Book 37: CHAPTER 7 FIRST RESPONDER OPERATIONS - TERRORISM Flashcards
Occupancies that might be considered a target include:
Large assemblages ( sport stadiums/ arenas
Mass transit centers
Other factors that responders must be aware of are
Significant dates
The acronym for signs and symptoms of potential nerve agent exposure is
Sludgem
SLUDGEM, which stands for:
Salivation
Lacrimation,
Urination,
Defecation
Gastrointestinal
Emisis
Muscle twitching
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
Nerve agents
Vesicants
Cyanides
Pulmonary
Irritants or riot
agents can be either disease-causing organisms or toxins produced by living organisms
Biological
Biological agents are generally split into three groups:
Bacteria and rickettsia
- Viruses
- Toxins
The deployment of biological agents will be difficult to recognize for the first responder due to
incubation periods,
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.
radiological agents
detonation of a fissionable device is considered the least likely threat.
Nuclear threat
provide a vehicle for dispersal of chemical, biological, incendiary, and nuclear agents.
Explosives
Incendiary Devices
_____ is a flexible tool that is capable of causing property damage and loss of life.
Fire
The immediate concern, beyond the potential for becoming contaminated, is the potential of a
secondary device.
A visual survey of the area of operations must be conducted, ideally from a safe distance using
binoculars
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
Emergency Escape Mask
The Emergency Escape Mask is part of the
Personal escape kit (pek)
Personal Escape Kits shall be worn by uniformed members as follows:
- Whenever the Department is notified of a Homeland Security Advisory System threat level of _____ or higher
“High” (Orange/Level 4)
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
Public events
Target hazards
Enclosed, confined, or complex
A fundamental concept of self-protection involves the use of ____, ______, and ______ to prevent or limit the exposure of first responders.
Time, distance, and shielding
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.
Level B
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 ______ _____.
Command
Size up
Resources
Isolation/contamination
Communication link
Perimeter control
Decontamination
Emergency Decon or secondary decon
Contaminated first responders shall be escorted directly to the
Technical decon unit
_______ corridor will be reserved for the use of emergency responders exclusively.
technical decontamination corridor
