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| Funding grants for rescue systems were provided by - (p1) |
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and administered by the California Office of Emergency Services (OES) |
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| A _______________________ will allow you to find out how susceptible your community is to certain types of events that could cause a disaster (p3) |
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| vulnerability and hazard assessment |
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| Determine community vulnerability by researching what has happened in the ____________. If it has happened once it may happen again. (p4) |
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| How many people construct a USAR Task Force Team at the state/national level? |
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| What are some common utility hazards concerning USAR operations? |
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| Natural gas, propane, electrical, steam, water, and sewage (page 48). |
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| _____________ allow fire and law enforcement agencies to cross-jurisdictional borders to assist affected areas (p5) |
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state mutual-aid agreements |
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| The governor of a state can declare a ______________________ and activate state resources such as the National Guard to assist local jurisdictions (p5) |
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| The place where incident information is collected and executive policy decisions are made that result in resource coordination, support, and emergency response (p5) |
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC) |
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| Per RS1 most rescue rope used in the fire service today is ________ inches in diameter. |
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| 1/2" in diameter (page 75). |
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| Minimum breaking strength for rope used in two persons systems shall not be less than ________ pounds of force. |
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| There is a safety margin (ratio) of ________ for rescue rope. |
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| What is the proper method for cleaning rope? |
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| wash rope in a standard front loading washing machine or in an open tub by hand (76). |
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| RS1 prusik cord is narrow rope which is ____mm in diameter which works well with 1/2" rescue rope. |
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| One (1) Inch Tubular webbing is rated at ______lbs of force breaking strength. |
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| What is webbing used for in rescue work? |
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| build anchor systems, create harnesses, package and secure victims, and lash rescue components together (ie. make Load Releasing Device/Mariners hitch) (page 80) |
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| What two metals are rescue carabiners made of? |
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| What is the first phase of structural collapse rescue? (p8) |
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size-up, scene management, and surface victim rescue |
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| The RPM is an acronym for ___________. |
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| Rack, pulley, mariner's hitch. (114) |
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| What hitch is used as the Load Releasing Device (LRD). |
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| How to determine if the mechanical advantage is odd or even. |
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If the rope is tied off to the load = odd
If the rope is tied off to the anchor = even |
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| built utilizing cast-in-place concrete construction consisting of flat slab panel, waffle, or two-way concrete slab assemblies. Pretensioned or post-tensiioned reinforcing steel rebar or cable systems are common components (p25) |
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| A 4"X4" crib bed has approximately a _________lb capacity for each overlapped contact point bearing load. |
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| these structures are typically constructed with a skeletal structural frame system of wood or light gage steel components (p25) |
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| Some additional US&R resources include - (p37) |
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US&R Technical specialist, US&R dogs, structural engineers, heavy equipment, state/national US&R task force |
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| Used to initially stabilize damaged floors, ceilings, or roofs so that more substantial shoring can be installed later. Single vertical post with a header and sole plate to collect and redistribute the load. |
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| What information should be written on the right side of the 2' x 2' orange box outside a structure? (p39) |
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date, time, hazardous material conditions, and team or company identifier |
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| used to stabilize damaged walls against an undamaged wall in hallways, corridors or between buildings. It is similar in construction to a vertical shore. |
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| Used to support leaning or unstable walls or columns by transferring the lateral forces to the ground. Usually used on the exterior of a structure. (179) |
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| Hand tools used for constructing shoring systems with wood components: |
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| hammers, measuring tape, hand held sledges (maul), nail pullers, handsaws. |
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| cantilever floor collapse |
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| ________________ can occur when a patient's limb has been trapped for over four hours. The limb swells until the skin is stretched to its maximum.(p70) |
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| ______________________ occurs as a result of crushing pressure on certain parts of the body, typically the lower extremities. Blood flow to and from the injured area is absent for over four hours. The injured tissue dies and gives off toxins. (p70) |
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