Chapter 14: Tactical Operations

Question 1

What is a critical incident?

Answer 1

any event or situation that causes or has the potential to cause harm, serious bodily injury or death, property damage, legal involvement and media activity

Question 2

What are the 3 main categories for critical incidents?

Answer 2

Man Made
Safety and Rescue
Criminal or threat incidents

Question 3

What is the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?

Answer 3

designed to provide a consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, and local governments
to work effectively and efficiently together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from
domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity

Question 4

What is the Incident Command System (ICS)?

Answer 4

a standard, on-scene, all-hazard incident management system.

Question 5

What are the basic elements for the ICS?

Answer 5

Common terminology, communications and accountability

Question 6

What are the 2 main priorities of a first line supervisor responding to a critical incident?

Answer 6

to act and to communicate

Question 7

What are the 5 major ICS functions?

Answer 7

1. Incident Command
2. Operations
3. Planning
4. Logistics
5. Faince/Administration

Question 8

What are the possible levels of operation FEMA recomends during a critical incident and what are they?

Answer 8

Divisions: used to divide an incident geographically.

Groups: used to describe functional areas of operation.

Branches: used when the number of divisions or groups exceeds the span of control (can
be either geographical or functional).

Question 9

Difference between taskforce and strike team?

Answer 9

Task force is a combo of mixed resources under a leader

Strike team is a set number of resources of same kind under a leader

Question 10

Composition of a tactical team

Answer 10

Perimeter control, assault ream, sniper/observer

Question 11

What are the 2 points of a critical incident debriefing

Answer 11

Tactical, emotional

Question 12

What percent of emergency service workers will be affected by critical incident stress once in their careers?

Answer 12

87

Question 13

What percent of individuals who experience a critical incident will develop PTSD?

Answer 13

4-10

Question 14

What are the seven stages of critical incident stress management?

Answer 14

1st: Introduction
Process description/rules/expectations
2nd: Fact Phase
Intro officers and their roles
3rd: Thought Phase
Share thoughts on it
4th: Reaction Phase
Explores reaction to it
5th: Symptom Phase
Signs and symptoms of stress explored
6th: teaching Phase
Teach ways to deal with stress
7th: Re-entry Phase
Discuss questions, focus on return to duty