Ch. 1: Introduction to the Fire Officer Flashcards
The NFPA 1021 standard defines four levels of fire officer.
Fire Officer I, II, III, & IV.
Which level of Fire Officer is the first step in a progressive sequence and is generally associated with an officer supervising a single fire company or apparatus?
Fire Officer I
Which level of Fire Officer generally refers to the senior non-chief officer level in a larger fire department and can be the overall supervisor of a multiple-unit fire station?
Fire Officer II
Which level of Fire Officer generally refer to chief officer positions that might work as a battalion or district chief in a large and possibly as a deputy or assistant chief in a smaller organization?
Fire Officer III
Which level of Fire Officer tend to be fire chiefs or hold senior positions in charge of a major component of the fire department?
Fire Officer IV
Who is responsible for being a leader and supervisor to a crew of firefighters, managing a budget for the station, understanding the response district, knowing departmental operational procedures, and being able to manage an incident?
A Fire Officer
Where does the foundation of company officer practice come from?
World War II combat experience
What classification is bestowed upon an individual who supervises a single fire suppression unit or a small administrative group within a fire department?
Fire Officer I
How did the US fire service originate?
As communities of citizens who responded when a fire broke out.
Although four forms of staffing fire department organizations are commonly used, most discussions divide firefighters into which two categories?
Career and volunteer.
Who adopted the formal rank structure of the Roman military, which is an organizational model that is still used by most fire departments?
Corps of Vigiles - fire protectors
What event significantly affected the development of both the fire service and fire codes?
Two major fires in 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire and The Peshtigo firestorm.
Where was the first fire regulations in North America established when it banned wood chimneys and thatched roofs?
1630 - Boston, MA
Who developed the first fire hydrants in 1817?
George Smith - FF in NYC
Who developed the first municipal water systems?
The Romans
Which national organization writes today’s model codes and standards?
NFPA
What is the final result called when volunteer committees of citizens and representatives of businesses, insurance companies, and government agencies explore and develop proposals that are debated and reviewed by various groups?
consensus documents
Who is accountable to the leader of the governing body, such as the city council, the county commission, the mayor, or the city manager?
The head of the FD - Fire Chief
What does the organizational structure of a fire department consists of?
a chain of command
What creates a structure for managing the department as well as for directing fire-ground operations?
The chain of command
Who is responsible for a single fire company on a single shift?
A supervising officer
Who is directly responsible for supervising a fire company on one shift, coordinating all of the company’s activities with all other shifts and could also be in charge of all of the companies on one shift in a multiunit fire station?
A managing fire officer
What is used to implement department rules, policies, and procedures?
The chain of command
Which organizational structure enables a FD to determine the most efficient and effective way to fulfill its mission and to communicate this information to all members of the department?
The chain of command