CO chapter 11

Question 1

primary role of a fire and emergency services

Answer 1

• incident management
• incident priorities
• life safety
• incident stabilization
• property and environmental conservation
• postincident activities

Question 2

the operational planning P model

Answer 2

5 steps of the NIMS-ICS
1. understanding the situation
2. establish incident objectives and strategies
3. develop the plan of action (IAP)
4. prepare and disseminate the plan (make assignments)
5. evaluate and revise the plan

Question 3

Laymans RECEO -VS model

Answer 3

RECEO-VS
* Rescue—–focuses exclusively on the life-safety
priority
*Exposure——–the need to limit the fire or other
emergency to the property or area of origin
*Confinement——the need to prevent extension of the
incident effects to uninvolved areas
* Extinguishment——mitigating a fire
* Overhaul———making an incident scene secure f
rom rekindle or other hazards
*Ventilation———–operations needed to replace a
contaminated or heated atmosphere with
uncontaminated air
* Salvage————-methods used to save property and
reduce further damage from water ,smoke,
heat and exposure

Question 4

SLICE-RS and incident priorities

Answer 4

• size-up
• locate the fire
• identify and control the flow path * cool the space from the safest distance
• extinguish the fire
• rescue
• salvage

Question 5

CRM

Answer 5

crew resource management is a system utilization of all available resources.personal,and equipment

Question 6

Analyzing any emergency situation

Answer 6

• facts—-things that are true
• probabilities–things that are likely to happen
• own situation—officers own knowledge about the
  situation
• decision———initial use of resources followed by
  supplement resource needs
• plan of operation–information compiled into incident
  action plan

Question 7

Facts of the situation

Answer 7

• time (month,day,hour)
• location (address,business name,landmarks)
• nature of the emergency (fire,hazmat release,
  structural collapse)
• life hazard (occupants and responders)
• exposure (adjacent, uninvolved property)
• weather (wind,temperature extreme , humidity)
• number of potential trapped or injured victims
• type of alarm ( phone call, automatic alarm)
• units being dispatched

Question 8

incident scene control zones

Answer 8

Hot zone—area where resolving the problem takes
place.
—be trained appropriately to manage the situation
—- wear complete PPE designed for the specific
hazard
—–participate in the incidents personnel
accountability system

Warm zone—–area immediately outside the hot zone
for personnel who directly supporting the work
being performed in the hot zone..this zone is
where decon station normally assembled

Cold zone—–are surrounding the hot and warm zone.
staging area….command post….ric/rit crew