Policies And Procedures Flashcards
Who is unit officer?
Highest ranking ices certified person assigned to fire rescue unit
NFIRS
National fires incident reporting system
Short forms are to be kept in secure place until entered into epcr, and then sent to ___ in sealed envelope
Records custodian
Hard copies of incident reports or NFIRS forms should be ____ after completing incident and unit reports
Shredded and destroyed
Requests for ems reports must be transmitted in writing to _____
MCFRS records custodian
Who is responsible for ensuring a unit completes their unit report?
Station Officer
Who is the official custodian of records?
Fire chief
At what time must station officer query RMS to ensure reports are complete?
1900
Reports must be completed by —-
End of shift
Ems reports must be posted before
Unit leaves hospital
In mass casualty situations, an epcr report must be completed for each ptient no greater than ____ after the incident. Unless authorized in writing by incident commander
24 hours
Under extenuating circumstances the battalion or lfrd chief may grant an extension to complete unit and incident reports no greater than ___
7 days
Q when transferring ot to hospital and using short forms you must
-leave short form at hospital
- complete epcr within 7 days
- send short form with signatures to records custodian at PSHQ
Is employee eligible for disability leave for injury obtained while volunteering in county?
No
Employees can not volunteer where they work
True
Can employees participate in LOSAP?
Yes
Can an employee volunteer on a specialty team in county?
No
If employee is receiving workers comp for injury obtained while volunteering, they must be placed in ___ status
LWOP
Employees must complete ____ annually before volunteering
Application for volunteer service
Executive regulation
Approved by county council
Draft documents must be circulated to division chiefs for comments and returned to document control officer within ____ days
30 days
Signed fcgo’s are sent to___ commission for approval or fisdap rogal
fire and emergency services FESC
Critical injury/illness
Illness or injury that requires admission to hospital or extensive recoup time.
When not possible to notify family by one’s self ____ is to make the notification
Supervisory or Chief officer
Class A uniform
Cap, cap badge, dress blouse, long sleeve dress shirt, tie, dress pants, belt, black shoes, badge, collar insignia, pins, name plate, raincoat
Class b
Same as a WITHOUT DRESS BLOUSE AND DRESS HAT
Class c
Outermost garmet must have collar
1030-2100
Class d
Business attire
Class E
PT
can be worn to FROMS ipe, work details, hose testing as approved by battalion chief
Mock turtleneck
Short neck, can’t be worn as outer garmet unless class E uniform
Cap
Not be worn when conducting inspections, meeting public during non emergency situations or while in any building other than fire rescue station
Lost stolen or damaged property up to ____ must have a police report filed?
100$
Property request forms must be approved by supervisor (not used during standard allotment)
True
No two patches on one sleeve except the ___ on the ___ sleeve
Honor guard, left sleeve
Award pin placement
Above nameplate
Mark uniform with ____ not visible on outside of uniform
Fire department id number
You may return newly issued items within ____ days
30 days
Those who seperate from the department have ____ days to turn in all issued uniform after seperation date.
7
Picking up allotment for another employee.
Same station, sign receipt form, give to other employee and have them sign receipt form and inter office mail it back.
Station Officer
Senior officer
Station officers must schedule ___ activity periods per shift. What are they. How long?
- App checks, morning, afternoon, evening. 1-2 hours.
May include: PT, Drills, Fire prevention, Pub Ed, training, maintenance etc
When must lineup be conducted?
0700 or when significant personnel changes occur during the shift
Log book day
0001-2400
Accidental death
Due to trauma or injury that does not appear suspicious
Natural death
Appears to be from a Previously known Medical condition
SIDS age
Less than 1 year
Suspicious death
May have been from violence abuse neglect or foul play
Serious violation
Threat to public or personnel safety. Undermines public trust and confidence in fire rescue service
Example: negligent act, omission, theft, assault, battery
Unbecoming conduct
Improper behavior
Obey supervisor order UNLESS
Require you to commit illegal, reckless, unethical act
If supervisory issues order that conflicts with previously issued order….
Call attention to conflicting order. If conflicting order is not riscinded, it will stand.
