Book 101 Flashcards
NFPA standard on fire department occupational safety and health
NFPA 1500
NFPA standard for emergency services management systems
NFPA 1561
Accountability - maintaining status and location of all resources, committed to an incident. ____ completing company accountability by documenting situation and resource status will fulfill these duties initially
Staff assistant
All company personnel shall carry their assigned radio in the “______” mode in their turnout coat or brush jacket pouch
Repeat
The emergency traffic radio tone is transmitted for testing purposes on ______ channel every _____ day at ____ hrs
EaCh division tac; Sunday; 0800hrs
When a field Chief Officer becomes the Incident Commander, the following radio channels shall be monitored for possible communication with the affected members(s):
X5
Dispatch Channel Command Tac Rescue tac Emergency 6
As incidents expand beyond the first alarm assignment, the Incident Commander shall designate a ________
Rapid intervention company
The rapid intervention category can be separated into two categories.
Standby mode
Deployment mode
In the standby mode resources assigned to Rick shall monitor the following; x 4
Command
Incident tac
Ric tac
Emergency 6
When assigned RIC at an incident and in the “DEPLOYMENT MODE” (immediate rescue) the following radio channels should be monitored;x2
Rescue tac
Emergency 6 / and or incident tac
In high rise fire incidents the rapid intervention company shall be located _____
Staging
As rescue scenario
S become more complex or when two or more ric companies assigned, the incident commander shall consider assigning _____
A rescue group supervisor
In a high rise incident , paramedics should be assigned as a medical standby where?
Staging
The tactical worksheet F-____ provides a space for tracking and identification of rapid intervention companies
F-666
NFPA standard _____ requires that all company members names be immediately available on scene of the incident
1500
The Los Angeles Fire Department system consists of magnetic strips marked with information about the member’s assigned to each apparatus that day. The information that will be contained on the magnetic strip is as follows:
X2
*magnetic strips carried on what side of apparatus?
The members full civil service name
Members rank
Captain side =heavy apparatus
Passenger side= rescue
The “evacuation signal” will consist of _____
repeated short blasts of the air horn for a period no longer than 10 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of silence. This sequence of air horn blasts for 10 seconds followed by a 10-second period of silence will be done three times; total air horn evacuation signal including periods of silence will last 50 sec.
At each _____minute interval, MFC will advise the IC of the elapsed time on the incident clock until the IC requests cancellation.
15min
LCES
Lookouts
Communication
Escape routes
Safety zones
LLCCESS
Lookouts Location Communication Conditions Escape routes Safety zones Safety equipment
A ____ or ___does not require any protection for survival.
Safety zone or safe refuge area
In a high rise fire, depending on intensity of fire a minimum of ___ floors above the fire maybe designated a safety zone
2 floors above
Interior firefighter watch outs
X12
Entry delayed One small entry Roof forced off roof Air drawn in Hear fire but can’t see Under mezzanine Feel uncomfortable No progress Saws running behind you Can’t get radio transmission out All sod members
The _______is that period of time that a down, missing or trapped member will have the greatest chance of survival if he or she is in need of rescue.
Golden time
The ric scab kit consists of following; x7
Nylon bag 60 min bottle First stage reducer with 10 ft intermediate pressure hose Second stage regulator Facepiece Pelican flashlight 150’ drop bag
There are a number of considerations for Incident Commanders and Rapid Intervention Companies in regards to rapid intervention structure size-up. These considerations can be broken down into three categories
Enroute (listen to radio traffic/assignments)
On scene (building type, size,access, use)
Continuous size up
Initially, all members assigned, as a Rapid Intervention Company shall have the following as a minimum:
full protective clothing donned, SCBA with drop bag, 800 MHZ radio, flashlight and RIC Kit
Checking down firefighter breathing /conscious/air supply can be quickly done by turning red bypass valve on second stage regulator in a _____ direction past detent
Counterclockwise
In cases where locations such as basements, hospitals, X-Ray rooms, metro-rail tunnel and other known radio trouble areas present communication problems, RIC members should consider using signal lines for communicating.
A standard set of signals is in use by this Department and shall be memorized by all members.
Tugs 1 2 3 4
1 ok
2 advance
3 take up
4 help
*OATH
Methods of search ; x5
Inline Parallel Tether Hose fan Nozzle fan
The RIC leader then utilizes nozzle fan drop-bag that contains 150’ of cord with overhand knots tied at every ____ feet.
6ft
RIC at a Metro-Rail incident should involve a Company where?
At each train station
Communications in a Metro-Rail tunnel are limited to the following channels in the repeat mode:
Tac- 2, 12, 15, 16 ,17
MFC 7 &4
Alert 6
Cross passages located every _____
750ft
Ric in metro (deployment)
Descent - deploy to platform level. Check in with ____ for acquisition of rescue train
Station division
