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I.C. in all emergencies over ___ minutes shall identify the incident by ____ name.
30 minutes, geographical name
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The incident command post shall be announced during the ________.
Follow up report
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Transfer of Command shall include ________.
- (shall be face to face)
- IAP
- Location of Resources
- Specify safety hazards, potential losses
- Additional resources needed
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When shall the incident commander transmit a check-in location?
immediately upon requesting additional resources
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Automatic holding: All incoming companies shall hold ______ or _______ for brush and announce their position to the ________.
1 block, 1/4 mile, I.C.
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When shall the command post location be announced?
Follow up report
-
Who shall initiate the command sheets and incident command boards?
The First in Chief Officer at the Command Post
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Transfer of command shall be to the first arriving _______ and include the following information _________.
- Chief Officer,
- Situation Status
- IAP
- Deployment and assignment of resources
- Appraisal of needs
- Safety Hazards, potential life and property loss.
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The 3 standard reporting formats are _____
- Size up
- Follow Up
- Status report
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The Size up report for a structure fire includes________
- Location by address
- Products of combustion
- Height and type of occupancy
- Special instructions
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The Size up for a brush fire includes_____
- Location by address or intersection
- Size of fire in acres
- type of fuel
- speed of spread and direction
- special instructions
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The size up report for a hazardous materials incident includes__________
- Location of address or intersection
- Type of occupancy or carrier
- type of material- moving or static
- with or without fire
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The size up report for a multi-casualty incident includes_________
- Location by address or intersection
- type of incident
- estimate the number of victims
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The follow up report includes_________
- Name the incident with 1 or 2 syllable word
- identify the command post location
- additional resources and radio frequencies
- announce check in location
- Provide updates to LA every 30-45 minutes
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Status reports include ___________
-
Radio Communication between units shall be on the _________ assigned
White (TAC) or Blue (Direct) Frequency
-
Emergency traffic is requested thru the ____ who then requests _______ to clear the air.
- I.C.
- LA Command and Control
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Allocated is defined as
Resources dispatched to an incident by have not check in
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Assigned is defined as
Resources check in and assigned a work task
-
Locations that resources can check in are
- Command Post
- Base or Camp
- Staging Areas
- Helibase
- Division Supervisor
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An incident action plan must include
- Clear definition of goals and objectives
- time limits
- ordered sequence of events
-
Staging provides for
- Prevents resource congestion
- Allow time for IC to evaluate conditions
- reduce radio traffic during initial stages
- allow IC to develop IAP
-
NIIMS stands for
National Interagency Incident Management system
-
In the ICS organization the staff builds from
The top down
-
The organizational title for each level of the ICS organization are
- Incident Command- Incident Commander
- Command Staff - Officer
- Section- Chief
- Branch- Director
- Division/Group- Supervisor
- Unit- unit leader
-
There are _____ radio networks in ICS which are ___________
- Five(5)
- Command Net
- Tactical Net
- Support Net
- Ground to Air Net
- Air to Air Net
-
Unified Command is needed because
- Incidents have no regards for boundaries
- Individual agency responsibility and authority
- is normally legally confined to a single jurisdiction
-
The concept of unified command is ____
All agencies that have jurisdictional responsibility contribute
-
The selection of participants to work in the unified command depend on ________
- Location of the incident
- kind of incident
-
Unified command can consist of ______
Representative of each geographical jurisdiction or several functional departments within the jurisdiction
-
Under unified command, the tactical implementation of the IAP is done by the _____
Operations section chief
-
The operations section chief will normally be from the agency which has the
Greatest Jurisdictional involvement
-
When should written IAP's be used
Resources from multiple agencies used several jurisdictions used there are changes in shifts or equipment
-
IAPs are based on incident objectives and strategies established by the ________
IC
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Within ICS, the span of control should range from __ with ____ as the general rule of thumb
-
How many incident command posts and bases are there for an incident?
One per incident
-
Facilities in the ICS that can have more than one location are _____
- Staging
- Camps
- Helispots
- Helibasees
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The use of strike teams and task forces are encouraged to maximize the ________
- Effective use of resources
- maintain span of control
- reduce radio traffic
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The three conditions for use with tactical resources are _____
- Assigned
- available
- out of service
-
Chain of command means
there is an orderly line of authority
-
Unity of command means
Every individual has one designated supervisor
-
The ICS has ______ Major functional areas they are ______
- 5
- Command
- Finance
- logistics
- operations
- planning
-
The command function may be conducted in two general ways
- Single command
- Unified Command
-
Who approves the IAP, all requests for ordering and releasing resources and may have one or more deputies?
