Chapter 8 Flashcards
Infinite command systems and action plan implementation
Emergency service organizations in the US use what system ?
Incident command system, also known as NIM-ICS P. 297
What command structure controls hazmat incident and allows coordinated responses across multiple jurisdictions and agencies with overlapping authority and responsibility
Unified command structures
’’’’ provides the following core concepts:
Common terminology
Integrated communications
Unified command structure
Module organization
Manageable span of control
Consolidating incident action plans
Comprehensive resource management
Accountability resources
Incident command systems
What enables organizations to send and receive information internally, as well as externally to other disciplines
Integrated communications
what Facilitates multiple disciplines working through their designated managers to achieve common objectives and strategies, and prevent conflict or duplication of effort
Unified command structures
What organizes response resources according to their responsibilities assets, but then each functional unit may be expanded or contracted based on requirement of the event?
Modular organization
Effective span of control varies from
3 to 7 and a ratio of 1 supervisor to 5 reporting elements is recommended
What enables formal documentation of incident, goals, objectives, and strategies divine by unified incident command:
CIAP
Consolidating incident action plans
What provides system to describe, maintain, identify, and track resources:
CRM
Comprehensive resource management
What establishes effective accountability jurisdiction levels within individual functionalities areas during incident
Accountability of resources
ICS position titles are
Incident commander-
Command
General staff section-
Branch
Division/group
unit/team
Commander
Officer
Chief
Director
Supervise
Leader
Only infinite command is called ‘’ and there’s only 1 per incident
Commander p. 299
What staff have the delagated authority to direct order and control resources?
Command staff p. 300
Who is responsible for the overall management of an incident operation and supporting activities? This includes developing and implementing strategic decisions, approve falling, request for resources and releasing them.
Incident commander p. 301
If the incident is large or complex, incident commander may delegate command authority to the following command staff:
SO
PIo
LO
Safety officer
Public information officer
Liaison officer
Safety officers responsible for what?
Identifying monitoring, hazardous and unsafe conditions
Ensuring operational and personal safety
The safety officer must be trained to ‘’’ of the level of incident and is required to perform the following duties:
Obtained briefing from IC
Review IAP for safety issues
Identify safety issues at incense
Participate in prepping and monitoring of incidents
Maintaining communication with IC
Altering, suspend, or terminate any unsaved activity
Conduct safety briefings
Operations level:
WHAT ‘’’ briefings include:
Identifying hazards
Description of the site
Task to be performed
Anticipated duration of task
PPE requirement
Monitoring Require
Notification of identified risks
Additional pertaining information p. 302
SAFTEY
Public information officers relay what information between IC / stakeholders during an after incidence
Accurate information
Additional ‘’’ DUTIES INCLUDE:
Advising incident come in on information and media relations
Obtaining and providing information to the planning section, community and media
PIO PUBLIC INFO OFFICER
Liaison officer communicates between who
Incident command and supporting agencies at the incident
The functional section are:
O
L
F/A
Operations
Logistics
Finance/administration
The operation sections reports directly to who
IC P. 303
Who gathers, assimilates, analyzes and processes information needed for effective decision-making
The planning section Cheif
Who is also responsible for specific units such as a resources, demobilization, and technical specialists:
PC
planning chief
Who provides facilities, power, service, and materials and support of the incident?
Logistics section Cheif
What branch includes medical, communications and food services
Service branch
What branch includes supplies, facilities, and ground support
Supporting branch
What section implements the incident action plan:
OS
operations section p. 304
Who is responsible for implementing the phase of the incident action plan dealing with the hazardous material?
Hazardous material officer
The Hazardous material safety officer is also known as
Assistance, safety officers. 305
Who manages the tactical operations carried out in the hot zone
The functional position team leader
who Report directly to the hazardous material officer and in responsible for all personal assigned to entry operations?
