BOOK 98 EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL PLAN Flashcards
Earthquake faults are a result of tectonic plates pushing together __ to __ miles beneath the earth’s surface
6 to 15 miles
Movement between North American Plate and Pacific Plate pushes LA north at a rate of about __ inches per year
1 3/4 inches
Earthquake Emergency Mode (EEM)
initiated anytime detectable earthquake tremor is felt
Who determines how long you stay in earthquake emergency mode
Deputy Department Commander (DDC) or Fire Chief
Earthquake response divided into three operational modes:
- normal earthquake operational mode
- Expanded earthquake operational mode
- Disaster mode
normal earthquake mode
minor, cause little or no damage
expanded earthquake mode
felt throughout the area, cause significant damage/injuries and require commitment of significant number of resources
Disaster mode
impacts infrastructure, wide spread disaster
In Earthquake emergency mode, BC radio check starting w/
lowest number station in battalion
radio status check conducted on
MDC or Bureau Tactical Channel:
T-1 Central
T-2 South
T-3 Valley
T-13 West
If BC unable to fulfill duties, who takes over
Station Commander of the Battalion headquarters station assumes status-check
should only attack fires that are
- life threatening
- spreading
- conflagration potential
- create hazardous release or essential service occupancies
Firefighting may be done in a
quick knock down mode
What should be shut off to badly damaged buildings to eliminate potential sources of fire
gas and electric services
Triage system
- Deceased: no spontaneous respiration after repositioning airway
- Immediate: severe respiratory, circulatory, or neurological symptoms
- Delayed: neither immediate/minor but will require gurney and medical treatment at hospital
- minor: ambulatory
disaster medical caches available w/i how many hours from request
2-3 hours
LA county has deployed six caches of medical throughout, each cache contained supplies and drugs to treat how many patients
1000
LCES
Lookouts- potential secondary collapses or other hazards
Communication- radio, cell phone, hand signals
Escape routes
safety zones
tsunami acoustic waves travel ___ mph
780
Tsunami travels __ to __ mph
40-50 mph
if Mfc is non operational there will be no ___ functionality
emergency trigger
all personnel should report to normal work location unless unsafe, if unsafe report to
Frank Hotchkin
S&M
FS 88
