Structural Firefighting Flashcards
Administrative decision making is less time sensitive therefore input should be included from the diverse sources and careful analysis of all options should be considered this is referred to as
Rational decision making (RDM)
The IC must decide on proper course of action with limited information available in a relatively short period of time this process is referred to as
Recognition primed decision making (RPD)
Standard on emergency services incident management system NFPA:
NFPA 1561
Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program NFPA:
NFPA 1500
Forest fires in California in 1970 prompted the development of the
Firescope incident command system
The fire ground command system was developed in
Phoenix Arizona
What establishes NIMS as a national system requiring it’s used but federal agencies making its adoption mandatory when the federal government is providing preparedness assistance
Homeland security presidential directive 5
HSPD-5
Which command is preferred over a shared or unified command
Single command
Which command do two different jurisdictions and or agencies share responsibility for developing the incident action plan
Unified command
In unified command the plan development is shared but who should direct all field units
One operations chief
The three command modes that apply only to company level operations are?
Investigation, fast attack, command
Incident priorities are?
Life safety, extinguishment and property conservation
You can delegate authority but you cannot delegate
Responsibility
The command post is wherever the
Incident commander is
The span of control is
3-7 with 5 being rule of thumb
