Policies and Procedures

Question 1

Pursuant to __________, Firefighters are appointed members of this department and are authorized to exercise the following authority pursuant to applicable Oklahoma law:

Answer 1

11 O.S. § 29-103

Question 2

Any chief officer may relieve a member under his/her command from duty when, in his/her judgment, an offense committed is sufficiently serious to warrant immediate action.

Question 3

The oath of office shall be filed as prescribed by law (51 O.S. § 36.3).

Question 4

Fire Code - 2018 edition of the International Fire Code as adopted and amended by the State of Oklahoma (OAC 748:20-4-1)., and adopted by Midwest City (Ordinance § 15-55)

Question 5

A person in a position of authority regarding hiring, transfer, suspension, promotion, discharge, assignment, reward, or discipline of other department members, directing the work of other members, or having the authority to adjust grievances.

Answer 5

Supervisor

Question 6

The term “supervisor” may also include any person (e.g., firefighter-in-charge, lead, or senior worker) given responsibility for the direction of the work of others without regard to a formal job
title, rank, or compensation.

Question 7

Each Assistant Chief will ensure that members under his/her command are aware of any Policy Manual revision.

Question 8

The Midwest City Fire Department shall have a medical director who is a fully licensed, non-restricted Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy in the State of Oklahoma (OAC 310:641-15-13).

Question 9

Generally, each member is accountable to a single supervisor at any time for a given assignment or responsibility. Any supervisor may temporarily direct the subordinate of another supervisor where specifically delegated or if an operational need exists.

Question 10

The Fire Marshal or designee will develop and maintain an EAP and FPP to provide for the safety of department members and visitors in the event of an emergency. The EAP and FPP will address the specific requirements contained in CFR and Oklahoma Department of Labor rules (29 CFR 1910.38; 29 CFR 1910.39; OAC 380: 40-1-2) and will address all buildings, facilities, and regular places of work or visitor access that are controlled by the Department.

Question 11

The objectives of the training program are to:
(a) Enhance the level of emergency services to the public.
(b) Increase the technical expertise and overall effectiveness of department members.
(c) Provide for continued professional development of department members.
(d) Reduce risk and enhance safety.

Question 12

Email may, depending upon the individual content, be a public record under the Oklahoma Open Records Act (51 O.S. § 24A.2) or a record under the Records Management Act (67 O.S. § 201 et seq.) and must be managed in accordance with the established records retention schedule and in compliance with state law.

Question 13

A PIA should be completed within 30 days of an incident and may result in recommendations for changes to procedures, staffing, equipment use, policy, and/or training to better enable the Department to serve the community.

Question 14

An incident “hot wash” should be performed at the incident scene prior to the release of equipment or personnel. A hot wash is a meeting of all involved personnel on-scene. It is an informal briefing of the incident, the actions taken, and problems encountered.

Question 15

A building or occupancy that is unusually dangerous in terms of life loss, or that has a high potential for property damage.

Answer 15

Target hazard

Question 16

• The individual designated by the Fire Chief as having custody of and responsibility
  for maintaining the petty cash fund.

Answer 16

Custodian

Question 17

A reserve of money established to make small purchases when payment by
purchase order or voucher is not practical.

Answer 17

Petty cash fund

Question 18

Maximum dollar amount for purchases. Petty cash expenditures should be limited to
no more than $100.

Question 19

All incident-related activities should be managed
in accordance with established ICS/NIMS methods and procedures (63 O.S. § 683.2).

Question 20

The Fire Chief should ensure the Department adopts written ICS/NIMS procedures that are
compatible with neighboring jurisdictions. These procedures should be available to members (63
O.S. § 695.4).

Question 21

• Any call for service or assistance involving fire, explosion, or violent
  rupture; human rescue; human entrapment; illness or injury; hazardous materials release or
  threat of contamination; flooding; threatened or actual acts of violence; any explosive, bomb, or
  threatened bombing; any act of terrorism; any natural disaster; or any other circumstance that
  presents a threat to life-safety or to property.

Answer 21

Emergency response

Question 22

Fire personnel dispatched to an emergency shall proceed immediately, shall continuously operate
emergency lighting equipment, and shall sound the siren as reasonably necessary (47 O.S. §
11-106).

Question 23

Responding with emergency lights and siren does not relieve personnel of the duty to continue to
drive with due regard for the safety of all persons

Question 24

Emergency vehicle operators shall exercise sound judgment and care, with due regard for life and
property, while operating a vehicle en route to an emergency response (47 O.S. § 11-106)

Question 25

In addition, emergency vehicle operators should reduce speed at all intersections and should come
to a complete stop at all blind street intersections or intersections where there is either a red light,
a flashing red light, or a stop sign (47 O.S. § 11-106).

Question 26

If, in the judgment of either individual, the roadway conditions or
traffic congestion do not permit such a response without unreasonable risk, the response may
be continued without the use of red lights and siren at the legal speed limit. In such an event,
the Company Officer should ensure Emergency Communications Center is promptly notified.

Question 27

A roll call of all operations members assigned to an
incident at specified times or during a strategy changea PAR is designed to account for each
member’s location and activity and to verify his/her safety.

Answer 27

Personnel Accountability Report (PAR)

Question 28

A written personnel accountability system, such as the Incident Command System (ICS) Form
ICS-201 for Incident Commanders (ICs) or some similar process, should be used and a status
board should be maintained for appropriate incident level. Individual crew names are kept in the
Incident Command Vehicle.

