NIMS Book 1 - Section II - Chapter 1

Question 1

______ _________ includes those activities that reduce the threat of death or serious injury to emergency personnel as well as civilians.

Answer 1

Life safety

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Question 2

After life safety the first in officers next most important duty is to answer one question:

Answer 2

Are the resources at the scene and en route sufficient to handle this situation?

p 65

Question 3

_________ time is the amount of time it takes for additional resources to be requested and dispatched and to reach the scene and achieve fireground objectives; apply water to the fire, ventilate, evacuate, set up exposure protection, etc.

Answer 3

Reflex time

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Question 4

If there is any doubt about what resources will be needed, these officers should request any and all resources that ?

Answer 4

might be needed.

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Question 5

Regardless of whether the incident is small enough to require only the first-in unit or is large enough to require massive members from various types of resources, an __________ ____________ ___________ must be used.

Answer 5

Incident Command System

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Question 6

The ongoing process of evaluating a situation to determine what has happened, what is happening, what is likely to happen and what resources will be needed to resolve the situation is called?

Answer 6

Size-Up

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Question 7

What are the fire-steps Lloyd Layman describes for analyzing any emergency situations:

1. F______
2. P__________
3. O___ S__________
4. D___________
5. P_____ of O__________

Answer 7

1. Facts
2. Probabilities
3. Own Situation
4. Decision
5. Plan of Operation

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Question 8

The _______ of the situation are those things that are known about it.

Answer 8

facts

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Question 9

_____________ are things that are not known for sure, but based on the facts that are known, ____________ are things that are likely to happen.

Answer 9

Probabilities / probabilities

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Question 10

Many of the decisions involved in the probabilities phase of a size-up can be made easier and the result more accurate if the officer making the decisions has some knowledge of the following:

Answer 10

• Fire behavior ( from training, education, and experience )
• The building or topography involved ( from pre-incident planning )

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Question 11

The first in officers ______ ___________ is one set of facts that is known about the overall situation.

Answer 11

own situation

p 67

Question 12

Also to be considered in the own situation phase is the officers assessment of their own ability to deal with the situation based on ?

Answer 12

his / her training and experience

p 67

Question 13

The initial __________ may be seen as three processes.

Answer 13

decision

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Question 14

Decision - three processes. The first involves deciding whether the resources at the scene and those en route are ___________ for the situation; the second, how to _________ the resources already at the scene in a way that will accomplish the most; and third is what to do with the resources that _________.

Answer 14

adequate / deploy / arrive

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Question 15

The longer the incident goes on, the more _____________ __________ will be required.

Answer 15

supplemental decisions

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Question 16

The information gathered in the size-up process serves no purpose unless it is used as a basis for making?

Answer 16

decisions about how to handle the incident

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Question 17

The IAP normally covers a ?

Answer 17

single operational period

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Question 18

Another way to conform to the size-up definition involves using a three-step process:

1. __________
2. _________
3. _________

Answer 18

1. Locate
2. Isolate
3. Mitigate

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Question 19

In stressful and sometimes chaotic situations, the first and most important duty of company officers is to?

Answer 19

protect themselves and their crews

p 65

Question 20

Three-Step Process:

The ___________ step is the process of defining the problem - identifying its location, nature, and scope.

Answer 20

Location

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Question 21

Three Step Process:
The second step in this process, ___________, involves identifying what will be needed to interrupt the dynamic nature of the incident.

Answer 21

isolation

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Question 22

By definition, an ___________ is an uncontrolled situation that requires immediate action.

Answer 22

emergency

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Question 23

The isolation step is where the IC determines how to?

Answer 23

Stabilize the situation - until the resources needed to mitigate the problem can be brought to the scene.

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Question 24

Three Step Process:
The third and final step in this process is __________, which means determining what will be needed to eliminate the problem.

Answer 24

mitigation

p 69

Question 25

Considering that any emergency situation can be evaluated using this simple three-step process, departments may want to consider?

Answer 25

adopting this method of performing an initial size-up

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Question 26

The information gathered in the _____-_________ __________ process can be an extremely important part of the size-up process.

Answer 26

pre-incident planning

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Question 27

Each day company officers and their responders travel to work they should begin a general size-up of the ___________ that day.

Answer 27

situation

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Question 28

The first-in officer (IC) must resist the urge that is sometimes called the “_______/________ __________” which is to focus exclusively on the fire.

Answer 28

“moth/flame syndrome”

p 70

Question 29

Unless the scene is extremely large the first-in officer should obtain a view of the incident from __________ ________ ( ______ ________) or assign another individual to provide this feedback.

Answer 29

multiple angles (360 degrees)

p 70

Question 30

An additional, but no less important, decision that must be made initially is whether to operate in a __________, __________, or __________ operation.

Answer 30

defensive, offensive or rescue

p 71

Question 31

As the situation improves, the IC should continually reassess (size-up) the resources needed and ?

Answer 31

release those that are no longer needed as soon as possible

p 71

Question 32

In every emergency situation, whether it is a fire, rescue, vehicle extrication or whatever the priorities are basically the same:

• _______ __________
• __________ _____________
• __________ ______________

Answer 32

• Life Safety
• Incident Stabilization
• Property Conservation

p 72

Question 33

The firefighting incident objectives are represented by the acronym __________-_____ founded by Lloyd Layman.

Answer 33

RECEO-VS

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Question 34

RECEO-VS stands for the following:

Answer 34

Rescue
Exposures
Confinement 
Extinguishment
Overhaul
Ventilation
Salvage
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Question 35

_________ is the term used to identify the life-safety aspect of fireground priorities.

Answer 35

Rescue

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Question 36

Being the first and highest priority, ______ ________ takes precedence over any and all other considerations.

Answer 36

life safety

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Question 37

____________ is the the term that describes the need to limit the fire or other emergency to the property of origin.

Answer 37

Exposures

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Question 38

_____________ is the term that is used to describe the need to confine the fire to the smallest possible area within the prophet of origin.

Answer 38

Confinement

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Question 39

______________ is the task of putting the fire out.

Answer 39

Extinguishment

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Question 40

After a fire has been knocked down, any and all hidden fire must be found and extinguished this is called?

Answer 40

Overhaul

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Question 41

_____________ describes the removal of smoke and heated gases from the structure.

Answer 41

Ventilation

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Question 42

__________ describes the protection of property and is included in the incident priorities under property conservation.

Answer 42

Salvage

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Question 43

During an incident, the information on which an IAP is based comes from the information gathered in the initial _________ made by the _________ officer.

Answer 43

size up / first in

p 75

Question 44

Because subsequent litigation is a possibility with every incident, it is important to have a ?

Answer 44

written record of what was done during the incident

p 75

Question 45

The IAP specifies the incident objectives for the next ___________ ________.

Answer 45

operational period

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Question 46

The ability to quickly and accurately size up an emergency situation is a critical skill for __________ _________.

Answer 46

company officers

p 75

Question 47

_____________ are broad in nature and define “what” has to be done to achieve the incident objectives.

Answer 47

Strategies

p 79