TPS Emergency Response Procedures 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When calling 911 to report an emergency at your post, which piece of information should you state FIRST?
- Your name and employer
- The nature and location of the emergency (Correct answer)
- The number of people involved
- Your security officer license number
Correct answer: The nature and location of the emergency
Dispatchers need the nature and location of the emergency immediately so resources can be directed before additional details are gathered.
Question 2: During a workplace violence incident, an armed subject has barricaded themselves in a room. Your best course of action is to:
- Attempt to negotiate directly with the subject
- Breach the door to disarm the subject
- Evacuate the area, establish a perimeter, and await law enforcement (Correct answer)
- Lock down the entire building and wait indefinitely without calling police
Correct answer: Evacuate the area, establish a perimeter, and await law enforcement
Evacuating others, establishing a perimeter, and immediately notifying law enforcement is the correct protocol for an active barricade situation.
Question 3: Which type of fire extinguisher is appropriate for electrical equipment fires?
- Class A
- Class B
- Class C (Correct answer)
- Class D
Correct answer: Class C
Class C extinguishers are rated for electrical fires because they use non-conductive agents.
Question 4: A patron at an event begins choking and cannot speak or cough. As a security officer trained in first aid, you should:
- Ask them to sit down and sip water
- Perform abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) (Correct answer)
- Administer back blows only if the person falls unconscious
- Call 911 and wait for paramedics without intervening
Correct answer: Perform abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)
An inability to speak or cough indicates a complete airway obstruction; abdominal thrusts are the indicated intervention.
Question 5: After a bomb threat is received, when is it acceptable to re-enter a building?
- After 30 minutes have passed with no explosion
- Once all employees confirm they are outside
- Only after law enforcement has declared the building safe (Correct answer)
- After a supervisory security officer clears it internally
Correct answer: Only after law enforcement has declared the building safe
Only law enforcement with bomb disposal capability has the authority to clear a building after a bomb threat.
Question 6: What does 'triage' mean in the context of a mass casualty incident?
- Treating every victim in the order they are found
- Sorting victims by severity of injury to prioritize treatment (Correct answer)
- Documenting all victim identities before treatment begins
- Providing equal treatment time to each victim regardless of condition
Correct answer: Sorting victims by severity of injury to prioritize treatment
Triage is the systematic process of sorting casualties by injury severity to allocate limited medical resources most effectively.
Question 7: When you observe a hazardous material spill at your post and the substance is unknown, your immediate action should be:
- Attempt to clean up the spill with available materials
- Identify the chemical using the container label before reporting
- Evacuate the immediate area, deny entry, and notify emergency services (Correct answer)
- Contain the spill with your hands to prevent it from spreading
Correct answer: Evacuate the immediate area, deny entry, and notify emergency services
Unknown hazardous materials require immediate area evacuation, denial of entry, and notification of hazmat-trained responders.
TPS Emergency Response Procedures 3
When calling 911 to report an emergency at your post, which piece of information should you state FIRST?