Ch 1 Flashcards
Standard for fire officer professional qualifications.
NFPA 1021
First step in a progressive sequence and is generally associated with an officer supervising a single fire company.
Fire officer 1
Four management principles:
- Unity of Command
- Span of Control
- Division of Labor
- Discipline
Management concept that each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor and each supervisor answers to only one boss.
Unity of Command
Refers to the maximum number of personnel that can be effectively controlled by one individual (usually 3-7).
Span of control
A way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller tasks.
Division of labor
With _____ __ _______, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person responsible for completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments.
Division of Labor
Set of guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters
Discipline
__________ encompasses behavioral requirements, such as always following orders from superior officers and performing up to expectations.
Discipline
The four functions of management were originally identified by?
Henry Fayol
Four functions of management:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Developing a scheme l, program, or method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective.
Planning
Short range planning covers a plan that extends up to?
A year
Medium range planning
1-3 years
Long range planning.
Longer than 3 years.
Putting resources together into an orderly, functional, structured whole.
Organizing
Guiding or directing in a course of action.
The human side of managing.
Leading
A complex process of influencing other to accomplish a task.
The act of Leadership
Restraining, regulating, governing, counteracting, or overpowering.
Controlling
Developed by various government or government-authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body.
Do not leave any room for latitude or discretion
Rules and Regulations
Developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions.
Often require personnel to make judgements and to determine the best course of action within the stated policy.
Policies
Written organizational directives that establish or prescribe specific operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions
Developed w/in thE FD, are approved by the chief of the department, and ensure that all members of the department approach a situation or perform a given task in the same manner.
SOP
_______ and _________ ________ are the primary causes of death within a burning structure.
Flashover and structural collapse