IC
-
In a single or unified command structure who is responsible for implementation of the IAP?
Operations section chief
-
The command staff includes _______
and who can have one or more _______
- Safety, information, liason
- Assistants
-
The point of contact for media is the
Information officer
-
All information release by the ____ must first be approved by the _________
-
Who should have the authority to stop unsafe acts and may have assistants?
Safety Officer
-
The point of contact for representatives from other agencies is the ________ who may also have assistants
Liaison Officer
-
Who should have the authority to speak on all matters for their agency?
Agency representative
-
Within the operations section you may have up to ________ Branches
5
-
Within the operations section you may have up to _______ divisions/groups
25
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Who is responsible for the direct management of all incident tactical activities and may have deputies?
Operations section Chief
-
What areas are used to temporarily locate resources assigned to operations, awaiting tactical assignment and be on a 3 minute availability?
Staging
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What position is established whenever both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft will be simultaneously operated in the same air space?
Air tactical group supervisor
-
What are the 3 ways resources may be used in ICS?
- Single resource
- task force
- strike teams
-
A combination of mixed resources with common communications under direct supervision of a leader are called?
Task Forces
-
A set number of resources of the same kind and type with common communications and under direct supervision of a leader are called.
Strike Teams
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Division or groups are established when the number of resources exceeds the span of control of the _______
Operations section chief
-
Divisions divide an incident into ____
Groups divide an incident into ______
- Geographical or physical areas
- functional areas
-
What are established when a division/group supervisor has a need to subdivide the work areas for improved supervision and accountability and are geographic in area??
Segments
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A segment may be part of a ____ and can be inside or outside the _____
-
Responsibility for a segment is assigned to a ________
Strike team or task force leader
-
Segments are identified with _____ which are not used as a radio call sign
Arabic numbers
-
There is no such position as a segment _____
leader
-
Branches are established for the following reasons
- Divisions/Groups exceed the 5-1 span of cont.
- Nature of incident calls for functional branches
- Multi-Jurisdictional incidents where resources are best managed under normal control
-
The planning section chief may have _____ or more deputies from other involved jurisdictions
one or more
-
Who are personnel with special skills that are activated only when needed?
Technical specialists
-
The planning section consists of ______
- Resources unit
- situation unit
- documentation unit
- demobilization unit
- technical specialist
-
An ordered sequence of events created to achieve an objective within a specific time is called an
Incident Action Plan
-
The primary steps of the planning process are
- understand the situation
- Establish incident objectives and strategy
- develop a plan
- prepare a plan
- re-evaluate the plan
-
Incident objectives are formulated to meet the following criteria
- They are achievable
- They are measurable
- They are flexible
-
The logistics section consists of
- Service Branch- Communications, Medical, Food
- Support Branch- Supply unit, facilities, ground support
-
The finance/administration section consist of
- Time Unit
- Procurement unit
- Compensation/claims unit
- cost unit
-
An expansion of the incident command function designed to manage a very large area that has multiple incidents each with a separate ICS organization is known as
Area Command
-
Area Command is normally small with personnel assigned to ______, ______, and _______
- Command
- Planning
- Logistics
-
Two or more individual incidents located in the same general proximity which are assigned to a single incident commander or unified command is known as
A complex
-
MACS stands for
Multi-Agency Coordination system
-
Who is responsible for overall direction of incident management teams assigned to the same incident or incidents in close proximity?
Area Commander
-
Who is responsible for collecting information from incident management teams in order to assess and evaluate potential conflicts in establishing incident objectives, strategies, and the priority use of critical resources?
Area Command Planning Chief
-
Who is responsible for providing facilities, services, and material at the area command level and ensuring effective use of critical resources and supplies among the incident management teams?
Area command logistics chief
-
Who is responsible for the overall management of the incident, approves requests or release of additional resources and selected by qualifications and experience?
IC
-
Deputies may be used at what level of the ICS organization?
-
Who develops and releases information with the IC's approval to the media, other agencies and may have assistants?
Information officer
-
Who is the contact person for personnel other than those on direct tactical assignments assigned to the incident by assisting or cooperating agencies and may have assistants?
Liaison officer
-
Who is the person assigned to an incident from assisting or cooperating agencies, delegated authority to make decisions on matters that agency and reports to the liaison officer?
