Initial Actions and Size Up Sop 601.01 Flashcards
Effective date of SOP 601.01?
04/01/2017
What are the 3 primary objectives of the IC?
Life Safety
Incident Stabilization
Property Conservation
What are the foundations for safe and effective management of an emergency incident?
Initial fireground actions
What is one of the most important activities for the first arriving apparatus?
Evaluating the situation encountered at any emergency incident
What are 3 sources of information for evaluating the situation encountered?
- Personal observations
- Reconnaissance reports
- Tactical surveys (pre-fire plans)
What does the incident commander use to develop the Incident Action Plan?
The information gained from his/her evaluation
If pre-incident plans are not available what 6 things must be determined on scene?
- Building occupancy
- Building layout
- Construction type
- Built-in protection systems
- Water supply sources
- Special hazards
What 2 other factors should be figured into the size-up process?
Environmental factors
Time of day
Why should a 360 degree walk around be accomplished unless precluded by building size?
To observe the critical factors of the incident not readily available from the front of the building
What are 5 critical fireground factors that the initial IC must identify?
- Building construction, size, and layout
- Fire size, location, and effect on the building
- Occupancy type
- Rescue profile of any known, expected, and/or predicted occupants
- Appropriate number and type of resources on scene or enroute
What 8 things should the arrival report include at a minimum?
- Unit designation
- Side of arrival (alpha, bravo, etc)
- Brief description of the incident situation
- Declaration of strategy (SOP 600.02)
- Actions your crew is performing
- Obvious (or expected) safety concerns
- Resources
- Command options
During the arrival report what 3 types of situations may be encountered for a brief description of the situation?
- Structures
- Vehicles
- Wildland
During the arrival report a brief description of the incident for a structure should include what 7 things?
- Size
- Construction
- Occupancy
- Arrangement
- Fire conditions
- Hazards
- Exposures
During the arrival report the brief description of the incident for vehicles should include what 4 things?
- Number of vehicles
- Type of vehicles
- Vehicle condition (fire, overturned, spills, etc)
- Number of victims
During the arrival report the brief description of the incident for wildland should include what 7 things?
- Fire conditions
- Size of field/area
- Fuel conditions
- Direction of travel
- Access location/problems
- Threatened exposures
- Wind factors