Terms
Basic Categories
Equipment
CAD Activity Codes
Miscellany
100
Fire spreading beyond the initial area.
What is extension?
100
On these calls, they can be called in by a central station or someone on scene.
(It's important to get the premise information)
What are alarm calls?
100
The primary function of this apparatus is to pump and pressurize water.
What is an engine?
100
Accident: Vehicle vs. Structure
What is ACCIS?
100
Which of the 5 W's are most important for Fire Call Taking?
- Where?
- What?
- When?
200
Virtual scan completed by the 1st arriving unit on the scene
What is a size up?
200
Caller safety can have a significant impact on the line of questioning for these calls in particular.
What are Fire Calls?
200
These are able to reach high places and can provide a master stream piping for fighting fires at a high angle.
What is a truck?
200
Passenger Vehicle Fire
What is FIREV?
200
Best way to enhance your skills as a fire dispatch superstar.
(Any of these are acceptable)
- What is anticipate needed resources?
- What is update check safety of your responders?
- What is update responders regularly with important info?
- What is draw on your previous experiences?
- What is put all the clues together and act accordingly?
300
Color coded system used on EMS incidents with multiple patients.
Black - Red - Yellow - Green
What is Triage?
300
Direction of travel is a necessary piece of information to gather and relay on these incidents?
What are transportation calls?
300
A tool box on wheels, these vehicles have a primary function of rescue.
What is a squad?
300
Dark smoke puffing from the eaves of a building.
What is FIRES?
300
Units parked in a designated area a short distance from the incident.
What is staging/staged?
400
Rapid search of victims done in the initial part of fire operations on an active scene.
What is a primary search?
400
Mechanism of Injury (how the patient is hurt), inaccessibility to the patient and stabilizing the scene are main components of these incidents.
What are rescues?
400
These vehicles hold a lot of water and can be essential in fighting large commercial vehicle fires on the expressway.
What is a tender?
400
Smell of gas inside a structure.
What is GASIS?
400
In addition to asking for an incident type, we should ask for the staging area, command post and cross streets or routing.
(MUTAI) What are Auto/Mutual Aid calls?
500
Knocked
What is the term meaning the fire attack is underway and the fire is being knocked back? Typically a fire will be out shortly after it is knocked.
500
During questioning the color of this could change the nature of a call.
(Investigations)
What is the smoke color?
500
Bonus Question:
Our MABAS Division and its Primary and Secondary PSAPs responsible for dispatching Box Alarms and higher.
What is MABAS Division 11
Primary: West Suburban Dispatch Center (WSDC)
Secondary: Cicero Consolidated Dispatch (CCD)
500
Vehicle on fire in a detached garage.
What is FIRES?
500
If a person misses their wheel chair (slips) and needs help up, what is the activity code?
Current 00017 - Future Fall
This is not an invalid assist!