Chapter 8 Flashcards

Initial size up and developing a quick incident action plan

1
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What consistently ranks in the top five contributing factors in fire ground line of duty deaths ?

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Inadequate size up in fair to perform a risk assessment

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2
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QIAP is for ?

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First arriving officer who takes command of the fire

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3
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Standard on fire department, occupational safety, health and wellness programs is what NFPA

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1500

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4
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The following are specific to first and Company officers:
‘’ on scene before assuming command
‘’ command of an incident
Perform ‘’/’’ assessment
Initiate, maintain and control incident’’
Development overall ‘’
Initiate an accountability/ inventory ‘’
Develop an effective incident organization by managing ‘’
Review ‘’ and revise ‘’

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Arrive on scene before assuming command
Assuming command of an incident
Perform evaluations/risk assessment
Initiate, maintain and control incident communications
Development overall strategy
Initiate an accountability in inventory worksheet
Develop an effective incident organization by managing resources
Review evaluate and revise action plans

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5
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What is the observation and systematic evaluation of the existing conditions in order to identify the problem presenting themselves: determine what has occurred, what is occurring and what is about to occur; develop strategic objectives: and select the tactic for rescue and firefight

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Size up

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6
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Size up is usually confused with

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The initial radio report

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7
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Three phases of size up are

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Pre-incident size up
Initial size up
Ongoing size up

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8
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What is a component of each size up?

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Risk benefit analysis

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9
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What is a dynamic, ongoing and continual process process throughout the incident

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Size up

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10
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Unless impossible should include a

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360° walk around

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11
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Remember your preforming a ‘’ sided size

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6 sided ( above, below)

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12
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Size up should determine the following:
Occupancy ‘’
‘’ of occupancy
Type of ‘’
Whether construction is ‘’ or not
People ‘’
‘’ profile whether to initiate search and rescue
Building ‘’
What is ‘’ ?
Fire ‘’
‘’ of fire
Current fire ‘’
Where the fire is ‘’?
What the fire look like in’’ minutes
Whether the required ‘’ are responding

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Occupancy type
Size of occupancy
Type of construction
Whether construction is occupied or not
People trapped
Survivability profile whether to initiate search and rescue
Building content
What is burning?
Fire location
Size of fire
Current fire conditions
Where the fire is headed?
What the fire look like in five minutes
Whether they required resources are responding p. 238

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13
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Everything in modern fire service is driven by

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Risk management

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14
Q

What is the most overused phase at the administrative level and the most misunderstood phase at the company level of fire service

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Risk management

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15
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’’ is the possibility of suffering harm, and injury Or a loss from the dangers and hazards of fire and the emergency and nonemergency operations.

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Risk

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16
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Risk management simply put is showing you how to

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Avoid getting hurt or killed in the first place

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17
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What serves as documentation that risks have been identified and considered, and that all reasonable control efforts have been applied and adhered to by the firefighters

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Risk management plan

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18
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Having what increases operational safety, and effectiveness for the firefighter and helps protect fire departments from liabilities

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Having a risk management plan

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19
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What also have a positive effect on departments morals, a reduction and personal injuries and an increase in firefighter longevity as long as Fire departments members are familiar with the commitment to the plan

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Risk management plans

20
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At a minimum risk management plan should include

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Risk identification
Evaluation
prioritization
Control techniques
Monitoring

21
Q

Risks are activities that can lead to

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Injuries
Death
Property damage
Lawsuits

22
Q

Once the risks and hazards have been identified what can occur

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Evaluation

23
Q

Examples of evaluations of risks

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Trapped occupants
Survivability prof
Is there something we can save
Do we have time to save this property?
Is the benefit worth the risk? p. 239

24
Q

Risk priorities fall into three categories, which are

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High risk- significant
Medium risk - elevated
Low risk- standard

25
Q

No risk to safety of firefighters is acceptable when there is

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No chance of saving lives or property

26
Q

Risk Control techniques

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Risk avoidance
Risk transfer
Control measures( risk reduction ppe) p. 241

27
Q

What is the process of weighing the predicted risk to firefighters against the potential benefit for property owners and occupants and making decisions based on the outcome of that analysis?

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Risk benefit analysis( ongoing throughout incident)

28
Q

Most most important question and incident commander has to ask after the civilian life hazards have been mitigated is

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At what point does this building no longer have value

29
Q

The national fire Academy command sequence model have four incident priorities which are

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Life safety
Incident stabilization
Extinguishment
Property conservation

30
Q

The command sequence is x 3

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Think ( identifying problem, risk benefit analysis)
plan( strategy/tactics)
act

31
Q

Analyzing before the incident occurs is

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Pre-incident size up

32
Q

Many pent plans contain a list of crucial info information for decision-making, including:

Name and address of the ‘’
‘’ of occupancy
Type of ‘’
‘’ construction
‘’ dimensions
Number of’’
Existence of ‘’
Location of’’
Calculated ‘’ requirements
‘’’ / terrain
Entrances and ‘’
access ‘’
Location of ‘’ larm
Number of ‘’
Stairs and roof ‘’
Standpipe and sprinkler ‘’
Location of ‘’
Location of ‘’ oom
Location of ‘’ shut off

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Name and address of the occupants
Type of occupancy
Type of construction
Roof construction
Area dimensions
Number of stories
Existence of basement
Location of hydrants
Calculated fire flow requirements p. 242
Topography / terrain
Entrances and exits
access considerations
Location of fire alarm
Number of stairs
Stairs and roof access
Standpipe and sprinkler locations
Location of elevators
Location of machine room
Location of utility shut off

33
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Pre-plans always include what

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Area and floor plans

34
Q

The initial ‘’ is the quick mental process of receiving rapidfire information that starts as soon as the bell hits in the station or the alert goes off but also includes the on ‘’

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Size up, 360° walk around

35
Q

The initial size of factors include

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Time of day
Locations
Size and type of initial response
Traffic temperature and current weather conditions p. 247

36
Q

VEIS stands for

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Vent
Enter
Isolate
Search

37
Q

Driving an apparatus just passed the structure allows you to see what

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Three sides of the building upon arrival

38
Q

The rapid mental evolution of the current situation and the identification of problems start with what

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360° walk around size up

39
Q

Problems identified in a 360° size up will typically fall into seven categories

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Visible or verified occupants
Possible occupants
Access
Exposures
Smoke
Fire
In the possibility of hazardous materials

40
Q

What is probably the most valuable to carry during the 360° survey?

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TIC

41
Q

Like any tool not all TIC are the same, but they basically fought two categories, which are

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Situational awareness TIC
Decision making TIC p. 250

42
Q

Depending on moisture levels glass cracks at what

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500 and 600°

43
Q

dark brown stained glass indicates

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creosote film on the glass from incomplete combustion, which in turn indicates that the fire is probably in the DK stage, especially if the windows glass is not cracked

44
Q

Cracked class or crazing indicate

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Hi temps, getting close to the fire or fire room

45
Q

Crack glass indicates high heat are areas above the human threshold. This is a warning sign of.

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Backdraft p. 252

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