GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Level III Decon - ✔✔The minimum level decontamination required to be established
during a protracted hazardous material incident or where mass decontamination is
needed. This level of the decontamination is considered to provide emergency/gross
decontamination (big show)
✔✔Equipment/vehicle decontamination - ✔✔Is performed on all contaminated
equipment that enters the warm zone. Soap and water or a 5% bleach solution may be
used to facilitate the process
✔✔Occupancy disposition priority 1 - ✔✔Disposition possesses a hazardous condition
that is not confined and is a danger to the community environment. These incidents
must be turned over to another government agency
✔✔Occupancy disposition priority 2 - ✔✔Disposition possesses a hazardous condition
that is confined to the area of origin and does not pose a risk to the community
environment but is a safety concern for our conference. These incidents may be turned
over to the responsible party along with the notice of incident findings the exterior
explains the hazards associated with the material involved in the fire department
recommendation that the responsible party contract a private company for cleanup and
contamination removal
✔✔Occupancy disposition priority 3 - ✔✔Disposition does not possess a known
hazardous condition. This occupancy may be turned over to the responsible party along
with a notice of incident findings
✔✔In the absence of any evidence of fire conditions, units can clear the scene after any
one of the following: - ✔✔1. Investigation reveals no evidence of an emergency
2. Confirmation by the alarm company of fire alarm reset
3. Emergency contact person is not arrived within two hours or cannot be contacted
4. Emergency contact person is contacted and refuses to respond
✔✔Control officer - ✔✔One who keeps track of personnel entering and exiting a control
point at an emergency incident. This person may also function as the Sector Officer
✔✔Make up kit - ✔✔A kit used to expand the passport accountability system a complex
incidents. I may also be used to provide immediate replacement for lost or damaged
passport hardware
✔✔Status board - ✔✔The tool used by the incident commander, section chiefs, sector
officers, or control officers to collect and store the passports of assigned companies or
teams. It is also used to record needed information for properly monitoring personnel.
, ✔✔Reasons to conduct a roll call - ✔✔1. Before changing from offensive to defensive
2. Catastrophic change in incident
3. Whenever determined by the IC or team leader
✔✔Critical flow rate - ✔✔The minimum flow in gallons per minute required to extinguish
a fire
✔✔Class B foam extinguishes by - ✔✔1. Separating the fuel from air
2. Cooling the fuel
3. Suppressing vapor production
✔✔Class B foam application methods - ✔✔1. Roll-on
2. Bank-down
3. Raindrop
4. Seat of the fire
✔✔Ground fuels - ✔✔All fuels lying beneath the surface
✔✔Surface fuels - ✔✔These are all combustible materials lying on or immediately
above the ground (0 to 6 feet). Examples are needles, leaves, duff, grass, small
deadwood, downed logs, stumps, large limbs, low shrubs, etc.
✔✔Head - ✔✔The part of the fire being driven by the wind. The head tends to spread
the fastest and hottest
✔✔Surface fuels - ✔✔Are generally the fuels by which most wildland fires use to move.
✔✔Ladder fuels - ✔✔Combustible materials that aid the spread of fire from surface to
the upper canopy (above 6ft). Examples are tree branches and crowns, snags (dead
trees), hanging Moss, tall shrubs, etc.
✔✔Aerial fuels - ✔✔All live in dead vegetation in the forest canopy or above surface
fuels, including tree branches, twigs and cones, snags, Moss, and Highbrush
✔✔Crown fire (crowning) - ✔✔The movement of fire through the crowns of trees or
shrubs more or less independently of the surface fire. Due to the surface fuels not being
consumed with the initial fling front, this is still an extremely dangerous area
✔✔Rear - ✔✔Also known as the heel is the opposite of the head. This part tends to
burn the slowest
✔✔Flanks - ✔✔The sides of the fire. The left flank of the fire located above the equator
is generally hotter than the right