Mutual Aid Questions

Question 1

Any___ may request Mutual Aid

Answer 1

Captain

Question 2

Up to how many Strike Teams for initial attack?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

Beyond 3 strike teams, who makes the request and where do the resources come from

Answer 3

B/C makes the request.

Resources come from out of county.

Question 4

Immediate response Code 3

Answer 4

Initial Attack

Question 5

Minimum delay of five minutes Code 3

Answer 5

Immediate Need

Question 6

Within one hour of dispatch

Answer 6

Planned Need

Question 7

Relief for strike team personnel is based on

Answer 7

a 14 day duty assignment for CNT strike team

21 day for OES

Question 8

Fire Coordinator (Kehmna) shall be notified when___ or more Mutual Aid resources are requested.

Answer 8

5

Question 9

Any fire suppression resource

Answer 9

Single Resource

Question 10

Two engines, one truck, and one chief officer

Answer 10

Alarm assignment

Question 11

Five like engines, and one chief officer

Answer 11

strike team

Question 12

Response between two departments on first-alarm assignments is considered a single department alarm.

Answer 12

Automatic Mutual Aid

Question 13

Response to large multi-agency incidents (Major fires, MCI’s, Haz-Mat, and Wildland) within Santa Clara County.

Answer 13

Mutual Aid

Question 14

North Santa Clara County-XSC 2301

Answer 14

1 Engine from:
Palo Alto
Mountain View
County Fire (Loyola)
Sunnyvale
San Jose
*Moffett Field 1st alternate
*Palo Alto 2nd alternate

Question 15

Central Santa Clara County- XSC 2302

Answer 15

1 Engine from:
Milpitas
County Fire (LG)
County Fire (SAR)
San Jose
Santa Clara
*Moffett Field 1st alternate
*San Jose 2nd alternate

Question 16

South Santa Clara County- XSC 2302

Answer 16

1 Engine from:
South County
Santa Clara
Gilroy
San Jose
County Fire
*County Fire 1st alternate

Question 17

When should Mutual Aid resources should be released?

Answer 17

Once mop-up operations begin.

Question 18

Frequencies available for travel?

Answer 18

• Primary or Command dispatch channel of incident owner.
• VFIRE 21-Mutual Aid Intersystem
• CESRS- California Emergency Services Radio System.

Question 19

Haz-Mat Mutual Aid will NOT make commitment for, or authorize___

Answer 19

• Clean-up services

* Be I/C

Question 20

Before activating “Basic Plan” of Mutual Aid

Answer 20

• Must have a formal Command Post set up
• Formal Staging/Base set up
• Adhere to County Mutual-Aid procedures

Question 21

I/C assumes___ until one is designated

Answer 21

Safety Officer

Question 22

When a situation requiring immediate withdrawal is required, the signal word___ will broadcast. Apparatus will sound___long blasts with air-horn.

Answer 22

• VACATE,VACATE,VACATE

* 3

Question 23

T-cards are to be collected at incident__,__,__ or any other check in point. Then taken to___ section.

Answer 23

• Check in, staging, base

* Plans section