Blue Card Function #4: Strategy and Incident
Action Planning (IAP) Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The IC must always match what 3 standards? - CORRECT ANSWER Conditions
Actions
Outcome
What are and incidents standard conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER The current
critical factors
What is the sequence of the strategic decision making model? - CORRECT
ANSWER Identify the critical factors
Base all actions on evaluating those factors
What does the initial Incident Commander base the strategy on? - CORRECT
ANSWER Are there savable customers or property
Can they get inside to conduct operations
What question about a fire should the initial Incident Commander ask themselves? -
CORRECT ANSWER What is actually on fire
What always comes first in the strategic decision making model? - CORRECT
ANSWER Evaluate the incidents critical factors
What comes first, the strategy or the IAP - CORRECT ANSWER Strategy
What is the #1 safety system that protects firefighters in a hazard zone? - CORRECT
ANSWER Operate in the correct strategy
, Describe the hot zone. - CORRECT ANSWER An IDLH environment due to heat, lack
of oxygen, and smoke
Describe the warm zone. - CORRECT ANSWER An area just outside the hot zone,
that has the potential to become a hot zone.
Describe the cold zone. - CORRECT ANSWER An area just outside the warm zone
with little or no chance of becoming an IDLH.
What are the offensive tactical objectives? - CORRECT ANSWER Fire control
Primary/Secondary all clear
Support Work
Salvage
Loss stop
When a company is assigned, what do they need to know? - CORRECT
ANSWER Task
Location
Objective
What are the standard offensive priorities? - CORRECT ANSWER Fire Control
Life safety - Primary/Secondary all clear
Loss stopped
Post fire decontamination
Customer stabilization
What are the standard defensive tactical priorities? - CORRECT ANSWER Define the
hazard zone
Establish cut off points
Action Planning (IAP) Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The IC must always match what 3 standards? - CORRECT ANSWER Conditions
Actions
Outcome
What are and incidents standard conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER The current
critical factors
What is the sequence of the strategic decision making model? - CORRECT
ANSWER Identify the critical factors
Base all actions on evaluating those factors
What does the initial Incident Commander base the strategy on? - CORRECT
ANSWER Are there savable customers or property
Can they get inside to conduct operations
What question about a fire should the initial Incident Commander ask themselves? -
CORRECT ANSWER What is actually on fire
What always comes first in the strategic decision making model? - CORRECT
ANSWER Evaluate the incidents critical factors
What comes first, the strategy or the IAP - CORRECT ANSWER Strategy
What is the #1 safety system that protects firefighters in a hazard zone? - CORRECT
ANSWER Operate in the correct strategy
, Describe the hot zone. - CORRECT ANSWER An IDLH environment due to heat, lack
of oxygen, and smoke
Describe the warm zone. - CORRECT ANSWER An area just outside the hot zone,
that has the potential to become a hot zone.
Describe the cold zone. - CORRECT ANSWER An area just outside the warm zone
with little or no chance of becoming an IDLH.
What are the offensive tactical objectives? - CORRECT ANSWER Fire control
Primary/Secondary all clear
Support Work
Salvage
Loss stop
When a company is assigned, what do they need to know? - CORRECT
ANSWER Task
Location
Objective
What are the standard offensive priorities? - CORRECT ANSWER Fire Control
Life safety - Primary/Secondary all clear
Loss stopped
Post fire decontamination
Customer stabilization
What are the standard defensive tactical priorities? - CORRECT ANSWER Define the
hazard zone
Establish cut off points
