A great flow or overflowing of water on land that is not usually submerged
What is a flood
Communication used to help reduce confusion while on the radio's
What is the phonetic alphabet
What is Emergency Preparedness
What is the preparation and planning for an emergency
How should you respond to an alert sent out by the Emergency Service officer that a mission is possible
What is respond with your availability.
Volunteers should never do this after a disaster, other wise they can overwhelm the responders
What is self deploy
An unusally large sea wave produced by an undersea volcanic eruption
What is a tsunami
What does ELT stand for and what is its purpose?
What is Emergency Locator Transmitter to used downed aircraft
The main goal of CAP's Emergency Services
What is to conduct search and rescue missions, disaster relief, and other humanitarian missions
What three places should you have an emergency prepareness kit
What is Home, Work and Vehicle
What colored vests are typically worn by ground team members during missions
What is orange
Any unwanted, unplanned or damaging fire burning in a forest, shrub or grass
What is a wildfire
A special base station radio that receives messages and signals from ground team members
What is mission base
The acronym "SAREX" stand for in CAP?
What is Search and Rescue
How do you keep informed during emergencies and or severe weather
What is the radio, tv, weather radios, alerts on phones.
What is the first thing you should do when you come across someone who appears to be injured?
What is assess the scene for safety before approaching the injured person
Changes in landscape such as patterns of storm water drainage on slopes, land movement, or progressively leaning trees are all signs of this natural disaster potentially occuring.
What is a landslide
What is the main radio communication system used by CAP
What is VHF ( Very High Frequency)
The steps of emergency preparedness
What is Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
Why should we practice our emergency plan?
What is to feel more ready for a disaster, eliminate fear and anxiety
How do you use a signaling mirror
What is point it at the sun and at the place to travel
This natural disaster can be accompned by other nautral hazards, including earthquakes, mudslides, flash floods, rocks falling, acid rain, fire and under special conditions tsunamis.
What is a volcanic erruption
A handheld device used to transmit and receive verbal communication
What is a portable radio
The most important thing to remember during an emergency
What is Stay Calm
What items should be included in your emergency kit/pack?
What is flashlight, first aid supplies, batteries, non perishable food.
The name of the search technique where members line up shoulder to shoulder to look for clues
What is the line search