Incident Command
Terminology
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Fire History
Potpourri
100

means that each individual involved in incident operations will be assigned to only one supervisor to whom they report.

What is Unity of Command

100

BLS stands for

What is Basic Life Support

100

You should clean these up immediately

What are spills?

100

A period in history that brought change in the fire service because of textile and steel industries.

A period in history that brought change in the fire service because of textile and steel industries.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

100

The patron saint of firefighters

Who is St. Florian

200

by giving specific instructions and asking for feedback.

What is Communicating

200

RIT stands for

What is Rapid Intervention Team

200

This should be in place whenever the floor is wet

What is a yellow caution wet floor sign?

200

Protect communities of a few hundred to ten of thousands of residents.

What is volunteer fire departments?

200

The Greek god reported to have brought fire down to earth and gave it to mankind

Who is Prometheus

300

Resources within the Staging Areas:

What are awaiting Operational assignment

300

The command system used by Fire/EMS agencies

What is Incident Command (IC)

300

Keep these clearly out of the way of walkways

What are trip hazards?

Cords

hoses

tools

300

Water pass from a one person to another in an attempt to put out fires.

What is the bucket brigades?

300

The TV show "Emergency" debuted in what year?

What is 1972?

400

refers to the orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident management organization.

What is Chain of Command

400

Radio Talk group

What is a fireground?

400

Doing this will help avoid slips, trips and falls.

What is always walk?

400

Organized one of the first fire departments in Philadelphia, PA

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

400

Incendiary device floated over to the US by air during WWII by the Japanese to start forest fires in the Pacific Northwest

What is a "balloon bomb"

500

is a management structure used in multijurisdictional or multiagency incidents. Unified Command is not implemented in all incidents.

What is Unified Command

500

PAR stands for

What is Personnel Accountability Report

500

This is caused by a lifted or broken tile or cracked concrete or pavement

What are uneven surfaces? or fall

500

private, sergeant, lieutenant, captain was adopted because early firefighter was military veterans.

What is fire department rank structure?

500

This ancient city established the first fire department in AD 6 and was made up of slaves

What is Rome