SC Knowledge Check

Question 1

What is the minimum rank to enter a silo?

Answer 1

LFF

Question 2

What is the general pattern of decision-making?

Answer 2

Situation
Direction
Action

Question 3

Who must approve offers of assistance from NGOs?

Answer 3

Duty assistant commissioner

Question 4

Who has responsibility of an ARA?

Answer 4

Ensure completion the incident commander
Delegate to a responsible person
Safety officer under supervision of a sector commander
Shared with all responders

Question 5

How do you measure the boundary between the red and amber zones?

Answer 5

GDM monitored and adjusted where appropriate

Question 6

If structural firefighting PPE becomes heavily contaminated during firefighting who should this be assessed by?

Answer 6

Officer in charge/sector commander in liaison with the individual and or BA team leader

Question 7

What’s the definition of the fire service?NOG (decision)

Answer 7

Anything which Could be construed as having a chosen course of action that would have the effect on the outcome of an incident and either positive or negative way

Question 8

When should intermediate command support be established?

Answer 8

Larger incident where it is recognised by the IC it would assist in organising and deployment of correct resources

Question 9

What’s the minimum rank of a BA sector commander?

Answer 9

Station commander

Question 10

Following a risk assessment on which occasion should respirators be considered?

Answer 10

Handling of hazardous powders

Question 11

What is BA aid memoir three provided for incident Ground use?

Answer 11

BA sector commander

Question 12

Incident with extensive subsurface situations when should the subsurface procedure be set up?

Answer 12

When there is no evidence of unsafe conditions at surface level

Question 13

What should a TCG insure?

Answer 13

Operational commanders have the means direction and coordination Required to deliver successful outcomes

Question 14

When working on class, a roads or motorways who has responsibility for the safety of LFB personnel

Answer 14

LFB incident commander

Question 15

Who is the coordinating authority for search and rescue on the tidle section of the River Thames?

Answer 15

Maritime Coast Guard agency

Question 16

What are the three major factors that influence wildfires?

Answer 16

Wind
Slope
Aspect

Question 17

When can entry to a confined space be made?

Answer 17

To save sable life
When the incident cannot be resolved safely, unless entrance to the confined space is made

Question 18

If a decision is made to change the responsible persons evacuation procedure, where should this be recorded?

Answer 18

On a key decision log and shared with other emergency services

Question 19

What is the role of the FSG sector commander?

Answer 19

A functional role on the incident ground they are responsible for creating an effective FFG comms structure

Question 20

The message basement procedure in implemented indicates a suitable and sufficient risk assessment has been done. What does the safe system of work involve?

Answer 20

BA teams committed to a basement with a minimum of a 45 mm hose set at 230 L per minute
A second BA team protecting the access and egress with a second 45 mm jet set up 230 L per minute

Question 21

The fire sector consists of what floors

Answer 21

All floors above the bridge head to the fire floor the floors involved in fire plus one above

Question 22

When should an analytical risk assessment be completed?

Answer 22

When the incident commander recognises the value for enhanced supervision of safety at an incident

Question 23

What is the maximum speed? A train travels at under caution?

Answer 23

50 mph

Question 24

What are the three stages of situational awareness?

Answer 24

Information gathering
Understanding information
Anticipation

Question 25

During a tactical withdrawal, what tactical mode will be sent?

Answer 25

Oscar mode because personnel are still in the Hazzard zone

Question 26

What are the two main decision-making processes?

Answer 26

Intuitive
Analytical

Question 27

What is used to monitor air conditions at the Bridgehead?

Answer 27

GDM

Question 28

Who should results of an ARA be communicated to?

Answer 28

Everyone on the fire ground

Question 29

What are the five levels of command support?

Answer 29

Initial
Intermediate
Advanced
Remote
Enhanced logistic support

Question 30

Who hold organisational accountability?

Answer 30

The most senior officer present, even when they are not taking the role of incident commander

Question 31

Once formal handover of commander and incident has taken place who must be informed

Answer 31

At all incidents, the new incident commander must communicate to both Brigade control and the incident ground they have taken over

Question 32

Which act requires employers to ensure the health safety and welfare at work of their staff

Answer 32

Health and safety at work act 1974

Question 33

Regarding decisions and incident commander makes resolving incident what three things does policy state they should do

Answer 33

Understand they’re starting position
Know their desired end position
Develop a plan that gets them from one position to the other

Question 34

Can you commit into a sewer in BA not started up?

Answer 34

No, due to the presence of unseen toxic gases

Question 35

Minimum rest after a hard BA wear

Answer 35

60 minutes and 1000 mL of water

Question 36

When are respirators not to be deployed?

Answer 36

Inflammable atmospheres
In confined spaces
Toxic gases
In oxygen deficient atmospheres