Chapter31-Post Incident Analysis/Critique Flashcards
What analysis determines the strengths and weaknesses of the organizations response to an emergency
Post-incident analysis
What is a great tool to provide a visual aid in placing the responding units
Site plan
What is a piece of data that provides information on weather conditions that may have contributed to fire spread or hampered unit success
Weather reports
What is a piece of data that provides information on the actions that were taken to mitigate the incident
Incident action plan
What is a piece of data that provides background information on the structure, facility, or occupancy
Pre-incident plan
What is a piece of data that provides information on the structure, facility, occupancy, or location based on the impressions of the first arriving officer
Size up
What is a piece of data that provides a narrative of the actions of each of the participants as well as the impressions of the witnesses
Interviews
What piece of data provides information gathered by the incident safety officer on all safety and health related issues
Incident safety plan
What piece of data provides an accurate record of the participants and their time of arrival and release from the incident
Personnel accountability system
What is a piece of data that provides accurate dispatch times and transcripts of radio communications at the incident
Communication records
Which level of fire officer is responsible for conducting the post-incident analysis according to NFPA 1021
Fire officer II
What are three important reasons to conduct a post-incident analysis
Recognize organizational strengths and weaknesses, provide examples for training, and motivate changes in operational policies/procedures
The post-incident action plan is not intended to do what
Place blame or fault with any of the participants
How does a post-incident analysis differ from a post-incident critique
The post-incident analysis is generally a written report while a post-incident critique is a full activity
How can the response time be reduced? Was all available information communicated to responding units? was the response time within the organization’s minimum/maximum time criteria? These are all questions that should be asked in the post-incident analysis for what area?
Dispatch
Was the initial assignment adequate to mitigate the incident? Was the ICS properly implemented? Was all available information communicated from the incident scene to other responding units? These are all questions that should be asked in the post-incident analysisfor what area?
Initial attack
Were additional resources requested in time to be effective? Was a staging area a stab list with a staging officer? Were communications with automatic and mutual aid units and other support resources adequate? These are all questions that should be asked in the post-incident analysis regarding what area?
Subsequent resource assignments
How affective where the fire protection systems? Could the systems have been used to better advantage? These are all questions that should be asked in the post-incident analysis regarding what area?
Private fire protection systems
Did the activity is sign an incident safety officer? How was personnel accountability conducted? Was 2in/2out placed in operation? These are all questions that should be asked in the post-incident analysis regarding what?
Health and safety
Was the property properly secured or turn over to the fire investigator after suppression? This is a question that should be asked in the postincident analysisregarding what
Post fire activity
What should occur immediately after termination of the incident and prior to leaving the scene?
Post-incident critique
Post-incident critique should always be what in nature?
Positive
What is the greatest failure of both the post-incident analysis and post-incident critique?
Failure to learn from and apply the results and recommendations
