NIMS
Who you call when you need medical equipment and supplies
What is the logistics section?
The destructive capability of a dirty bomb...
What is related to the explosives attached to it?
Vehicle body and frame as a single component
What is a unibody frame?
After ensuring your safety, the next priority in hazmat incidents
What is identify the hazardous material?
Greatest safety concern in MVC
What are unexploded airbags?
Communication should be
What is face to face?
Interferes with the utilization of O2 at the cellular level
What is cyanide?
Minimizes response times by strategically placing ambulance for quickest response
What is system management system?
Causes upper airway irritation and a choking sensation
What is chlorine?
Greatest concern in prolonged trench entrapment
What is a crush injury?
Keep self safe, scene size up, notify dispatch with your arrival and unit, apprise dispatch of the situation, assume command
What are the actions of first on the scene?
Ricin comes from
What is castor beans?
An essential enzyme of the nervous system blocked by nerve agents
What is cholinesterase?
Because vapor density of many chemicals is less than air causing vapor to rise and dissipate
What is why you park uphill and upwind?
Concern at explosions
What is the presence of a secondary explosive device?
Responsible for managing tactical operations
Who is the operations section?
Exposed individuals to smallpox would be offered a vaccination if
What is offered to anyone at risk for infection?
2 inches of water
What is will wash away a car?
Smells of freshly cut grass
What is phosgene?
Limited ventilation is a concern in
What is a confined space rescue?
Allows representatives from multiple jurisdictions and agencies to share command authority and responsibility
What is unified command?
Lies dormant in spores until the temperature and moisture is optimal
What is antrax?
Yourself, your partner, other rescuers, the patient, bystanders
What is the priority of order for scene safety?
Tanker trucks should always be approached with a high index of suspicion because
What is small amounts of hazardous materials may not have to be identified with a placard?
Priority at a mass casualty incident
What is ensuring decontamination first?