1- Company Officer- The Company Officer

Question 1

The company officer performs many functions, including, but not limited to:

*8 answers

Answer 1

-Providing leadership
-Acting as a role model
-Giving advice
-Evaluating firefighter performance
-Providing representation for members to the administration
-Seeking to resolve interpersonal conflicts
-Providing counseling, coaching, or discipline when necessary
-Directing the work and ensuring operational readiness

Question 2

The company officer’s most important task is:

Answer 2

TO ENSURE PERSONNEL SAFETY

Question 3

A new officer is challenged to learn, apply, and model the following:

*5 answers

Answer 3

-Leadership
-Ethics
-SUPERVISION
-Responsibility
-Authority

Question 4

To overcome personal changes that occur with the new position, the new officer must:

*11 answers

Answer 4

-COMMIT TO THE RESPOSIBILITIES, DUTIES, AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUPERVISORY POSITION
-Show loyalty to the organization
-Show loyalty towards company personnel
-Act as a liaison
-Be a manager
-Support all types of education and training
-Guard conversations
-Accept criticism graciously and accept praise, honors, and advancement modestly
-Lead by example
-Praise in public, discipline in private
-Project a professional image

Question 5

The following individuals may have certain expectations of a new company officer:

Answer 5

-Family members
-Former peers and firefighters
-Administrators
-Public

Question 6

People and groups to whom company officers are responsible:

*7 answers

Answer 6

-Subordinates
-Chain of command
-Organization
-Public
-Profession
-Family
-Themselves

Question 7

The categories of duties for all levels of company officers, as listed in NFPA 1021, are:

*5 answers

Answer 7

-Community and government relations
-Administration
-Inspection and investigation
-Emergency service delivery
-Health and safety

Question 8

As Level I Fire Officers, company officers must be able to perform the following human resources management duties:

*9 answers

Answer 8

-Provide effective supervision for both emergency and nonemergency activities
-Assign tasks
-Evaluate personnel performance
-Provide company-level training activities
-Administer policies and procedures efficiently and equitably
-Recommend actions when situations exceed their authority or ability
-Act as a project manager in certain situations
-Provide professional development opportunities for members
-Initiate or assist with personnel transfers, personal benefits, changes in those benefits, awards and commendations, disciplinary actions, and labor/mgmt issues