Ch 13 the company officer’s role in incident management Flashcards
As the company officer, you should be managing the event using What type of management style
Proactive
What focuses on the priorities of the incident, provides for the safety of all concerned, and seeks to reduce further loss
Good scene management
Action taken during the first (blank) minutes sets the tone for the entire alarm and has a significant impact on the overall outcome of the event
Five
At and emergency event, who is responsible for the overall management of the incident and for the safety of everyone involved
The incident commander
The incident commander’s first priority should be what
Life safety
Property conservation should Be addressed during what and started upon arrival of fire suppression forces
Pre-incident planning efforts
Some departments have one to note the accomplishment of the three priorities: life safety; incident stabilization; and property conservation
Benchmarks
Incident stabilization:
Life safety search , rescue
Transmission:
All clear
Incident stabilization:
Incident stabilization
Transmission:
Under control
Incident stabilization: property conservation
Transmission:
Loss stopped
What is the command sequence that is the basis of the application of the incident management system IMS
Size up, developing an action plan, and implementing the action plan
What are the three possible situations for the first arriving officer during a fire call
Nothing showing, smoke showing and fire showing
When you were at a crash or fire scene and are working in or near moving traffic, you are considered a highway worker and fall under whose standards
DOT
More firefighters and EMS personnel have been struck and injured or killed on what type of highways than any other type of railway system in the US
Limited access highways
What are the two major reasons for responder Deaths on limited access highways
Lacking proper advance warning to approach in traffic and attempting to cross multiple lines to get to the other side
What should you do when a call is received for an incident on a limited access highway
Request an additional apparatus, preferably a tandem axle ladder or tanker for an upstream block
And upstream block on unlimited access highway should be performed how many miles from the main activity area
Half mile
With Good size up information, you are better able to develop what
An action plan
When initiating a size up, it is helpful to answer these three questions
What have I got, where is it going, how can I stop it
C
O
A
L
Construction
Occupancy
Apparatus in personnel
Life safety
W
A
S
Water supply
Auxiliary appliances
Street conditions
W E A L T H
Weather Exposures Area Location Time Height
The main reasons for using an incident command system and some form of checklist are for what
For fire fighter safety and To maintain in accountability of the firefighters at the emergency seen
What are among the hardest decisions you can expect to face
To conduct interior operations
When in what mode are operations conducted in an aggressive interior attack mode, taking the attack to the fire
Offensive mode
What are the three modes of operation at a fire
Offensive, defensive, and transitional
When fire conditions have advanced to the point where there is little chance of saving lives or property, or when there are insufficient resources on hand to safely mount and sustain an interior at fire attack, you must resort to white mode
Defensive mode
In what mode are operations conducted from a safe distance from Outside of the structure and me focus more on containing the fire rather than on extinguishing it
Defensive mode
During what mode are operations changing from either an offensive to a defensive mode, or from a defensive to an offensive mode
Transitional
True or false, shifting from one mode to another presents its own risks And Has to be carefully managed
True
Effective FireGround communications become very important during what event
Shifting from one Operational mode to another
What are the three modes of command
Command, attack, or a combination of both
In Selecting what role does the first arriving officer elect to maintain control of the incident and coordinate the activities of the first arriving companies
Command
When does IMS start
With the arrival of the first fire department company
In what role do you decide that the urgency of the situation warrants your immediate personal action and that such action will likely have a significant positive influence on the outcome of the event
Attack role
What role or option may be justified when an Immediate rescue is required and can be safely undertaken or where a quick fire attack may knock the fire down and prevent significant extension
Attack
When you select to commit to the attack mode, you communicate this over the radio to the next arriving company and essentially remain in command until
Another officer is on scene and officially assumes command
The initial report should address four questions what are they
What have I got, what am I doing, what do I need, and who is in charge
What should paint a concise but vivid oral picture of the conditions you observe, as well as a quick summary of your intentions and needs
The initial report
Size up : O S C A R
Occupancy Size Conditions Actions Resources
A good what provides incoming units with the information needed to mentally and physically prepare for the cost
