Definitions

Question 1

Tech Trucks

Answer 1

T61
T9
T32

Question 2

Radio Priorities

Answer 2

1. Immediate lie threat to emergency personnel
2. Immediate life threat to the public
3. Report of new incident
4. Dispatch of a new incident
5. Incident communications
6. Routine radio traffic

Question 3

Incident commander

Answer 3

Responsible for all incident activities and strategies. Orders and releases units. Has overall authority.

Question 4

Fire Control

Answer 4

Forward progress of the fire has been stopped and the remaining fire can be extinguished with units on scene

Question 5

Emergency Traffic

Answer 5

Emergency traffic is declared is there is an immediate life threat. May be caused by structure integrity or change in fire conditions that all personnel need to be aware of immediately

Question 6

Code 200

Answer 6

Request for law enforcement due to a potential life threat to personnel when personnel cannot provide additional details

Question 7

Code 300

Answer 7

Personnel request for law enforcement due to an immediate life threat to personnel when personnel are unable to give additional details

Question 8

Fast Attack

Answer 8

Offensive fire attack strategy where the unit on scene believes that immediate life threat or loss can be prevented by fast interior fire attack

Question 9

Incident command post

Answer 9

Physical location of the on-scene incident command and management. Comprises of the IC, immediate staff, and other designated incident management officials from federal, state or local jurisdictions.

Question 10

Priority Traffic

Answer 10

Used when radio operator needs to report a new incident that requires an emergency response

Question 11

Routine Traffic

Answer 11

general radio usage and not related to a new or ongoing incident

Question 12

General incident objectives

Answer 12

Protecting of life
Provide for incident stabilization
Property conservation

Question 13

ECC Benchmarks

Answer 13

Primary all clear
secondary all clear
fire knockdown
fire under control
loss stopped

Question 14

Tactical responsibilities

Answer 14

• maintain proper status of units
• acknowledge resource requests and cancellations
• Notify primary of ocfa/allied resource requests
• handle non equipment requests, edison gas, bldg insp
• keep fcs updated on incidents and unusual req
• primary to answer bsn lines
• back up call taker

Question 15

Site Trunking

Answer 15

Specific trunked cell lose the ability to communicate with the zone controller. Displays “SITE TRUNKING”

Question 16

Failsoft

Answer 16

Trunked cell fails and cannot perform trunking.

Question 17

Trunked system failure

Answer 17

trunked cell fails completely

Question 18

conventional system failure

Answer 18

all trunked cells fail, conventional repeaters fail, talk around channels only option