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Driving & Incident Response Flashcards

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Driving & Incident Response:

MCESD6/Porter Fire Department Members once dispatched will have _____ minute to respond and clear quarters to all calls.

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— 1 minute

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Apply the principle of _________ driving at all times.

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— Defensive

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Obey _____ ________… even if ________ emergency traffic.

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— Traffic Laws
— Responding

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Pass vehicles on the _______.

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__ Left

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Adjust driving habits to _______, _______ or __________ conditions.

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— Weather
— Road
— Traffic

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Stop and look at all _______ _________ and _______ __________, any unprotected ______________ crossing, any ________ ______ that is stooped for loading and unloading, any _______________ while driving in the on-coming lane, when directed to stop by the ____________ department, and any situation where the driver cannot see all lanes of _____________.

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— Red Lights
— Stop Signs
— Railroads
— School Bus
— Intersection
— Police
— Traffic

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Report any vehicle problems _________ to an ________, or one of the _______ ___________.

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— Immediately
— Officer
— Fire Chiefs

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Always yield the right-of-way to ______________.

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— Pedistrians

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Account for each person on the ________ and __________ or _________ communicate with each person to assure their readiness prior to moving the apparatus.

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— Apparatus
— Visually
— Verbally

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will always:

Remember that you don’t always have the _______ - ______ - __________- when running _________ ____________ you are simply _________ permission from the other drivers to pas, proceed through intersections, etc.

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— Right-of-Way
— Emergency Traffic
— Requesting

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will never:

Exceed the posted speed limit by ______ mph, or exceed ______ mph (maximum speed during _________ _________).

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— 10 mph
— 75 mph
— Emergency response

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will never:

Exceed _____ mph when driving in ____-_______ ________.

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— 20 mph
— On Coming lane

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will never:

Under any circumstances exceed posted ______ _________ speed limits… even if driving __________ ________.

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— School zone
— Emergency Traffic

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will never:

Pass a stopped _________ ___________ loading or unloading, or that has its __________ __________ displayed, until signaled by the ________ ____________.

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— School bus
— Warning Lights
— Bus Driver

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will never:

Operate or knowingly permit a vehicle to be operated in an ___________ ___________.

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— Unsafe manner

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will never:

Pass other ________ ___________ without __________ with the lead vehicle.

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— Emergency Vehicles
— Communicating

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Driving & Incident Response - Drivers and Apparatus Operators will never:

Move apparatus until all _______ on the vehicle are seated in their riding positions and _______ with __________ __________, except while ______ supply hose.

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— Personnel
— Secured
— Seat belts
— Loading

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Driving & Incident Response - Special Incident - Bomb Threat:

Fire department _____ _______ respond to bomb threats unless specifically requested by ______ _________. Always notify the ______ _______, or _______ ________.

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— Does not
— Law Enforcement
— Duty Officer
— Chief Officer

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Scope - Montgomery County:

Units are dispatched via _____ and the ______ unit for that department(s) ______ card is dispatched.

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— AVL
— Closest
— Box

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Scope - City of Houston:

City of Houston provides (__) engine and (__) district chief on box alarms of a latitudinal line south of the ______ __ corridor both _____ and ________ of the interstate.

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— 1
— 1
— Ford Rd
— East
— West

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Scope - City of Houston:

MCESD6 provides (__) engine, (__) truck and (__) battalion chief on the ___ & _____ ________ ________ corridor and areas adjacent that MCESD6 apparatus are closer than any other ____________ or automatic aid partners.

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— 1
— 1
— 1
— I69
— Mills Branch Way
— Houston

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Procedures:

_______ ________ shall maintain at least ____ _________ in service to respond to calls when a mutual aid response is requested, unless a back-in company is requested to respond to cover the ___________. The remaining company cannot ___________ the station until the back-in company ________ at the station and assumes the assignment of ___________ ____________.

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— Battalion Chief
— 1 station
— District
— Leave
— Arrives
— District Coverage

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Procedures:

The _____ _______ shall _______ mutual aid requests that reduce the districts coverage below ____ ________ to remain in service.

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— Battalion Chief
— Deny
— One Station

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Procedures:

Any deviation from this coverage shall only be _________ by the _____ _________ or ______________.

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— Granted
— Fire Chief
— Designee

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Procedures:

Who approves any apparatus or station requesting to attend a firefighter funeral or parade that is outside of MCESD6’s coverage area?

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— Fire Chief

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Driving & Incident Response - Out of District Responses - Procedures:

During inclement weather or the call volume is taxing our resources, the _____ _________ may request a _______-______ company to assist in the districts coverage.

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— Battalion Chief
— Back-in

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

Block left/Block right- Explain

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— Block Left - Steer the apparatus to the left at a 30-45degree angle away from the traffic incident
— Block Right - Steer the apparatus to the right at a 30-45 degree angel away from the traffic incident.

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

Downstream Traffic
Upstream Traffic

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— Traffic that is going away from the accident scene
— Traffic that is moving towards the accident scene

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

High Volume or High Speed highway or street -

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— any highway or street with multiple lanes and/or speeds equal to or greater than 45mph

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

Intermediate Traffic Incident -

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— Any traffic incident expected duration is 30 minutes to 2 hours

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

Major Traffic Incident -

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Any traffic incident duration that is greater than 2 hours

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

Minor Traffic Incident

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— any traffic incident duration that is less than 30 minutes

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

What is the reportable quantity for petroleum products and used oil

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— 25 gallons

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

Shadow

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— The down stream protected work area at a traffic incident

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Definitions:

Describe the distance of visibility the safety vest must provide?
Amount of material outside of reflective material?
Reflective material on the safety vest?
What class vest?

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— 1280 feet
— 775 square inches of safety yellow or safety orange material
— 201 square inches of reflective stripping
— Class 2 or 3

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Responsibilities:

Is a bunker coat allowed to be worn instead of a safety vest?

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— No

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Responsibilities:

What is the catch phrase

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— If your feet are on the street a vest is on your chest.

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline:

Traffic cones should be place no less than every ______ _________ (_______ __ apart)

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— Lane marking
— 40 feet

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline:

Who should perform manual traffic control?

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— Uniformed Law Enforcement officers only

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline - Apparatus and Emergency Vehicle Parking:

What is one of the most dangerous areas of the temporary traffic control zone due to motorists attempting to transition from their normal traffic flow into a reduced roadway capacity.

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— Transition Area

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline - Apparatus and Emergency Vehicle Parking:

Apparatus front wheels should be turned _______ from the traffic incident scene.

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— Away

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline - Apparatus and Emergency Vehicle Parking:

Distance to furthest cone on a roadway -
Distance to. Furthest cone on a higher speed roadway -

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— 100’
— 250’

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline - Apparatus and Emergency Vehicle Parking:

State law allows firefighters to block the ___________ lanes plus _____.

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— Affected
— 1

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline - Incident Command:

The initial company officer and/or incident commander must operate as the ________ ________ ________ until this assignment can be delegated.

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— Scene safety officer

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline - Incident Command:

Avoid utilizing _______________ to haphazardly wash down spilled petroleum or used oil into the ______ _________ ________ _______.

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— Emulsifier
— Storm water sewer drains

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Driving & Incident Response - Traffic Incident Management - Guideline - Emergency Crew Actions:

Members will exit the fire apparatus on the protected “___________” side away from __________ traffic if possible.

A

— Shadow
— Moving

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