When establishing command, you must always do these three things:
Locate it.
Name it.
locate base and staging.
ITAC means:
Integrated Tactical Accountability and Communications System
What is a "benefit?"
The actual presence of value based on the realistic ability to: rescue savable people, prevent further property loss, and/or prevent further environmental harm.
What is a "Hazard area?"
Defined as any area that requires the use of PPE or in which a responder may be at risk of becoming lost, trapped, or injured by the environment or structure.
Define a "cold zone"
The incident’s outermost and safest control zone, where the Incident Command Post and other support functions are located so as not to expose them to any potential hazards
Define a "warm Zone"
The control zone established between the Cold and Hot Zones, where hazardous activities are supported and where the decontamination of exposed civilians, responders, and equipment is conducted.
Define "hot zone"
The innermost control zone established that surrounds the immediate Hazard Area, specifically to encompass the hazard as a means to safe guard unprotected personnel outside the control zone.
Define "exclusion zone"
The control zone established on an as needed basis, within the Hot Zone, where due to the imminent nature of the hazard or the need to protect evidence, no responders are allowed to enter.
What describes an environment where unprotected exposures to smoke or toxic chemicals will immediately create escape-impairing symptoms or irreversible health effects?
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH)
Equipment specifically designed to shield or isolate a person from the chemical, physical, and thermal hazards they may encounter. PPE includes both personal protective clothing and respiratory protection.
PPE's
What is: The expectation of loss, viewed as an expression of combined probability and severity of loss. Specifically, how probable is it that a loss will occur and how severe are the potential consequences if the loss actually occurs.
Risk
A systematic evaluation of incident conditions and/or circumstances specifically to identify the hazards responders may be exposed to and to calculate potential severity is called:
Risk assesment
Accounting for the expectation of loss, based on the probability and severity of loss.
Risk management
In the context of emergency services, _____ is defined as the expectation of loss, viewed as an expression of combined ________ and ______ of loss. Specifically, how probable is it that a loss will occur and how severe are the potential consequences if the loss actually occurs.
Risk
Probability
Severity
The basic premise to risk management is that once a risk is identified, the risk can be ________.
Managed
___________________ are ultimately responsible for determining and managing the level of risk assumed by those operating on the incident scene.
Incident managers
Factoring the passage of time and its affect on potential risk
Is a.........
Risk management principle
The identification and evaluation of potential hazards
Is a .......
Risk management principle
Establishing an incident action plan that minimizes risk to responders
Is a....
Risk management principle
Ensuring that personnel are accounted for
Is a......
Risk management principle
Providing for responder rehabilitation
is a....
Risk management principle
Assigning an Incident Safety Officer
is a....
Risk management principle
Providing traffic work zone safety measures
is a....
Risk management principle
Stabilizing utilities
is a ........
Risk management principle
Ensuring incident operations comply with applicable mandates and standards
is a.........
Risk management principle
All firefighting and rescue operations involve an _____ _______ level of _____ to firefighters.
inherent
level
risk
T/F
We always have direct control over the degree of risk we assume.
T
The level of risk we choose to assume must be thoughtfully _________ and then managed in a ___________ manner.
calculated
controlled
Activities that present a significant risk to the safety of members shall be limited to situations where there is a potential to ______ _________ ________.
save endangered lives
Responders may take significant risk, within a _______ _______ and _______ _________when there is a realistic potential to save a life.
structured plan
tenable conditions
Responders will take ________ risk, within a structured plan to save savable property.
Minimum
No risk to the safety of members shall be acceptable when there is no possibility to save ______ or _______
Lives
Property
Responders will risk _________ to save what has already been lost.
Nothing
No building or property is worth __________ ________ _________ ________ _________.
the life of a firefighter
Firefighters shall not be committed to interior offensive fire fighting operations in abandoned or derelict buildings, unless:
faced with a viable Known Rescue.
It is the responsibility of the ________ _________ to evaluate the level of risk in every situation.
Incident commander
Risk assessment is a __________ ________during all fire ground operations.
Continous proccess
When conditions change and risk increases, ________ and _______ will be modified accordingly.
Strategy and tactics
What is:
Make decisions with a mindset that starts from a safe place to first find the value of entering, rather than inside by default, wondering if we should be outside.
Value driven decision making
All members are responsible for continuously identifying ______ _______ and are not only authorized, but ________ to report such conditions.
unsafe conditions
obligated
T/F
Every responder is both responsible for and authorized to say NO to unsafe practices or conditions
T
All fire officers are responsible for accepting, and appropriately acting upon, all ______ ________ _________ to make the incident scene safer.
safety-related information
Who is responsible for stablishing egress/escape plans prior to engaging teams?
Safety officer
What is a "periodic status report?"
A PACT
What does the P in "PACT" mean?
Progress – Tactical or support objective; is it complete, in-progress, your need for assistance, your recommendations, etc
What does the A in "PACT" mean?
Air – Percent of team leader’s remaining air supply
Team – Personnel accountability, verify accountability, and location
Managing risk begins with minimizing _______.
Exposure
The incident’s outermost and safest control zone – The zone where the Incident Command Post and other support functions are located so as not to expose them to any potential hazards
Cold Zone
The control zone established between the Cold and Hot Zones – The zone where hazardous activities are supported and where the decontamination of exposed civilians, responders, and equipment is conducted.
Warm zone
The innermost control zone – The zone that surrounds the immediate Hazard Area, specifically to encompass the hazard as a means to safe guard unprotected personnel outside the control zone.
Hot Zone
Team members operating in a Hot Zone, and where indicated, a Warm Zone shall be in constant communication with each other through _________________________or by other means in order to coordinate their activities
visual, audible, physical, safety guide rope
Teams operating in buildings with active fire where they may become endangered by uncontrolled fire spread should have a
_________________________________with them for protection
charged and functional hose line
Loaded roof structures are defined as:
roof systems supporting heavy HVAC equipment, accumulated snow, or any other source of weight that may trigger a catastrophic collapse
Risk assessment shall include an evaluation of the _______, _________, and ________ to rescue occupants
Presence
Survivability
Potential
The Incident Command System (ICS) shall be established at the scene of every incident, beginning with:
the arrival of the first fire department member.
The risk assessment model consists of two phases _______ and _________.
Assesment
Action
Assessment Phase consists of two steps, _________ and ________ the hazards
Identify
Assess
identified hazards are assessed in terms of their potential for _________ and the ____________ of their impact
Occurence
Significance
Decision making matrix
High risk, low probability of success =
Defensive operation only
Division/Group Supervisors should track the _______________ within an IDLH atmosphere for each of their assigned teams.
On-air time
Once the incident is no longer in an _____ ______, the Incident Commander may opt to discontinue the 10-minute notifications.