Chapter 6 - ETC

Perhaps more than any other service, fire/rescue responses depend on:

• fast call processing

• excellent customer service

• accurate call classification

• efficient emergency telecommunicators

Fire/rescue situations are unlikely to worsen before responders arrive.

• true

• false

Which term refers to a mobile unit that responds to the scene of a fire/rescue incident?

• Command Vehicle

• Equipment

• HAZMAT/HAZCHEM

• Apparatus

Call classification involves sorting and prioritizing calls for service based on incident type and urgency.

• true

• false

The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized and hierarchical approach to the:

• dispatching of emergency fire/rescue responders

• command, control, and coordination of emergency response

• fear and anticipation of the spread of structure fires

• computer-aided dispatch of fire/rescue vehicle

The basic fire apparatus that has a self-contained pump used for pumping water through hoses to extinguish the fire is called a/an:

• engine or pumper

• brush truck

• command or communication vehicle

• tanker or airtanker

Airports typically have their own on-site fire/rescue response.

• true

• false

An incident requiring HAZMAT response involves:

• a nonemergency request for assistance

• an electrical hazard without fire present

• a rapidly growing forest fire

• the release or escape of hazardous material

A vehicle fire inside a home garage should be classified as a vehicle fire.

• true

• false

Which of the following incidents is an example of a high mechanism vehicle collision?

• a fender bender between two vehicles

• any collision involving HAZMAT

• a rollover with the possible death at the scene

• a collision with minor or no damage to the vehicle