FF 1 Terms
Organizational principle that is developed an adopted as a basis for decision-making.
Policy
Standardized approach to incident management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies; adaptable to incidents of any size or type.
Incident Command System (ICS)
Automatic Aid
Emergency radio traffic includes urgent broadcasts intended to:
Warn personnel at an emergency scene of an impending hazard.
When transferring Command, the fire officer receiving command must:
Be on the scene.
Person in charge of the incident command system responsible for the management of all incident operations during an emergency.
Incident Commander (IC)
To cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe, intense or painful; to alleviate.
Mitigate
Which type of fire department communication is used whenever the IC makes changes to strategies and tactics at the scene?
Personnel Accountability Report (PAR)
Life Safety
Which organizational principle states that each firefighter or responder answers to a single supervisor during an incident?
Unity of Command
Description of any atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible, debilitating effects on health.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH)
Provides a coordinated approach to a wide variety of incidents; all responders use a similar, coordinated approach with a common set of authorities, protections, and resources.
All-hazard concept
Because post-incident reports (incident reports) are public legal documents, there may be legal consequences if they are ____ or ____?
Incomplete, incorrect.
An operational plan to initiate fire control, conduct searches and rescues, and extinguish the fire with the intent to commence operations inside the fire building is a(an):
Offensive strategy.
The first step of the Planning "P" is to:
The fire service mission is to ___ and to protect property and the environment from fire and other hazardous situations.
Save lives
Order of rank and authority in the fire and emergency services.
Chain of Command
Class C fires involve:
Energized electrical equipment
Which type of hose appliance allows you to turn on hoseline into two or more?
Wye appliance
Comparison between the known hazards and potential benefits of any operations; used to determine the feasibility and parameters of the operations.
Risk-Benefit Analysis
Line, area, or zone where an undeveloped wildland area meets a human development area.
Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI)
Perception of the surrounding environment and the ability to anticipate future events.
Situational Awareness
Evacuation signals at an incident scene are used when the ____ determines firefighters must withdraw due to hazardous conditions.
Incident Commander (IC)
Ongoing evaluation of influential factors at the scene of an incident.
Size-up
One common characteristic of NIMS-ICS is that it:
Uses common terminology