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The fire officer has access to sensitive documents, including exposure and injury reports. What ensures that these documents are kept secure?

A

Reports and related information are kept confidential, with access only to those personnel with a legal right.

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During an incident, a fire officer notices that an exit door is blocked in an assembly occupancy. Which principle of life safety does this blocked door highlight?

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Means of Egress

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How can cultural diversity impact the success of the fire service?

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Promotes proactive relationships between the fire service and the community.

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Which of the following is part of the five C’s for effective radio communication?

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Developing clear, concise, and confident messages.

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What are the five C’s for effective communication?

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Conciseness, Clarity, Confidence, Control, Capability.

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Understanding, remembering, and evaluating are components of which interpersonal communication skill?

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Listening.

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Which of the following identify leadership and decision making styles?

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Democratic and transformational.

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A leader must acquire techniques to allow them to effectively assign tasks. The sills approach identifies what required skills?

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Technical, human, conceptual.

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During a training evolution, the fire officer considers the sender, the message and the receiver. What are these components of?

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Communication model.

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What is a lack of clear language or visual distractions considered during verbal communication?

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Interference.

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Upon recognizing signs and symptoms of a stress related behavioral concern with a crew member, what first reaction is considered appropriate for a fire officer to take?

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Connect with the employee to best understand and support the concern.

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A reasonable suspicion is made from factual evidence that a crew member is contravening the organization’s zero tolerance policy on substance abuse while on-duty. What immediate action does the fire officer take?

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Provide for and ensure the safety of the crew member and immediately notify a senior officer or the fire chief.

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A procedure outlines the steps that must be performed in order to property follow an organizational policy.
What is a policy?

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Organizational guide that is developed and adopted as a basis for decision making.

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A supervisor uses S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, action oriented, relevant, and time-sensitive) as a guide for which activity?

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Establishing goals and objectives.

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What is the first step in the planning process model?

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Identify.

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Community risk reduction (CRR) plans are created to identify and prioritize local risks, followed by programs that mitigate hazards to public safety. What are important components of CRR plans?

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Fire and life safety programs, surveys, and public presentations.

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A local citizen comes into the fire station upset and complaining about the fire apparatus air horn/siren sounding all day and night, disrupting them. How does the fire officer address this concern?

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Listen to the citizen and offer to investigate by following department policies.

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A fire officer has responded to an incident in which department standard operating procedures (SOP’s) did not adequately address the needs of the incident. What is the first step in revising the SOP?

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Identify the problem or concern.

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How can a fire officer reinforce the importance of following policy?

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Acting as a role model and following policy themselves.

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How does the fire officer support the budgetary needs for training equipment in the fire service?

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Identifying equipment needed, and justifying its requirement.

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What is the fire officer’s role in the fire service budget process?

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Preparing annual fire service organization draft operating and capital budgets.

22
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What organizational concept does unity of command refer to?

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Each person within the organization reports to only one designated authority.

23
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What is the primary reason for activity records and incident response reports/data?

A

Provide a basis for planning and justifying budget requests.

24
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Which of the following details the requirement for a posted occupant load within an assembly occupancy classification?

A

Ontario Building Code.

25
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Which of the following are common categories inspected in all occupancies?

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Egress, protection systems, storage.

26
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When inspecting a building, what does the berm occupancy classification refer to?

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Intended use of the building.

27
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When can fire service organization personnel enter private property to conduct an Inspection?

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When permission has been obtained from the property owner.

28
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Fire creates a variety of dangerous conditions within buildings. What dangerous condition is created as a reaction to fire in a building?

A

Potential Collapse.

29
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Which NFPA standard provides a widely recognized method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at commercial, manufacturing, institutional, and fixed-storage facility?

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NFPA 704

30
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Which of the following describes how inspection documentation is to be recorded?

A

Completely, accurately, and legibly.

31
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How often should home owners test smoke alarms?

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Monthly.

32
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When a fire scene must be secured, what does the fire officer ensure when law enforcement officials and fire investigators are not available?

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Ensure the fire scene is continuously maintained/supervised by the fire service organization.

33
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Direct, circumstantial, and physical are the three primary types of which of the following?

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Evidence.

34
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Objects that are available for inspections, such as fuel packages in the area of origin, are examples of what classification of evidence?

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Physical or tangible.

35
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When evidence at a fire scene is handed by a member of the fire service organization, what does that individual become part of?

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Chain of custody.

36
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Which of the following is defined as the identification, assessment, analysis and control of risk?

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Risk Management.

37
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The fire officer selects to investigate, fast-attack, or establish a command post upon arrival at the scene of a fire incident. What are these command choices known as?

A

Modes.

38
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Upon arrival at a fire incident, what must the first arriving Fire Officer make every effort to perform as part of their size-up?

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360-Degree Check.

39
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What is essential for functional elements, position titles, facilities, and resources within any command system?

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Common Terminology.

40
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Incident stabilization, life safety, and property conservation are always considered during incident scene management. What are these considerations referred to as?

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Tactical Priorities.

41
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What is the goal of apparatus placement and positioning at an emergency scene/incident?

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Get vehicles that need to be closest to the operation into position.

42
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Upon arriving first at a working fire, the fire officer from a pump apparatus is advised that there is a person trapped in a bedroom within the structure. Which of the following command modes will the fire officer select?

A

Fast Attack.

43
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A Fire Officer has been assigned to manage several companies that are working together to coordinate ventilation in a multi-story apartment building. What level of the Incident management system organization is this Fire Officer responsible for?

A

Tactical.

44
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What hazard is the fire officer concerned about during an incident involving a fire in a modern wood frame (NFPA 220, type V) house?

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Open concept arrangement and fire spread.

45
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How is the term fuel load (fire load) defined?

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Total quantity of combustible contents in a building, space, or fire area.

46
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What incident priority is addressed when crews are assigned to begin salvage operations?

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Property Conservation.

47
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What is a component that should be included in a written infection control plan?

A

Education and training requirements.

48
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In which NFPA standard would a Fire Officer find information regarding the selection, care and maintenance of protective equipment?

A

NFPA 1851.

49
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What system is used to account for firefighter location, movement, status, crew integrity and time on air in a controlled area, according to Section 21 Guidance Note?

A

Accountability and Entry Control.

50
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Fire service personnel may suffer from injuries while providing emergency response. Which of the following is an example of a chronic injury?

A

Behavioural Health Issues.

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