Operations Flashcards
EMS: OKCFD is certified by OSDH EMS division as an _____.
Emergency Medical Response Agency
As an EMRA, OKCFD provides medical care under the supervision of ____.
Physician Medical Director
Who provides medical care protocols to OKCFD?
Physician Medical Director
There are how many medical priority dispatch system priority classifications?
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie - possible life threatening
Delta - Life threatening
When hazards exist at a crime scene or traffic safety hazards exist, who will be accountable for the safety of patients and rescue personnel?
The ranking Law Enforcement Officer.
Who makes up the contact team in an active threat response?
Police officer(s) whose primary mission is to stop the active threat.
Who makes up the rescue team in an active threat response?
A group of fire and police personnel assigned to enter areas cleared by the Contact Team.
What is the inner perimeter in an active threat response?
Encompasses the danger zone
What is the outer perimeter defined as in an active threat response?
encompasses the danger zone and staging areas for first responders and protects the public.
What is a safe reception center used to provide info and assistance about missing or unaccounted for persons and the deceased in an active threat response?
Family Assistance Center.
Active threat response OKCFD will monitor what channel?
OCPD Dispatch channel 6
What is the OKCFD response to an “active assailant”?
2 Engines
1 RL
Hazmat 5
District Chief
Who assumes the role of staging manager on an active threat response?
The first Fire Company officer at staging.
Who organizes and maintains a list of incoming Fire Police Ambulance resources on an active threat response?
The staging manager
Active threat: The first arriving law enforcement teams will establish contact teams of how many people?
2-6
The initial Contact Team will designate a radio officer to communicate what?
Entry point, direction of travel, suspect info, location of injured victims, and location of barricades or explosives.
Rescue teams will consist of a minimum of how many FF’s?
minimum 2 preferably 4 and a minimum one police officer
Rescue teams will evacuate casualties to where?
Casualty Collection Point
Who staffs and manages the primary CCP?
The EMS transport agency
The Rehab Officer will typically report to whom in the framework of IMS?
Logistics Officer
What will mark the entry/exit of rehab?
two traffic cones
Rehab should be divided into how many areas?
Immediate Rehab
Staged and Ready
Medical
What three things should occur before a FF returns to duty from rehab?
Medical Eval
Hydration for 10 minutes
Cleared by Rehab Officer
What is required of the medical kit in rehab?
Trauma kit, O2, defic, Rad-57 or defib with CO monitoring capabilities.
Employees will hydrate how much when SCBA’s are being refilled?
8 oz.
During heat stress, each employee should consume at least ___oz per hour.
32 oz per hour
American Red Cross assists when incidents last longer than ___ hours.
Three or more hours.
Rehab rest should not be less than ____ and may be more than ____.
10 minutes
an hour
Rehab pulse should be measured for ___ seconds.
Pulse shouldn’t exceed ____. If it does a temp should be taken, if it is less than ___ rehab time should be increased.
30 seconds
110 bpm
100.6
Vitals in rehab will be taken every ____
5-10 minutes.
In rehab if an employee’s SpO2% is less than ___ they should be moved to medical.
94%
If SpCO% is greater than ___, treat for CO Poisoning.
3%
Who approves ATMR event coverage?
Deputy Chief of Operations
ATMR post-deployment will remove what?
Pannier bags, top rack bag, and AED.
The ordering of EMS supplies will be completed by the Blue Shift on what day?
Last Blue shift of the month by 1200. Submitted via EMS inventory database.
Expired EMS supplies will be delivered to ____ how often?
District Officers stations
quarterly: March, June, September, and November
Ms.NJ
How long are the plastic sleeve caps on O2 cylinders?
Green and three inches long
O2 cylinders should be hydrostatically tested how often/
Every Five years.
To schedule CPR training, contact a Coordinator or EMS office ___ days in advance.
30 days
Students in CPR must complete the written test with a score of ____
84%
Only a ___ or ____ can renew an instructor’s status.
TCF or RF
BLS instructors must teach a minimum of ___ clasess in ____ years
4 classes in 2 years
BLS instructors must complete all course roster forms within ___ days of class instructed.
7 days.
A copy of rosters and course completion cards will be kept on record by EMS Office for ___ years.
three years
District CPR Coordinator should be notified of card expiration date no later than ___ days
90 days
Shift coordinators and District CPR coordinators will review CPR expiration reports how often?
monthly
Corrective Action by Training Center Coordinators for Instructors includes:
- Remediation
- Written Warning
- Termination Review (No action, 6 mos probation, Revoke alignment for a year, Permanent termination)
Citizen CPR training should be requested ___ days in advance.
