IS for Fire & Fire Aviation Ops (Red Book)
0500-2200
What are appropriate hours for mobilization and demobilization
Chp 7 page 105
2:1
What are minimum standards for work/rest ratio?
Red Book Chp 7 page 101
Mob Guide Chp 10 page 6
PL 5 Response for Tally Lake RD
What are 2 engines, 1 Helicopter, and an ICT4?
KIC IA Run Cards
Daily Double: Name the KIC zone protection agencies?
Bentley, Devine, and Harker
Who are the agency aviation officers?
KIC AC Desk Guide.
National, Geographic, and Local
What are the three tiers of the fire dispatch and coordination system.
Red Book Chp 19 page 231
Daily Double: Name the 4 expanded dispatch functional areas.
Required Fireline PPE
What are: boots, fire shelter, helmet, ear and eye protection, long sleeve nomex shirt (yellow), nomex pants, leather gloves.
Chp 7 page 105-106
UTF (Unable to Fill) Policy
(national)
What is 48 hours after a request was placed with the NICC and returned to the ordering GACC (considered a dead order)
Chp 10 page 12
Payment programs for federal and state of Montana
What are Firecodes and SABHRS?
Daily Double: Explain the composition of a federal fire code and differentiations for each agency.
PX XXXX XXXX
KIC SOPs and Binder with Firecode/SABHRS/Generic Inc
ASM or Lead Plane
What additional aircraft should be ordered with a LAT and required with a VLAT?
Mob Guide Ch 50 page 71
KIC AC Desk Guide.
Ordering Process for all resource orders (big picture)
What process begins from an incident to the local dispatch to the GACC to the NICC to another GACC to a local dispatch to the filling/sending agency.
Mob Guide CH 10 page 24-5
The non-reimbursable time period for mutual aid; one agency agrees not to bill the other for assisting.
What is 24 hours
Chp 8 page 124
IRWIN (Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information)
The central hub that orchestrates data exchange between fire application including but not limited too Firecode, CAD, IROC, InFORM, WFDSS, and SABHRS.
Mob Guide CHp 70 page 85
Proper naming convention
Wildfire names should be relevant and appropriate; most land management agencies recommend geographic features and landmarks. Keep it politically correct, people sensitive, and professional. Do not include the word "Fire", people's names, historic fatality fires, private property/company names, well-publicized events, or poor phrases (ie dead man)
Mob Guide Ch 70 page 86-7
Safecom
What form is used to report any condition, observed act, maintenance problem, or circumstance with aircraft with potential to cause an aviation mishap?
Red Book Chp 16 page 199.
Only a dispatcher is allowed to make these requests
Flights thru BCD and NERV rentals
KIC SOPs
Mexico, Canada, and Australia/New Zealand
What are the countries the U.S has an International Wildland Fire Coordination and Cooperation Arrangement with?
Chp 8 page 129-130
T1, T2, and T2IA
What are the 3 types of crews?
Mob Guide Ch 30 Page 49-50
Daily Double: What is the standard T2 and T2IA crew size?
The elements needed to be verified/updated prior to changing a Smoke Check to a Wildfire
What are Unit ID, Actual Lat Long, Name, and Discovery Acres?
KIC SOPs
Air Marine Operation Center (AMOC)
Who will be notified when performing flights within 10 miles of the Canadian border
KIC AC Desk Guide
Types of Overhead Employees
What are AD Casual Hires, Emergency Firefighters, Local Govt, Agency, Permanents, and Temporaries
KIC SOPs
IROC, CAD, Firecode, AFF, Unit Identifiers, SIT Report/209, WIMS, and MT FCG
What are programs dispatch staff will be trained in and follow established center procedures for?
Chp 19 page 238-9
The complex IMT master roster configuration
What is made up of a total of 50 personnel; 44 qualified and 6 trainees.
Up to an additional 26 qualified and 14 trainees may be added for a grand total of 90 personnel.
Mob Guide Ch 20 page 34
All actions and communications
What should be documented in CAD (and occasionally IROC).
KIC SOPs
Daily Double: Why is this so important?
Answer: CAD is our legal documentation and can be FOIA'd by the public. You need to use clear text or accepted shorthand to document, this is critical to understanding what occurred on an incident after the fact (especially with fatality, injury, and catastrophic fires)
Designated Air to Air (AM) frequency
What is required for when ordering a TFR?
Mob Guide Chp 50 page 77-78
Prioritization of Requests (equipment)
What order is described as Agency/Cooperator first, Local Govt (VFDs) second, and contractors (VIPR DPL/EERA) last
KIC SOPs
Daily Double: Prior to working any resource order what elements should you inspect?