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100

A firefighting operation designed to ensure that the fire is completely out and will not rekindle

Overhaul

100

What law says "Emergency Dispatchers will follow all protocols per se, avoiding freelance questioning or information unless it enhances , not replaces, the written protocol questions and scripts."

De Luca's Law

100

Name each determinant level

Echo, Delta, Charlie, Bravo, Alpha, Omega

100

What does NTSB stand for?

National Transportation Safety Board

100

What is the ability to dispatch via CAD, rather than radio called?

Silent Dispatch

200

GPM 

Gallons per Minute

200

A technique used to calm emotional caller by using repeated phrases in a firm, even tone. The phrase must contain both an action and a reason for the action.

Repetitive Persistence 

200

A caller who is not at the scene or in the immediate area

3rd party caller

200

What is a PSAP?

Public Safety Answering Point

200

What are the 3 phases of a barricaded subject?

Observation, Containment, and Termination 

300

Fire apparatus that integrates a water tank, pumps, hoses with a ground ladder company

Quad

300

Chief Complaint, age, status of consciousness, and status of breathing are known as what?

Four Commandments

300

A call for service involving a past event that does not require a full interrogation because , by the caller's assessment the suspect , person, or vehicle is not in the area

Cold Call

300

What does SLERS stand for?

Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System

300

What date was Florida's silver alert plan made effective?

October 8, 2008

400

What is a class C fire?

A fire involving electricity

400

Sharp, severe or having rapid onset and short course; not chronic

Acute

400

A vehicle collision caused by the passage of an emergency vehicle, but not actually involving the emergency vehicle

Wake effect collision

400

What does DAVID stand for?

Driver and Vehicle Information Database

400

An incident in which a trapped victim must be removed from a vehicle or other type of machinery

Extrication

500

The earliest stage of a fire starting with the actual ignition.

Incipient Phase

500

What is fibrillation?

The spontaneous contraction of individual muscle fibers

500

Used to quantify the level of emotion and cooperation of the caller at the beginning of a call.

Emotional Content and Cooperation Score (ECCS)

500

What does PAR stand for?

Personal Accountability Report

500

What does the abbreviation SKSK mean?

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