Section V - Appendix C

Question 1

• The protected work area at a vehicle related roadway incident that is shielded by the block from the apparatus and other emergency vehicles.

Answer 1

Shadow

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Question 2

• The action of merging several lanes of moving traffic into fewer moving lanes.

Answer 2

Taper

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Question 3

• The direction that traffic is traveling from as the vehicle approach the incident scene.

Answer 3

Upstream

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Question 4

Safety Benchmarks:

1. Never trust approaching __________
2. Avoid turning your ________ to approaching traffic
3. …..
4. Always wear _________ ______ high visibility reflective vests during daylight operations.

Answer 4

1. traffic
2. back
3. ……
4. Class III

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Question 5

Safety Benchmarks:

5. Always wear structural fire fighting ___________.
6. …..
7. Turn off all sources of vision impairment to approaching motorist at nighttime incidents including _____________ and ____________.

Answer 5

5. helmet
6. …….
7. headlight and spot lights

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Question 6

• The distance or space between personnel and vehicles in the protected work zone and nearby moving traffic.

Answer 6

Buffer Zone

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Question 7

Always position ________-____________ apparatus to protect the scene, patients, and emergency personnel.

Answer 7

first-arriving

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Question 8

Use fire apparatus to block at least one additional _________ _______ more than that already obstructed by the crashed vehicle.

Answer 8

traffic lane

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Question 9

Five (5) traffic cones shall be deployed upstream of the blocking apparatus at _____ feet to _____ foot intervals to allow adequate advance warning to oncoming vehicles.

Answer 9

15 to 50

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Question 10

Command shall assure that Opticom strobe systems are turned ________ and that other emergency lighting remains _______.

Answer 10

OFF / ON

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Question 11

Protective clothing, _________ ______ safety vest and __________ should be donned prior to exiting the emergency vehicle.

Answer 11

Class II / helmet

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Question 12

A ladder truck apparatus shall be automatically dispatched to all vehicle related incidents on all limited-access, high-volume ______________, ____________, and _____________ within the city.

Answer 12

expressways / tollways / highways

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Question 13

Traffic cones on limited-access, high-volume roadways shall be placed farther apart, with the last cone approximately ______-______ feet “upstream” to allow adequate warning to drivers. Personnel shall place cones and flares and retrieve cones while _________ the traffic.

Answer 13

150-200 feet / facing

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Question 14

• The direction that traffic is moving as it travels away from the incident scene.

Answer 14

Downstream

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Question 14

Driver/Operators of ladder truck apparatus shall sound a series of _______ _________ on the apparatus ______ ________ to audibly warn all operating personnel of the concern for the actions of an approaching motorist.

Answer 14

long blasts / air horn

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Question 15

A ___________ _____________ is an emergency road user occurrence, a natural disaster or other unplanned event that affects or impedes the normal flow of traffic.

Answer 15

traffic incident

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Question 16

Traffic incidents can be divided into three general classes of duration:
A. Major - expected duration of more than _____ hours.
B. Intermediate - expected duration of _____ minutes to _____ hours.
C. Minor - expected duration under _____ minutes.

Answer 16

A. 2 hours
B. 30 mins to 2 hours
C. 30 minutes

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Question 17

Major traffic incidents are typically traffic incidents involving ____________ ____________, _________ traffic crashes involving numerous vehicles and other natural or man-made disasters.

Answer 17

hazardous materials / fatal

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Question 18

The Golden Rules of Unified Command can be stated as follows:

• No agency’s ____________ is compromised or neglected
• One ___________ __________ ________ is developed for the entire incident
• Participants in Unified Command must have authority to _________ for their agency
• Unified Command participants must with a __________ _________.

Answer 18

• authority
• Incident Action Plan (IAP)
• speak
• single voice

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