MP 201.01 Command Procedures Flashcards
In order to effectively manage personnel and resources and to provide for the safety and welfare of personnel, we will always operate within what? (MP 201.01)
Incident Command System
Command procedures are designed to do what 6 things? (MP 201.01)
- Fix the responsibility for Command on a certain individual
- Ensure that a strong, direct, and visible Command will be established from the onset of the incident
- Establish an effective incident organization defining the activities and responsibilities assigned to the IC and other individuals operating within the ICS
- Provide a system to process information to support incident management, planning, and decision making
- Provide a system for the orderly tranfer of Command to subsequent arriving officers
- Ensure a seamless transition from a type 5/4 incident to a type 3/2/1
What are the names of the 4 Shift Commanders? (MP 201.01)
North Deputy
South Deputy
West Deputy
East Deputy
What are the 2 roles and responsibilities of the Shift Commander? (MP 201.01)
- Manage Battalions and supervise Battalion Chiefs
- Occupy the position of Senior Advisor (Incident Advisor) on the Command Team (Incident Advisory Team) during first alarm and greater incidents
What are 4 the roles and responsibilities of Battalion Chiefs? (MP 201.01)
- Manage companies and supervise company officers
- Occupy the position of Incident Commander when appropriate
- Occupy the position of Sector Officer when appropriate
- Occupy the position of IC on the Command Team (Incident Advisory Team) during first alarm and greater incdents
What are the 3 roles and responsibilities of Company Officers? (MP 201.01)
- Occupy the position of IC when appropriate
- Occupy the position of Sector Officer when appropriate
- Manage task level activities and supervise firefighters
The Incident Commander is responsible for the completion of what? (MP 201.01)
The tactical objectives
The tactical objectives in order of priority are what? (MP 201.01)
- Remove endangered occupants and treat the injured
- Stabilize the incident and provide for life safety
- Conserve property
- Provide for the safety, accountability, and welfare of personnel throughout the entire incident
Standard activities that are performed by the Incident Commander to achieve the tactical objectives defines what? (MP 201.01)
The Functions of Command
What are the 8 Functions of Command? (MP 201.01)
- Assume and announce Command and establish an effective Command Post
- Rapidly evaluate the situation (Size Up)
- Initiate, maintain, and control effective communications
- Provide and manage a steady, adequate, and timely stream of appropriate resources
- Identfiy the incident strategy, develop an IAP, and assigne companies and personnel consistent with plans and standard operating procedures
- Develop an effective incident organization using Sectors/Division/Groups to decentralize and delegate geographic and functional responsibility
- Review, and revise the strategy to keep the IAP current
- Provide for the continuity, transfer, and termination of Command
The first 6 Functions of Command should be addressed when? (MP 201.01)
Immediately from the initial assumption of Command
Who shall initially assume Command of a multiple unit response? (MP 201.01)
The first fire department member or unit to arrive at the scene
What responses that are not going to escalate beyond the commitment of these companies do not require the first arriving unit or officer to assume Command? (MP 201.01)
One or two company responses
The first arriving fire department unit initiates the command process by doing what? (MP 201.01)
Giving an initial radio report
The standard initial radio report includes what 7 things? (MP 201.01)
- Clear alarm
- Unit designation/on the scene
- Building/area description
- Obvious problems/conditions
- Action taken
- Declaration of strategy
- Command confirmation with name
The follow up report should include any of which 4 things? (MP 201.01)
- Any immediate safety concerns
- Accountability started (announce location)
- Disposition of resources (hold, add, return)
- IRIC in place and identity
Which mode would be a mobile IC on a portable radio, moving around and evaluating conditions while looking for the incident problem? (MP 201.01)
Investigative Mode
Which mode would the company officer be working in for a visible working fire in houses or commercial occupancies that involves their direct participation in the attack will make a positive difference in the outcome? (MP 201.01)
Fast Attack Mode
What are the 5 examples when a company officer would work in the fast attack mode? (MP 201.01)
- Visible working fire in a house or small commercial occupancy
- Critical life safety situation
- Any incident where the safety and welfare of firefighters is a major concern
- Obvious working incidents that require further investigation by the Company Officer
- Combined crew experience level
The fast attack-mobile command mode should not last more than a few minutes and will end with one which 3 things? (MP 201.01)
- Situation is stabilized
- Command is transferred from the fast attack company officer IC to a later arriving command officer
- If the situation is not stabilized, the IC must move to an exterior command position
Certain incidents, by virtue of their size, complexity, or potential for rapid expansion, demand early, strong, stationary command from the outside defines which mode? (MP 201.01)
Command Mode
If the Company Officer assumes a command mode, what options are available with regards to the assignment of the remaining crew members? (MP 201.01)
- Move up an acting officer within the Company
- Assign the crew members to perform staff functions to assist the IC
- Assign company personnel to another company
The benefits of an upgraded ICP include which 5 things? (MP 201.01)
- Provides IC #2 with a Support Officer
- Establishes and Incident Safety Officer
- IC #2 has a wider view of the fireground
- Improves communication
- Creates a lighted, warm (or cool), and dry environment for IC #2 to operate in
Subsequent arriving command officers should do what upon arriving on the scene? (MP 201.01)
Report their location to the IC, and wait for an assignment
The first arriving Shift Commander will do what upon arriving onscene? (MP 201.01)
Assume the roll of Senior Advisor and assist the IC
The second arriving Shift Commander to arrive onscene shall do what? (MP 201.01)
Set up the command van and manage the movement of Command to the CV
