Intro/Ch.1 - 3

____ of __ is one of the most VITAL tasks a ff can aspire to.

A manageable _____ = vital to ff safety.

COMMAND of FFs - tasks

SPAN of CONTROL = safety

Incident command on today’s fires and other events is a __ ___.

The window to make a succesful rescue closes fast, how much margin of error?

TEAM SPORT

zero margin of error

Online Mastering Fireground Command is a __hour course.

There are __ simulations to practice what you learn from this book.

32hour

115 simulations

ULFSRI stands for?

United Labs Fire Safety Research Institute

This book sums up over __ years of experience.

Book asked __ of their colleagues for wisdom or something.

1000years experience

33 colleagues

___ now plays a much more significant role in fireground operations.

SCIENCE

____ is a constant endeavor that is never quite attained.

MASTERY

Calm the Chaos curriculum has been taught since what year?

2011

1970s added ___

1980s added ___

1990s added ___

2000s added ____

2010s added ____

2020s added COVID

70s EMS

80s HAZMAT

90s USAR

00s TERRORISM white powder

10s Active SHOOTER

The pace at which hazards develop/expand is now measured in ___

SECONDS

___: used metaphorically to describe connections, links, and continuity.

CHAIN - don’t let is RESTRICT

Orgs using chain of command actively evaluate their ___ and ___

INTENT and INTERPRETATION - balance them

The term Command and Control roots back to __ years ago and is credited to who?

250 years

NAPOLEON Bonaparte - chaos, command, and control

In modern terms, some may classify the militaries of this era as “__ __”

LOW TRUST

The fire service of the late 1800s maintained a ____ command.

CENTRALIZED

What was the first communication device that concentrated authority to a single source?

BUGLE

During the EARLY 1800s, who was credited with formalizing the first decision-making training and development programs for staff officers?

P

___ Great ___ Staff became the bar by which all other nations began to measure their military command and strategy against.

PRUSSIAN great GENERAL staff - the bar

The U.S. army in year ___ established a new decision making program in Fort ____, KANSAS.

Which became US army doctrine in what year?

1901 - school program

ft LEAVENWORTH, KS

1910 doctrine

Which war advanced the fire service the most in the shortest period of time?

WW II

Which military branch took the role as leaders in fire control techniques and trainingp

NAVY

Chief Lloyd Layman authored which two book that were published by the NFPA?

Attacking/Extinguishing interior fires (1952)

FFing Tacctin

Who introduced “FDPOP” FPODP and what does it stand for?

Lloyd Layman

Facts

Decision

Probabilities

Own situation

Plan of Op

__ ___ was the agency for domestic disaster preparedness.

CIVIL Defense

California wildland fires that led to ICS killed __ people and claimed ___ structures.

16 people

700 structures

In 19__ the House of Representatives appropriated $_____ to strengthen fire command and control research.

1971

$900,000

In __ of 19__, FIRESCOPE was published and ICS was introduced.

MAY 1980 - firescope and ICS

ICS’s greatest strengths is its ___ty and ___ty.

FLEXIBILITY and SCALABILITY

In year ___, 1st edition of NIMS was published.

2004 - NIMS

The foundational element of NIMC-ICS component the system built by?

FIRESCOPE - built nims-ics

The ICS organizational start is the __ step, NOT the 1st.

7th - chart

In the 1970s, the field of ___ presented more qual/quant data on decision making models.

PYSCHOLOGY

The Army War College created __ recommendations to shift the army from the MDMP to more modern stuff.

31

The new environment of an unclear battlefield and counter insurgent compant quickly became identified as ___ generation warfare.

FOURTH - gen

A system driven by top-down explicit orders increases ___ demands.

COMMUNICATION

___ command: a structure where operators understand the COMMANDER’S intent and the mission at hand.

MISSION command - understand… mission

What decade brought paramedics?

9-11 killed how many people?

How many evac/rescued?

2,152 - dead

16,000 - evac

Brannigan’s says 343

We are no longer looking to command and control, but to command and ___.

COORDINATE

Chief Cynthia Renaud carousel analogy: observe it and find the right time to get involved = ____

Be able to work with those already on = ___

Work to slow it down = ___

CONTINUITY = find right time

COORDINATION = work with others

COOPERATION = slow it down

__________: means all resources report directly to the IC, who makes all tactical decisions.

CENTRALIZED Command

A ___ ____ ETHOS slows down the response and allows fire to OUTPACE.

CENTRALIZED COMMAND ethos - slows down

_____: phenomenon where the individual is confused or uncertain as to the situation, including status of the enemy.

FOG of WAR - confused

_______: means IC divides incident into manageable parts and gives tactical authority to groups/divisions.

DECENTRALIZED Command

_______: allows IC to step back, see the big picture, and be in the “THEN/WHAT IF” level of thinking.

DECENTRALIZED command = then/what if

The military lives by the principle of ____ command.

The key to SUCCESS is ___.

Which is only developed through __ and __.

DECENTRALIZED

TRUST - success

TRAINING and TIME - gain trust

____ command requires an environment of trust and shared understanding among command/staff/subs.

MISSION command - trust/shared understand

The ________: is a clear and concise expression of the purpose of the operation.

COMMANDER’S INTENT - purpose

FD IC’s, ____ ____, is the Incident Priority/Strategy declaration upon assumption of command.

