Book 30 CHAPTER 1 INCIDENT COMMAND

Question 1

INCIDENT COMMAND PROCEDURES

Ensure that a ____, _____, and _____ Incident Command will be established from the onset of the incident.

Answer 1

Strong dedicated and visible

Question 2

INCIDENT COMMAND PROCEDURES

Establish an effective incident organization, defining the _____ and _______ assigned to the Incident Commander and the other individuals operating within the Incident Command System.

Answer 2

Activities and responsibilities

Question 3

Incident command procedures

Provide a system to process information to support incident ___, ______, and _______ making.

Answer 3

Management planning and decision making

Question 4

Incident command procedures

Provide a system for the orderly transfer of Incident Command to ______ arriving officers.

Answer 4

Subsequent

Question 5

is responsible for the overall management of the incident.

Answer 5

The Incident Commander

Question 6

The tactical priorities (listed in order of priority) are:

_____ - Remove endangered occupants/persons and treat the injured.

_______ ______ - Stabilize the incident, neutralize all hazards and provide for life safety.

____ _____ - Conserve property and limit further impact.

____/______ ______ - Provide for the safety, accountability, and welfare of non-responders affected by the incident. This priority is on-going throughout the incident.

______ - Provide for the safety, accountability, and welfare of all responders at the incident. This priority is on-going throughout the incident.

Answer 6

Rescue

Hazard control

Loss limiting

Victim/occupant stabilization

Safety

Question 7

The Standards of Command are:

______ ___ ______ - Assume and announce Incident Command and establish an effective Incident Command Post.

Answer 7

Assumption of command

Question 8

The Standards of Command are:

______ _______ - Rapidly evaluate the situation (size-up) and continually update, and /or obtain briefing from the previous IC.

Answer 8

Situational awareness

Question 9

The Standards of Command are:

COMMUNICATIONS – ____, ______, _____, ______, and control the communications process, establish a communications plan.

Answer 9

Identify, develop, initiate, maintain

Question 10

The Standards of Command are:

INCIDENT OBJECTIVES, _____ AND _____ _____ PLAN– Based on the tactical priorities, identify incident objectives, an overall strategy and develop an incident action plan.

Answer 10

Strategies and incident action plan

Question 11

The Standards of Command are:

_____ ______ - Assign resources consistent with plans and standard operating procedures, standard operating guidelines and the incident action plan.

Answer 11

Resource deployment

Question 12

The Standards of Command are:

______ ______-Develop an effective Incident Command organization based on incident objectives and initiate/maintain a tactical worksheet.

Answer 12

Incident organization

Question 13

The Standards of Command are:

TRANSITION OF _____ - Provide for the continuity, transfer, and termination of Incident Command.

Answer 13

Transition of command

Question 14

Incident Command terminology is required anytime a category “__” assignment is held to work at an incident.

Answer 14

Category B Assignmet

Question 15

The Size-Up shall include:

A. ____ ______ of the resource arriving on the scene.

B. The _____ or _____ of the incident.

C. A brief ______ of the incident situation, (i.e. building size, occupancy, Hazmat release, multi-vehicle accident, etc.)

D. Obvious _______ (working fire, Hazmat spill, multiple patients, etc.).

E. Brief description of _____ taken or to be taken.

F. Any obvious ____ _____.

G. Any additional resource requests and a _____ _____.

H. Declare _____ or ______ strategy, if appropriate.

Answer 15

Unit designation

Address or location

Description

Conditions

Action

Safety concerns

Staging location

Offensive or defensive

Question 16

These situations generally require investigation by the initial arriving company while other resources remain staged.

Answer 16

Investigative Mode “Nothing Showing”:

Question 17

There are situations that require immediate action in order to stabilize the incident and require the company officer’s direct involvement.

Answer 17

Offensive mode

Question 18

the risk versus gain to firefighters is too significant to make an interior fire attack.

