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Ch 12 the company officers role in planning and readiness Flashcards

1
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Emergency management is a combination of what three things

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Anticipation, preparation, and action

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For emergency service providers, anticipation is represented by what

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Pre-planning

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Preparation is in part based in

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Training

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What are important activities for fire departments and the companies that make up fire departments

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Preplanning and training

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What two schools are both part of FEMA and are located in Emmitsburg, Maryland

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The national fire Academy and the emergency management institute

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Much of the national fire Academy and the emergency management Institute’s training is based on the concept that comprehensive emergency management is comprised of what for activities

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Mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery

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What refers to the activities that actually illuminate or reduce the chance of the occurrence of an event or the effects of the event if it does occur

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Mitigation

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What includes the pre-planning activity on how to respond and the effort to increase resources available to respond effectively

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Preparedness

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9
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What activities are designed to provide emergency assistance to victims

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Response

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What includes both public and private efforts to restore the situation to normal

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Recovery

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What is essential for emergency scene management

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Good pre-planning

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What is a process of preparing a plan for emergency operations at a given occupancy or hazard

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Pre-incident planning

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What is a written document resulting from the gathering of general and detailed information or data to be used by public emergency response agencies in private industry for determining the response to reasonably anticipate incidence

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Pre-incident planning

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What is ensuring that responding emergency personnel know as much as they can about it facilities construction, occupancy, and fire protection systems before an incident occurs

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Pre-incident planning

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15
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Pre incident planning often starts with a

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survey of the property

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Pre-incident planning Consist of these interrelated related activities

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Pre-incident survey, Development of the information and resources, development of procedures

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17
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Pre incident Planning Office starts with a survey of the property, this activity is called what

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Pre-incident survey

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18
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Using Who for a pre-incident planning activities allows personnel to become familiar with the property and allows the public to see the firefighters interest in protecting the proper

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First due companies

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19
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Given that you cannot plan for every situation, you should plan for those that

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Present the greatest risk

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What are those occupancies is that present high risk to life safety and proper

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Target hazards

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21
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What type of facility plans to limit patient movement and rely on fire doors, fire resistant Corredor walls, smoke and fire barriers, and fire detection and suppression systems

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Healthcare facilities

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What is the fact-finding portion of the pre-incident planning process

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The pre-Incident survey

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What is the first step in the Pre-incident survey process

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To make an appointment to visit the facility at a mutually convenient time

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What is an overhead view of the entire property showing the structures placement, access, utilities, water supply, and other major external features

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Plot plan

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What is a drawing that shows the major internal structural features Of the building and special hazards

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Floor pans

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26
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Even when a pre-plan already exist, it is advisable To a visit the site how many times a year to see if it’s up to date

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Once

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27
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The survey information and pre-incident plan should follow the same principles in the incident Command system, giving first consideration to what

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Life safety

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28
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Your final concern should be to consider what you can do to reduce the loss that will result from the fire and the fire suppression efforts, this is called

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Property conservation

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29
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Re-locating occupants to another part of the building is called what, this is a likely situation any large high-rise building

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Shelter In place

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30
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How many exposures are there in a fire

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Six

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31
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True or false, a program for conducting pre-incident surveys does not replace the need for conducting regular fire prevention
Inspections

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True

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32
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True or false, Pre-incident surveys are best done by suppression personnel within their own response area

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True

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33
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What is one of the most critical task an officer will perform

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Making the risk Versus benefit analysis and determining the operational mode

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34
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What are legal binding documents that require administrative approval above the level of the company officer pertaining to requests Of assistance

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Memorandums of understanding

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35
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NFPA (blank), standard for fire safety an emergency symbols, provides a good listing of standard symbols used in preplanning and other fire related applications

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170

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36
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What is usually a several page document that follows an established format and list the various hazards associated with the type of hazard, and establishes standard procedures for first arriving companies

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Standard operating procedure

37
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What provides an indication of the ability of the nations fire departments to deal with selected large scale events with locally trained personnel

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A needs assessment of the United States fire service

38
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National fire Academy suggest a very simple form for recording the information for the pre-incident plan called a

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Quick access pre-fire plan

39
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The standard for providing emergency services to the public, NFPA (blank) is intended for the use and guidance of those charged with providing fire protection services to protect lives, property, and the environment from the effects of fire and, in many other cases, peril

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1201

40
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What is the key to the fire fighter safety as well as the departments effectiveness

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Training

41
Q

No factor has more effect on a fire departments operations than what

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It’s training program

42
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No one has more impact on the firefighters attitude toward training than the

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Company officer

43
Q

Efficient use of what provides significant opportunities to increase the readiness of the fire department and it’s personnel

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Training time

44
Q

Educators tell us that training proceeds what

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Learning

45
Q

What is the process of acquiring new knowledge and skills

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Learning

46
Q

What period Is important because the opportunity and motivation for individual learning is at its greatest during these few months

