Primary Search Operations

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Which term refers to the order given to emergency responders to escape a hazard area immediately, dropping tools, equipment, and abandoning hose line?

  • Advanced Life Support (ALS)
  • Aid Unit (BLS)
  • Abandon (correct)
  • Adjacent Teams

What does the term 'ALS' stand for in the context of emergency medical care?

  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) (correct)
  • Adjacent Teams
  • Aid Unit (BLS)
  • Abandon

What does the term 'All Clear' indicate in incident management?

  • Advanced Life Support (ALS)
  • Aid Unit (BLS)
  • Adjacent Teams
  • All Clear (correct)

Which zone is the incident's outermost and safest control zone?

<p>Cold Zone (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to indicate the presence of a dedicated Incident Commander who is in position to manage strategy, resources, and risk from a stationary and formal Command Post?

<p>Establishing Command (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the tactical assignment of removing civilian occupants from a current and/or potential hazard area?

<p>Evacuate (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used by the Incident Commander to clear the air of radio traffic so that critical emergency communications can be transmitted?

<p>Emergency Traffic (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the role of an Area Command in emergency management?

<p>Managing multiple Command Posts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean when a resource is assigned to an incident?

<p>They are not available for other duties/incidents (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Buddy System in firefighting?

<p>To directly account for each other's welfare (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Chain of Command in emergency management?

<p>A series of command positions in hierarchal order of authority (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of search is not considered a comprehensive complete search due to hazard conditions, limited visibility, heat, exposure to hazardous materials, etc.?

<p>Primary Search (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a Primary Search?

<p>To locate and remove victims from the immediate hazard area (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a search team report to their supervisor after completing a Primary Search without finding any victims?

<p>Primary search complete, nothing found (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT)?

<p>To manage the response to a 'Mayday' situation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the purpose of an Emergency Roll Call for PAR?

<p>To verify that all personnel have safely exited from the hazard area (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of Salvage?

<p>A tactical assignment of preventing further property loss by removing and/or protecting property (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'Span of Control' refer to?

<p>The number of individuals a supervisor is responsible for, usually expressed as the ratio of supervisors to individuals (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is the definition of Initial Stage?

<p>The tasks undertaken by the first arriving company with only one crew assigned or operating in the hot zone. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does IDLH stand for?

<p>Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Initial Size-Up Report?

<p>To describe what the first unit sees as they approach the scene (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of a Mass Casualty Incident?

<p>An emergency incident involving multiple patients that overwhelms the medical care resources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which agency is responsible for managing the Federal government's medical response to major emergencies and disasters?

<p>National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the ICS position assigned for large-scale incidents when the medical aspect of the incident is of sufficient size and/or complexity to create an unmanageable span-of-control under IMS guidelines?

<p>Medical Branch Director (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of ensuring that the location, status, and welfare of each team member operating within the incident scene is monitored?

<p>Personnel Accountability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three channels of the UHF radio system used to communicate medical information between pre-hospital personnel and/or the Base Station or Receiving Facility?

<p>Channel 2 – Sumas Mountain, Channel 4 – Toad Mountain (Squalicum), Channel 6 – Sehome Hill (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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