Section III - Structural Collapse Incidents - Chapter 3 Flashcards
The Regional USAR Task Force Level is comprised of _____ people specially trained and equipped for large or complex urban search and rescue operations.
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Regional USAR Task Force:
The multi-disciplinary organization provides five functional elements that include:
Supervision, Search, Rescue, Medical, and Tool/Equipment Support
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The Regional USAR Task Force is totally self-sufficient for the first ?
24 hours
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The USAR Task Force Search element includes ________ and __________ search capabilities.
canine and technical
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In ______, _______ initiated an effort to organize national search and rescue capabilities in the United States.
1990 / FEMA
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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 ?
Incident Command System
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The State/National USAR Task Force can provide around the clock urban search and rescue functions working two ?
12 hour shifts
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Each State/National USAR task force is made up of _____ persons and comprised of the following four major team functions: ________, ________, _________ and ___________.
70 / Search, Rescue, Medical, and Technical
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USAR task forces are able to mobilize for deployment within _____ hours of notification.
Six
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If a state has a National USAR task force, it can be deployed to a state emergency without _____________.
authorization
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The USAR task force is totally self-sufficient for the first ____ hours and has a full equipment cache to support its operation.
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The State/National USAR task force is unique in that unlike other task forces, it is designed to be used as a _________ __________.
single resource
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The USAR task force should not be disassembled to make individual task force elements, unless approved by the ?
Task Force Leader
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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.
70 / Task Force / Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT)
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It is anticipated that the local community IC will ?
remain in charge of the incident
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One of the best ways for the local IC to interact with USAR task force is to assign the FEMA resources under a ?
FEMA USAR Branch or State/National USAR Branch
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The main goal of all USAR task forces is to ?
support the IC and local resources
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All coordination between the local jurisdiction and the USAR task forces should be through the ?
FEMA USAR Branch Director
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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 __________.
geographic / street / hundred / number
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Depending on the size of the search area, areas may be divided into ?
geographic Divisions
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For a multi-story structure, each floor could be identified as a _____________ and numerically numbered such as: ?
Division / Division 1 for floor 1, Division 2 for floor 2, and so on
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To facilitate responsible areas to search, the floor - which is identified as a Division - can be subdivided into ___________ or ____________ such as ?
Segments or Quadrants / Segment or quadrant A,B,C and D
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A building divided based on 4 sides would normally be alphabetically lettered in a _____________ manner starting with the front of the building.
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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If radio communications become a problem, the phonetic alphabet - _______, _______, _________, or ________ Divisions - can be used for clearer radio communications.
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, or Delta
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Search teams, rescue teams, and medical teams are normally identified as ____________ positions for search and rescue operations.
functional
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The deployment of FEMA USAR task forces needs to remain as ____________ as possible to support the local jurisdiction.
flexible
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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 __________.
bottom up / delegate
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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 ______.
tool box / tools / box
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