Answer 18

Defensive mode

Question 19

Protecting the exposures from further loss, confining the damage to the structure(s) involved is considered a

Answer 19

Defensive mode

Question 20

In certain situations, it is advantageous for the first arriving Incident Commander (i.e. company officer) to pass Command to the next _____ ON THE SCENE.

Answer 20

Company

Question 21

The officer assuming Incident Command will communicate with the person being relieved by radio or face-to-face. ___ __ ___ is the preferred method to transfer Incident Command.

Answer 21

Face-to-face

Question 22

Any _____ can effect a change in incident management in extreme situations relating to safety by notifying Incident Command and initiating corrective action.

Answer 22

Any member

Question 23

The Incident Command System (ICS) never “____”.

Answer 23

Sleeps

Question 24

METRO FIRE COMMUNICATIONS (MFC) operates as Department Command under the supervision of the

Answer 24

Deputy department commander (DDC)

Question 25

The Platoon-Duty _____ _____ (AC) assigned to the incident will normally be the highest ranking officer in the Incident Command Post.

Answer 25

ASSISTANT CHIEF

Question 26

The Chief Officer who has served as the “initial” Incident Commander will normally continue to focus on the completion of the tactical priorities and assume the role of “____ ____”, “_____.”, or Planning Section Chief

Answer 26

Deputy ic, operations

Question 27

The basic configuration of Incident Command addresses three operational levels:

_____ Level - Overall direction of the incident.
_______ Level - Objectives assigned to Divisions, Groups, etc.
____ Level - Work assigned to individual companies/members.

Answer 27

Strategic
tactical
task

Question 28

The _______Plan defines where and when resources will be assigned to the incident and how they are intended to impact the situation.

Answer 28

Strategic

Question 29

Tactical Level officers (Division/Group Supervisors) are responsible for ______ areas or functions, and supervising personnel assigned to their respective Division/Group.

Answer 29

Geographic areas

Question 30

The task level is where the hands-on work is actually done. Task level activities are normally supervised by _____officers.

Answer 30

Company officers

Question 31

The number of Divisions/Groups that can be effectively managed by the Incident Commander varies. FIRESCOPE, NWCG, and MIMS provide for a span of control from - with ___ being optimal.

Answer 31

3-7

5

Question 32

In fast moving complex operations, a span of control of no more than ___ Division/Groups is preferred.

Answer 32

5

Question 33

In incidents with minimal activity, slow moving, less complex operations, the Incident Commander may effectively manage more ____ or more Division/Groups.

Answer 33

6

Question 34

Where the number of Divisions/Groups exceed the span of control that the Incident Commander can effectively manage, the incident organization should be divided into _____.

Answer 34

Branches

Question 35

Each Branch is responsible for several ______/_____ and should be assigned its own communications.

Answer 35

Division/groups

Question 36

The use of Divisions/Groups effectively reduces the overall amount of

Answer 36

Radio traffic

Question 37

Most routine communications within a Division/Group should be conducted in a ____-__-____ manner between company officers and their Division/Group Supervisor.

Answer 37

Face to face

Question 38

When establishing a Division/Group, the Incident Commander will assign each Division/Group Supervisor:

A. _____ objectives.
B. A radio ________ (Roof Division/Group, Division “Alpha”, Ventilation Group, Division 14, etc.)
C. The _______ of resources assigned to the Division/Group.

Answer 38

Tactical

Designation

Identity

Question 39

In multi-story occupancies, Divisions will be designated by

Answer 39

floor numbers/name

Question 40

Groups will be identified by their

Answer 40

Function

Question 41

Division/Group Supervisors can be _____ Officers, ______ officers, or any other fire department member designated by the Incident Commander.

Answer 41

Chief officers

company officers

Question 42

Each Division/Group Supervisor will keep the Incident Commander informed of conditions and progress in the Division/Group through regular

Answer 42

Progress reports

Question 43

___ ___ will be requested in a manner to safeguard the safety of personnel and maintain progress toward the Division/Group objectives.

