New SOG pp 11-20 - Sheet1

Question 1

From the New SOG manual:

Companies responding to a designated staging area with Level II (2) staging, will respond and arrive on what channel?

Answer 1

Zero-14

Question 2

From the New SOG manual:

Which level of staging will be formall and be under direction of a staging Officer

Answer 2

Level III (3)

Question 3

From the New SOG manual:

Who will designate the staging area when Level III staging is inn effect?

Answer 3

Operations

Question 4

From the New SOG manual:

You alerted to respond to the staging area of a second alarm and level III staging is in effect, you arrive in staging, how do you report to the staging officer of your arrival?

Answer 4

report in person, no radio transmission

Question 5

From the New SOG manual:

On what channel does the staging officer request additional resource to fill the staging area?

Answer 5

Channel Zero-2

Question 6

From the New SOG manual:

You are the officer of E-34 and have arrived at a high rise building fire, the fire is on the 7th floor, command has ordered your crew to report to interior staging, which floor of the building will you report to?

Answer 6

4th floor

Question 7

From the New SOG manual:

CThe exchange of information that helps depict an image of an unfolding event is known as?

Answer 7

Size-Up

Question 8

From the New SOG manual:

Do all Size-Ups have to be acknowledged by operations?

Answer 8

yes

Question 9

From the New SOG manual:

Size-Ups can be divided into what 3 catagories?

Answer 9

exterior,interior, update

Question 10

From the New SOG manual:

The responding Chief and other units will formulate their action plan, based on information received from the __________ Size-Up?

Answer 10

Exterior Size-Up

Question 11

From the New SOG manual:

which units will give a exterior size-up of the front and rear of the address?

Answer 11

the first arriving units in both front and rear

Question 12

From the New SOG manual:

Why would you as an officer give the dimensions of a structure/building?

Answer 12

if unusual or very large such as warehouse

Question 13

From the New SOG manual:

According to the New SOG Manual, name the four types of construction.

Answer 13

Ordinary, Frame, Non-Combustible, Fire Resistive

Question 14

From the New SOG manual:

The responding Battalion Fire Chief should consider using the senior officer from what type of apparatus as the interm incident commander?

Answer 14

Truck Company

Question 15

From the New SOG manual:

Can the first arriving officer give orders or make recommendations to others companies responding, such as an order to be a defensive mode of attack?

Answer 15

yes, if immediate action is required

Question 16

From the New SOG manual:

If the first arriving officer determines that the mode of attack will be defensive, what radio transmission will that officer make?

Answer 16

“all units responding to (address) this will be a defensive operation”

Question 17

From the New SOG manual:

The interior size-up is given to report conditions as they enter and move about the building, units shall give reports at what locations?

Answer 17

inside the front door, on the fire floor, arrival at reported location, any other location that adds to the description of the incident

Question 18

From the New SOG manual:

You are the officer of E-35 responding first due, you have arrived at the scene of a high rise building fire, you have already given your exterior size-up, what would be your next size up as you enter the building?

Answer 18

Lobby conditions”lobby clear”

Question 19

From the New SOG manual:

What will be relayed to the IC about stairwells during the interior size-up?

Answer 19

stairwell conditions”people are evac”,identify an attack stairwell by location in building

Question 20

From the New SOG manual:

Does the Incident command System need to be implemented on all events that DC FEMS responds to or only major incidents with multiple units?

Answer 20

All events will implement ICS

Question 21

From the New SOG manual:

The passing of formal command regarding tactics and strategic goals shall be done in which manner?

Answer 21

Face-to-Face

Question 22

From the New SOG manual:

Units operating on an incident should expect the IC to due a informal accountability check at ___ minute and conduct a formal accountability check at___ minutes?

Answer 22

informal 10 minutes, formal 20 minutes

Question 23

From the New SOG manual:

When should the officer in charge of apparatus with VRS capabilities activate their VRS?

Answer 23

upon arrival at the scene, when assigned a TAC channel

Question 24

From the New SOG manual:

What is the drivers job when it comes to the VRS?

Answer 24

position the apparatus so VRS atenna is pointing toward building

Question 25

From the New SOG manual:

When activating the VRS the officer should expect the radio to go into “self check” mode and no radio transmission will be able o be recieved for what time frame?

Answer 25

10 to 12 seconds

Question 26

From the New SOG manual:

Members operating on normal TAC channels Zero-3, Zero-7 IE: will not be able to transmitt within how many feet of the VRS antenna?

Answer 26

15 feet

Question 27

From the New SOG manual:

What are the VRS chanels for the following TAC channels, 03, 05, 07 09?

Answer 27

03=04VR-1 , 05=08VR2, 07=08VR2,09=04VR1

Question 28

From the New SOG manual:

How does a member know that they are out-of-range of the VRS antennas, when their portable is on a VRS channel?

Answer 28

the portable will not receive a beep after the push to talk button is released

Question 29

From the New SOG manual:

VRS cahnnels have a maximum range of how many blocks?

Answer 29

1 to 2 blocks

Question 30

From the New SOG manual:

When the portable radio is operating on a VRS channel and goes out of range, will the portable notify the user by honking out?

Answer 30

no

Question 31

From the New SOG manual:

Where does the Emergency Identifier number appear, when the button is activated while the portable is operating on a VRS channel?

Answer 31

mobile consoles that have their VRS activated

Question 32

From the New SOG manual:

A member who is out-of-range of the VRS antenna activates their Emergency Identification button on their portable radio, is that button operable or Inoperable?

Answer 32

Inoperable

Question 33

From the New SOG manual:

Which channels will a emergency button notification not be received by?

Answer 33

Zero-15, Zero-16, A-15, A-16(direct talk channels)