Chapter 5: Strategy Flashcards
What does the Acronym LIP mean?
Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property Conservation
____________ is always the first priority.
Life safety
____________ Is the process of controlling the fire.
Incident stabilization
Incident stabilization can also result in_______do a rapid fire tech that prevents the extension of a fire in to unburned compartment or areas of the structure.
Property conservation
Traditionally,_____________starts off as Savage or loss control activities.
Property conservation
As a fire and emergency services responder, you are expected to take calculated risks to provide for?
(LIP)
Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property conservation
But I see has direct effect on personal safety based on a number of decisions, including:
- Making the initial size up
- Having accountability in place beyond passport and key cards
- having a sound IAP
- assigning division and group supervisors where appropriate
- having a rapid intervention crew or team in place
- Having a safety officer in medical/rehabilitation resources
Firefighters life safety is affected by a number of criteria, including:
- using the correct PPE properly
- assigning tasks based on the ability of the personnel and having sufficient resources
- applying a risk benefit analysis model
- Following the local SOP’s/G’s for fire ground operations
- Maintaining discipline on the fire ground
- Using tools and equipment correctly
Risk lives to save?
Lives
Risk tools to save?
Property
Wrist nothing to save?
Nothing?
What are the two Shatagee is that the fire service uses?
Offensive and defensive
The_________used at a structure fire usually means that resources are deployed for Interior operation to accomplish incident priorities.
Offensive strategy
Based on the latest research from (NIST), Traditional offensive strategy should now include the option to apply water from the exterior of the structure as Crews advance into the interior. This is known as?
Transitional attack
The decision to operate in a_______is indicated when no threat to occupant life exists, occupants are not solvable, or when the property is not salvageable.
Defensive strategy
A_________ is usually an exterior operation that his children because of insufficient resources or an interior attack is unsafe.
Defensive strategy
Defensive strategic operations are justified in the following conditions involving a structure fire;
Volume of fire
Structural deterioration
Risk outweighs benefit
Vacant or abandon occupancy
ICs must conduct personal accountability reports (PAR) to check on the welfare of every firefighters at ___________.
Predictable intervals such as:
•On scene every 10 to 20 minutes
•In accordance with your departments SOP/G
When a situation rapidly changes, the IC needs to be prepared to________the operation from an offensive to a defense of strategy.
Transition
As the first arriving officer, you have several options for command, including the following three command options available:
- Investigation option (nothing showing)
- Fast attack or mobile option
- Stationary command (incident command post) option
When the problem generating the response is not obvious to the IC, he or she Should establish command and announce that?
Nothing is showing
If the incident is one in which the direct involvement of the company officer will impact the outcome, a __________ should be utilizes.
Fast attack or Mobile Command
The first arriving unit has the responsibility of assuming __________ of the incident.
Command
What command option, does the company officer remain on the mobile radio in the apparatus, assigning tasks the other unit personnel, communicating with other responding units, expanding the NIMs-ICS as the complexity of the incident requires.
Stationary command (Incident command post) option.
