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Chapter 14 Me Flashcards

1
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Established by the federal government in March 2008

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NRF
National Response Framework

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Rules the collection and allocation of federal and federal contractor resources to support NIMS

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NRF
National Response Framework

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3
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Stafford Act 1974

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How federal government deploys resources after an incident occurs

Covers all hazard events
-Terrorist
-Natural disasters

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4
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Command staff are?

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SLIP

Safety Officer
Liaison Officer
IC aid
Public Information Officer

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Who are the ICS general staff?

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FLOP

Finance/Administration
Logistics
Operations
Planning

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Responsible for collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information relevant to the incident

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Planning

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Responsible for developing and updating IAP

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Planning

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Responsible for supplies, services, facilities and materials

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Logistics

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Responsible for the administrative, accounting, and financial aspects of an incident, as well as any legal issues

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Financial/Administration

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10
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A supervisory level established in either the operations or logistics function to provide appropriate span of control

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Branch

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Individual companies (single resources) operate at what level?

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Task level

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12
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The most frequent location of civilian fire deaths and fire related injuries is?

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Single family dwellings

-They are not subject to fire prevention inspections
-Fire spreads rapidly due to open layout

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A working fire within a high rise structure requires

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  1. More fire fighters
  2. An expanded ICS
  3. Planning, operations, and logistics section
  4. Command staff
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14
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An area where the primary logistics function are coordinated and administered

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A base

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Group of fire fighters that move equipment and water supply hose lines up and down the stairwells of high rise building

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Stairwell support group

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A comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response that described specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents

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The national response framework

17
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The administrative regulation that describes federal government disaster and emergency assistance to state and local governments, tribal nations, eligible private nonprofit organizations, and individuals affected by a declared natural disaster or emergency

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Stafford Act

18
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Command staff under NIMS requires a minimum of?

A

An incident commander and safety officer

19
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____, ____, and _____ are where the strategy specified in the IAP is converted into action

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Division
Groups
Units

20
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______, _____, and ______ are tactical level management elements that are used to assemble companies and resources for a common purpose

A

Division
Groups
Units

21
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Composed of the resources responsible for operations with a defined geographical area.

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Division

22
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Organizing resources by function rather than location. Composed of resources assigned to a specific function such as, vent, search and rescue or water supply

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Groups

23
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An organizational element with functional responsibility for a specific incident activity, such as planning it logistics, or a specific geographical assignment

A

Units

24
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_____ and _____ are groups of single resources that have been assigned to work together for a specific purpose or for a period of time

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Task forces and strike teams

25
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2 to 5 single resources that are assembled to accomplish a specific task

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Task force

Operates under the supervision of a task force leader

In many cases the task force leader is one of the company officers

26
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5 units of the same type with an assigned leader

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A strike team

Operates under a strike team leader

In most cases the strike team leader is a command officer

27
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The logistics section can be divided into 2 branches

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Support branch and service branch

Service branch: communication and firefighter rehab

Support branch: supplies, personnel and equipment

28
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The support branch director is located?

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In the base

29
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The first priority of the support branch is?

A

Spare SCBA

30
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Firefighters that move equipment and water supply up and down stairwells

A

Stairwell support group

Reports to support branch director

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