Agency Representatives
-
Who develops and recommends measures for assuring personnel safety, assesses or anticipates hazardous conditions, has authority to stop unsafe acts, approves the medical plan and may have assistants?
Safety officer
-
Who manages all the operations directly applicable to the primary mission and develops the operations portion of the incident action plan?
operations section chief
-
Who manages all activities within the staging area and reports to the operations chief?
Staging area manager
-
Who implements the portion of the IAP appropriate to the branch section and reported to the ops chief?
Branch Director
-
Who implements the assigned portion of the IAP, provides the IAP to strike team leaders when available and reports to the branch director or operation section head(if no branch)?
Division/group supervisor
-
Who preforms tactical assignments assigned to strike teams/task forces and reports to the Div/Group, Branch, Ops Chief or IC (in that order)?
Strike Team/Task Force Leader
-
What is a tactical resource which retains its original unit designation?
Single resource
-
Who is in charge of the air strategy portion of the IAP, provides logistical support of helicopters, supervises all portions of air ops evaluates helibase locations and is ground based?
Air operations branch director
-
Who coordinates the use of both fixed wing and rotary aircraft, reports to the air ops branch director and is airborne at all times?
Air tactical group supervisor
-
Who is responsible for coordinating tactical or logistical helicopter missions, reports to the air tactical group supervisor and can be airborne or ground based?
helicopter coordinator
-
Who is responsible for coordinating assigned air tanker operations, reports to the air tactical group supervisor and is always airborne?
air tanker/fixed wing coordinator
-
Who supports, manages helibases and helispots a liaison with fixed wing bases and reports to the air operations branch director?
Air support group supervisor
-
Who manages helibases, and reports to the air support group supervisor?
Helibase manager
-
Who manages helispots and reports to the helibase manager?
helispot manager
-
Who provides fire retardant to helicopters at the rate specified and reports to the helibase manager?
Mix master
-
Who provides coordination of the helibase landing area and reports to the helibase manager?
Deck coordinator
-
Who is responsible for the safe operation of loading and unloading of cargo and personnel at a helibase and reports to the deck coordinator?
Load master
-
Who is responsible for takeoff and landing of helicopters at a assigned helicopter pad and reports to the deck coordinator?
parking tender
-
Who coordinates arrival, departure and all movement on or around a helibase and reports to the helibase manager?
Take off and landing coordinator
-
Who establishes communications between helicopters, helibases, air tactical group supervisor, air ops branch director, etc and reports to the helibase manager?
helibase radio operator
-
Who keeps time on all helicopters assigned to the helibase and reports to the radio operator?
helicopter timekeeper
-
Who is responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination and use of information about the development of the incident and status of the resources?
Planning section chief
-
Who is responsible for maintaining the status of all assigned resources both primary and support at the incident?
resource unit leader
-
Who checks in resources at designated check-in locations and reports to the resource unit leader?
check-in recorder
-
Who collects, processes, and organizes all incident information?
situation unit leader
-
What 3 areas report to the situation unit leader?
- Display processor
- field observer
- weather observer
-
Who is responsible for the maintenance of accurate, up to date incident files, provides duplication services and reports to the planning section chief?
Documentation unit leader
-
Who develops and supervises incident demobilization plans and reports to the planning section chief?
Demobilization unit leader
-
Who is used in the incident when special knowledge and expertise is needed and reports to the planning section chief or wherever their services are required?
Technical specialist
-
What are the 5 types of specialists?
- Fire Behavior specialist
- Water resource specialist
- environmental specialist
- resource specialist
- training specialist
-
Who is responsible to provide facilities, services, and material in support of the incident?
logistics section chief
-
Who manages all communication, food, and medical units?
Service branch director
-
Who does the incident dispatcher report to?
Communications unit leader
-
Who handles distribution, maintenance, and repair of communications equipment and reports to the service branch director?
Communications unit leader
-
Who is responsible for the development of the medical plan, obtaining medical aid and transportation of ill and injured incident personnel and reports to the service branch director?
Medical unit leader
-
Who does the responder rehabilitation manager report to?
medical unit leader
-
Who is responsible for supplying the food needs for the entire incident including all remote locations?
Food unit leader
-
Who manages the supply, facilities, and ground support units?
support branch director
-
Who is responsible for ordering all personnel, equipment, and supplies?
Supply unit leader
-
Who does the ordering, receiving, and distribution manager report to?
