NIMS Book 1 - Section II - Chapter 1 Flashcards
______ _________ includes those activities that reduce the threat of death or serious injury to emergency personnel as well as civilians.
Life safety
p 65
After life safety the first in officers next most important duty is to answer one question:
Are the resources at the scene and en route sufficient to handle this situation?
p 65
_________ 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.
Reflex time
p 65
If there is any doubt about what resources will be needed, these officers should request any and all resources that ?
might be needed.
p 65
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.
Incident Command System
p 66
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?
Size-Up
p 66
What are the fire-steps Lloyd Layman describes for analyzing any emergency situations:
- F______
- P__________
- O___ S__________
- D___________
- P_____ of O__________
- Facts
- Probabilities
- Own Situation
- Decision
- Plan of Operation
p 66
The _______ of the situation are those things that are known about it.
facts
p 66
_____________ are things that are not known for sure, but based on the facts that are known, ____________ are things that are likely to happen.
Probabilities / probabilities
p 67
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:
- Fire behavior ( from training, education, and experience )
- The building or topography involved ( from pre-incident planning )
p 67
The first in officers ______ ___________ is one set of facts that is known about the overall situation.
own situation
p 67
Also to be considered in the own situation phase is the officers assessment of their own ability to deal with the situation based on ?
his / her training and experience
p 67
The initial __________ may be seen as three processes.
decision
p 67
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 _________.
adequate / deploy / arrive
p 67-68
The longer the incident goes on, the more _____________ __________ will be required.
supplemental decisions
p 68
The information gathered in the size-up process serves no purpose unless it is used as a basis for making?
decisions about how to handle the incident
p 68
The IAP normally covers a ?
single operational period
p 68
Another way to conform to the size-up definition involves using a three-step process:
- __________
- _________
- _________
- Locate
- Isolate
- Mitigate
p 68
In stressful and sometimes chaotic situations, the first and most important duty of company officers is to?
protect themselves and their crews
p 65
Three-Step Process:
The ___________ step is the process of defining the problem - identifying its location, nature, and scope.
Location
p 68
Three Step Process:
The second step in this process, ___________, involves identifying what will be needed to interrupt the dynamic nature of the incident.
isolation
p 68
By definition, an ___________ is an uncontrolled situation that requires immediate action.
emergency
p 68
The isolation step is where the IC determines how to?
Stabilize the situation - until the resources needed to mitigate the problem can be brought to the scene.
p 68-69
Three Step Process:
The third and final step in this process is __________, which means determining what will be needed to eliminate the problem.
mitigation
p 69
Considering that any emergency situation can be evaluated using this simple three-step process, departments may want to consider?
adopting this method of performing an initial size-up
p 69
The information gathered in the _____-_________ __________ process can be an extremely important part of the size-up process.
pre-incident planning
p 69
Each day company officers and their responders travel to work they should begin a general size-up of the ___________ that day.
situation
p 69
The first-in officer (IC) must resist the urge that is sometimes called the “_______/________ __________” which is to focus exclusively on the fire.
“moth/flame syndrome”
p 70
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.
multiple angles (360 degrees)
p 70
An additional, but no less important, decision that must be made initially is whether to operate in a __________, __________, or __________ operation.
defensive, offensive or rescue
p 71
As the situation improves, the IC should continually reassess (size-up) the resources needed and ?
release those that are no longer needed as soon as possible
p 71
In every emergency situation, whether it is a fire, rescue, vehicle extrication or whatever the priorities are basically the same:
- _______ __________
- __________ _____________
- __________ ______________
- Life Safety
- Incident Stabilization
- Property Conservation
p 72
The firefighting incident objectives are represented by the acronym __________-_____ founded by Lloyd Layman.
RECEO-VS
p 72
RECEO-VS stands for the following:
Rescue Exposures Confinement Extinguishment Overhaul Ventilation Salvage p 72
_________ is the term used to identify the life-safety aspect of fireground priorities.
Rescue
p 72
Being the first and highest priority, ______ ________ takes precedence over any and all other considerations.
life safety
p 72
____________ is the the term that describes the need to limit the fire or other emergency to the property of origin.
Exposures
p 73
_____________ is the term that is used to describe the need to confine the fire to the smallest possible area within the prophet of origin.
Confinement
p 73
______________ is the task of putting the fire out.
Extinguishment
p 73
After a fire has been knocked down, any and all hidden fire must be found and extinguished this is called?
Overhaul
p 73
_____________ describes the removal of smoke and heated gases from the structure.
Ventilation
p 74
__________ describes the protection of property and is included in the incident priorities under property conservation.
Salvage
p 74
During an incident, the information on which an IAP is based comes from the information gathered in the initial _________ made by the _________ officer.
size up / first in
p 75
Because subsequent litigation is a possibility with every incident, it is important to have a ?
written record of what was done during the incident
p 75
The IAP specifies the incident objectives for the next ___________ ________.
operational period
p 75
The ability to quickly and accurately size up an emergency situation is a critical skill for __________ _________.
company officers
p 75
_____________ are broad in nature and define “what” has to be done to achieve the incident objectives.
Strategies
p 79
