Incident Management System
Hose & Appliances
Rescue
Wildland Fires
Salvage and Overhaul
100
The person in overall command and responsible for all activities
What is the incident commander?
100
Referred to as sexless couplings and are connected with one third of a turn
What is a Storz-type coupling?
100
A rapid, thorough search done to locate victims as soon as possible
What is a primary search?
100
The area where the fire started
What is the origin?
100
Searching for and extinguishing hidden fires
What is overhaul?
200
Answers directly to the incident commander and has the authority to shut down all operations when conditions merit
What is the safety officer?
200
A feature on screw thread couplings where the beginning of the thread is cut to provide a positive connection
What is a Higbee cut?
200
Immediately activate the PASS device
What should a firefighter do when they become trapped or injured?
200
The part of the fire that spreads most rapidly and does the most damage
What is the head?
200
Used to drain runoff from the ceiling above out through windows or doors
What is a water chute?
300
Responsible for providing equipment, materials and services needed to support the incident
What is logistics?
300
The appliance that has two or three female connections coming into one male discharge exiting the connection
What is a Siamese?
300
Providing additional support to key places between a vehicle and the ground to prevent further movement
What is stabilization?
300
An advantageous location, usually a barrier to fire spread, from which to start constructing a fireline
What is an anchor point?
300
The tool most commonly used to open ceilings to check for fire extension
What is a pike pole?
400
The number of personnel one person can manage
What is span of control?
400
Used to stop the flow of water to allow replacement of a burst section of hose
What is a hose clamp?
400
Use a spring-loaded center punch or striking with a sharp point at the lower corner
How do you remove tempered glass from side and rear windows?
400
Specified combinations of the same kind and type of resources, with common communications and a leader
What is a strike team?
400
In the area of actual fire involvement
Where does overhaul begin?
500
The type of command used when the incident is multi-jurisdictional and there may be more than one incident commander
What is unified command?
500
The type of load that is easiest to load for large diameter hose and allows the folds to lie flat rather than on their side
What is the flat load?
500
The pattern of collapse when outer walls remain standing and the floors or roof fail in the middle leaving voids on both sides of the collapse
What is V-shaped collapse?
500
A fire set along the inner edge of a fireline to consume the fuel in the path of a wildfire.
What is a backfire?
500
By looking for discolored walls, feeling for heat, and listening for popping sounds
How does a firefighter detect hidden fires using his/her senses?
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