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The basic objective of effective incident deployment is to provide a steady, adequate stream of appropriate ______________________ -- at the right time, in the right place, performing correct, standard action.
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The basic operational deployment framework for IMS has two major parts; they are:
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- the dispatch group in the communications center
- the incident management team.
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Incident deployment activity becomaes a major command function that attempts to provide the deployment support required to achieve the following basic operational objectives (name five):
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- being bigger - overpower the incident problem
- going longer - outlast the incident problem
- being quicker - get ahead of the incident problem and cut it off
- being agile - outmaneuver the incident problem by always being in the correct spot
- avoid catchup - anticipate and manage to control circumstances.
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In a vary practical way, dispatch is the ____________________ until the responders are dispatched.
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When a responder arrives on the scene and gives an initial radio report, command is automatically transferred from distpatch to that ____________.
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This call intake process requires two fairly standard pieces of disptach information, they are :
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- Determine the location of the incident in terms of an accurate address.
- Determine the type, size, and general nature of the customer's problem.
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Many times, the size and shape of these zones are as much defined by _______________, as response times.
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| jurisdictional boundaries |
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The regular dispatch and response system creates a very practical way within the organization to translate the conditions reported to dispatch and those found by the IC into a _____________ level of response.
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Most events are currently complex enough to require the coordinated deployment of multipe agencies who must operate and integrate their efforts within a ____________ command structure.
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This evaluation and determination provides the basis for ordering, recieving, assigning, and magnaging the resources required to solve the incident problem(s) and reach the standard _______________.
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To create these two basic profiles of the event and our response, the IC does a quick situation evaluation directed toward answering a standard set of questions that produce an event profile (it= the incident problem; you = ic). Name the four questions:
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- What type of problems is it?
- How big is it now/how big do you think it will get?
- How severe is it now/how severe do you think it will get?
- How long has it been going on/how long do you think it will go on?
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A major command function involves the IC continuously translating incident conditions into tactical needs and objectives, and then connecting those needs and objectives into the standard assignment of _____________.
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The essence of incident control is the ability of every boss to create, manage, and; if necessary, move the _____________ and _________ of the resources they are responsible for.
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It is a mjor command responsibility for the IC to maintain that role call in a current and accurate manner. The IC must know:
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- who is on scene,
- where they are
- what their basic assignment is
- who their boss is
- and if they are ok
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The following three-work entry methods describe how our resources go from a response mode to a working mode:
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- conscious officer decision
- SOP
- IC order
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The IC can exercise an appropriate level of command effectiveness only to the extent that he/she can develop and deliver clear, understandable ___________.
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A major characteristic of an effective order is that it is ________________.
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| If the IC does not recieve a receipt (acknowledgment) after giving the order, the IC must assume that the order was _______________. |
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Staging brings order and accountability to initial incident command by keeping companies in one of four active modes (name them).
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- Responding (on the way)
- Staged (arrived on scene, ready to go to work)
- Assigned to the standard work cycle by the IC
- Completed work, going available.
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Staged comapnies remain uncommitted so they can be assigned to operating positions according to the IC's plan. When staging, engine companies should ___________________________________ and, engine/ladder companies should _________________________________.
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not pass their last water source not pass their best access option point to the structure.
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Unless told otherwise, after level II staging has been announced, additional responding units, members, and other resources should respond to __________________.
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the level II staging area.
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The initial-staging officer is generally the officer of the ________________________.
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| first unit to arrive at the staging area. |
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An important part of the process of knowing who is on the scene, where they are, and being able to control their position, function, and welfare is known as ____________________.
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As the event/response expands, the IC starts to sectorize and chop the incident up into smaller, more manageable units to maintain an effective _______________.
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PAR's should be given automatically in certain situations. These situations are (name all six)
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- All clear
- Under Control
- The 30 minute mark
- Switch from offensive to defensive strategies
- Sudden hazardous events occuring somwhere on the incident scene
- Transmission of a "Mayday"
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| Task level accountability revolves arround what three areas: |
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- going in together
- staying together
- and coming out together
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If the IC sends workers into the hazard zone, the IC must always :________________________.
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be able to get those workers safely out of that hazard area.
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