COMMANDER’S/LEADER’S intent

_____ command mindset means command through controlling standards, expectations and performance.

MISSION command

The TENENTS of MISSION command are: ____

_____ _____

_____ ____

mission ____

_____ _____

disciplined ___

___ ____

COMPETENCE

shared UNDERSTANDING

mutual TRUST

mission ORDERS

Commander’s INTENT

disciplined INITIATIVE

RISK Acceptance

_____: members are skilled at their jobs.

COMPETENCE

____ ____: all companies and supes are on the same page regarding incident priority.

Shared UNDERSTANDING - same page

___ ____: the GLUE that holds the team together.

MUTUAL TRUST - glue

___ _____: military term for tactical/control objectives

Mission ORDERS

____ ____: tells units the OVERARCHING plan.

Commander’s INTENT

Three components of commander’s intent:

task

purpose

end state

____ ____: take action that is consistent with the commander’s intent.

Disciplined INITIATIVE - in line with Co’s intent

initiative = BIAS for ACTION

___ ____: willful toleration of unknown circumstances in which outcomes can not be assured.

RISK Acceptance.

____ time: enough time to make a decision and can weight various options.

DISCRETIONARY time = weigh options

Often, ICS ends at the type _ IMT or incident.

end at TYPE 3

A ______ philosophy treats all officers on a single or multi-alarm response as a type _ or _ IMT, respectively.

DECENTRALIZED

type 5 or 4 IMT

The SOBERANES Fire in Cali burned __,__ acres - __homes and had over __ personnel assigned.

132,127 acres - 57 homes

5000 personnel

Most ICS training is relegated to defining the difference between what?

GROUPS

DIVISIONS

BRANCHES

Wildland work period: _-_ hours

Structure fire work period: __-__minutes

wildland: 12-24 hours

structure: 12-24mins

In 2021, departments responded to __million fires

Causing ___ civ deaths and ___civ injuries

Property damage was ___ billion.

1.35million fires

3,800 deaths/ 14,700 injuries

$15.9billion

FD responds to a FIRE every __ seconds.

STRUCTURE fire reported every __ seconds.

23 seconds - fire

93 seconds - structure fire

In 2021 the rate of __deaths per 1000 fires was higher than the rate of __ in 1980.

The rate of 1/2 family home fires was __% higher.

7.9 deaths per 1000

7.1 - 1980

35% higher 1+2 fam homes

The OPERATIONAL Triangle is composed of what 3 elements?

Which is the foundation/most critical?

Which is your playbook?

Strat+Tacs, ICS, and SOGs

S+T = foundation

SOGs = playbook

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL: If the IC is the head coach, who is the quarterback?

Division SUPE

The OUTPUTS, or results of the operations triangle, are the operational core values. Name the FOUR

Safe

Effective

Efficient

Consistent

SEEC results

Of the four results of the ops triangle, which is one of the most common challenges in the fire services?

CONSISTENT

What are the TEN COMMANDMENTS of IC?

KKK SACO DPN

Know enemy, Know battlefield, Know weapons, Size-up, stay Ahead of power curve, Communicate in CCC, clear Objectives, Div/Groups early, Plan B/C, guts to say NO

The #1 problem in all incidents is _____.

Communication - #1 prob

NFPA 1021 2020ed has how many areas of fire officer duties associated with JPRs?

EIGHT areas

Fire Officer I: will conduct a PIA given what resources responded?

SINGLE unit

Fire Officer II: will produce ___ plans for multi-unit ops. Conduct a PIA given how many resources responded?

OPERATIONAL plans (with 1600, 1700, 1710, and 1720 nfpas)

PIA w/ MULTI- units

Fire officer III: Conduct a PIA given what resources respond?

Multi AGENCIES

Which level fire officer develops plans for MAJOR disasters/ develops a DISASTER plan?

Fire officer IV/4

Publication of what book and which act led to fire service getting education/training at the FEDERAL level?

AMERICA BURNING and

Nat Fir Protect and Control Act of 1974

In 1982, FIRESCOPE and (___) worked together to create what?

firescope and NWCG(nat wilfire coord group)

create NIIMS

____ defines the guiding principles of successful command and coordination as FLEXIBILITY, standardization, and unity of effort.

NIMS - flex, unity, standard

____ is the best compass by which the direction of all incident command and coordination models must be set.

NIMS - compass

NFPA ___ is a bridge text that focuses in from the all-discipline, all-agency, all-hazard scope and language of NIMS to more specific fire/emergency.

NFPA 1561 - bridge text for fire specifics

NFPA ___ has FOUR different occupancy classifications, what are they? SOAR

Single Fam

Open air strip SHOPPING center

APARTMENT

High RISE

NFPA 1710 defines single family dwelling as ___ sq ft.

With minimum response force of __-__

2000sqft

16-17(if aerial)

NFPA 1710 define Open-Air Strip Shopping Center as __-___sqft

Minimum response force of __-__

13,000-196,000sqft

27-28(if aerial)

NFPA 1710 define apartment as typical ___sq ft within a _story.

Minimum response?

1200sq ft in 3story

27-28(if aerial)

NFPA 1710 defines High Rise as highest floor __ft or higher)

Minimum response: __-__

75ft

42-43(if bldg has fire pump)

When NFPA ___ and ___ + (___) are viewed COLLECTIVELY the professional ROAD MAP of CONTINUITY becomes clear.

NFPA 1710/1561 and NIMS - road map