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Tactics Vocab Flashcards

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Fire is a chemical process where fuel, oxygen, and heat come together in an uninhabited chain reaction.

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Behavior of fire

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The backbone of every fire department, encompasses basic and advanced areas.

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Training

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Usually holds the rank of lieutenant or captain and has the responsibility for leading an engine or ladder truck company

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Fire officer

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Method of gathering facts about a building or process prior to an emergency.

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Pre-incident planning

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The theoretical amount of water needed to control and extinguish a fire.

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Needed fire flow

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The traits an incident commander exhibits that will influence the conduct of everyone operating at an incident scene.

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Command presence

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The first national fire fighter life safety summit produced 16 major initiatives that will give the fire service a blueprint for making positive changes.

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Firefighter life safety initiatives

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A shared responsibility by the driver and the officer to ensure safe driving procedures when ever a fire department apparatus is in motion.

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Safe operation of fire department apparatus

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Is an uninhabited chemical chain reaction that occurs when the fuel is broken down by heed.

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Fire tetrahedron

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What are the four elements in the fire tetrahedron.

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Oxygen, heat, fuel, chain reaction

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Fires that involve ordinary combustible materials: Wood, paper, textile.

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Class A fires

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12
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Describe the symbol, it’s coloring, and alphabetical letter that the packs each class a fire.

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Class A: green triangle Class B: red square Class C: blue circle Class D: 5 point yellow star Class K: black hexagon

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Fires that involve flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oil’s, solvents, lacquers, alcohol, and flammable gases.

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Class B fires

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Fires that involve energized electrical equipment.

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Class C fires

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Fires that involve combustible metals: aluminum, magnesium, titanium, sodium, and potassium.

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Class D fires

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Fires that involve vegetable oil‘s, animal oil’s, or fats, and cooking fires.

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Class K fires

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17
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Are commonly extinguished with water or a method that uses water and an additive or with fire extinguishers.

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Class A fires

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18
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These fires are extinguished by using foam and fire extinguishers.

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Class B fires

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These fires are extinguished by using extinguishers that will not conduct electricity. Dry chemical and carbon dioxide (CO2) fire extinguishers are used for extinguishing these types of fires.

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Class C fires

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These fires are commonly fought with a special type of fire extinguisher for fighting metal fires.

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Class D fires

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21
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The most effective extinguishing system for these types of fires is a wet chemical commercial hood suppression system.

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Class K fires

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22
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What are the methods of heat transfer?

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Conduction, convection, radiation

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23
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Is heat that is conducted by a gas or liquid.

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Convection

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24
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What are the five stages of fires?

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  1. Ignition 2. Growth 3. Flashover 4. Fully developed 5. Decay
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Is the ignition of combustibles in an area heated by convection, radiation, or a combination of the two. Which results in an almost simultaneous combustion of all the materials.

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Flashover

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26
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Used to describe the fire or flame front that often is observed rolling along in front of burning materials.

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Rollover

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27
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A fire that is deficient in oxygen, can lead to the possibility of smoke explosion to occur. There is insufficient oxygen for active burning, and the fire is smoldering.

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Backdraft

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28
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What is the needed fire flow formula?

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NFF= length x width / 3 NFF= 60’ x 20’ / 3= 400 gpm

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29
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What is the needed fire flow formula for multi story structures?

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NFF= L x W / 3 x 2 (floors)

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30
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Provide the water to control and extinguish fires.

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Engine company operations

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31
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Rescue, flattering, forcible entry, ventilation, overhaul, and salvage are the primary duties assigned to what company?

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Truck company operations

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32
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What are the four types of sprinkler systems?

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Wet pipe sprinkler systems Dry pipe sprinkler systems Preaction sprinkler systems Deluge sprinkler systems

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33
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What type of sprinkler system contains water at all times?

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Wet pipe sprinkler system

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34
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What type of sprinkler system is filled with air or nitrogen under pressure in lieu of water?

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Dry pipe sprinkler system

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What type of sprinkler system contains a deluge type of valve, fire detection devices, and closed sprinkler heads? System is charged with air or nitrogen not water.

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Pre-action sprinkler system

36
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What type of sprinkler systems utilize open sprinkler heads and a deluge valve?

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Deluge Sprinkler system

37
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Type of standpipe system that provides 2 1/2 inch hose line connections at designated locations in a building for use by firefighters or full scale fire fighting?

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Class 1

38
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Type of standpipe systems provide 1 1/2 inch hose line connections at designated locations in a building for first aid fire fighting? These systems contain a hose line (commonly referred to as a house-line), nozzle, and hose rack.

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Class 2

39
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Type of standpipe systems that provide full scale and first aid firefighting capabilities and are intended for both firefighter and fire brigade use? The systems are provided with both 2 1/2 inch and 1 1/2 inch hose line connections.

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Class 3

40
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Can range from 1 to 8 stories spread over hundreds of feet or a city block

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Commercial buildings and warehouses

41
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type of structure with a row of stores with parking in front.

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Strip mall

42
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Type of structure found in urban and suburban areas. Every day merchandise consist of many flammable hazards.

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Enclosed shopping mall

43
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Type of structure that is typically one story self Service stores that contain food supplies and household goods for a customer purchase arranged in long aisles, and may include commercial kitchens and Restaurant areas as well.

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Supermarkets

44
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May contain Saw Mills, millwork shops, and a large quantity of highly combustible lumber in exposed exterior piles.

