements needed on the assignments.

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Requirements are expressed as what two categories

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Primary or secondary

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How many primary requirements can a unit fulfill?

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One

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The CAD system will continue to add units to the recommendation until what occurs?

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All response requirements have been satisfied or all units exhausted

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How many letters make up a jurisdiction code?

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3

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All medical calls are triaged using what?

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EMD protocols

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What is the criteria for minor medical calls?

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• no LOC
• only peripheral injuries
• no trunk injuries
• no impaled objects
• no amputations
• no severe bleeding

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Who distinguishes the alert classifications of aircraft emergencies?

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The FAA

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What is the default assignment to sky Harbor airport?

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ARF2-1

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Vegetation fires that are small in nature will be dispatched as a

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Still brush assignment

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Veg fires that are serious in nature will be dispatched as a

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Brush assignment

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First alarm brush assignments will be dispatched for vegetation fires that
R or have the potential for being a major situation requiring this level of resources
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What assignment should be dispatched on most situations involving leaks or spills of hazmat?
HAZ2-1
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For hazmat incidents that indicate a major potential for danger what assignment should be dispatched?
HAZ1A
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What is special call?
A request for the Dispatch of any combination of additional unit types, unit capabilities, or specific units
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What must the requester of a special call specify?
Desired quantity of unit types/capabilities for the specific units desired
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A greater alarm request requires what to categories
Greater alarm type and response level
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What alarm must be requested prior to balancing to a greater alarm?
Working fire alarm
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The response level requested for a greater alarm should reflect what?
The level of resources require required, not necessarily the next alarm level
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What is considered a greater alarm?
Third alarm and greater
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What is the channel 1 dispatcher responsible for?
Reviewing the unit/s suggested for Dispatch by the CAD system
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What button does the dispatcher press to transmit the call to assigned units?
Dispatch
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What information is broadcast over Fire channel 1 for a normal Dispatch?
• dispatch tone • companies assigned • tactical radio channel • type/nature of incident • location
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What two pieces of information are repeated during a normal dispatch
Companies assigned and tactical radio channel
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When may a modified message from Dispatch to units advising them to check MCT’s for dispatch occur?
During periods of high activity
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What incidents will sound the ALL CALL tone?
• working first alarm fires • greater alarms • at the discretion of the on duty BC/supervisor
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All companies are in what two statuses at all times?
Available or unavailable
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What is the M.P. For adaptive response units?
205.09
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What situations will the need for move up companies be evaluated?
• a working fire is declared • 3 or more units committed to an incident in an outlying area • greater alarms are dispatched • simultaneous working in incident occur in one area of the city • coverage in area is compromised • two or more adjacent first due areas will be uncovered for more than 30 minutes
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If overall coverage in the city of Phoenix falls below 12 engine companies and three ladder companies what must occur?
Deployment must notify south shift Commander to recall off duty personnel to staff reserve companies
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What function MCT is utilized to add to an incident?
AU
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If deployment does not receive an acknowledgment on the MCT within one minute, water occurs?
The TRO will request acknowledgment by Ro on all channels via MCT
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If no reply is received within two minutes of the acknowledgment request what occurs?
A cover assignment will be sent and deployment will continue to attempt to make contact with the original company. If unable to contact the original unit, the company will be placed unavailable and the appropriate BC notified.
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What situations would a code 2/AOI occur?
Minor medical incident/some service call
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If a unit is responding on an AOI call for longer than 10 minutes what happens?
The unit will automatically be placed unavailable on incident (UOI)
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What does a typical follow up report include?
1. Any immediate safety concerns 2.Accountability started 3.disposition of resources (hold/add/return) 4.IRIC-in place/identify
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The term “working fire” indicates A situation will require what?
the commitment of all responding companies
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any fire at a school facility requires what?
The state fire marshal to be contacted
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Units are arriving in level one staging will report what?
Their identity and direction from the scene on the assigned tactical channel
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What alarm assignment will level II staging be identified by command?
Second alarm incidents
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Who will announce level II staging location/chanmel
Deployment
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What channel does staging typically get assigned to?
Channel 2
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Units arriving at level two staging will report to who?
In person to the staging officer
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What are the different incident status changes that need to be indicated by command?
• working fire • working hazmat • working technical rescue • code • major medical
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How often will the system generate an a lapse time notification after a working fire or working hazmat is identified?
Every five minutes
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When will the elapsed time notifications end at an incident?
Once the situation is “under control”
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What does the incident milestone 906 mean when called across the radio to alarm?
Fire units need immediate police department assistance
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Who can release companies from incidents?
Only command
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If command wants specific crews to stay on scene and release other units what command will be given?
Hold
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Sectors are assigned by what categories?
Geographic location or function
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Division divisions are assigned by what category?
Geographic location
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Groups are assigned by what category?
Function
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Who may command assign a designated safety channel to, when desired, to enhance overall scene safety?
Sector officers FITs
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What is the designation for a sector officer/member when entered by the TRO?
SECTO/SECTM
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What is the appropriate command to designate the removal of a unit from a sector when entered by the TRO?
SECTX
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How many steps are in the order model?
5
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What are the order model steps?
1. Send her gives unit ID and calls the receiver by their unit ID. 2. Receiver gives their unit ID and indicates they are ready to receive. 3. Sender gives message. 4. Receiver gives ID and acknowledges receipt of message, briefly restates message. 5. Deployment acknowledges, all and briefly repeats message.
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When is “emergency traffic” utilized?
When the unit is encountering an immediatelyperilous situation.
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How may units initiate emergency traffic?
Depressing their red emergency button on the portable radio, MCT or by verbally calling for emergency traffic over the radio
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Without exception, the Air belongs to any unit with what?
Emergency traffic
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Unit designation for dispatch and deployment
Dispatch (alarm)
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Unit designation for officer of any unit
Unit ID
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Unit designation for engineer of any pumper
Pump
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Unit designation for Engineer of any ladder
Truck
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Unit designation for firefighter on any unit
Unit ID+name
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Unit designation for battalion chiefs
Battalion
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Unit designation for battalion field incident tech
Battalion FIT
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Shift Commander
(Unit) deputy
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Police codes to be used in sensitive situations:
•261-Rape •901-dead body •906-need PD immediately •961-accident no injuries •962-accident w/ injuries •963- accident w/ fatality
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