Operational Guideline 1.1 Incident Command system

Question 1

Portland Fire and Rescue has adopted the ICS as outline in the?

Answer 1

Model Procedures for Structural Firefighting

Question 2

The Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) requires organizations responding to ______ __________ ________ to operate with an ICS.

Answer 2

hazardous material incidens

Question 3

NFPA 1500 Standards on fire department occupational safety and health program requires:

Answer 3

1. all department to establish written procedures for ICS
2. all members of the department to be trained and familiar with the system
3. the system to outline the responsibility for safety at all supervisory levels.
4. the system to outline safety requirements
5. the system to provide sufficient supervisory personnel to control the position and function of all members operating at the scene.

Question 4

Components of ICS

Answer 4

1. Common terminology
2. Modular Organization
3. Integrated communication
4. Single or unified command structure
5. Incident action plan
6. Manageable span of control
7. Designated Incident facilities
8. Comprehensive resource management

Question 5

Single command

Answer 5

only one agency has legal responsibility

Question 6

Unified Command

Answer 6

more than one agency is responsible for decision making within a single jurisdiction, or more than one jurisdiction is involved

Question 7

Span of control

Answer 7

three to seven individuals the optimum number is 5 per supervisory

Question 8

Task Force

Answer 8

a group of any type or kind of resources with common communications and a leader, temporarily assembled for specific tactical missions

Question 9

Strike team

Answer 9

a specified combination of the same kind and type of resource, with common communications and a leader

Question 10

It is the responsibility fo the first arriving ____ ________ to establish command of the scene.

Answer 10

Fire officer

Question 11

List the basic responsibilities of the IC at every incident

Answer 11

1. description of the company arriving on scene
2. a size up
3. conditions
4. descriptions of actions taken
5. declaration of strategy
6. Obvious safety concerns
7. assumption, identification, and location of command
8. designation of the Alpha side of the occupancy or incident
9. request or release of resources as required

Question 12

Transferring of command briefing should include

Answer 12

1. incident conditions
2. transfer of the tactical board/pertinent information
3. progress in completion of tactical objectives
4. safety considerations
5. assignment of and accounting for resources and personnel working at the incident
6. the need for additional resources

Question 13

Command can not be transferred to an officer ___________________

Answer 13

not on scene

Question 14

The three tactical priorities are:

Answer 14

1. Life safety
2. Incident stabilization
3. property conservation

Question 15

Strategy is described as what will be done (_________)

Answer 15

Planning

Question 16

Tactics is described as how it will be done (__________)

Answer 16

implementation

Question 17

To develop an effective strategy requires three very specific actions or elements

Answer 17

1. Information
2. observation
3. prediction

Question 18

An IAP is defined formally as:

Answer 18

an ordered sequence of events over a specific period of time to accomplish specific objectives.

Question 19

ICS organization is not based on the size of the incident but rather___________

Answer 19

Overall complexity

Question 20

Command staff positions:

Answer 20

1. Safety officer
2. Liaison
3. Public information officer

Question 21

When is the functional position of Operations staffed?

Answer 21

When commands span of control is exceeded and they cannot focus totally on tactical operations.

Question 22

The main responsibility of the operations section is to _________________

Answer 22

direct all the tactical operations to meet the strategic goals that are developed by command.

Question 23

When operations is staffed, the IC focuses on ________ and Operations chief focuses on __________

Answer 23

Strategy

Tactics

Question 24

The agency with greatest jurisdictional involvement is assigned

Answer 24

The operations functions

Question 25

Division

Answer 25

a defined geographical area or location

Question 26

Group

Answer 26

assigned to a specific function (i.e. ventilation)

Question 27

Depending on the size or type of incident, command or operations has the option to______________________________ for better management purposes

Answer 27

breaking the incident into segments called branches