Supply unit leader
-
Who sharpens, services, and repairs all hand tools and reports to the receiving and distribution manager?
Tools and equipment specialist
-
Who handles layout, setup, and security and maintenance of all facilities and reports to the support branch director?
facilities unit leader
-
Who does the security, base, and camp managers report to?
facilities unit manager
-
Who is responsible to provide non-technical coordination for all units operating within a camp?
Camp manager
-
Who supplies all repairs, fuel for apparatus, and equipment, provides support vehicle, develops a traffic plan and supervises the equipment manager?
Ground support leader
-
Who is responsible for all financial, administrative and cost analysis of the incident and reports to the IC?
Finance/administrative section chief
-
Who is responsible for equipment and personnel time recording and managing the commissary operations?
Time unit leader
-
Who does the commissary manager, personnel and equipment time recorders report to?
Time unit leader
-
Who administers all matters involving vendor contracts, leases, etc and reports to the finance section chief?
procurement unit leader
-
Who handles all matters related to compensation of injury claims and reports to the finance section chief?
Compensation/Claims unit leader
-
Who is responsible for collecting all cost data, performing cost effectiveness, estimates and saving recommendations for the incident and reports to the finance section chief?
cost unit leader
-
Per ICS standards there are ____ types of engines, each consisting of _______
- 4 types
- Type 1- 1000GPM, 400 gal tank, 4 persons
- Type 2- 500GPM, 400 gal tank, 3 persons
- Type 3- 120GPM, 300 gal tank, 3 persons
- Type 4- 50GPM, 200gal tank, 3 persons
-
Per ICS standards, there are _____ types of water tenders , each consisting of
- 3 types
- Type 1- 2000 gal tank, 300GPM
- Type 2- 1000 gal tank, 120GPM
- Type 3- 1000 Gal tank, 50GPM
-
Per ICS standards, there are ______ types of handcrews, each consisting of ______
- 2 types
- Type 1- highest training- no restrictions
- Type 2- minimum training- with restrictions 36 personnel plus strike team leader
-
Per ICS Standards there are ____ types of helicopters, each consisting of ______
- 4 Types
- Type 1 16 Personnel, 700 Gallons
- Type 2 10 Personnel, 300 Gallons
- Type 3 5 Personnel, 100 Gallons
- Type 4 3 Personnel, 75 Gallons
-
Resources Dispatched to an incident and have not checked in are known as_____
Allocated Resources
-
_______ is a expansion of the incident command function designed to manage a very large incident that has multiple incident management teams assigned.
Area command
-
Resources checked in and assigned a work task on an incident are known as _____
assigned resources
-
An agency directly contributing to suppression, rescue, support or services to another agency are known as ______
assisting agency
-
Resources assigned to an incident and available for an assignment are known as_____
available resources
-
The location where primary logistic functions are coordinated and administered is called______ of which there is only 1 per incident.
Incident Base
-
The organization level in ICS having functional or geographical responsibility for major parts of incident operations is called_______
Branch
-
A geographical site within the general incident area, separate from the base, equipped and staffed to provide food, water and sanitary services is called _______
Camp (may be more than 1 per incident)
-
The command staff in ICS consists of _____
- Safety Officer
- Information Officer
- Liaison Officer
- (may have assistants)
-
Two or more incidents located in the same general area which are assigned to a single IC or unified command to facilitate management is called ________
Complex
-
An agency supplying assistance other than direct suppression, rescue, support, or service to the incident control effort is called a________
Cooperating Agency
-
A deputy is a fully qualified individual who can be assigned to the _______, _______, and ______.
- IC
- General Staff
- Branch Directors
-
The organizational level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic area is known as _______
Division
-
The general staff consists of ______
- IC
- OPS section chief
- Planning section chief
- Logistics section chief
- Finance/Admin Section Chief
-
_________ Are established to divide the incident into functional area of operation.
Groups
-
A location within the general incident area for parking, fueling, maintenance and loading of helicopters is called a ________
Helibase
-
A location where a helicopters take off and land may be used for temporary retardant loading is called a __________
Helispot
-
A document that contains goals and objectives, an ordered sequence of events, and time limits of an incident is called a _______.
Incident Action Plan
-
MACS stands for __________
Multi-agency coordination system
-
Resources assigned to an incident but unable to respond for mechanical, rest or personnel reasons are called______
Out of service resources
-
Overhead personnel are assigned to supervisory positions which include______.
