Chapter 5 Site Management Flashcards
The National Incident Management System defines this as the location where rescuers can be
placed while awaiting a tactical assignment.
A) Command post
B) Fire station
C) Rehab area
D) Staging area
D) Staging area
This type of staging is recommended when an incident grows or escalates, allowing the IC to
designate an area where responding resources beyond the initial response can be placed until a
tactical assignment is given.
A) Level 1 Initial Response Operations
B) Level 1 Sustained Response Operations
C) Level 2 Initial Response Operations
D) Level 2 Sustained Response Operations
D) Level 2 Sustained Response Operations
Hazard control zones are areas designated at hazardous materials incidents based on safety
and the degree of the hazard. They are commonly known as all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Hot zone.
B) Warm zone.
C) Cold zone.
D) Isolation zone.
D) Isolation zone.
This public protective action involves directing people to go inside a building, seal it up as
effectively as possible, and remain inside the building until the danger from a hazardous
materials release has passed.
A) Isolation perimeter
B) Shelter in place
C) Evacuation
D) Area of refuge
B) Shelter in place
Which of the following is NOT one of the six major tasks of site management?
A) Ensuring safe approach and positioning of emergency resources
B) Establishing an isolation perimeter around the incident scene
C) Establishing hazard control zones to ensure safe work areas
D) Transferring command to a superior officer
D) Transferring command to a superior officer
What is the highest strategic priority for any incident commander when there may be a victim
involved in a vehicle accident involving a hazardous material release?
A) Property conservation
B) Life safety
C) Environmental considerations
D) Initial response
B) Life safety
Good approach and positioning of personnel and apparatuses should follow basic safe
operating principles such as approaching a hazardous materials incident from which direction, if
practical?
A) Uphill and downwind
B) Downhill and downwind
C) Uphill and upwind
D) Downhill and upwind
C) Uphill and upwind
What printed reference guide can be used by emergency responders that serves as a good
reference to establish initial evacuation zones?
A) Emergency Response Guide
B) NIOSH Pocket Guide
C) Managing the Incident
D) NFPA 472
A) Emergency Response Guide
The staging area manager accounts for all incoming emergency response units and assigns
resources from the staging area to their tactical assignment at the request of the ___________.
A) hazmat branch director
B) incident commander
C) logistics section chief
D) operations section chief
B) incident commander
Once the isolation perimeter is established, maintaining the perimeter throughout the
incidents is usually maintained by ___________.
A) hazmat technicians
B) law enforcement
C) operations level responders
D) safety officer
B) law enforcement
When establishing an isolation perimeter for an outdoor scenario, what geographic elements
can be used to secure the incident site?
A) Roadway features
B) Traffic signals
C) Roadway signs
D) Public transportation
A) Roadway features
The primary purpose of establishing three different hazard control zones within the isolation perimeters is to provide the highest level of control and ______________ for all responders working at the emergency scene.
A) command accountability
B) equipment accountability
C) personnel accountability
D) victim accountability
C) personnel accountability
The hot zone should be large enough to provide one or more of these as necessary.
A) Area of refuge
B) Control area
C) Control points
D) Escape routes
A) Area of refuge
Initial monitoring efforts when determining the size of your hazard control zones should
concentrate on determining the _________ concentration level.
A) IDLH
B) TLV-C
C) VOC
D) TLV/TWA
A) IDLH
If the atmosphere is considered to be oxygen enriched or oxygen deficient, the area should
be designated as the _____ zone.
A) cold
B) hot
C) warm
D) isolation
B) hot