JBL Fire Officer Chapter 4 Flashcards
Who is official fire department representative and also ensures that the community’s needs are being addressed by the department?
Fire Officer
What describes the characteristics of human populations and population segments?
Demographic Data
Understanding the cultural factors that influence particular behavior will do what?
Increase the effectiveness of fire department message
What is CRR
Community risk reduction, is a process to identify and prioritize local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment of resources to reduce their occurrence and impact
6 Steps of CRR
- Identify Risks
- Prioritize risks
- Develop strategies and tactics to mitigate risks
- Prepare the CRR plan
- Implement the CRR plan
- Monitor, evaluate, and modify the plan
Two resources for identifying a department’s risks?
RMS system and GIS system
3 factors each risk is evaluated on, plus special consideration
Severity, frequency and duration
Special: economic impact of a loss
The first 3 steps of CRR comprise what?
A risk assessment
5 E’s of Prevention
Education Engineering Enforcement Economic Incentives Emergency Response
What type of prevention changes behavior by teaching people about fire and emergency prevention and response? (is the traditional approach)
Education
What type of prevention uses technology to make buildings and products safer?
Engineering
What type of prevention reduces the risk in the community in both the short and long term?
Enforcement
What type of prevention can be in the form of a reward or a punishment?
Economic incentives
What type of prevention has to do with how the deployment of resources is arranged?
Emergency response
What is the definition of risk assessment
the identification and prioritization of potential and likely risks within a particular community
Which step of the CRR has fire personnel, community groups, and other public safety personnel outlining goals, benchmarks and time frames?
Step four
What are the 6 steps of implementation of the CRR plan?
- Identify and allocate needed resources
- Prepare a timeline with milestones
- Assign responsibilities
- Communicate goals and expectations
- Monitor Progress
- Make adjustments as necessary
The goals of fire and life safety education are?
To help people understand how to prevent the loss of life, injuries, and property damage from occurring and to teach them how to react in an appropriate manner if an emergency occurs
CERT stand for and was developed by who and when?
Community Emergency Response Team, LAFD 1985
Goal of CERT?
To provide basic training to local community residents that would allow them to function effectively during the first hours after a catastrophic event
What are the 7 Sessions of CERT?
Session 1, Disaster Preparedness
Session 2, Fire Suppression
Session 3, Medical Operations Part 1
Session 4, Medical Operations Part 2
Session 5, Light Search and Rescue Operations
Session 6, Psychology and Team Organization
Session 7, Case Review and Disaster Simulation
In which CERT session is geared towards actions participants would take before, during and after a disaster?
Session 1 Disaster Preparedness
The thrust of this session is safe use of fire extinguishers, size up of the situation, control of utilities and extinguishment of a small fire.
Session 2 Fire Suppression
In Session 3 Medical Operations Part 1, what are participants going to practice?
Diagnosing and treating airway obstruction, bleeding, and shock by using simple triage and rapid treatment techinques
