Chap 4 Coordination Control

Question 1

A decision making process that starts before the incident and allows the fire fighter or incident commander to gather information and develop appropriate strategies.

Answer 1

Size up

Question 2

The size up triangle

Answer 2

Resources
Conditions
Environment

Question 3

Four questions fire fighters must consider about the conditions and the current situation.

Answer 3

What is on fire?
Where is the fire?
where is the fire going?
what harm has it caused or will it potentially cause?

Question 4

First priority at any incident?

Answer 4

Maximizing Life Safety

Question 5

The second incident priority?

Answer 5

Activities that are performed in order to solve the problem or bring the situation under control, stopping further damage.

Question 6

Activities performed to reduce the property loss caused by the incident.

Answer 6

The third and last priority.

Question 7

Priorities should always be considered in their order of importance, nothing rules out performing one or more tasks related to the priorities simultaneously.

Question 8

REVAS
RECEOVS
REEVAS

Answer 8

Rescue, evacuation, ventilation, attack, salvage

rescue, exposure, confinement, extinguishment , overhaul, ventilation, salvage.

Rescue, evacuation, emergency care, vent, attack, salvage.

Question 9

Broad, general statements of what we are expected to accomplish.

Answer 9

Strategic goals.

Question 10

More specific functions that are designed to meet strategic goals.

Answer 10

Tactical methods

Question 11

Decision model that implies that a fire ground commander in almost 9 out of 10 cases does not make a decision based on a selection of choices but rather based on previous experience.

Answer 11

Recognition primed Decision making (RPD)

Question 12

A frame work that studies how people actually make decisions and perform cognitively complex functions in demanding situations. Concerned with identifying the best alternative to take and assumes the decision maker is fully informed, rational, and able to compute the information at hand.

Answer 12

Naturalistic decision making (NDM)

Question 13

The only factors that never change in regard to incident command decision making are the incident priorities:

Answer 13

Life safety
incident stabilization
property conservation

Question 14

This decision making model is used when the IC is confronted with a situation that has not been experienced in the past.

Answer 14

Classical Decision making model

Question 15

Different communication methods on scene?

Answer 15

Face to face - most effective
Use of aides or runners
Radio Communication
Written plan

Question 16

If you see a red placard with an R on the front of a building, what does this indicate?

Answer 16

Lightweight Truss Roof