205.01 Communications Flashcards
THE FD will respond to any EMERGENCY situation which threatens ______, ______ or ______.
Life
Safety
Property
_______ and effective management of EMS, rescue and fire control situations represent the most immediate priorities for the fire department.
Timely response
PFDRDC has enhanced mutual aid with the Rural/Metro fire department within ______ of the borders of Scottsdale and Phoenix in the northeast portion of the valley.
1 mile
PFDRDC has enhanced mutual aid requests by the Gila River Indian community fire department for incidents that occur on I10 from Phoenix city limits to milepost 169; within ______ miles from the border of the Gila River Indian community and the cities of Phoenix, and Chandler on Maricopa County; within ______ mile of the corner of the Gila River Indian community, city of Chandler, and the son lakes fire district in pinal county.
2.5
1
PFDRDC has a one-way automatic aid on the Luke Air Force Base. CAD has been programmed to select LAFB units for any calls that fall within a _____ radius of the base.
5 mile
When a positive determination of need for emergency response cannot be made, the fire department policy is to ______.
Dispatch
What are the four primary responsibilities of the incident taker?
Location
Call back
Nature of emergency
Enter into CAD
What ways can additional units be dispatched?
Special called
Assignment can be balanced
Greater alarms maybe requested
The CAD recommends units to be dispatched based on what three things?
Availability
Current location
Capabilities
A response type is assigned to each nature code. The response types identifies the requirements needed on the assignment. Requirements are expressed as primary or secondary. A unit can fulfill only one primary requirement. A unit can fulfill ______ secondary requirement
More than one
The ______ command may be utilized to determine the specific primary and secondary response requirements per nature code for individual jurisdiction.
RSPREQ
The requirements for ALS response are based on _______.
Emergency medical dispatch protocol (EMD)
Most situations involving leaks or spills of hazardous materials that appear to be manageable and do not create a major risk to the public by virtue of location, amount or type of hazard receive which hazmat assignment?
HAZ2-1
A special call is a request for the dispatch of any combination of additional unit types, unique capabilities or specific units. The requester must specify the desired quantity of unit types or capability or the specific units desired. When formulating a recommendation for a special call, what consideration is given to the units already assigned to the incident?
No consideration
When formulating a recommendation for the balance of an assignment, the CAD system first determines which response requirements for the new response type are satisfied by the units that are already assigned to the incident. True or false?
True
A greater alarm request for the dispatch of additional units uses predefined requirement sets. A greater alarm request requires both a ________ and the _______.
Greater alarm type
Response level
When formulating a recommendation for a greater alarm, what consideration is given to the units already assign to the incident?
No consideration
Typically assignments should be balanced up to and including a ________ alarm.
Working first alarm
When an assignment is balanced, does the system take into consideration the units currently assigned to the incident?
Yes
Response levels do not have to be equivalent to Alarm levels, however, often times they are. The response level requested for a greater alarm request should reflect the ______, not necessarily the next alarm level
Level of resources required
Is a first alarm brush is being used and command wants to provide relief for crews, command should call for what?
Second alarm rehab
What are the valid codes for greater alarms?
BRUSH
HAZMAT
HIRISE
MED
REHAB
RESCUE
STRUCT
STRMED
_______ and greater still require a specific type of alarm to be requested.
Third alarm
Who is responsible for reviewing the unit suggested for the dispatch by the CAD system?
Dispatcher (channel 1)
Deployment will sound the ALL CALL tone and make a general announcement over dispatch channel 1 for what three incidents?
Working first alarm fires
Greater alarms
At the discretion of the on-duty deployment BC and/or supervisor
Units changing their status to unavailable should report dispatch by _____ or _____ the reason and length of time they will be unavailable.
Radio (tactical channel 2)
Telephone
The on-duty deployment supervisor/battalion chief is responsible for relocating units as necessary to maintain the best available coverage for the entire dispatch jurisdiction. The need to move up companies should be evaluated when?
A working fire is declared
Three or more units are committed to an incident in an outlying area
Greater alarms are dispatched
Simultaneous incidents occur in one area of the city
Coverage in an area is compromised
Two or more adjacent first due areas will be uncovered for 30 minutes
If overall coverage in the city falls below ____ engine companies and ____ ladder companies, dispatch will immediately notify the south shift commander who has the responsibility to authorize the recall of off-duty personnel.
12
3
Units me add themselves to an incident by an AU function on their MDT. Companies adding onto an assignment must advise the TRO on the assigned tactical channel of what?
If they are substituting for another unit or responding in addition to
If Deployment has not received an acknowledgment within ____, the TRO will request acknowledgment by radio on all channels.
One minute
Deployment will send a cover company if no reply is received within a ______ timeframe.
2 minute
If the unit is responding longer than ______ in an AOI call, CAD will automatically place the unit in unavailable on incident status.
10 minutes
The initial incident commander shall stay in command unless what three things happen?
Command is transferred
Incident stabilized
Command is terminated
What should be reported when describing the structure type?
Occupancy
size
Height
What should be reported when addressing obvious problems/conditions?
Nothing showing
Smoke showing
Fire showing
Working fire
Fully involved
What should be reported when describing action taken?
Assuming command
Laying a line
Attacking with…
What is included in the follow-up report?
Safety concerns
Accountability started
Disposition of resources
IRIC
The terms “working fire” indicates a situation that will require _____.
The commitment of all responding companies
Any fire at school requires _____ to be contacted.
State Fire Marshall
Typically staging will be assigned to channel _____.
2
What are the four different incident status changes that need to be indicated?
Working fire
Working hazmat
Working technical rescue
Code
Major medical
What two incident status changes will promote the elapse time notifications?
Working fire
Working hazmat
The system will generate elapsed time notifications every _____ until the incident is placed under control.
5 minutes
When activating emergency traffic and dispatch does not acknowledge (special tone not activated), you will then _______.
Establish contact with command and transmit emergency message
What is the PD code for “needs police assistance immediately”?
906
What is the PD code for rape?
261
Commands orders to operating companies should indicate a _______ assigned to the company.
Specific task
Before transmitting a radio message ________. Choose precise terms to communicate the desired message as clearly and briefly as possible without wasting airtime.
Know what you were going to say
In addition to being task and company oriented, assignments should indicate objective to the action. The company should know _______, _______, _____ , and ______. Orders should tell what to do-not how to do it.
Exactly where to go
Whom to report
What is the task
What is the objective
