Book 99 Brush Manual Flashcards
Who is responsible for the management of all incident operations including the development and implementation of strategic decisions?
IC
Who is subordinate to the IC and is responsible for the supervision and coordination of the activities of the command staff: PIO, safety and liaison officer?
Command staff chief
Who may assume the duties of command staff positions not filled?
Command staff chief
Who is dispatched as the command staff chief?
On call staff chief
Which member of the command staff is responsible for monitoring and assessing hazardous and unsafe situations and developing measures for assuring personnel safety?
Safety officer
Which member of the command staff is responsible for interacting with the assisting and cooperating agencies at the incident?
Liaison officer
Who is normally dispatched as the liaison officer?
The departments disaster preparedness officer (DPO)
Who’s vehicle has the civil defense command frequency (KJP 427 - 30.90 MHz) which has the capabilities of contacting key city personnel?
DPOs vehicle
Which section chief is part of the general staff and is responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination and use of information about the development of the incident, status of resources, and other information?
Planning
What unit under planning is primarily responsible for the collection and organization of incident status and situational information and evaluation, analysis and display of incident information?
Situational unit (SITSTAT)
The command post display operations will normally be performed by who?
Chief officers staff assistant
What unit under planning is primarily responsible for maintain resource status for the incident?
Resources unit (RESTAT)
What forms or cards can the RESTAT unit use to facilitate status keeping?
F-666, F-666A and B, displays or “T” cards
If the command unit is utilized, primary responsibility of incident RESTAT will continue to be the chiefs SA assisted by MFC personnel in the
Command unit vehicle utilizing what built in card rack?
“T” card rack
What is a dynamic manual system used to maintain resources status by assignment and location at a larger incident which can be used to good advantage?
“T” cards
For smaller incidents, use what forms of a yellow pad for RESTAT?
F-666, F-666A and B
What has been provided in all division commanders sedans and also in the command area of the mobile command unit for RESTAT?
“T” cards
Strike trans dispatched by MFC will be numbered starting with what number?
21
Strike teams which are formed at the incident will be numbered starting with what?
51
Tactical teams of mixed resources are normally formed at the incident and will be numbered starting with what number?
1
White colored T cards are used for what such as base, staging, helibase, etc?
Headings
Rose T cards are used for what companies?
Engines
Yellow T cards are used for what heavy equipment used to cut line?
Dozers
Blue T cards are used for what unit which can make water drops or transport personnel?
Helicopters
Orange T cards are used for what type of equipment used for water drops?
Aircraft, fixed wing
Green T cards are used for what type of crews to cut line?
Camp crews
Tan T cards are used for what other companies, equipment and teams?
Trucks, fuel tenders, TAC teams
Blacking out the right side of the “T” portion of the T card denotes what types of teams?
Tactical team or strike team
What unit under planning is responsible for the reproduction, distribution and filing of recorded legal, analytical and historical information?
Documentation unit
What type of specialists are advisors with special skills needed to support incident operations and may report to planning such as water resources, training, bulldozer operations and fire behavior?
Technical specialists
Which member of the general staff is responsible for providing facilities, services, and material support of the incident?
Logistics section chief
Which unit under logistics provides fueling for apparatus, repairs and maintenance services utilizing department mechanics?
Ground support unit
What unit under logistics is responsible for the activation and management of incident facilities such as command post, BASE, and facilities for sleeping, sanitation, and managed out of service resources assigned to the unit?
Base
Which unit under logistics is primarily responsible for operating the communications and message centers for sorting, routing and distributing information recurved the communications center?
Communications
Which unit under logistics is primarily responsible for the development of medical emergency plans, obtaining medical aid and transportation for injured and ill incident personnel and assuring proper hospital card for
Incident personnel?
Medical
A captain from what unit on the LAFD is normally dispatched to be the medical unit leader?
MLU
What unit under logistics is primarily responsible for ordering, receiving and storing all supplies for the incident, and major functions are supply operations, recording operations, and food services operations?
Supply and food
Which chief is a member of the general staff and is responsible for the management of all operations directly related to fire suppression and rescue activities of incident resources?
Operations chief
Branch directors and division/group supervisors all fall under which section of the general staff?
Operations
Strike team/tactical leaders report to who when activated and are responsible for performing tactical tasks assigned to the strike team/tactical tram?
Division/group supervisor
Who is primarily responsible for developing and implement the AIR OPERATIONS of the incident plan and reports to operations?
Air operation director
What coordinator is primarily responsible for coordinating all tactical and logistical helicopter operations at the incident and is airborne and will either be the chief pilot or senior pilot at the incident and reports to air operations?
Helicopter coordinator
Which unit under operations is primarily responsible for managing helibases and helispots, providing fuel and supplies, tank filing, personnel and equipment loading, providing for maintenance operations of helicopters?
Helicopter support unit
What position reports to operations to provide the IC with a continuous and accurate assessment of fire activity which it provided by airborne observation and is normally assigned to a chief officer?
Air recon officer
The air recon officer will normally operate from the same helicopter as who?
Helicopter coordinator
Which area under operations is to manage the activities within the staging area which includes the check-in of new arrivals, dispatching of resourced assigned to staging, obtaining services or logistic support necessary to support resources located in this area?
Staging
Area A fire departments include who?
LAFD, Santa Monica, Culver City, Beverly Hills
A large part of making brush fire strategy and tactics effective is what?
Preplanning
Our first-alarm brush response is based on a “what” concept?
