Chapter 1- Safety Flashcards
Any area that requires SCBA or in which a firefighter is at risk of becoming lost, trapped or injured by the environment or structure.
Hazard zone
Personnel accountability starts when?
You put your PAT on the UDC
The minimum crew operating in a hazard zone shall be _____ firefighters with ____ portable radio
2 firefighters and 1 radio
All personnel shall be in contact with their officer by either:
Voice
Touch
Sight
Portable radio
All members are issued how many PAT tags?
2
Pat tag color codes: white
Officers and pio
Pat tag color codes: firefighters
Yellow
Pat tag color codes: orange
Ems
Pat tag color codes: blue
Fire inspector
Pat tag color codes: red
Other members
If you lose your PAT, what can you use in its place?
FD ID
Size of the UDC
3” x 4 1/2”
Color designations of the UDC: red
Engine
Color designations of the UDC: green
Truck
Color designations of the UDC: black
Rescue squad
Color designations of the UDC: orange
EMS unit
Color designations of the UDC: gold
Chiefs, EMS supervisor, hazmat, fire boat, air unit
Unit accountability on the fire ground happens when
10 minutes after the first arriving company
OUC will announce when the _____ minute duration is
10
A formal roll call is how long?
20 minutes and each subsequent 20 minutes
Formal roll calls happens when?
Change from offense to defense
20 minutes intervals
An event that jeopardize companies
Personnel unaccounted for will not stop a formal roll call?
True
If a crew cannot be contacted after ___ consecutive attempts via radio, a roll call will be conducted.
3
Level 1 accountability
Pat on udc
Level 2 accountability
Collected from apparatus and delivered to the command post
Level 3 accountability
Entry control point, enter and exit same way unless emergency
Anytime level 3 accountability has been ordered, the IC will notify ouc to sound a ________ second alarm tone.
2
Lunar
Location Unit Name Air Resources
Emergency activation emit a set of ____ high pitched tones?
4
What will be displayed on the lcd screen when you press the emergency button?
Emergency
What color is the emergency activation button?
Orange
If the PTT button is not pushed after the emergency button is depressed, the emergency signal will not be received by other radios on the fireground. (True or false)
True
Collapse zone
1 1/2 size building
Safety officer shall do what for the collapse zone?
Tape off with yellow tape
Firefighters are lost, missing or trapped
Mayday
Urgent message to command that does not involve trapped or missing firefighters
Priority
Immediate police assistance
10-33
Persons or crew unaccounted for will NOT stop roll call from other groups or divisions. (True/false)
True
If personnel cannot be accounted for, the group/division supervisor or branch director will report the status of the missing person as __________and give _____________.
Unknown, the last known location
All UDC’s are to be collected from the apparatus and delivered to the command post
Level two accountability
UDC’s to the entry control point and present them to the entry control officer
Level three accountability