Answer 43

Relief crews

Question 44

Strategic Level - ____ _____

Coordination Level - _____ ______

Tactical Level - ______/______ ______

Task Level – ______ ________

Answer 44

Incident commander

Branch directors

Division/group supervisors

Company officers

Question 45

Branch Directors may be utilized at very large incidents that involve two or more major components, multiple _____, or a large/complex ______ ______.

Answer 45

Agencies

Geographical area

Question 46

The radio designation of a Branch may reflect its _____,_______ area, or may be _______.

Answer 46

Function, geographic area, numbered

Question 47

The Branch Directors positions may be assigned to ____ ______. Depending on the situation, Branch Directors are normally at a _______ location, but may be located at the _____ ______ _____.

Answer 47

Chief officers

Remote

Incident command post

Question 48

Normally, the Fire Department’s involvement and needs at an incident can be managed implementing four of the five ICS sections. They are:

Incident Command (previously discussed)
The ______ Section
The ______ Section
The _______ Section

Answer 48

Operations section
Planning section
Logistics section

Question 49

The _____ Section is responsible for completing the tactical priorities, and the safety and welfare of the personnel working in the Operations Section.

Answer 49

Operations

Question 50

All Division/Group Supervisors and/or Branch Directors must then direct their communications to the “______” officer.

Answer 50

Operation officer

Question 51

The ______Section is responsible for developing and maintaining the incident’s situational awareness.

Answer 51

Planning section

Question 52

______ provides services and support systems to all the organizational components involved in the incident.

Answer 52

Logistics

Question 53

A key element of incident and event management is the______process

Answer 53

Planning process

Question 54

During the transfer-of-command process, an ___ ___ formatted briefing provides the incoming Incident Commander (IC)/Unified Command (UC) with basic information regarding the incident situation and the resources allotted to the incident

Answer 54

Ics 201

Question 55

The ICS 201 facilitates documentation of the current situation, _____ ______ objectives, and current and planned actions, resources _____ and _______, on-scene organization structure and incident potential.

Answer 55

Initial response objectives

Assigned and requested

Question 56

Provides UC representatives with an opportunity to discuss and concur on important issues prior to the Command and General Staff Meeting.

Answer 56

INITIAL UNIFIED COMMAND MEETING

Question 57

The IC/UC will identify/review and prioritize incident objectives. For reoccurring meetings objectives are reviewed and new objectives are identified as needed.

Answer 57

OBJECTIVES MEETING

Question 58

This meeting should clarify and help to ensure understanding among the core IMT members on the decisions, objectives, priorities, procedures and functional assignments (tasks) that the IC considers significant.

Answer 58

COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF MEETING

Question 59

They review incident objectives to determine those that are Operations responsibility and considered Command priorities

Answer 59

PREPARE FOR THE TACTICS MEETING

Question 60

This 30-minute meeting produces operational input needed to support the IAP. Operations will present a work analysis matrix and draft ICS 215.

Answer 60

TACTICS MEETING

Question 61

PREPARE FOR THE TACTICS MEETING – During this phase of the Operational Planning Cycle, ______ and ______ begin the work of preparing for the upcoming Tactics Meeting.

Answer 61

Operations and planning

Question 62

PREPARING FOR THE PLANNING MEETING - The ______ and ______ Staffs prepare for the upcoming Planning Meeting.

Answer 62

Command

General staffs

Question 63

This meeting provides an overview of the tactical plan to achieve commands current direction, priorities and objectives.

Answer 63

PLANNING MEETING

Question 64

This 30-minute, or less, Briefing presents the IAP to the oncoming Operations supervisors and above and the oncoming Incident Management Team (IMT).

Answer 64

OPERATIONS BRIEFING

Question 65

The completed IAP is essentially an Operations Order that communicates the “______ ______”.

Answer 65

Commanders intent

Question 66

The Planning “_” is a graphical representation of the incident/event planning cycle.

Answer 66

P