MP 205.01 Communications Flashcards
What assignment can alarm dispatch up to based on information received, until command is established upon the arrival of the first unit.
Working first alarm
Who will the fire dept will dispatch to control the emergency?
closest available unit(s) with the required capabilities
Emergency incidents within the automatic aid boundaries will be dispatched without regard to what?
jurisdiction
Luke Air Force base units are selected for any calls that fall within a _____ mile radius of the base.
5
What is the fire department policy when a positive determination f need for an emergency response cannot be made?
DISPATCH
What is the primary responsibility of the call taker to determine, without delay and enter in the incident into the CAD system? (3)
1- the location
2- telephone callback
3- nature of the emergency
Response requirements are expressed as primary or secondary. How many primary requirements can a unit fulfill? How many secondary requirements can a unit fulfill?
only one primary
more than one secondary
TRUE OR FALSE:
Individual jurisdictions may customize the primary and secondary response requirements on a given Nature Code.
TRUE
The Calltaker makes initial determination of the appropriate _____ ____ based on information received from the caller.
Nature code
On BLS responses the company officer will make a ____ or ____ response decision and press the appropriate response on the MCT.
C2 or C3
This TYPE of incident has been determined unsafe to respond directly to the scene. Units assigned to the incident shall stage until police dept secures the scene.
Violent medical calls
For the TYPE of incident the patient has to meet the following criteria: no loss of consciousness, peripheral injuries only, head/face: arm: below elbow: leg: below knee, no trunk injuries, no impaled objects, no amputations, no severe bleeding.
Minor medical calls
The Fire Dept will respond to any _______ situation that threatens ____ ____ _ ______.
Emergency
Life, Safety or Property
Incidents that require or potentially require water capabilities to extinguish a fire.
Fire Incidents
A 3-1 assignment will be dispatched for structure fires that do not indicate the need for a first alarm assignment.
Fire Incidents 3-1’s
What is requested for the dispatch of additional units necessary to upgrade the response type.
Balance of assignment
How do units add themselves to an incident using their MCT?
AU(add unit)
How long does a unit have to acknowledge their response before a TRO will request acknowledgement by radio on all channels and via MCT? When will Deployment send a cover assignment if no reply is received?
1 min
2 min
At what point will CAD automatically place a unit in the unavailable on incident (UOI) status when they are responding AOI and have not yet arrived onscene?
10 min
What can a Company officer do if they determines they do not want to be AOI while responding C2 to the incident?
UOI (unavailable on incident)
The initial Incident Commander shall remain in Command until when?
Command is transferred or the incident is stabilized and command is terminated
Define working fire
a situation that will require the commitment of all responding companies. This report advises deployment that the companies will be engaged in tactical activities and will be held at the scene for an extended period of time.
If Any fire at a school facility who must be contacted.
State Fire Marshall
Upon the balance of a working second alarm assignment, what will be identified by command.
Level 2 staging and location
