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1
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Name the 3 levels of incident management?

A
  • Strategic
  • Tactical
  • Task
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What are the 8 strategic functions of Incident Management?

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  • Deployment
  • Command
  • Situation evaluation
  • Incident action planning
  • Incident Communications
  • Incident structure
  • Review and revision
  • Escalation and de-escalation
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A firefighter arrives at work under the influence of alcohol.

What are your actions?

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The OIC of an departmental premises must refuse to permit a firefighter to come on duty if of the opinion that the firefighter is under the influence of alcohol or a drug to the extent that the firefighter is unable to exercise the functions of a firefighter.

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What are the fire Suppression Systems on ships?

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  • Steam injection
  • Sprinker
  • Water mains
  • Foam
  • Carbon dioxide flooding
  • Halon
  • Inert gas injection
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What are the best places for cross ventilation?

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  • Homes where the roof is not involved in fire
  • Buildings where windows are close to the eves
  • High rise where each involved floor has operable windows
  • Warehouses with large under-roof spaces that may have been weakened by fire
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CFU cannot activate of days with a FDR of what?

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Catastrophic

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7
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A CFU must have a minimum of how many members to activate?

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4

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What is the distance between hydrants in modern tunnels?

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60m

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9
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What is the HAZMAT area of response?

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All of NSW

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FRNSW smoking policy

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Prohibited in all buildings and vehicles operated by FRNSW, and no smoking at drills or in uniform in sight of the public.

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Response Code: Red

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  • Highest priority

* Require urgent assistance or priority access to radio

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Response Code: White

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  • Very High priority

* Reporting new incident

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Response Code: Blue

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  • High priority

* Incident message

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Response Code: Green

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  • Medium

* Incident stop

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15
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Response Code: Yellow

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  • Low

* Non-incident

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16
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What is an incident contained report?

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When the incident is no longer in the expanding phase.

The incident may continue for some time after this message and requires regular CAN reports.

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17
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When is an incident completed report sent?

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When the last resource has left the scene. (The old stop message)

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18
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Who is in control when ammunition is found at an incident?

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NSW Police

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19
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What are the AIIMS five key principles?

Australian inter-service incident management system

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  • Flexibility
  • Management of Objectives
  • Functional Management
  • Unity of Command
  • Span of Control
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20
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How many PIPs must a platoon complete each year?

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4

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21
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What determines the seriousness of a bushfire?

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  • Size - Hectares
  • Classification - Resource commitment
  • Status - Extent to which it is under control and degree of threat to life and property
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Bushfire: Class 1

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A fire under the control of the responsible fire authority, whether or not, incidental/low level assistance is provided by other agencies

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Bushfire: Class 2

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A fire which, by necessity, involves more then one agency, and where the bushfire management committee have appointed a person to take charge of firefighting operations.

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Bushfire: Class 3

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A major bushfire or fires where an appointment is made or is imminent under the provisions of section 44 of the rural fires Act 1997

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25
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Bushfire Status

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  • Going
  • Being Controlled
  • Contained
  • Patrol
  • Out
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26
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What are the 4 tiers of the mental health program?

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  • Awareness
  • Prevention
  • Response
  • Support
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27
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Types of Bulk storage tanks (silos)?

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A - Non-pressure, fixed roof, vent to atmosphere

B - Non-pressure, fixed roof, floating decks

C - Pressure fixed roof

D - Floating roof

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28
Q

Firefighter is exposed to fumigation.

What do they do when returned to station?

A

NIIEMS, wash hair and put on clean clothing.

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29
Q

What do you do when having trouble getting through on radio at large bushfire?

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Request through FireCOM to use ESO talk group 1200 series

Emergency Services Organisation

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30
Q

Size Up: BELEA

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  • Building
  • Exposures
  • Location
  • Extinguishment
  • Assistance
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31
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What is the role of the 3rd arriving SO at a confirmed high rise structure fire?

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Sector Commander on floor above fire.

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32
Q

What is the degradation of level 1 PPE?

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  • Gloves and boots = 250 deg

* Coat and over trousers = 260 deg

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33
Q

What are the 5 factors of a dust explosion?

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  • Is a combustible dust present?
  • Is the dust exposed to air?
  • Is there a source of heat or ignition?
  • Is there a dust cloud?
  • Is the dust confined to a vessel, silo, mine, or other enclosed structure?
34
Q

What is the decontamination corridor made up of?

A
  • Wash area
  • Buffer area
  • Disrobing area
35
Q

Methods of decontamination?

A
  • Wet

* Dry

36
Q

What are the levels of decontamination?

A
  • Standard
  • Emergency
  • Mass
37
Q

Definition of a vessel?

A

Any ship, barge, punt, boat or other floating vessel used wholly or partly for storing or carrying goods or passengers.

38
Q

Definition of a confined space?

A

A space not designed to be inhabited by people

39
Q

What is a flat bed silo?

A

Single level building that holds solids of 40 tonnes

40
Q

Only helicopters using what fuel can be hot refuelled?

A

JET A1

Aviation turbine fuel

41
Q

Hot refuelling of helicopters using what fuel is forbidden?

A

Avgas

Aviation gasoline

42
Q

What are the 3 main types of aircraft?

A
  • Civilian
  • Military
  • Helicopters
43
Q

Name the 2 types of plane engines?

A
  • Turbine

* Piston

44
Q

What fuel do turbine engines use?

A

Kerosene based fuels

45
Q

What fuels do piston engines use?

A

Gasoline based fuels

46
Q

How do you extinguish a piston engine fire?

