Chapter 11: Delivery Of Emergency Services Flashcards
Company officers may be highly trained and knowledgeable in?
Incident management Incident priorities Life safety Incident stabilization Property and environment conservation Post-incident activities
The following problems may be difficult to overcome
Wide in diverse area emergency scenes Multiple casualties Unstable structures or vehicles Leaking hazardous materials Debris strong over a wide geographic area
A _______________ is necessary when an incident involves or threatens to involve more than one jurisdiction or agency.
Unified Command Structure
NFPA 1561
Standard for fire department incident management system
NFPA 1021 requires the fire officer 1 to be able to develop an?
Initial incidents action plan
An essential element of the NIMS-ICS is?
Personnel Accountability
The operational planning P focuses on the first 5 steps of the NIMS-ICS planning process, what are they?
- Understand the situation ( size up)
- Establish incident objectives and strategies
- developed the plan of action (IAP)
- make assignments
- Evaluate and revise the plan
These incident priorities are always considered in this order
Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property/environment conservation
NFPA 1500
Standard on fire department occupational safety and health program
OSHA requires___________. Anytime a company officer has a crew members engage in (IDLH) situations.
2 in 2 out
What does the acronym (IDLH) mean?
Immediately dangerous to life and health
NFPA 1710
Refers to the 2 out members as an (IRIC)
(IRIC)
Initial rapid intervention crew
________ are established at incidences when back up Crews arrive at the scene to replace the initial 2-out (IRIC) assignment with a dedicated crew.
Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC)
_____________ (sometimes called occupant survivability profiling) is a type of size up that should be employed to evaluate the potential of a victim being alive within an IDLH environment.
Victim Survivability profiling
Upon arriving at an incident, Company officers should perform a_____________of the situation and make an intelligent, informed decision based on the known events or circumstances.
360 degree size up plan
The environment within a structural fire can exceed________ within the to four minutes with the potential for flashover to occur within five minutes.
500°F (260°C)
The upper human survivability limit is________According to the NFPA.
220°F (100°C)
Company office and their crews may respond to incidents with a hostile conditions.These incidents may include?
Civil unrest/disturbances
Riots
Active shooters/hostile events
While conducting victim survivability profiling, the company officer asks the following questions
- How long has the incident been ongoing and in process?
- Are victims suspected of being or known to be trapped?
- Is it reasonable to assume that the victims I still alive?
To stabilize an incident, the company officer must ask
What type of incident?
What hazards will responders face?
What resources are present or needed?
What strategies and tactics are available?
A company officer must employ the following to accomplish incident priorities
Proven leadership skills
Proper resource management
Supervisory skills
Knowledge of fire behavior
Layman described the following considerations needed for analyzing any emergency situation.
Facts Probabilities Own situation Decision Plan of operation
Upon arrival, the first arriving company officer as the initial incident commander should?
- Establish command
- Perform a 360 check
- Determine Offensive or defensive strategy
- assign task
- Begin completing the organizations tactical worksheet
__________I things that are not known for certain but based on known facts, are likely to happen.
Probabilities
___ or more decisions must be made in the ongoing size up process and initial decision and one or more supplemental decisions based on three incident priorities.
2
A variety of_______options are available to the company officer had an incident.
Command
Situations that require immediate action to stabilize the incident mandate the company officers assistance to carry out the critical operation.
Fast Attack Option
In an _____________, the risk versus gain to firefighters is to significant to make an interior fire attack.
Offense strategy
In an_______________ the risk versus gain to firefighters is too significant to make an interior fire attack.
Defensive mode
Indicators of defense of operation include.
- Danger of eminent collapse
- The building is already lost
- Survival of any victims trapped inside is unlikely
- Lack of available resources to effectively deal with the problems
Area where resolving the problem takes place.
Hot Zone
Area immediately outside the hot zone for personnel who are directly support in the work being performed by those in the hot zone.
Warm zone
Area immediately surrounding the heart in warm zones that may include the ICP with the rapid intervention crew nearby.
Cold zone
Anyone who refuses treatment or transportation to a medical facility should be asked to sign a?
Release of liability form
Involves limiting the spread of the problem to the area or property of origin by taking action to save adjacent structures that are uninvolved we’re only slightly involved.
Exposure control
Three primary classifications of evidence are?
Direct
Circumstantial
Physical
___________ is composed of fax to which a person can attest without further support.
Direct evidence
_________supports an inference formed from direct evidence.
Circumstantial evidence
___________ includes physical objects available for inspection.
Physical evidence or (tangible evidence)
Legal access to private property obtain in 1 of 5 ways
Right of entry
Right of entry stating that the fire department does not require I want to enjoy a property to suppress the fire, or to remain on the property for a reasonable amount of time after word in order to determine the origin and cause of the fire.
Exigent circumstances
