Joint Action Guide for High Threat Environments

Question 1

The typical active shooting event in the United States lasts on average between

Answer 1

12-13 minutes

Question 2

One critical action that must take place very early in the initial phase of response is what?

Answer 2

The establishment of a Unified Command

Question 3

What are the four primary methods to provide high threat patient care?

Answer 3

1. Escorted Warm Zone
2. Protected Corridor
3. Protected Island
4. Law Enforcement Rescue

Question 4

Another name for Escorted Warm Zone is what?

Answer 4

Rescue Task Force

Question 5

Which of the four primary methods to provide patient care uses the least amount of law enforcement officers

Answer 5

Rescue Task Force

Question 6

A Rescue Task Force is a minimum of 2 law enforcement officers but preferred is how many?

Answer 6

4

Question 7

Which of the four primary methods to provide patient care is the highest risk to responders

Answer 7

Rescue Task Force

Question 8

Is a pathway secured by law enforcement

Answer 8

Protected Corridor

Question 9

Are groups of individuals assigned to remove patients

Answer 9

Extraction Teams

Question 10

Extraction teams are deployed from where?

Answer 10

The Unified Forward Deployment Area

Question 11

An Extraction Team is comprised of a minimum of how many?

Answer 11

Minimum of 3 and 1 must be a law enforcement officer

Question 12

Is an area that may be established in order to provide treatment, triage, and other coordinated medical actions while awaiting an evacuation platform to definitive medical skill

Answer 12

Casualty Collection Point (CCP)

Question 13

The initial CCP may be established where while awaiting patient extraction

Answer 13

Warm zone

Question 14

Is the systematic removal of non-injured under law enforcement direction

Answer 14

Evacuation

Question 15

RFT teams will identify the deceased by marking them with what

Answer 15

Black & white striped ribbon

Question 16

RFT teams will identify the critically injured by marking them with what

Answer 16

Orange & white striped ribbon

Question 17

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) is a set of best practices that was built upon lessons learned by the military forces over the past how many years

Answer 17

15

Question 18

How many levels of Ballistic Protection are there

Answer 18

4

Question 19

A trauma kit used by law enforcement officers to render aid for a single individual

Answer 19

Blow Out Kit

Question 20

A position which offers a hide from view but does not offer protection from ballistic threats

Answer 20

Concealment

Question 21

A location protected by law enforcement with no known threats that fire/EMS personnel may enter

Answer 21

Hardened area

Question 22

A pathway secured by law enforcement

Answer 22

Protected Corridor

Question 23

Teams of fire/EMS and law enforcement who assemble for the purpose of rapid patient treatment from within a warm zone

Answer 23

Rescue Task Force (RTF)

Question 24

An assembly area where public safety personnel with required equipment will be integrated and assigned for rapid deployment under the direction of Command

Answer 24

Unified Forward Deployment Area