“Hit it hard and fast”
A normal brush assignment within the City contains what resources?
4 engines
1 TF
2 helicopters (1 w/ water drop functions)
2 BCs
Companies will be pre deployed on what type of day?
High hazard day
During response, you should notify responding companies if have a “what”?
“Loom up”
What tells you wind direction and air stability and hints of what is burning?
Shape, color, and angle of smoke column
An acre is an area of how many feet by how many feet and a good rough measurement is the area of a football feet?
200 feet by 200 feet
What type of attack is one where fire control starts at a point on the perimeter of the fire and works along one or both edges (flanks) toward the head of the fire, extinguishing as you go along?
Direct attack
The primary method for attacking a brush fire used by the LAFD is what attack?
Direct attack
What is a control line just wide enough to establish control and then going back and cold trailing the line later?
“Scratch line”
Advantages of a “scratch line” attack include having a what area (burn area) for escape, and keeping the fire as small as possible?
Safe area
What attack is one where the fire officer selects a place where the terrain is favorable for control of the fire?
Indirect attack
Which attack/tactic should not be used in heavy fuel, high winds or to stop the head of the fire?
Indirect attack
Reduction in the amount of cold trailing and personnel working in relative comfort are advantages of what type of attack?
Indirect
Most of our larger fires are controlled by what type of attack method?
Combination of direct and indirect
The most common action for a first-in engine company is to attack which flank?
Hot flank
When deciding on a direct or indirect method or combination of both, you are beginning to formulate what type of plan?
Control plan
A good method to use to keep your control plan in order, is to quickly do what in the map?
Draw an outline or circle
It may be better to assign what company or companies to service a helispot?
Light force or task force
What 3 type of resources can LA County Fire provide to the LAFD?
Camp crews, heavy equipment, helicopters
Consideration must be given to what so that apparatus can exit the area of evacuation becomes necessary or to relocate as soon as the fire moved past a given location?
Backing into locations
Locations such as where will definitely result in trouble as a fire makes it run when considering apparatus placement?
Saddles, tops of draws, and just above dense fuel areas
In staging, apparatus should be parked in such a manner that they are available for immediate what?
Response
Structural protection is what type of moving operation?
Hit and run, fast moving
Who can be used if physically fit to effectively protect homes?
Citizens
When faced with 2 structures already involved, concentrate on which structure?
The lessor involved
You should close all what to aid in protecting structures?
Doors and windows, do not forget garage
Civilian vehicles should be parked heading in which direction during structure protection?
Out
When protecting a structure, you should leave the lights on or off?
On
Is there a value in setting down brush, trees and fire resistive roofs ahead of the fire?
No
In areas without fire hydrants what type of operations will be necessary?
Water shuttle or water relay operations
Which water operation are capable of supplying a good supply of water for a direct attack on a fire?
Water shuttle operations
The first what on scene of a brush fire should establish a command post, staging area, and helispot?
Chief officer
Which BC who be a good to assign as the air recon officer?
3rd in BC
What type of line is an unfinished preliminary control line made as n emergency action to check the spread of the fire and establish control of the perimeter and will have to be cold trailed as soon as possible?
Scratch line
What is a line that is a firebreak wife enough for permanent control that can be used in a direct or indirect attack and is constructed by tools or tractors?
Control line
What should be done on a fire control line as soon as possible as the line is established and must be continued until the fire is “dead out”?
Patrolling
When patrolling hot spots should be marked with what so your relief will know what to look for and where?
Fire line tape or stacks of rocks
The first hose lay at a brush fire can be up to how many feet of 1 1/2”?
400 feet
The use of what size hose line as a brush firefighting line is not recommended due to high gpm nozzle flows, reaction, linking at low pressure and possible thermal damage to hose jacket?
1 3/4”
What is the preferred method for extending hose lines for steep terrain of heavy brush?
Brush hose rolls
Members spaced along the existing line and use a what method of passing hose and equipment along the line to the end?
“Bucket brigade”
What 2 methods can be used to extend hose from either the apparatus or from end of line?
Wet/line dry line method and continuous line method
Which extension method is seldom used because if required members to drag loaded hose uphill through the brush?
Uphill extension
Which helicopters are typically used for the pulling of hose as a sling load operation?
Bell model 206
Sling load capabilities of the Bell 206 are approximately how many pounds?
750 pounds
One section of 3 1/2” hose weighs how many pounds?
58 pounds
One section of 2 1/2” hose weighs how many pounds?
38 pounds
Hose pulling operations with helicopters will normally be conducted by which personnel with the assistance of ground fire personnel?
Helitac personnel
For water shuttle assembly, 2 firefighters must remove what equipment?
2 1/2” gated wye
2 1/2” double male
2 1/2” to 1 1/2” gated eye
100’ of 1 1/2” out of each transverse hose bed
Gated wyes for water shuttle operations will be connected via what fitting?
2 1/2” double male
For water relay, suggested method is for the relay officers to drive his vehicle from the water source to the incident using his what to measure the distance in 1/10ths of a mile?
Odometer
The relay officer shall request 1 triple apparatus with 3 1/2” hose per how many miles or portion?
1/10
A standard 600’ hose bed will cover how many feet (1/10 mile) with sufficient slack hose to make connections at each end?
528’
For water relay, lay hose lines in what style to eliminate much of the confusion and will deliver the water quicker?
“Caravan style”
The first arriving or most appropriate apparatus will do what in a water relay?
Connects to hydrant and prepares to pump
