Book 37: CHAPTER 7 FIRST RESPONDER OPERATIONS - TERRORISM

Question 1

Occupancies that might be considered a target include:

Answer 1

Large assemblages ( sport stadiums/ arenas

Mass transit centers

Question 2

Other factors that responders must be aware of are

Answer 2

Significant dates

Question 3

The acronym for signs and symptoms of potential nerve agent exposure is

Answer 3

Sludgem

Question 4

SLUDGEM, which stands for:

Answer 4

Salivation
Lacrimation,
Urination,
Defecation

Gastrointestinal

Emisis
Muscle twitching

Question 5

Chemical agents are substances that can injure or kill through a variety of means including:

• ____ agents
• _____ (blister agents)
• _______ or blood agents
• ______or choking agents
• ______ or _____ control chemicals

Answer 5

Nerve agents

Vesicants

Cyanides

Pulmonary

Irritants or riot

Question 6

agents can be either disease-causing organisms or toxins produced by living organisms

Answer 6

Biological

Question 7

Biological agents are generally split into three groups:

Answer 7

Bacteria and rickettsia

• Viruses
• Toxins

Question 8

The deployment of biological agents will be difficult to recognize for the first responder due to

Answer 8

incubation periods,

Question 9

The threat from______ _____ includes the potential for release and dispersal of nuclear materials by packing the nuclear material around a conventional explosive device (dirty bomb), or the placement of a large-scale explosive device in the vicinity of a target containing a large amount of nuclear material.

Answer 9

radiological agents

Question 10

detonation of a fissionable device is considered the least likely threat.

Answer 10

Nuclear threat

Question 11

provide a vehicle for dispersal of chemical, biological, incendiary, and nuclear agents.

Answer 11

Explosives

Question 12

Incendiary Devices

_____ is a flexible tool that is capable of causing property damage and loss of life.

Answer 12

Fire

Question 13

The immediate concern, beyond the potential for becoming contaminated, is the potential of a

Answer 13

secondary device.

Question 14

A visual survey of the area of operations must be conducted, ideally from a safe distance using

Answer 14

binoculars

Question 15

At those times when full structural PPE and SCBA is not immediately available or required, and members find themselves faced with an immediate inhalation hazard The _____ _____ _____ may be donned

Answer 15

Emergency Escape Mask

Question 16

The Emergency Escape Mask is part of the

Answer 16

Personal escape kit (pek)

Question 17

Personal Escape Kits shall be worn by uniformed members as follows:

1. Whenever the Department is notified of a Homeland Security Advisory System threat level of _____ or higher

Answer 17

“High” (Orange/Level 4)

Question 18

The PEK may also be worn during diminished threat levels (less than High) at a member’s discretion, including where the increased possibility of a terrorist incident exists:

• ____ events
• ____hazards
• _____, _______, or ______ structures

Answer 18

Public events

Target hazards

Enclosed, confined, or complex

Question 19

A fundamental concept of self-protection involves the use of ____, ______, and ______ to prevent or limit the exposure of first responders.

Answer 19

Time, distance, and shielding

Question 20

Whenever first responders believe that they shall be engaged in providing decontamination to victims of a terrorist incident, the________ ensemble, with SCBA on and operating, shall be worn.

Answer 20

Level B

Question 21

Incident Mitigation Actions

• Establishing _____.
• Providing a comprehensive ______.
• Requesting the appropriate ______.
• Establishing _______/______ line and denying entry or exit.
• Establishing ______ _____ with victims.
• Using LAPD to assist with _______ ______.
• Providing Emergency _________ to symptomatic or exposed victims.
• Evacuating victims to _____ _______ ______ or collection points.
• Direct later-arriving units to assist with establishing Emergency _____ and/or ______ _____.

Answer 21

Command

Size up

Resources
Isolation/contamination

Communication link

Perimeter control

Decontamination

Emergency Decon or secondary decon

Question 22

Contaminated first responders shall be escorted directly to the

Answer 22

Technical decon unit

Question 23

_______ corridor will be reserved for the use of emergency responders exclusively.

Answer 23

technical decontamination corridor