Which members make up the Command Team (Incident Advisory Team)? (MP 201.01)
- Senior Advisor
- Incident Commander
- Support Officer
When is it indicated that the first arriving IC to pass command to the next company on scene? (MP 201.01)
When the initial commitment of the first arriving company requires a full crew (i.e. high-rise or an immediate rescue situation)
Should a situation occur where a later arriving company or command officer cannot locate or communicate with Command what shall they do? (MP 201.01)
Assume and announce their assumption of command and initiate whatever actions are necessary to confirm the safety of the missing crew
What is the preferred method to transfer command? (MP 201.01)
Face to face
The person being relieved of command will brief the officer assuming command indicating at least what? (MP 201.01)
- General situation status
a) Incident conditions
b) Incident management plan
c) Completion of the Tactical Objectives
d) Safety considerations - Deployment and assignments of operating companies and personnel
- Appraisals of need for additional resources
Command should consider adding a command officer to any sector that has how many companies assigned? (MP 201.01)
3 or more operating companies
Strengthening the command organization does what 5 things? (MP 201.01)
- Improves safety
- Decreases the span of control
- Improves communication
- Improves accountability
- Improves management of the Sector
Chief Officers or Battalion Chiefs shall do what when arriving at an incident? (MP 201.01)
Stage over the radio
Staff Personnel arriving at an incident shall do what? (MP 201.01)
Report directly to the Command Post to notify the IC of their availability to assume incident duties
What are the roles and responsibilities of the Support Officer? (MP 201.01)
- Define, evaluate, recommend changes to the IAP
- Provide direction relating to tactical priorities and critical fireground factors
- Become Incident Safety Officer
- Evaluate need for additional resources
- Assign logisitics responsibilities
- Assist with tactical worksheet for accountabilitiy
- Evaluate fireground organization/span of control
- Other duties as necessary
Who usually fills the role of Senior Advisor? (MP 201.01)
First arriving Shift Commander
The Officer assigned to communicate directly to companies , sectors, or branches will use what radio designation? (MP 201.01)
Command
The basic configuration of Command includes which 3 levels? (MP 201.01)
- Strategic Level = Overall direction of the incident
- Tactical Level = Objectives assigned to Sectors
- Task Level = Task objectives assigned to companies
This organizational level is designed around the IC and Command Team, operating in the Command Mode, and working out of a stationary command post? (MP 201.01)
Strategic Level
Strategic level responsibilities include? (MP 201.01)
- Determining the appropriate strategy
- Establishing a strategic plan for the incident
- Setting priorities
- Obtaining and allocating resources
- Predicting outcomes and planning
- Assigning specific objectives to tactical level units
This orgainizational level is the first management subdivision of incident scene organization which is accomplished by assigning sector responsibilities? (MP 201.01)
Tactical level
This organizational level is where the work is performed by assigned companies and other resources? (MP 201.01)
Task level
The IC should assign a Battalion Chief and FIT to a sector when? (MP 201.01)
There are three or more companies operating in the sector
Span of control is usally how many sectors? Span of control should never exceed how many sectors? (MP 201.01)
- 5 Sectors
- 7 Sectors
Sectors may be assigned based by their what? (MP 201.01)
- Geographic Location
- Function
Divisions are assigned by their what? (MP 201.01)
Geographic Location
Groups are assigned based on their what? (MP 201.01)
Function
When the number of sectors exceeds the span of control that the IC can effectively manage, the Incident Organization should be divided into what? (MP 201.01)
Branches
Utilizing sectors provides what 5 advantages? (MP 201.01)
- Reduces the IC’s span of control
- Creates more effective incident scene communication
- Provides a standard and logical system to divide large geographical incidents into effectively sized units
- Provides an array of support functions
- Improves firefighter safety
When establishing a sector, the IC will assign each Sector Officer what 3 things? (MP 201.01)
- Tactical Objectives
- A radio designation
- The identity of resources assigned to the Sector
During offensive fires, how many companies represents a reasonable maximum span of control for a Sector Officer? (MP 201.01)
5 companies
During defensive fires, how many companies represents a reasonable maximum span of control? (MP 201.01)
7 companies
If utilizing A,B,C or D style sector names, what side would be considered A? Then each sector would be named in succession after in which manner? (MP 201.01)
- A would be front of the building (street side)
- Other sectors would go clockwise around the building in alphabetical order
In multi story buildings, how will sectors be identified? (MP 201.01)
Floor number
Sector officers assigned to operate within a hazard zone must be assigned what? (MP 201.01)
A partner
When a command officer is assigned sector responsibilities, the FIT/ISO will become what? (MP 201.01)
Sector Safety Officer
When a company is assigned from staging to an operating sector, the company will be told what two things? (MP 201.01)
- What sector reporting to
- Which sector officer reporting to
The Branch level of the organization is designed to provide coordination between? (MP 201.01)
Sectors and Command
Branch Officers should be utilized at incidents where one of which two things occur? (MP 201.01)
- Span of control with Sectors is maximized
- Incidents involving two or more distinctly different major management components
When Command implements Branch Officers the IC will assign a separate radio channel for what? (MP 201.01)
Communications within the Branch
Sector Officers whould be notified by Command of their new supervisor. This information should include which two things? (MP 201.01)
- What Branch the Sector is now assigned
- The radio channel the branch is operating on
Sector Officers will use what radio designation when contacting their Branch Officer? (MP 201.01)
Command
What are the 4 Sections that a major incident can be divided into? (MP 201.01)
- Logistics Section
- Planning Section
- Operations Section
- Administrative Section
