IFD Emergency Operating Guidelines COPY Flashcards
In cases where conventional vehicle access is restricted, rapid off-road access to patients is possible through deployment of the _____ to allow emergency care to be rendered in a fully enclosed compartment.
ASAP
Any Irving Fire Department ____ can be designated to place the ASAP in service.
Paramedic.
Upon receiving a request for the ASAP, the _____ will immediately coordinate the pick-up and towing of the vehicle for deployment.
Alarm Office
The _____ will be housed and available at the Riverside Municipal Complex in the building addressed at 5982 Riverside.
ASAP
Weekly preventative maintenance on all IFD apparatus located at 5982 Riverside will be the responsibility of the ______
Station captain, station 10.
Statistically, ______ responses have a low chance of resulting in a working structure fire, and are therefore a ready source of complacency in our response.
Automatic alarm.
_____ shall not force entry into automatic alarm control boxes nor disconnect the wiring to such alarms.
Company Officers
_____ personnel shall maintain complete and accurate records related to all automatic alarms received to include those involving both valid and invalid reasons for the alarm.
Alarm Office
______ - By contract of an interlock agreement, the cities of Irving and Coppell have agreed to automatically provide each other with fire and medical resources and personnel within any geographic areas within either city.
Automatic Aid.
As a member of the ________, when our resources are depleted, the IFD can request to receive fire equipment resources and personnel assistance when required.
Dallas County Fire Chiefs Mutual Aid Plan.
The responding company officer shall complete IFD form 18, assist entry request, for every _____ request prior to opening the vehicle.
non-emergency lockout
If the CO reading is ___ PPM or or greater at any point in a structure, personnel shall don full protective equipment and utilize the SCBA.
35
For CO readings of ____, advise the owner that the Fire Department did not detect an appreciable CO reading at this time.
0-9 PPM.
For CO readings of ____, advise the owner that the Fire Department detected a CO reading above ambient levels and the potential causes thereof.
10-34 PPM.
At a CO reading of _____, advise the owner that the fire department detected an unhealthy level of CO, evacuate the affected area and begin ventilation. If a multi-story building is involved, evacuate the floors above and below the affected floor(s).
35 PPM or greater.
When will fire department personnel advice occupants not to re-enter a structure due to CO?
35 PPM or greater.
______ is the concept involving networks, relationships, and initiatives among individuals and organizations that are based on trust, reciprocity, and cooperation.
Social Capital.
______: A demonstration of civil unrest that may manifest itself in acts of violence against property and/or human life.
Civil disturbance.
A ____ is a civil disorder wherein crowds display a propensity for violence by setting fires, vandalizing, noting, attacking civilians, firefighters, or law enforcement, or engaging in other violent acts.
riot
_______: An increased state of readiness and security for specific stations or districts as determined by an Assistant Chief or chief of department.
Levle III CD.
_______: Threatening circumstances or conditions that indicate the possibility of widespread civil unrest or violence.
Level II CD.
Level I CD: (actual violence) ______ are authorized to initiate a Level 1 CD.
Company Officers.
A ____ is the area of civil unrest or riot as designated by the on scene Law enforcement commander, in which civilian vehicle access is denied and the fire department vehicles will not enter unless accompanied by law enforcement escorts.
Hot zone.
_____: Unstable, potentially unsafe given observed protest/riot conditions and actions.
Hot Zone (CD)