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The probationary firefighter period

47
Q

All participates in life fire training should’ve achieved a basic level of (blank) To participate

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Fire fighter I

48
Q

What should be used instead of acquired structures for all live fire training events

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Training facility burn buildings

49
Q

fire training evolutions should be conducted in accordance with the current condition of NFPA (blank), standard on life fire training evolutions

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1403

50
Q

All training should be conducted according to what

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Standardized lesson plans

51
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True or false, lesson plans should never be considered as restricting new approaches for presenting material, improving teaching effectiveness, or maintaining student interest

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True

52
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What kind of training includes classroom instructions, practice of evolutions, drills, street and building familiarization‘s, inspections, and pre-incident planning.

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Company level training

53
Q

Step: ignition point

Interval :

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Free burning time

54
Q

Step:
Recognition
point

Interval :

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Permitted burn time

55
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Step: detection point

Interval :

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Transmission time

56
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Step: notification point

Interval

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Alarm handling time

57
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Step: alert point

Interval

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Turn out time

58
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Step: response point

Interval

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Travel time

59
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Step: arrival point

Interval

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Set up time

60
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Step: attack point

Interval

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Control time

61
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Step:
fire contained point

Interval

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Overall time

62
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NFPA 1710 allows how many minutes for firefighters to get to the vehicle, Don protective clothing, and take their place within the vehicle

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1 minute

63
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After the vehicle leaves the station, NFPA calls for Arrival within how many minutes or less

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7 minutes or less

64
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NFPA (blank), standard for the organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency Medical operations, and special operations to the public by career fire departments, provides the following guidelines for response times by career Departments

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1710

65
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NFPA 1710 allows how much time for turnout time

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60 seconds

66
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NFPA 1710 allows how many minutes For the arrival of the first arriving engine company at a fire suppression incident

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Four minutes or less

67
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1710 allows how many minutes For the deployment of a first alarm assignment at a fire suppression incident

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Eight minutes or less

68
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NFPA 1710 allows how many minutes for the arrival of the unit with first responder or higher level capability at an emergency medical incident

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Four minutes or less

69
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NFPA 1710 allows how many minutes for the arrival Of an advanced life support unit at an emergency medical incident, when the service is provided by the fire department without compromising safety

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Eight minutes or less

70
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The fire department shall establish a performance objective of not less than how many percent for the achievement of each response time objective and NFPA 1710

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90%

71
Q

What is usually the most effective strategy to produce loss of lives and property damage on a working fire

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An offensive primary interior attack

72
Q

At approximately how many minutes into the fire sequence does the hypothetical room of origin flash over

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10 minutes

73
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When does extension outside of the room begin during the fire sequence

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At the point of flash over in the room of origin

74
Q

NFPA (blank), standard for the organization and deployment of fire suppression operations, emergency medical operations, and special operations to the public by volunteer fire department

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1720

75
Q

What is the rate of civilian deaths per 1000 fires when the fire is confined to the room of origin

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4.91

76
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What is the rate of civilian deaths per 1000 fires when the fire extends beyond the room, but confined to the floor of origin

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17.54

77
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What is the rate of civilian deaths per 1000 fires when the fire extends beyond the floor of origin

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27.77

78
Q

What is the portion of the structure of that is relatively safe from fire in the products of combustion

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Area of refuge

79
Q

What are the activities associated With confining and extinguishing a fire

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Fire control

80
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What is a Birdseye view of the structure with the roof removed showing the walls, doors, stairs, and so on

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Floor plan

81
Q

What is the first priority during all emergency operations that address the safety of occupants and emergency responders

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Life safety

82
Q

What is a lock container on the premises that can be opened by the fire department containing preplanning information, material safety data sheets, names and phone numbers of key personnel, and keys that allow emergency responders access to the property

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Lock box

83
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What is a Birdseye view of the property showing existing structures for the purpose of pre-incident planning, such as primary access points, barriers to access, utilities, water supply, and so on

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Plot plan

84
Q

What is preparing for operations at the scene of a given hazard or occupants

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Pre incident planning

85
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What is the fact-finding part of the pre incident planning process in which the facility is visited to gather information regarding the building and its contents property conservation the efforts to reduce primary and secondary damage

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Pre-incident survey

86
Q

What is a document that provides emergency responders with vital information pertaining to a particular Occupancy

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Quick access pre fire plan

87
Q

What is an organized directive that establishes a standard course of action

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Standard operating procedure SOP

88
Q

What is selecting a small, interior room, with no or a few windows, and taking refuge there

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Shelter in place

89
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What are locations where there are unusual Hazards, or where an incident would likely over load the departments resources, or where there is a need for inter-agency cooperation to mitigate the hazard

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Target hazard

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