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Joint Action Guide for Active Violence Incidents Flashcards

1
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From the time an Active Violence Incident is dispatched to the time all patients have been removed from the scene is usually

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30-60 minutes of an incident

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During an AVI the three response priorities are

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  1. Hostages, patients, and those unable to move themselves
  2. Public Safety Personnel
  3. Suspects and/or perpetrators
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3
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The two priorities driving forces in response to a AVI which can and should occur concurrently are

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  • Preserve life
  • Neutralizing the threat
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4
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The FBI defines an Active Shooter as

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One or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area

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5
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How many active shooting incidents occurred between 2000 - 2019

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333

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6
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Of the total active shooting incidents how many incidents involved a single shooter

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96%

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What type of weapon was the most frequently firearm and by what percent

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handguns, 67%

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The shooter committed suicide before law enforcement could apprehend them in roughly how many of the incidents

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1/3 of the 333 incidents

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9
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How many attacks occur in business locations

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40%

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10
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On average how long do active shooter incidents last

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12 minutes

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11
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When do benchmarks begin at an ASI

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upon the arrival of first responders

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12
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What are the benchmarks of an ASI

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  1. Address the active threat
  2. Establish Unified Command
  3. Initiate point of wounding care
  4. Movement of patients
  5. Site cleared of all patients
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13
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How quickly should benchmark 1 address the active threat be completed

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Immediately or as soon as practical

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14
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How quickly should benchmark 2 establish unified command be completed

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within five minutes of arrival on scene

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15
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How quickly should benchmark 3 initiate point of wound care be completed

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within 10 minutes

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16
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How quickly should benchmark 4 movement of patients be completed

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within 20 minutes

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17
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How quickly should benchmark 5 site cleared of all patients be completed

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within 30 minutes

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18
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Before medical resources can be deployed unified command must be provided what information

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Location of the warm zone
Location of injured patients

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19
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A team of law enforcement personnel who assemble for the purpose of locating a suspect and neutralizing the threat within a hot zone is called what

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Contact team

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20
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Who will serve as the contact team leader

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The most tactically experienced law enforcement officer

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21
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When are hostages considered non-traditional hostages/captives

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When a perpetrator has already indiscriminately killed innocent people

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What is the only mechanism to initiate coordinated medical care

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The establishment of Unified Command

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23
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The span of control should be kept between ____ to ______ elements

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5, 7

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24
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What do you call incident commands that must effectively pay attention to all responders on scene called

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Span of attention

25
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This refers to the proximity that should be established and maintained between the fire incident commander, law enforcement incident commander, and other commanders during an AVI

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Handshake Command

26
Q

What does RHCC stand for

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Regional Healthcare Coordination Center

27
Q

What describes a standard system for assembling resources and personnel before assignment at an incident

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Staging

28
Q

What is an assembly area where law enforcement and fire/EMS personnel are formed into Rescue Task Force (RTF) teams

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Joint Assembly Area (JAA)

29
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Is defined as any area where there is an active hazard or direct and immediate threat

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Hot zone

30
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Operations in the hot zone should be limited to who

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Law enforcement

31
Q

For safety reasons law enforcement officers who respond to an incident but have not been dispatched must do what

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Don 360-degree identification before entering the hot or warm zones

32
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How long will incident scenes remain hot

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Until verbally declared by law enforcement as warm or cold

33
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Is defined as any area with a potential but not immediate or direct threat to safety or health

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Warm zone

34
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What is sufficient to create a warm zone

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The presence of appropriate number of law enforcement officers

35
Q

If fire department personnel are in the warm zone they should have what

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Ballistic protection

36
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Is defined as any area where there is little to no threat present

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Cold zone

37
Q

What are the four primary warm zone response models

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  • Law enforcement rescue
  • protected corridor
  • protected island
  • rescue task force (RTF)
38
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What is a warm zone response modality in which law enforcement officers form teams for the purpose of threat-based care and extraction of patients

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Law Enforcement Rescue

39
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Is a warm zone response modality in which a pathway secured by law enforcement allows fire personnel to access patients in an unescorted manner

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Protected Corridor

40
Q

Is a warm zone response modality in which a CCP is established and secured by law enforcement

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Protected Island

41
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Is a team of fire/EMS and law enforcement personnel who assemble for the purpose of rapid patient treatment within a warm zone

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Rescue Task Force (RTF)

42
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Which model requires the highest level of coordination and integration

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Rescue Task Force

43
Q

A RTF is a minimum of ____ law enforcement officers, but _____ officers is the preferred composition

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2, 4

44
Q

What does TECC stand for

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Tactical Emergency Casualty Care

45
Q

Patient marking for deceased will be what colors

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Black & White striped ribbon

46
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Patient marking for critically injured/priority for extraction

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Orange & White striped ribbon

47
Q

Is a location where patients are exchanged from one evacuation platform to a transport platform

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Ambulance Exchange Point

48
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What is a CCP

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Casualty Collection Point

49
Q

What creates a trickle-down effect that ultimately can impact survivability

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Overconvergence

50
Q

When an AVI Call Type request is made it contains what 5 pieces of information

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  1. Active Violence Incident
  2. Location of AVI
  3. Brief description of situation
  4. Reporting location (Staging area)
  5. Specific person to report to
51
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A location where patients are removed from the scene and transported to definitive care

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Ambulance Exchange point

52
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A position which offers a hide from view but does not provide adequate protection from ballistic/explosive threats

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Concealment

53
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An object which offers protection from ballistic/explosive threats

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Cover

54
Q

A location protected by law enforcement, with no known threats, that fire/EMS personnel may operate within without protection or an escort

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Hardened Area/Location

55
Q

Any incident that injures enough people to overwhelm resources usually available in a particular system or area

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Mass Casualty Incident (MCI)

56
Q

The area secured by law enforcement between hot and warm zone

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Inner perimeter

57
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The area secured by law enforcement between the warm and cold zones

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Outer perimeter

58
Q

You can contact RHCC by Hospital Talkgroup on what channel(s)

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Channel ‘A’ & ‘P’

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