2. Organizational Structure Flashcards
Mutual aid agreements require fire and emergency services personnel to:
work with other organizations and other governmental jurisdictions
The purpose of unity of command is to ensure unity of effort under:
one responsible commander for every objective
Most large cities operate _____ fire and emergency services organizations
Career
Personnel serving in combination departments can generally be divided into:
paid or volunteer responders
When supervising a single company, a company officer should optimally have three to seven subordinates in their
span of control
Fire services organizations often respond to an incident along with
other public and private entities
Approximately 70 percent of fire and emergency services personnel are:
volunteers
Authority refers to the legal ability of an individual to
make and implement decisions for which the individual is held accountable
Fire organizations with scalar structures have a defined chain of command in which
information is directed from the top of the organization downwards
Division of labor is used in the fire and emergency services to
make specific, clear-cut assignments
Fire and emergency services organizations can be classified as either public or private depending on how the organization is
funded
“Line” and “staff” are organizational terms that separate fire personnel into
two distinct groups that primarily deliver services to either internal or external customers
Company officers can make the best of available resources by
conserving materials and supplies.
Professionalism in career, paid-on-call, and volunteer departments refers to:
a level of personnel competence or expertise, behavior, and appearance
The primary means of categorizing public fire and emergency services organizations is by the
jurisdiction the organization serves.
Delegation is the process of providing subordinates with the authority, direction, and resources needed to
complete an assignment.
Fire and emergency service personnel who provide support to internal or external customers for training, logistics, and personnel administration are referred to as
staff personnel
What classification of fire and emergency services organization generally protects large areas of unincorporated land that contain large populations
County
Accountability for decisions within a fire organization is almost always
centralized
When a subordinate is working near other coworkers, a company officer functioning as a supervisor may
offer this subordinate minimal supervision
The size of a municipal fire station is primarily dependent on the
limited to only those tasks for which they were given authority.
Fire and emergency service personnel who deliver services to the public or external customers are referred to as
line personnel
Personnel assigned by a supervisor to perform duties for and report to a second supervisor are operating under
functional supervision
