EA-451 Engine Strike Team/Task Forces

Question 1

Arrival required in less than 1 hr at current staffing levels

Answer 1

Urgent Need

Question 2

Arrival as soon as possible after achieving 4-person staffing

Answer 2

Immediate Need

Question 3

Urgent need:

Answer 3

• 5 closes Engines & 1 BC
• Forms “TASK FORCE”
• respond “Directly to Incident”
• BC communicates enr with 5 Engines

Question 4

If task force is required to be assigned for an additional operational period after intial attack, staffing shall be increased to all engines are assigned____ personnel and desgnation change to ________.

Answer 4

4

“strike Team”

Question 5

The designation change shall be made through ________ and ________.

Answer 5

Incident Resource Unit
and
Command and Control

Question 6

If a strike team is needed to report for an immediate need or planned operational period, all engine companies shall be staffed with _____. As well as any strike team assisting other agencies.

Answer 6

4 personnel

Question 7

A group of resources with common communications and a leader. Resources may be the same type but do not met the minimums of a strike team

Answer 7

Task Force

Question 8

Specified combinations of the same kind and type of resources with common communication and a leader; resources that are the same type, meeting the minimum number of resource staffing level.

Answer 8

Strike team

Question 9

Resources are needed at an LA County incident in less than 1 hr and may not have minimum Type 1 strike Team staffing of 4/engine

Answer 9

Urgent Need

Question 10

Resources are needed at an incident immediately with minimum strike team staffing

Answer 10

Immediate

Question 11

Resources are needed to respond to an incident at a designated time with minimum staffing levels. This is usually is at the start of an operational period during an extended attack incident.

Answer 11

Planned Need