1 Intro Flashcards
Three types of duties for a fire officer
Administrative
Nonemergency
Emergency
Eight administrative duties
Keeping records Managing projects Preparing budget request Station maintenance Preliminary investigations Evaluating correcting performance Performance appraisals News releases and reports
Seven nonemergency duties
Preincident plans Company level training Bed Community inquiries Inspections Reviewing reports Developing policies procedures
10 emergency duties
Supervising firefighters Initial arriving officer Scene size up IMS Incident action plan Deploying resources Maintaining personnel accountability Preliminary investigations Securing seem to preserve evidence Post incident analysis
Four types of fire service
Fontier no pay
Volunteer paid
Combination Kurt
Career
Familia publica
24 BC Roman Emperor a Gustus Caesar
Corps of vigilis
60 A.D. the Emperor Nero
First documented fire in North America
1607 Jamestown Virginia
First fire regulations North America
1630 Boston
First organized volunteer fire company
1735
Two major fires 1871
Great Chicago fire
Peshtigo Wisconsin
The great Chicago fire and peshtigo Wisconsin fire were responsible for
Affected the development of the fire service and fire codes
Progression of fire equipment
Buckets Hand powered Steam powered Machine powered Modern fire apparatus
Progression of communications
Fire warden or night watchman
Public call boxes
More immediate and effective systems
Major influence of building codes
Insurance industry
What governs construction materials
Building codes
Tilton fire prevention and safety measures are frequently required by
Building codes
Model codes are written by
National organizations
Insured houses were decimated with
Firemark
Established to help property owners cope with financial loss from fires
Fire insurance companies
Fire captains most important resource
Firefighters
Four important traits of a firefighter
Knowledgeable wine
Well-trained
Physically capable
Ability determination to attack fire
Fire service draws authority from
City or county
The Fire Chief is accountable to
The governing body
Chain of command creates structure for
Managing the department
Directing fire ground operations
What is used to implement department rules policies and procedures
Chain of command
Basic organizational principles structure on for management principles
Unity of command
Span of control
Division of labor
Discipline
Each firefighter answers to only one supervisor
Unity of command
This allows direct route of responsibility from chief to firefighter
Unity of command
Maximum number of personnel one can control
Span of control
Span of control range and optimum
A range of 3 to 7 with five being ideal
The way of organizing and incident
Division of labor
This prevents duplication of job assignments
Division of labor
This breaks down the overall strategy into smaller tasks
Division of labor
A set of guidelines for firefighters
Discipline
Discipline can be
Positive or corrective
Discipline involves four behaviors
Following orders
SOP
Suggested operating guidelines
Policies
Four functions of management
Planning
Organizing
Leaving
Controlling
Developing a program to accomplish an objective
Planning
Putting resources together into an orderly functional and structural whole
Organizing
Guiding or directing a course of action
Leading
Restraining regulating governing counteracting or overpowering
Controlling
Rules and regulations are developed by
Government or government authorized organizations
Rules and regulations have no room for
Latitude or discretion
Provide guidelines for present and future actions
Policies
These often required judgment on the best course of action
Policies
Written org directives that establish routine methods to follow for designated ops/actions
Sop’s
Sop’s developed where
W/I the FD
5 challenges for captain
Supervision/motivation Increase in non-fire Deteriorating bldgs Related duties Cultural diversity
Types command in emergency vs non emergency
Rigid and employee empowerment
Three most common calls
EMS
Activated alarm
Investigate odor,hazmat,
Primary cause death in fire
Flashover
Collapse
Two requirements of a fire officer
Supervise/direct and prioritize/delegate
