Fire Firefighter Safety
A method of tracking the identity, assignment, and location of fire fighters operating at an incident scene.
What is the Personnel accountability system.
A radio system that automatically retransmits a radio signal on a different frequency
Radio repeater system
A Guideline for Safe Emergency Vehicle Response going and coming from a scene on the streets and roads that requires "Being Defensive"
What is Driving Defensively
Restore someone or something to a condition of health or to a state of useful and constructive activity
What is Rehabilitate
In a typical fire department rank structure, an assistant chief reports directly to the
Who is the Chief of the Department
Written documents that provide specific information on the actions that should be taken to accomplish a certain task.
What are Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
The term for a phone line that connects two predetermined points
What is a Direct line
This Guidelines for Safe Emergency Vehicle Response requires following Policy and Laws.
What is policies and laws in regard to posted speed limits
A state in which fluid losses are greater than fluid intake into the bod
What is Dehydration
Approximately _____ percent of fire fighters in the United States are volunteers
What is 70%
A designated individual who oversees safety practicesat an emergency scene and during training.
What is the Safety Officer
Fire service programs that provide confidential help to fire fighters with personal issues.
What is an Employee assistance program (EAP)
This Guidelines for Safe Emergency Vehicle Response suggest a second way out.
What is Maintaining an open space or cushion in the lane next to you as an escape route in case the vehicle in front of you stops suddenly
A condition in which the internal body temperature falls below 95°F (35°C), can lead to loss of coordination, muscle stiffness, coma, and death.
What is Hypothermia:
The two characteristics that is an advantage of unified command
What is Reduced conflict and duplication of effort
This is a Guideline to stay safe, both on and off the job are
Think! Before you act, think about what you are doing. Many people are depending on you.
provide a forum for firefighting and EMS personnel to discuss the anxieties, stress, and emotions triggered by a difficult call.
What is critical incident stress debriefing (CISD)
This Guideline for Safe Emergency Vehicle Response suggest drivers are not paying attention.
What is Always assume that other drivers will not hear your siren or see your emergency lights.
Damage to tissues as the result of exposure to cold; frozen or partially frozen body parts.
What is Frostbite.
The age of a building is relevant during size-up
What is Construction methods change over time
The four major components of a successful safety program
What Are 1) standards and procedures; (2) personnel; (3) training; (4) equipment
An effort to do more to prevent line-of-duty deaths and injuries, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation has developed a fire fighter safety initiative called Everyone Goes Home. This is the program that has been developed.
The 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives
This Guidelines for Safe Emergency Vehicle Response is the way between point a to point B
What is Select the shortest and least congested route to the scene at the time of dispatch.
A function on an emergency scene that cares for the well-being of the fire fighters on the scene.
What is Emergency incident rehabilitation
An exposure on the left side of the fire building would be designated as exposure
What is B1