14 days
EMT’s and Paramedics licensed after ____ will maintain both state and national registry licensure.
April 1, 2010
Flashing blue light on the carefusion clippers means?
5 minutes of runtime remaining
How many wrapped razor heads per clipper?
5
Initial credentialing of OMD academy requires a score of ____
80%
Personnel absent from work for greater than ___ days but less than ____ will be required to complete a protocol exam and complete ___ supervised shifts with a preceptor.
90 days
180 days
4 supervised shifts
Annual training is determined and established by whom?
Fire Department Administration
CO Monitors will be calibrated on what day?
The second day of the month.
Low pressure natural gas is approximately how much pressure?
5.3 oz
A medium pressure gas line ranges from ___ to ___.
1 - 60 psi
ONG surveys include:
Bar-hole
Flame-Ionization Equipment
Soapsuds
Vegetation and pressure drop observations
Breathing concentrations of ___% natural gas causes no ill effects.
25%
Natural gas is only about ___% as heavy as air.
65%
Odorant in natural gas is noticeable at ___% present in volume of air.
1%
The limits of flammability for natural gas is ___ to ___
5-15%
Burning natural gas produces what type of heat?
radiant
The ignition point of natural gas is ___
1,100 - 1,200 degrees F
Hazmat incident priorities are ___ ____ ___
Life
Property
Environment
OKC Emergency Management assumes a ____ role in ICS on a Hazmat scene.
Logistics
Hazmat: Scene Management Icludes:
- Coordinating a multi-agency response
- Implementing proper actions
- Ensuring that appropriate resources are timely
Setting Zones for Hazmat:
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Solid 75’
Liquid 150’
Gas 330’
For any unknown, isolate how far?
330’
1/2 mile if product is involved in fire.
Isolating the hazard consists of :
Diking
Digging
Damming
The Cold Zone contains:
Support Zone
Staging
IC
EMS
Which zone has the contamination reduction corridor (Decon)?
Warm Zone
Hazmat: The First In Companies establish what?
Control Zone/Line
Basic Decon
Area of Refuge
Hazmat Monitoring helps evaluate and or detect proper what?
Zones
PPE
Discover IDLH conditions
Insure site safety
Eight areas monitored by Hazmat Unit.
- Background
- Command Post
- Contamination Reduction Corridor
- Area of Refuge
- Exposures
- Hot Zone
- Exclusion Zone
- Downwind/Perimeter
When must an EMS Hazmat Worksheet be completed?
Before entry and after leaving Hot and Warm zones, completed by EMS personnel.
Personnel in chem suits are expected to work no longer than ___ minutes.
20 minutes.
Personnel not allowed to wear semi-permeable or impermeable clothing if oral temp is greater than ___.
100.6
The average distance between IC and the hazmat unit is ____ feet.
100’
____ is a great area for the command post.
The Access Point
Hazmat response of an Engine and District Chief if the release is less than ___ gallons of liquid or ____ pounds of solid.
10 gallons liquid
20 lbs solid
No Chief if less than 10 gallons of motor fuel.
Small private airplanes can carry up to ___ gallons of fuel.
119
Techniques of decon :
Dilution
Absorption
Chemical Degradation
Isolation
Basic/Emergency Decon consists of ____.
60 second flush
Where are contaminated personnel assembled?
Area of Refuge following Basic Decon
Decontamination Checklist:
- Est an entry point
- Primary Decon
- SCBA Removal
- PPE Removal
- Personal Clothing Removal
- Decon the Body
- Dry Off and Clean Clothing
- Medical Eval
- Transportation
The contamination reduction zone is how long?
80’
Personnel will be trained in First Responder Awareness and Operations level training within how many days?
90 days
Awareness level training is ___ hours.
8 hours
Operations level training is ___ hours.
40 hours
Confined Space meets what three requirements:
- Large enough that an employee can enter and perform duties.
- Limited means for entry/exit as needing to use all you limbs to enter the confined space.
- Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy.
Hazards in a confined space are divided into two groups:
- atmospheric
2. non-atmospheric
OSHA identified ___ hazards as the leading cause of deaths/injuries in confined spaces.
atmospheric hazards
Confined Space: If a hazardous material is involved follow _____.
O/SPO - 206
What are the five phases of rescue operations at collapse incidents?
- Survey (evaluate stability, search for possible victims)
- Removal of all surface victims
- All voids searched for viable victims (audible call out/canine)
- Selected debris removal (special tools)
- General debris removal (No known survivors, heavy tools)
One cubic foot of dirt weighs ___
One cubic yard of dirt weighs ___
100 lbs
2,700-3,500 lbs