Fire administrator must begin investigating serious violation within ____ of notification of violation
24 hours
If fire administrator is not please with result of serious violation by Dfrs or lfrd, they must notify in writing within ____ of notice of action take
30 days
And disposition determined unsatisfactory by fire administrator must be referred to ____. Who will ____
Internal affairs officer
Present finding of facts to fire administrator who will then take appropriate action
The subject of a serious Serious violation complaint must be promptly notified of the allegation UNLESS
Allegations of criminal conduct, sexual harassment, title 7 violations, or other conduct which investigation procedures are covered by another law, regulation or policy
During investigation where subject is notified, they may have a representative present during investigative review so long as representation would not ____
Unreasonably delay the proceeding.
Two types of MCFRS incidents
Basic
Complex
Basic incidents
-unit officer can manage all aspects of call from start to finish
-does not require more than 1 outside agency
-no threat of harm to large numbers of people
-No special operations components
-can be resolved in less than 1 hour
-span of control 5 units or less
Complex incident
Where any 1 of basic incident principles is not true
Incident priorities
Life safety, incident stabilization, property conservation
All operations must be directed toward ____
Clearly defined and attainable objective
Risk
Relationship between hazards and harm
Unit officers are responsible for
- knowing location and action of all crew members
- developing and communicating action plan to unit
-acting in support of incident objectives and team effort
No personnel may enter hazard area before
-intervention teams in place
-size up conducted
-risk assessments conducted
-objectives developed and communicated
Demands of operational environment
Moral, mental, physical
Three core operational values
Commitment to duty
Respect for others and organization
Integrity
Effective leadership
-Decisive
-Recognize duty to act
-Accountable
-Refuse unnecessary risk but not risk averse
-Engaged in continuous learning
Defense in depth (scaled response)
As risk or complexity increases, so to resources
First arriving unit officer sets tone for incident operations. Subsequent operations must focus on _____
Supporting initial decision makers
Initiative
Action in the absence of orders
Situational awareness
Ability to identify, process and comprehend critical elements of information about what is happening at the incident
Two incident strategies
Offensive
Defensive
Offensive
Actively attempting to correct problem
Example: directing hose stream into burning structure, plugging leak
Defensive
Contain problem
Example: putting hose stream on threatened exposure, build containment around leak
Must not rule out suvivability of Al compartments based on conditions in ___
Single compartment
Operational success is
Application of operational doctorine, policies, procedures, training and education to create solutions
Incident Management System is intended to promote _____
Communication, coordination, accountability, effective action
MCFRS uses a ____ and ____ Incident management system
Modular and Scalable
Incident command process begins with ____
Scene size up
Operations must be directed toward ____
Clearly defined and attainable objectives
Second CCO primary role is to
Enhance situational awareness and cognitive bandwidth of IC
6 basic incident management functions
Situational awareness
Accountability
Effective communication
Risk assessment
Established objectives
Intiating and monitoring action
When ems unit officer establishes command, first arriving primary unit officer must ____
Assume command
One primary unit officer can not assume command from ____
Another primary unit officer
If command is passed from one primary unit officer to another, The new primary unit must have _____ command
stationary
Command can be passed ____ from primary unit to primary unit
Once
Maintaining stationary command from ______ is an option of last resort
Officer seat of the fire aparatus
Branch directors are responsible for ____, ____, and ____ of all assigned resources
Command, control, accountability
Groups
Function
Divisions
Geographical area
First use must be provided ___ mins after dispatch, and intervals not greater than ____ mins
10 mins, 10 mins
Tactical staging
Take assigned position, lay lines, provide required size up reports, remain in aparatus
Remote staging
Without passing last water source stage 600 ft or 2 blocks away. (Whichever is greater). Without passing last available water source
Base staging
Report to specific location determined by the incident commander
Who will be staging area manager?
First primary unit to arrive in staging
Staging manager responsibilities
Account for resources assigned to staging, assign units as appropriate to command when requested
In absence of direction from command on where to stage, units will ____ until called upon command
Remote stage
In a multip story structure, which floors are considered the exposures?
Two above and 1 below
Par checks are to be conducted at intervals not greater than ____ mins
20 mins
Five objectives common to initial actions on structure fires
Provide continued survival of occupants who may be trapped
Ensure immediate care of those on fireground in need of medical care
Prevent fire from spreading from its current location
Control movement of smoke
Reduce property loss
The structure fire appendix is optimized for
Residential compartment fires
How many command officers are in the standard response plan for a structure fire?
4 (2 must respond)
Rural response
6 engines, 3 tankers