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Lumberyard

45
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This type of structure is more than 75 feet tall and presents numerous life safety problems to firefighters fighting a fire.

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High-rise building

46
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Can expose firefighters to uncontrolled situations that present a more complex set of occupational health and safety concerns than structural firefighting.

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Hazardous materials incident

47
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Involve highly flammable products and there is that ever-present danger of rapid incident scene changes.

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Tank farm/refinery fires

48
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Violent acts, or ask dangerous to human life, in violation of criminal laws of the United States.

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Terrorism incidents

49
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A homemade bomb that uses conventional explosives and contains radioactive material that is intended to be dispersed as the bomb explodes.

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Dirty bomb

50
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Illegal laboratories ranging from primitive to highly sophisticated facilities for the production of illegal drugs such as methamphetamines.

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Clandestine drug labs

51
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Devastating natural events, such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes, occurring with little or no warning that destroy properties and take many lives.

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Natural disasters

52
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What type of mode is an aggressive attack to either extinguish a fire, stop a leak, or control a spill.

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Offensive

53
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What type of mode is a holding action where a defensive stand is taken. Firefighters are kept a safe distance from the threat of exposure to the product or potential explosion.

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Defensive

54
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is a combination of offensive and defensive modes

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Transitional

55
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Type of mode making an aggressive attack with either hose lines or foam lines to rescue someone trapped, or attempting a quick shut down of valves to minimize or mitigate the problem.

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Offensive/defensive

56
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A type of mode where an initial holding action is utilized until a fire reaches the state where it can be controlled, or until sufficient resources arrive, such as foam or hazmat units.

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Defensive/offensive

57
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This mode means that no action will be taken. This can be due to a number of considerations: the IC has decided that no civilian life is at stake and that any course of action would be too dangerous.

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Nonintervention

58
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A roof that floats on the surface of the product in the tank (normally crude oil). The tank design prevents a build up of vapors between the surface of the liquid and the underside of the roof.

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Open top floating roof tank

59
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Has a floating roof and a permanent solid cone roof. The cone roof is permanently attached to the side walls with a weak shell joint. This weak shell attachment is meant to separate the roof from the sides if there is any pressure buildup within the tank.

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Covered floating roof tank

60
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Has a permanent solid cone roof attached to the side walls with a weak shell joint, allowing for separation of the roof and the sides should pressure buildup occur within the tank. The solid roof allows a vapor space between the surface of the liquid and the underside of the roof.

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Cone roof tank

61
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A means to reconstruct events and assess how the fire department performed at an incident. The outcome should be the improvement of operations.

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Incident critique

62
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Stress experienced by firefighters exposed to traumatic incidents.

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Critical incident stress

63
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When should a formal critique be conducted?

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Should be held after most major emergencies or significant events. A date should be selected as soon as possible after the incident.

64
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When should an informal critique be conducted?

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Immediately following the incident

65
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Contains measurable incident objectives to be achieved in a specific time frame.

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Incident action plan

66
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Is a practical tool that is used in the planning process and for the development of the incident action plan

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Planning “P “

67
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The two basic methods are the classical method and the naturalistic, or recognition prime, or cue-based method.

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Incident scene decision making

68
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Identifies problems at an incident scene.

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Size-up

69
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The overall goals that will solve the problems found.

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Strategy

70
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The way strategies or goals will be achieved.

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Tactics

71
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Stipulate who will do which step and when.

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Tasks

72
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Is a tool created to optimize human performance.

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Crew resource management

73
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Studied by UL and NIST to scientifically determine how ventilation affects a fire burning in one and two-story dwelling’s.

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Firefighting ventilation practices and tactics

74
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The types of attack for structural firefighting are offensive, defensive, and transitional period

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Modes of fire attack

75
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What are the three forms that make up the foundation of the IAP?

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ICS form 202, 203, 204

76
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What form provides a general situational awareness that may include incident objectives that are received from the IC , projected weather forecast, and a safety message from the safety officer.

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ICS form 202 Incident objectives

77
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What form contains the names of everyone in the incident management system who has received an assignment, such as the IC, Section chiefs, branch directors, supervisors, and unit leaders.

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IC form 203 Organizational assignment list

78
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What form denotes the divisions, groups, strike teams, task forces, and crews with their individual work assignments or tactics.

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ICS form 204 Assignment list

79
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Decision making that is used for training exercises, development of pre-plans, or incidents with cues that require a set of reactions that the decision-maker has not experienced or learned before.

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Classical method of decision making

80
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Decision making through personal experience of training exercises, incident scene responses, and study, has built a base of knowledge. This knowledge is embedded in the brain and is readily recallable.

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Cute-based decision-making

81
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What are the five levels of the command sequence?

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Level 1: Incident priorities Level 2: Size up Level 3: Strategy Level 4: Tactics Level 5: Tasks

82
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What are the incident priorities that are utilized in the command sequence?

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Priority 1- Life safety Priority 2- Incident stabilization Priority 3- Property conservation

83
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What is Coal was wealth?

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Construction Occupancy Area Life hazard Water Auxiliary appliances Street conditions Weather Exposures Apparatus/personnel Location Time Hazards/height

84
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What are the seven basic strategies?

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Rescue Exposures Confinement Extinguishment Overhaul Ventilation Salvage

85
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What are the four basic modes of fire attack for structural firefighting?

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1 Offensive 2 Defensive 3 Offensive/defensive 4 Defensive/offensive

86
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What are the five factors of crew resource management?

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Communications, situational awareness, decision-making, teamwork, barriers

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