Entry team leader
Who does all such as detection, product control, victim, rescue, and recovery within the hot zone
entry team leader
Who is responsible for the back up team?
Entry team leader
Entry team and back up teams report directly to the entry team leader both teams require a minimum of how many responders
2
Decontamination team leader reports to who and works closely with who
Hazardous Material officer
Safe refuge area manager
Who is responsible for all Decon operations and personnel inside the warm zone?
Decontamination team leader
Who report directly to the hazardous material officer and works closely with the decontamination team leader, safe refuge, area, manager, and hazardous material safety officer, and is responsible for medical evaluation of personnel
Hazmat medical team leader p. 306
Incident commanders must have ICS training and be trained at a minimum to what
Hazardous material operational level p. 307
defines an area surrounding the incident in which persons may be exposed to life-threatening concentrations of material
Initial isolation zone
The protective action distance defines an area’’ from an incident in which persons may become incapacitated and unable to take proactive actions..
downwind
What are the three control zones?
Hot
Warm
Cold p. 310
Control zones provide scene control required at hazmat/ terrorist incidents which are :;
MC
PE
RM W/IN Z
EA
Minimize contamination
Preventing entery by authorized people
Regulate first responders movement within the zones
Ensure Accountability
Hot zone is also called what
Inclusion zone or isolation zone
The warm zone is also called what
Contamination or reduction zone/corridor
What do you do in the warm zone?
Decon, staging back up personnel, isolated contaminated tools, and equipment after exiting the hot zone p. 311
The cold zone is also known as
Support zone
What do you do in the cold zone?
Carry out all logistics support functions of an incident. Considered safe no PPE required.
Cold zone area includes
Commands
Staging areas
Other support teams located in the cold zone include:
CI
LS
RT
Criminal investigation
Logistics support
Research team p. 312
A command post needs to be readily identifiable common identifiers include
Visible distinct command vehicle
Marked building or tent
Flag or sign
Marking lights
Corner staging is also known as
Quarter staging p. 313
How far away are the furthest piece of equipment be from an incident?
1.5 times from the farthest known piece of evidence p. 314
Three main categories of protective clothing
Structural firefighting, protective clothing
High temperature protective clothing
Chemical protective clothing
- liquid splash protective clothing
- vapor protective clothing
Structural firefighting clothing is not what type it does not prevent all gases or vapors from reaching the skin
Vapor tight p. 316
What is the body system rule to enter the hot zone?
2 in / 2 out
In general, there must be at least’’ equipped and train responder that has seen emergency before and entry team of ‘’ maybe hard zone operations
4 - 2
If an entry member team is unable to safely exit the hot zone or has had an event that cannot be resolved within’’ they should declare what
30 seconds / mayday p. 317
At hazmat incident responded should use a signaling system that will advise personnel inside the danger area when to evacuate. Communication methods include.
Intrinsically safety portable radios
Voice signals
Hand signals
Other predetermined signals p. 318
Reforming evacuation responders needed enough time to
Warn
Prepare people to leave
Designated safe road to leave the area(uphill up wind upstream)
Do not permit evacuees to congregate at the scene instead, direct them to what
Designated place along specific roots (area of safe refuge)
The IC must address the following factors for large scale evacuations:
N
T
S
R-E
Notifications
Transportations
Relocation facilities and temp shelters
Re-entry p. 320
Decision to’’’’ may guide by the following factors:
Population cannot evacuate because of healthcare, detention or educational occupies
Materials spreading to rapid
Material to toxic to risk and
Heavier than vapors may trap people in high rises p. 321
Shelter in place
When protecting people inside a struture close all what ‘’
W
D
V
AC
Doors
Wind
Ventilation
AC systems
Evacuation may be better option than shelter and place one what is involved for two reasons which are
Gas is involved
- Explosion vapors gases may take a long time to dissipate
- Vapors or gases may permeate( spread) to any building that cannot be sealed from the outside
’’’ may include the following actions:
Using hose streams to diffuse a plume
Searching a neighborhood
Turning off heat and air conditioning systems p. 322
Defending in place
Releasing materials can cause serious environmental damage to
Air
Water surface
Wildlife
Water table
Land surrounding p. 323
Defense control options include x 4
Damming
Diking
Diverting
Retention
Action to prevent or limit the flow of a liquid or sludge pass a certain area
damming
Action using raised embankments or other barriers to prevent movement of a liquid or sludge to another area
diking
Action to direct and control movement of a liquid or sludge to an area that will produce less harm
Diverting
Action to contain liquid or sludge in an area where it can be absorbed, neutral or removed. Often use a long term solution.
