SC Knowledge Check Flashcards
What is the minimum rank to enter a silo?
LFF
What is the general pattern of decision-making?
Situation
Direction
Action
Who must approve offers of assistance from NGOs?
Duty assistant commissioner
Who has responsibility of an ARA?
Ensure completion the incident commander
Delegate to a responsible person
Safety officer under supervision of a sector commander
Shared with all responders
How do you measure the boundary between the red and amber zones?
GDM monitored and adjusted where appropriate
If structural firefighting PPE becomes heavily contaminated during firefighting who should this be assessed by?
Officer in charge/sector commander in liaison with the individual and or BA team leader
What’s the definition of the fire service?NOG (decision)
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
When should intermediate command support be established?
Larger incident where it is recognised by the IC it would assist in organising and deployment of correct resources
What’s the minimum rank of a BA sector commander?
Station commander
Following a risk assessment on which occasion should respirators be considered?
Handling of hazardous powders
What is BA aid memoir three provided for incident Ground use?
BA sector commander
Incident with extensive subsurface situations when should the subsurface procedure be set up?
When there is no evidence of unsafe conditions at surface level
What should a TCG insure?
Operational commanders have the means direction and coordination Required to deliver successful outcomes
When working on class, a roads or motorways who has responsibility for the safety of LFB personnel
LFB incident commander
Who is the coordinating authority for search and rescue on the tidle section of the River Thames?
Maritime Coast Guard agency
What are the three major factors that influence wildfires?
Wind
Slope
Aspect
When can entry to a confined space be made?
To save sable life
When the incident cannot be resolved safely, unless entrance to the confined space is made
If a decision is made to change the responsible persons evacuation procedure, where should this be recorded?
On a key decision log and shared with other emergency services
What is the role of the FSG sector commander?
A functional role on the incident ground they are responsible for creating an effective FFG comms structure
The message basement procedure in implemented indicates a suitable and sufficient risk assessment has been done. What does the safe system of work involve?
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
The fire sector consists of what floors
All floors above the bridge head to the fire floor the floors involved in fire plus one above
When should an analytical risk assessment be completed?
When the incident commander recognises the value for enhanced supervision of safety at an incident
What is the maximum speed? A train travels at under caution?
50 mph
What are the three stages of situational awareness?
Information gathering
Understanding information
Anticipation
During a tactical withdrawal, what tactical mode will be sent?
Oscar mode because personnel are still in the Hazzard zone
What are the two main decision-making processes?
Intuitive
Analytical
What is used to monitor air conditions at the Bridgehead?
GDM
Who should results of an ARA be communicated to?
Everyone on the fire ground
What are the five levels of command support?
Initial
Intermediate
Advanced
Remote
Enhanced logistic support
Who hold organisational accountability?
The most senior officer present, even when they are not taking the role of incident commander
Once formal handover of commander and incident has taken place who must be informed
At all incidents, the new incident commander must communicate to both Brigade control and the incident ground they have taken over
Which act requires employers to ensure the health safety and welfare at work of their staff
Health and safety at work act 1974
Regarding decisions and incident commander makes resolving incident what three things does policy state they should do
Understand they’re starting position
Know their desired end position
Develop a plan that gets them from one position to the other
Can you commit into a sewer in BA not started up?
No, due to the presence of unseen toxic gases
Minimum rest after a hard BA wear
60 minutes and 1000 mL of water
When are respirators not to be deployed?
Inflammable atmospheres
In confined spaces
Toxic gases
In oxygen deficient atmospheres