A
  • Halon
  • CO2

CANNOT USE FOAM OF A PISTON ENGINE

47
Q

What are the 2 types of fuels used in aircraft?

A
  • Kerosene

* Gasoline

48
Q

Name the 3 types of kerosene based fuels?

A
  • Avtag
  • Avtur
  • Avcat
49
Q

When is pre-deployment used?

A

After the first two pumps have arrived at the incident

50
Q

What is the full term for the acronym PAR?

A

Personnel accountability report

51
Q

When is incident ground monitoring activated?

A
  • HAZMAT - 2nd Alarm
  • Structure Fire - 3rd Alarm
  • Bushfire - 4th Alarm
52
Q

State the provisions of section 39 of the FBA 1989 to do with the “use of water for practice”

A

The commissioner may, by arrangement with the person controlling the water supply concerned, authorise the use free of charge of the water in any mains or pipes for the purpose of drill or practice by any fire brigade?

53
Q

Mattress Fires

What are the components of a mattress and what are the by products of a mattress fire?

A

Polyurethane (flexible)

  • Carbon monoxide CO
  • Carbon dioxide CO2
  • Hydrogen cyanide HCN
54
Q

HAZMAT - SISIACMR

A
  • Safe Approach
  • Incident Control
  • Scene Security
  • Identity Hazardous Material
  • Assess potential harm and minimise environmental contamination
  • Call for resources
  • Monitor Information
  • Render safe and decontaminate
55
Q

Flow rates for water main sizes:

100mm
150mm
200mm
250mm
300mm
A
  • 100mm = 2220L/min
  • 150mm = 4500L/min
  • 200mm = 6720L/min
  • 250mm = 11220L/min
  • 300mm = 18000L/min
56
Q

Exclusion zones:

Tilt slab?

A

1.5 x height of building

57
Q

Exclusion zones:

Silo?

A

800m sealed container

58
Q

Exclusion zones:

LPG tanker?

A

300m sides

900m ends

59
Q

Exclusion zones:

Car leaking LPG?

A

10m

60
Q

Exclusion zones:

Vehicle fire?

A

75m

61
Q

Exclusion zones:

Hazmat?

A

50m

30m hot - 20m warm

62
Q

Exclusion zones:

Bombs?

A

600m

63
Q

Exclusion zones:

Helicopter refuelling?

A

50m

64
Q

Metal extinguishment (D Class fires)

A
  • Dry sand
  • G-1 Graphite powder
  • Soda ash (anhydrous sodium carbonate)
  • Table Salt (powdered sodium chloride)
  • Dry limestone (calcium carbonate)
65
Q

What are the Gases used in gaseous fire suppression systems?

A
  • CO2
  • Halon
  • Nitrogen based blends
66
Q

Hydrant inspections must not be carried out on roads where the regulatory speed limit exceeds what speed?

A

70kph

67
Q

Hazchem scale for fire or spillage

What are the meanings of the following FIRST position codes?

1
2
3
4

A

1= JETS

2= FOG

3= FOAM

4= DRY AGENT

68
Q

Hazchem scale for fire or spillage

What are the meaning of the following SECOND position codes?

P
R
S
T

A

Dilute

69
Q

Hazchem scale for fire or spillage

What are the meaning of the following SECOND position codes?

W
X
Y
Z

A

Contain

70
Q

Hazchem scale for fire or spillage

What are the meaning of the following SECOND position codes?

E

A

Consider evacuation

71
Q

Phonetic alphabet:

A
B
C
D
E
A
  • Alpha
  • Bravo
  • Charlie
  • Delta
  • Echo
72
Q

Phonetic alphabet

F
G
H
I
J
A
  • Foxtrot
  • Golf
  • Hotel
  • India
  • Juliett
73
Q

Phonetic alphabet

K
L
M
N
O
A
  • Kilo
  • Lima
  • Mike
  • November
  • Oscar
74
Q

Phonetic alphabet

P
Q
R
S
T
A
  • Papa
  • Quebec
  • Romeo
  • Sierra
  • Tango
75
Q

Phonetic alphabet

U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A
  • Uniform
  • Victor
  • Whiskey
  • X-ray
  • Yankee
  • Zulu
76
Q

High rise structure fires

What is the role of first arriving pump?

A
  • SO becomes sector commander of the fire floor

* Establishes a forward Control point and commences Fire Operations from the floor below

77
Q

High rise structure fires

What is the role of the second arriving pump?

A
  • So becomes IC and establishes a control point
  • Crew to assist first crew on fire floor
  • IC to send sitrep to comms and task both MDs to connect to booster systems in standby mode or activation mode
78
Q

High rise structure fires

What is the role of the third arriving pump?

A
  • SO becomes Sector Commander on the floor above the fire floor with crew
  • MD collects BA board and tallies and relocated to high rise staging
79
Q

Where is high rise staging located?

A

2 floors below the fire floor unless the IC decides elsewhere

80
Q

High rise structure fires

Exclusion zones

A
  • Up wind 50m
  • Down wind a minimum distance of twice the height of the highest floor

Eg 20 floors - 3m per floor - 120m EZ

81
Q

What can a gas detector detect?

A
  • O2 - Oxygen Levels (%)
  • H2S - Hydrogen Sulfide
  • CO - Carbon Monoxide
  • LEL - Lower Explosive Limit
82
Q

What is FB Regulation 18?

A
  • A firefighter must not wilfully or negligently damage any departmental property or fail to report promptly any such damage, however caused.
  • A firefighter must not use departmental property for any unauthorised purpose or be concerned, whether directly or indirectly, in unauthorised use of departmental property.

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