Retention
The main operational tactics used with flammable liquids are x3
FE
VS
IP
Fire extinguishment
Vapor suppression
Ignition prevention
If only fuel is burning because of a leaking gas, the best method for extinguishment would be too
Shut off the fuel supply p. 324
Process of removing life-threatening contents from victim as quickly as possible
Emergency decontamination
Process of removing life-threatening contaminants from a large number of people in the fast as possible
Mass decontamination
Process of using chemical or physical methods to thoroughly remove contaminants from responders( primarily entry team personnel)
Technical decontamination
At a minimum responders should establish what at all hazmat incident
Emergency decon p. 325
CAN stands for what?
Condition status
- improving
-static
-deteriorating
Action
- in progress
- complete
-planned
Needs
-meet at this time
-additional resources required p. 326
most responding organizations use full sentences known as’’ rather than ‘’
Clear text, codes
Many organizations implement the preestablish evacuation, signal which is ?
Three blast seven airhorn for 15 seconds/low siren
Some indicators to ‘’’ include:
Sudden change in temp
Sound of a pressure relief device activating
Sudden change and pressure
Sudden increase in flames p. 327
withdrawing
Last strategic goal at a hazardous material incident is to what x 2
Recover and terminate effort
Major ‘’’ phase goals include:
Returning the operation area to save condition
Debriefing personnel before they leave the scene
Returning the equipment and personnel of all involved agencies to pre - incident conditions p. 329
recovery
The termination phase involves three procedure actions which are:
D
PIA
IC
On scene debriefing brie
Post incident analysis
Incident critique
What is the process of gathering information, completing reports, determining financial responsibility and assembling information for the incident critique that is conducted once the analyst is complete
Post incident analysis
Recommendations during the ‘’’ include:
Operational weaknesses
Training gap analysis
Necessary procedure change
Required additional resources
Necessary updates p. 330
PIA
What is a more formal means of evaluating all the events that took place during the incident. Not an opportunity to assign blame or criticism occurs after the incident analysis.
Incident critique p. 331
Under I CS the first person on scene or the ranking individual of the first company on scene assumes
Command of the incident page 307
Applicable to any incident, which one of the eight core concepts provided by ICS enables formal documentation of incident goals, objectives, and strategies defined by the unified incident command? (p. 299)
Common terminology
Integrated communications
Unified command structure
Module organization
Manageable span of control
Consolidating incident action plans
Comprehensive resource management
Accountability resources
Consolidated incident action plan
Applicable to any incident, which one of the eight core concepts provided by ICS provides a system to describe, maintain, identify, request, and track resources? (p. 299)
Common terminology
Integrated communications
Unified command structure
Module organization
Manageable span of control
Consolidating incident action plans
Comprehensive resource management
Accountability resources
Comprehensive resource management
As part of the general staff; which position gathers, assimilates, analyzes, and processes the information needed for effective decision making? (p. 304)
Planning section Cheif
Which primary factors must the IC address for large-scale evacuations during a hazmat incident:
N
T
R/S
R
Notification
transportation
relocation/shelter
reentry
’’’’ in place for bystanders at a hazmat incident:
An active offensive role or aggressive posture to physically protect individuals in harms way P.322
Protecting/defending
