3-03 Emergency Evacuations

Question 1

Who can initiate an evacuation message?

Answer 1

Normally it is the IC who initiates an evacuation order, but any member at an incident can initiate it as well.

Question 2

What considerations must be made in aiding the hearing of the alert?

Answer 2

eliminate sources of noise (PPV, gnerators, pumps)

** be aware of negative impact of sutting off of equipment

Question 3

Who does the IC request an emergency alert tone from?

Answer 3

Fire Control

Question 4

After emergency tone, what does initiator declare?

Answer 4

“Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate, all personnel at __ (address)”

Question 5

Who sounds its air horn 3 X 3secs blasts?

Answer 5

The apparatus closest to the hot zone

Question 6

What can RIT do to aid in evacuation notification?

Answer 6

Use hand held air horns using 3 X 3sec blasts

Question 7

Who calls a PAR after evacuation?

Answer 7

IC

Question 8

When is evacuation procedure repeated and how many times?

Answer 8

If all personnel are not accounted for; repeated once

Question 9

When is a MAYDAY called in regards to an evacuation message?

Answer 9

If no response from missing personnel after repeated Emergency evacuation message.