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Which of the following would be considered a single unit resource? |
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A group of resources, having common communications and a leader, which may be preestablished and sent to an incident, or formed at an incident |
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At a complex, or rapidly changing incident, who is responsible for the development of the incident action plan or modification of the present plan? |
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A specified combination of the same kind and type of resources, with common communications and a leader |
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What is incident scene control? |
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A method used to assure that all units are operating within a plan that ensures a safe and successful conclusion to the emergency. |
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What is a blueprint of actions and meetings that is used to facilitate the handling of an incident scene and the planning process? |
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What term is a mental process weighing all factors of the incident against the available resources? |
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What term can be viewed as how you are going to achieve your strategies or goals? |
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What term stipulates who will do what and when? |
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What term can be just a thought process of the incident commander on a minor incident, or it can evolve into a comprehensive written document on larger incidents? |
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What is a tool created to optimize human performance by reducing the effect of human error through the use of all resources that are available? |
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Crew resource management (CRM) |
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What term should be viewed as overall goals or what you want to accomplish? |
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What is the first step in controlling a building fire for offensive operations? |
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Gaining control of the stairs |
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What is needed for an interior fire attack to be successful? |
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Proper placement of hand-lines |
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When should defensive or exterior operations be conducted? |
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When the fire is beyond the control of hand-lines. |
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What type of standpipe system provides 2½-inch hose-line connections at designated locations in a building and is intended for use by firefighters for full-scale firefighting? |
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What type of standpipe systems provides 1½-inch hose-line connections at designated locations in a building for first-aid firefighting? |
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What standpipe systems combine both the Class 1 and 2 systems in that they provide full-scale and first-aid firefighting capabilities and are intended for both firefighters and fire brigade use? |
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Where should the tip of the ladder be placed for a rescue operation? |
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At or below the window sill |
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What type of construction is Type 5? |
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What is a characteristic of post and beam construction? |
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The walls are nonbearing, similar to curtain walls in a high-rise building |
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What are the most common types of frame construction? |
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What is the minimum safe distance when dealing with a potential wall collapse? |
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100 percent of the height of the building plus additional distance for projection of the parts of the falling wall |
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What type of loads commonly comes in the form of alterations or renovations to a structure? |
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Where is a common place for fire to start in garden apartments? |
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What is the most successful strategy for garden apartments? |
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Preplanning by the fire department |
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What level trauma center provides stabilization and treatment of patients in remote locations where no other help exists? |
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What level of alert is to notify that a confirmed MCI has occurred and the affected hospital(s) will be receiving patients? |
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At large high-rise fires what is the ratio of logistic companies to suppression companies? |
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Two logistic for every suppression company |
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What is the best position to fight a fast moving lumber yard fire? |
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When should a sprinkler system be shut down during fire operations? |
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After sufficient handheld hose-lines have been stretched to the fire area and the fire is under control |
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When should a blitz attack be considered? |
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When first arriving, units find heavy fire blowing from multiple windows |
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A quick use of master streams followed by an interior attack |
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What is the role of the warm zone? |
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Prevents or minimizes the spread of contamination |
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What strategic mode is a holding action? |
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What condition can occur when there is water in the bottom of a storage tank? |
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What condition occurs when the water in the container boils under the surface of viscous hot oil? |
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What term have many fire departments replaced with post incident analysis? |
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How should the formal critique begin? |
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With the highest ranking officer stating the anticipated benefits of the critique |
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How many parts are there in a formal critique? |
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