Deployment Skills Flashcards
What are the 5 force protection/search assets are there for post attack recovery searches?
Firefighting teams
First aid teams
Rescue teams
Decontamination teams
Explosive ordinance recce and disposal teams (EOD)
What are the 5 things to search for in post attack recovery searches?
Fire
Improvised explosive device (IED)
Unexploded bomb (UXB) / Unexploded Ordinance (UXO)
Damage
Casualties
What are the 6 hazards that could be encountered during the search?
CBRN contamination
Ground attack
Unexploded bombs/ordnance
Damage to storage areas
Weakened structures
Damaged utilities (POL point)
Due to the likelihood of hazards in the ground following a post attack recovery search, what 5 points/precautions should personnel bear in mind?
Select and follow predetermined route as quick as ground allows (if ground threat exists, move tactically)
Ensure whole area is covered (if possible) by personnel who knows area
Avoid disturbing anything suspicious
Any findings requiring action during search must be reported
Structures may be weakened
What are the 3 component parts in the circuit of an IED (improvised explosive devices) and what are 6 examples of firing switches found in them?
Electical components
Explosive components
Container
What are the 3 types of IED?
Anti-vehicle
Anti-property
Anti-personnel
What are 4 Cs in an IED procedure?
CONFIRM
-visible wires, appearance & size, unusual smells, markings
CLEAR
-Small IED - 100m
-Medium IED - 200m
-Large IED - 400m
CORDON
-prevent personnel straying into danger, evidence being disturbed, provide security, brief on duties, type of incident, where device is located , where control post is
CONTROL
-establish ICP at earliest opp., area must be searched & have means of communication, location of device and evacuee assembly area, extent of cordon
In relation to indirect fire (IDF) what does ROCKETS stand for?
Readiness (comply with dress states)
ON HEARING (alarm, drop to prone covering face with hands, apply PPE if possible)
COVER (crawl to available cover - foot vehicle buildings)
KEEP IN COVER (till all clear sounded)
EVALUATE (positions, any better cover?)
TIME (in prone till all clear sounded or treating serious casualty, close to hazardous material, under direct fire)
SURVEY (carry out PARK checks after all clear, check for casualties, 4CS for UXO UXB, damage and fires)
What is op wide awake?
Intelligence suggests possible threat to military area - Unidentified objects identified
Enforced via speakers phone radio
STOP
MOVE (nearest building)
SEARCH (immediate area)
REPORT (clear to section commander)
SECT CMDER (report to FP CP)
What is op lockdown?
Someone goes missing
Check phone whereabouts recent and usual etc
What is op round up?
Intell suggests unauthorised person has gained access
Loudspeaker phone radio
Move to closest building ensuring all areas are ducted and manned and all movement ceased
Ensure FP CP informed (only they can terminate)
How should an initial person search be conducted?
Gently squeeze move hands (don’t pat)
Head to foot
What tool is used for searching people?
EMW (electromagnetic wand)/hoodlum
Beware of medical conditions and pacemakers
Never to touch the body
Not emphasise body contours
Outline the name of the “walkie talkie”
Management radio equipment (MRE)
What 3 elements does voice procedure cover?
What 3 principles does voice procedure cover?
Protocol
Call sign
Security code
SAD
Security (have to be same fill/channel)
Accuracy
Discipline (don’t lose temper, use names/swear)