Initial size up report
Many departments have a system in place that prompts a status report every how many minutes
10 to 15
After 10 or 15 minutes of interior firefighting operations, you should see significant progress, if not you should
Withdraw and shift to a defensive mode
What is an organized course of action that addresses all phases of Incident control within a specified time frame
An action plan
In an action plan, the first thing that should be addressed as
An organized course of action
And an action plan, the second thing that should be addressed should be
All phases of the emergency
The third key element in the definition of a action plan Is
Within a specified time frame
What is the overall plan that is used to gain control of an incident
Strategy
What are chief Lehman’s Seven basic strategies of fire fighting
Rescue Exposures Confinement Extinguishment Overhaul Ventilation Salvage
When what is well-defined, all personnel understand the tasks and hand and can focus their efforts on making it happen
The strategy
Strategy and tactics lead us to what
An action plan
What puts the planning and thinking phases into motion
The action plan
Assigning what to individual companies is an effective way to communicate what you want done
Tactics
A progress report should be given when
A sudden change in conditions, change levels, have completed your assignment, or need additional resources
When should the commander assign tasks with very specific directions
When the task is critical to the overall operation, when he wants it accomplished in a way that departs from normal procedures, when critical safety considerations are paramount , or when a crew is inexperienced
Most department use This, they outline what certain companies are to do upon arrival
SOP’s Standard operating procedures
One of the most hectic moments on a fire ground occurs when some unexpected or catastrophic event occurs and
The decision is made to shift from offensive to defense of operations
The effectiveness of what often determines the outcome of the event
The initial attack
The most common fires encountered are considered what
Free burning
A free burning fire should be fought how
Buy a direct, offensive attack
What type of attack is the surest and quickest way of controlling the fire and reducing the loss
A direct attack
What means to cut off the fire from further advance, to keep it from spreading and doing any further damage
Confinement
What means to extinguish all visible fire
Fire extinguishment
To be effective in fire control one must understand what
Fire behavior, building construction, and fire flow requirements
During your planning, you should consider the number of firefighters available and
How many hose lines they can put into operation
What is a critical extension of our service delivery, and serves as the liaison between the fire department and those citizens directly, or perhaps indirectly, involved in or affected by an incident
The occupant sector
Jim Crawford suggest that the fourth E in the fire prevention Triad (engineering, enforcement, and education) is
Emergency response
During the 1970s what command systems became popular
Fire scope and the Phoenix FireGround command system
Fire scope stands for what
Fire resources of Southern California organized for potential emergencies
Chief Allen Brunacini Took some of the ideas from fire scope and applied them to his department which led to
The incident command system
The focus of IMS is on managing
People and resources
True or false, as the incident grows in size or complexity, IMS Allows you to smoothly integrate with other responders and grow the management system with it
True
At the largest incidents you will be operating under what, it’s formally known as the national response plan
National response framework NRF
What describes how communities, tribes, states, the federal government, private sectors, and non-government partners work together to coordinate national response
National response framework NRF
The command function must be clearly established with who
The first arriving unit
While IMS Defines how the management of an incident starts and progresses during the incident, the success of the operation is usually directly related to
How well the initial command function is established and how effective the communications are handled during the event
NFPA (blank), standard on emergency services incident management system
1561
To implement IMS You must first
Accept IMS As a workable concepts in your organization
After excepting IMS As a
workable concept, What is your next step
Plan, prepare, and train for the events that you were likely to see
True or false, IMS can be used For non-emergency events to
True
The structure of the IMS Can be established and expanded depending on what
The needs of an event
On March 1, 2004, the department of homeland security published
The national incident management system and (NIMS)
What system provides a consistent nationwide template to enable federal, state, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and non-government organizations to work together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidence, regardless of cost, size location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of lives, property, and harm to the environment
National incident management system
NIMS
