Section III - Structural Collapse Incidents - Chapter 3

Question 1

The Regional USAR Task Force Level is comprised of _____ people specially trained and equipped for large or complex urban search and rescue operations.

Answer 1

29

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Question 2

Regional USAR Task Force:

The multi-disciplinary organization provides five functional elements that include:

Answer 2

Supervision, Search, Rescue, Medical, and Tool/Equipment Support

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Question 3

The Regional USAR Task Force is totally self-sufficient for the first ?

Answer 3

24 hours

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Question 4

The USAR Task Force Search element includes ________ and __________ search capabilities.

Answer 4

canine and technical

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Question 5

In ______, _______ initiated an effort to organize national search and rescue capabilities in the United States.

Answer 5

1990 / FEMA

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Question 6

State/National USAR task force:

One of the goals of this project was to develop multi-disciplinary response teams from various parts of the country that would function under the ?

Answer 6

Incident Command System

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Question 7

The State/National USAR Task Force can provide around the clock urban search and rescue functions working two ?

Answer 7

12 hour shifts

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Question 8

Each State/National USAR task force is made up of _____ persons and comprised of the following four major team functions: ________, ________, _________ and ___________.

Answer 8

70 / Search, Rescue, Medical, and Technical

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Question 9

USAR task forces are able to mobilize for deployment within _____ hours of notification.

Answer 9

Six

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Question 10

If a state has a National USAR task force, it can be deployed to a state emergency without _____________.

Answer 10

authorization

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Question 11

The USAR task force is totally self-sufficient for the first ____ hours and has a full equipment cache to support its operation.

Answer 11

72

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Question 12

The State/National USAR task force is unique in that unlike other task forces, it is designed to be used as a _________ __________.

Answer 12

single resource

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Question 13

The USAR task force should not be disassembled to make individual task force elements, unless approved by the ?

Answer 13

Task Force Leader

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Question 14

The ____ person USAR task force has a _____ ________ Leader who is in charge of its resources. In addition to the state/national USAR task forces, FEMA will deploy an __________ ____________ ____________ ________ to coordinate FEMA’s participation with the local IC.

Answer 14

70 / Task Force / Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT)

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Question 15

It is anticipated that the local community IC will ?

Answer 15

remain in charge of the incident

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Question 16

One of the best ways for the local IC to interact with USAR task force is to assign the FEMA resources under a ?

Answer 16

FEMA USAR Branch or State/National USAR Branch

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Question 17

The main goal of all USAR task forces is to ?

Answer 17

support the IC and local resources

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Question 18

All coordination between the local jurisdiction and the USAR task forces should be through the ?

Answer 18

FEMA USAR Branch Director

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Question 19

FEMA USAR task forces will be given a ___________ area to search. The system builds upon the use of the pre-disaster ________ name, __________ block, and building __________.

Answer 19

geographic / street / hundred / number

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Question 20

Depending on the size of the search area, areas may be divided into ?

Answer 20

geographic Divisions

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Question 21

For a multi-story structure, each floor could be identified as a _____________ and numerically numbered such as: ?

Answer 21

Division / Division 1 for floor 1, Division 2 for floor 2, and so on

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Question 22

To facilitate responsible areas to search, the floor - which is identified as a Division - can be subdivided into ___________ or ____________ such as ?

Answer 22

Segments or Quadrants / Segment or quadrant A,B,C and D

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Question 23

A building divided based on 4 sides would normally be alphabetically lettered in a _____________ manner starting with the front of the building.

Answer 23

clockwise
ex. Division A for the front, Division B for the left side, Division C for the rear, and Division D for the right side

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Question 24

If radio communications become a problem, the phonetic alphabet - _______, _______, _________, or ________ Divisions - can be used for clearer radio communications.

Answer 24

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, or Delta

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Question 25

Search teams, rescue teams, and medical teams are normally identified as ____________ positions for search and rescue operations.

Answer 25

functional

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Question 26

The deployment of FEMA USAR task forces needs to remain as ____________ as possible to support the local jurisdiction.

Answer 26

flexible

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Question 27

It is important to remember the ICS organization builds from the ___________ _____. If the IC can effectively deal with all the major functional considerations the incident presents, there is no need to __________.

Answer 27

bottom up / delegate

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Question 28

The ICS should be thought of as a ______ _____ that can help the IC do a better job. Use only the _______ required for the job; leave all the others in the ______.

Answer 28

tool box / tools / box

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