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What does EOP stand for? - ✔✔Emergency Operations Plan
What is Citizen Corps? - ✔✔The movement to strengthen community safety and preparedness through
increased engagement of all the community
Citizen Corps is administered by who and implemented by who? - ✔✔Administered by FEMA and
implemented locally
Disasters can be... - ✔✔Natural, technological, intentional
Disaster key elements... - ✔✔Lives, health, or environment are endangered
Homes built in what year were not bolted to foundation? - ✔✔1940
Homes constructed of what kind of brick are less stable? - ✔✔Non-reinforced brick
What kind of home is most susceptible to damage? - ✔✔Mobile
What percent of the public is familiar with alerts and warning systems in their community? - ✔✔50%
What percent of people rely on household members in a disaster? - ✔✔70 percent
What percent of people rely on people in their neighborhood? - ✔✔49%
What percent of people do not believe a disaster will ever occur? - ✔✔40%
,What percent of people do not take action to prepare because they expect that emergency personnel
will help them? - ✔✔30%
What percent of people say they have the ability to respond to a natural disaster in the first 5 minutes? -
✔✔53%
What percent of people report that they would be able to respond to a terrorist attack? - ✔✔20%
Always have ___exits out of a room - ✔✔2
Replace your emergency water every ___months - ✔✔6
Store __ gallon of water per person per day - ✔✔1
Keep at least a ___ day supply of water and non-perishable food - ✔✔
How many drops of bleach do you add to 1 quart of water? - ✔✔2
How many drops of bleach do you add to one gallon of water? - ✔✔8
You can heat water to a boil for ___ minutes to purify it - ✔✔1 minute
Mitigation install what type of pipes to avoid gas or water leaks? - ✔✔flexible
A certs members first responsibility is? - ✔✔Personal and family safety
The incident commander/team leader reports to the... - ✔✔Government agency liaison
As long as a CERT member is acting in accordance with the training they have received they are
protected with the... - ✔✔Volunteer Protection Act of 1997
, What law protects people who provide care in a prudent and reasonable manner? - ✔✔Good Samaritan
What are the steps of size up? - ✔✔1. Gather Facts
2. Assess damage
3. Consider probabilities
4. Assess your situation
5. Establish priorities
6. Make decisions
7. Develop a plan of action
8. Take action
9. Evaluate progress
Describe light damage? - ✔✔It is superficial or cosmetic damage
Describe moderate damage? - ✔✔Visible signs of damage, major damage to interior
Describe heavy damage? - ✔✔Partial or total colapse
What are the two dos frequent causes if rescuer death? - ✔✔Disorientation and Secondary Collapse
What are the 3 types of voids? - ✔✔Pancake, lean to, and V
What should you do when you enter an area? - ✔✔Mark an X and in the upper quadrant of the X write
the date and time and later the time out. On the left write the agency. In the bottom write if the Victims
found were L or D. In the right write the information about the structure and hazards.
Rescuers must check all ___sides of a room - ✔✔6
When you form a triangle with 3 rescuers when searching it is called...This is not an initial search
method. - ✔✔triangulation
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2024 Version
What does EOP stand for? - ✔✔Emergency Operations Plan
What is Citizen Corps? - ✔✔The movement to strengthen community safety and preparedness through
increased engagement of all the community
Citizen Corps is administered by who and implemented by who? - ✔✔Administered by FEMA and
implemented locally
Disasters can be... - ✔✔Natural, technological, intentional
Disaster key elements... - ✔✔Lives, health, or environment are endangered
Homes built in what year were not bolted to foundation? - ✔✔1940
Homes constructed of what kind of brick are less stable? - ✔✔Non-reinforced brick
What kind of home is most susceptible to damage? - ✔✔Mobile
What percent of the public is familiar with alerts and warning systems in their community? - ✔✔50%
What percent of people rely on household members in a disaster? - ✔✔70 percent
What percent of people rely on people in their neighborhood? - ✔✔49%
What percent of people do not believe a disaster will ever occur? - ✔✔40%
,What percent of people do not take action to prepare because they expect that emergency personnel
will help them? - ✔✔30%
What percent of people say they have the ability to respond to a natural disaster in the first 5 minutes? -
✔✔53%
What percent of people report that they would be able to respond to a terrorist attack? - ✔✔20%
Always have ___exits out of a room - ✔✔2
Replace your emergency water every ___months - ✔✔6
Store __ gallon of water per person per day - ✔✔1
Keep at least a ___ day supply of water and non-perishable food - ✔✔
How many drops of bleach do you add to 1 quart of water? - ✔✔2
How many drops of bleach do you add to one gallon of water? - ✔✔8
You can heat water to a boil for ___ minutes to purify it - ✔✔1 minute
Mitigation install what type of pipes to avoid gas or water leaks? - ✔✔flexible
A certs members first responsibility is? - ✔✔Personal and family safety
The incident commander/team leader reports to the... - ✔✔Government agency liaison
As long as a CERT member is acting in accordance with the training they have received they are
protected with the... - ✔✔Volunteer Protection Act of 1997
, What law protects people who provide care in a prudent and reasonable manner? - ✔✔Good Samaritan
What are the steps of size up? - ✔✔1. Gather Facts
2. Assess damage
3. Consider probabilities
4. Assess your situation
5. Establish priorities
6. Make decisions
7. Develop a plan of action
8. Take action
9. Evaluate progress
Describe light damage? - ✔✔It is superficial or cosmetic damage
Describe moderate damage? - ✔✔Visible signs of damage, major damage to interior
Describe heavy damage? - ✔✔Partial or total colapse
What are the two dos frequent causes if rescuer death? - ✔✔Disorientation and Secondary Collapse
What are the 3 types of voids? - ✔✔Pancake, lean to, and V
What should you do when you enter an area? - ✔✔Mark an X and in the upper quadrant of the X write
the date and time and later the time out. On the left write the agency. In the bottom write if the Victims
found were L or D. In the right write the information about the structure and hazards.
Rescuers must check all ___sides of a room - ✔✔6
When you form a triangle with 3 rescuers when searching it is called...This is not an initial search
method. - ✔✔triangulation