- IC
- Command Staff
- General Staff
- Directors
- Supervisors
- Unit Leaders
-
Locations where incident resources can check in are ______
- ICP
- Base/Camp
- Staging
- Helibase
- Division/Group
-
The organization level having responsibility for primary segments of incident operations such as operations, planning, logistics, and finance are called.
sections
-
The location where incident personnel and equipment are assigned on a 3 minute available status are called _______
Staging area
-
A specified combination of the same type of resource, with common communication and a leader is called _______
Strike Teams
-
A group of resources with common communication and a leader are called ______
Task Forces
-
A unified effort that allows all agencies with responsibility for the incident, either geographical or functional to manage the incident by establishing a common set of incident objectives and strategies is called ________
Unified Command
-
The location at which primary command functions are executed and is usually collocated at the base is called the _______
Command Post
-
Rapid force in haz mat incidents will organize as a _______ under the planning section
Technical specialist unit
-
Rapid Force Stands for
- Railroad accident prevention and immediate deployment force
- (for use on surface transportation incidents)
-
The contamination reduction zone is between the _______ zone and the _____ zone
-
The exclusion zone is the area immediately around the ________
around the spill
-
Refuge areas are within the _____ Zone
Exclusion
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Safe Refuge areas are within the ____ zone are for non-contaminated persons
Contamination reduction
-
what zone is outside the contaminated control line???
support zone
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The hospital emergency response team (H.E.R.T.) consists of ____ to _____ medical personnel
3-5 personnel
-
S.T.A.R.T. is the acronym for
Start triage and rapid transport
-
USAR task forces are able to deploy within ____ hour of notification
6
-
Each USAR task force is comprised of ____ persons and totally self-sufficient for the first _____ hours
-
The USAR task force has ______ functional elements which are _______
- 5 elements
- Command
- Search
- Rescue
- Medical
- Technical
-
The USAR task force is designed to be used as a _____ resource
- Single resource
- (do not disassemble)
-
The specific ICS organization structure established for any given incident is based upon the _____ needs of the incident
management
-
Staging areas will be established by ____
Operations Section Chief
-
The incident traffic plan is provided by the _____ as part of the incidents IAP
Planning Section Chief
-
Who has the primary responsibility to develop and implement the traffic plan?
Ground Support Unit Leader
-
Type 1 engine strike teams have ____ total personnel
21
-
Who is responsible for supervising the preparation of the IAP?
Planning section chief
-
The documentation unit is maintained within the planning section primarily because the unit has a major responsibility towards _____
The preparation of the IAP
-
Who is responsible to determine that all aircraft including air tankers and helicopters are operating within their incident areas?
Air Tanker/Fixed wing coordinator
-
The first 3 arriving resources of a multi-casualty incidents should be assigned ______, _____, and _____
- IC
- Triage
- Med Comm Coordinator
-
On incidents requiring _______ or more divisions the IC may request a command frequency assignment from command and control
2 or more
-
The incident commander needs information from his ______ to evaluate if the goals and objectives are being achieved in the IAP
Division or group supervisors
-
The second arriving resources to a multi-casualty incident should be assigned ____
- Triage unit leader
- Treatment unit leader
- Treatment teams
- Ground ambulance coordinator
-
On a multi-casualty incident the morgue manager reports to the ________
Triage unit leader
-
The planning section chief shall incorporate the ____, ____, and _____ plans into the IAP
- Traffic
- Medical
- Communications
-
Who provides input and review of the communication, medical and traffic plans?
Logistics section chief
-
The responder rehabilitation manager shall release rehabilitation personnel to the ____ section for reassignment.
Planning section
-
How far should ambulance staging be on an MCI?
300 feet
-
The jurisdictional or 1st in Captain will designate a helispot location and engine to command and control within _____ of dispatch.
2 minutes
-
When dealing with a wildland fire incident the priorities of LACOFD are
- Life
- Incident Stabilization
- Property/Environmental protection
-
Who shall notify the IC when the flycrew is staged above the fire and the proposed work location?
- The pilot or flycrew supervisor
- (fly crews will not land in the safety zone until approved by the IC)
-
A 1.5" progressive hoselay shall be deployed on all fireline of ______ feet or more on brush fires.
300 feet
-
Who is responsible for broadcasting routine weather or changes in weather reports during a wildland incident?
- IC
- (broadcast on command and tactical channels)
-
ICS facilities for wildland fires shall be identified by______
Address, intersection, or landmark
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