8- Company Officer- Company-Level Training

Question 1

Training is critical to safe, efficient, and effective fire and emergency services operations. NFPA ____, “Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications,” requires that all Fire Officer I candidates complete Instructor I training as defined in NFPA ____, “Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications.”

Answer 1

1021 ; 1041

Question 2

One of the most effective teaching models is the four-step method of instruction. It is used to develop lesson plans and for teaching lessons and courses. The four-step teaching method includes:

Answer 2

Step 1: Preparation
Step 2: Presentation
Step 3: Application
Step 4: Evaluation

Question 3

The ________ is basic to all teaching. It is essentially a road map that guides the instructor, teacher, or company officer through the topic.

Answer 3

Lesson Plan

Question 4

Presentations, discussions, ________, and _______ comprise most company-level training.

Answer 4

Demonstrations ; Practical training evolutions

Question 5

A ______ is the act of showing how to do something or how something operates and is a basic means for teaching psychomotor skills, physical principles, safe techniques, and mechanical functions. They can be used effectively to show the operation of tools, equipment, apparatus, or materials and show the results of their use.

Answer 5

Demonstration

Question 6

A Haz/Mat team member could provide ______ Level Haz/Mat training. Thus, the company officer can involve subordinates in the teaching process, providing them with additional teaching skills and experience.

Answer 6

Awareness

Question 7

Company-level ____________ reinforce the skills learned during formal training sessions and help company personnel to learn to work together.

Answer 7

Practical Training Evolutions

Question 8

______ is the primary concern during any and all practical training evolutions.

Answer 8

Safety

Question 9

______ training evolutions involve small groups performing a single task that requires only a few skills.

Answer 9

Simple

Question 10

Lifting/setting ground ladders, performing search/rescue techniques, taking/recording patient’s vital signs, deploying/advancing attack hoselines, driving/parking fire apparatus are all examples of:

Answer 10

Simple Training Evolutions

Question 11

To begin each simple training evolution, the company officer must (four things):

Answer 11

-Explain the learning objectives
-Demonstrate the evolution
-Relate the evolution to the classroom presentation
-Emphasize the safety requirements for the evolution

Question 12

While monitoring the actual training evolution, the company officer should ____________ any performance weakness or errors if it is a new skill.

Answer 12

Immediately stop and correct

Question 13

During training evolutions, safety infractions must always be ____________.

Answer 13

Corrected immediately

Question 14

_______ training evolutions may involve multiple units, agencies, or jurisdictions in scenarios that require high levels of cooperation and coordination.

Answer 14

Complex

Question 15

Structure fires, Haz/Mat incidents, Urban search and rescue incidents, and Mass casualty scenarios are all examples of:

Answer 15

Complex Training Evolutions

Question 16

At the station in the apparatus room, a large indoor classroom, a dormitory or living room, agency training facilities, or on a parking lot/driveway are the most obvious places to perform __________.

Answer 16

Practical Training Evolutions

Question 17

The fire department should have written permission when using private property for training and any other forms required by the AHJ such as a “_______” document

Answer 17

Hold Harmless

Question 18

Potential remote training sites and their possible training uses include:

Answer 18

-Parking Lots (driver/operator training, supply and attack line deployment, vehicle extrication)
-Subdivisions under construction (driver/operator and building construction training)
-Abandoned/condemned structures (ventilation and forcible entry training)
-Industrial sites (confined-space rescue, technical and rope rescue, HazMat, fire suppression, joint-training evolutions)
-Structures under demolition (building collapse, ventilation or forcible entry, RIT training)
-Vehicle salvage yards (vehicle extrication training)
-Parking garages (standpipe operations, high angle rescue)

Question 19

When planning practical training evolutions, company officers must consider many factors that contribute to a safe and effective learning experience, including:

Answer 19

-Safety
-Learning objectives
-Justification
-Supervision
-Resources/Logistics
-Weather
-Legal Requirements
-NIMS-ICS
-Exposures
-Evaluations/Critiques