Question 29

Personnel should be accounted for from the time
of dispatch to the time of demobilization

Question 30

Division or group supervisors should be assigned to keep track of all crews under their supervision.
Company Officers should know the location and assignment of each member in their crew.

Question 31

Ongoing, routine strategic and tactical accountability at all emergency incidents, including wildland
fires, should be accomplished through periodic reporting or visual observation. This can be
accomplished through concise reports that include conditions, actions and needs, also called a
CAN report.

Question 32

Members should also make the following reports:
* Emergency situations
* Inability to meet objective with revised timeline and/or resource requests
* Notification of completed actions
* Change in strategy
* Change in fire conditions, such as crossing planned control lines

Question 33

For any IDLH incidents, a PAR should be conducted by the Incident Commander within the first 15
minutes or when appropriate at the IC’s discretion of an incident and every 20 minutes thereafter
for personnel at the scene.

Question 34

This policy (Rapid Intervention/Two -in two-out) applies to all members assigned to an incident and is designed to ensure immediate
assistance for members who become lost, trapped, or injured by adhering to the two-in/two-out
standard and designating rapid intervention Teams (RITs) (29 CFR 1910.134(g)(4)), NFPA 1500
and NFPA 1710.

Question 35

Any atmosphere that poses an immediate
threat to life, would cause irreversible adverse health effects, or would impair an individual’s ability
to escape from a dangerous atmosphere. Interior atmospheric conditions at structure fires beyond
the incipient stage are considered IDLH, as are a variety of rescue types.

Answer 35

Immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH)

Question 36

A team of at least two members located outside the IDLH
atmosphere to initially monitor and provide emergency rescue for responders until a larger, more
formalized rapid intervention crew (RIT) is created. One of the two members may be assigned
to an additional role, as long as the individual is able to perform assistance or rescue activities
without jeopardizing the safety or health of any firefighter at the incident. An IRIT is also known
as On Deck.

Answer 36

Initial rapid intervention Team(IRIT)

Question 37

• The nationally adopted “call for help” term used to indicate that an emergency responder
  is in a situation of imminent peril where he/she is in need of immediate help.

Answer 37

Mayday

Question 38

A forward staged and ready crew available for any immediate needed tactical
assignment including but not limited to affecting or assisting in the rescue of a distressed,
disoriented or incapacitated firefighter.

Answer 38

ON Deck

Question 39

An assignment to a crew of two or more that will serve as the
dedicated firefighter rescue resource for the fire ground or division. Once a crew is assigned RIT
no other duties may be assigned that could compromise the state of readiness or capability
of RIT responsibilities.

Answer 39

Rapid Intervention Team (RIT)

Question 40

Prior to initiating fire atttack, members should consider life safety and available resources to
determine the establishment of two in two out procedures (29 CFR 1910.134(g)(4)).

Question 41

At least two additional firefighters should be located outside the IDLH environment.
-One of the two outside firefighters may be assigned to an additional role so
long as the individual is able to perform assistance or rescue activities without
jeopardizing the safety or health of any firefighter working at the incident.

Question 42

RIT members should not be involved in any other duties that divert attention or resources away from their primary mission of responder rescue.

Question 43

Additional companies may be assigned to the RIT as conditions warrant. For large incidents with multiple points of entry, multiple RITs should be considered.

Question 44

The Incident Commander (IC), scene supervisor, or senior ranking member has the authority to
initiate a tactical withdrawal and the responsibility for ensuring that all members on-scene or at
risk due to the threat are notified of the action. Authority for the decision resides primarily with on-scene personnel and should not be delayed while seeking approval or confirmation from a higher
authority, who may not be at the incident scene.

Question 45

If a tactical withdrawal
is initiated at a time that members are providing medical services to sick or injured patients, those
members should, whenever practicable, attempt to maintain their care of medical patients and
evacuate those patients as part of the withdrawal process

Question 46

In the event that violence or the threat of violence forces members to abandon any patient under
their care, the involved member should immediately notify the appropriate law enforcement agency
of the location of the patient and request immediate assistance in securing the scene to allow for
safe and timely medical treatment and evacuation of the patient.

Question 47

The time elapsed between receipt of the alarm or telephone call and
the dispatch of emergency response units.

Answer 47

Dispatch processing time

Question 48

• The time elapsed between the emergency response unit beginning travel to the
  emergency and when the emergency response unit arrives.

Answer 48

Travel time

Question 49

The time elapsed between Emergency Communications Center notifying
firefighters of the emergency and when the emergency response unit begins travel.

Answer 49

Turnout time

Question 50

The time elapsed between the dispatch center receiving the first notification of
the alarm and the arrival of the first emergency response unit. Response time combines dispatch
processing, turnout, and travel times.

Answer 50

Response time

Question 51

Time frame from which dispatch receives the 911 call until all units are on-scene.

Answer 51

Full response Time

Question 52

Turnout time for Fire and/vs. EMS

Answer 52

80 sec. fire
60 sec. EMS

Question 53

Travel time for first arriving Unit vs. full response

Answer 53

4 min. travel time for 1st due
8 min. travel for full response

Question 54

Time frame from which dispatch receives the 911 call to fire units going en-route

Answer 54

Mobilization time

Question 55

Mobilization time for 81% of fire and EMS

Answer 55

140 sec. or less for fire
120 sec. or less for EMS

Question 56

First unit response time 90% of the time for fire and EMS

Answer 56

6 min. 20 sec. for fire
6 min for EMS

Question 57

Full response time 90% of the time for fire and EMS

Answer 57

10 min. 20 sec. for fire
10 min. for EMS