Ch. 2

Question 1

NFPA 1021

Answer 1

Standard for fire professional qualifications:

Sets guidelines for qual to Fire Officer I

Question 2

NFPA 600

Answer 2

Standard for industrial fire brigade

Question 3

NFPA 1081

Answer 3

Standard for professional fire brigades member professional qualification

Question 4

USFA

Answer 4

U.S. fire Administration,

Provides training courses for all paid, volunteer, and combo/ composite ugh the National Fire Academy and Emergency management Institute

Question 5

ISO

Answer 5

Insurance Services Office

Question 6

EMAC

Answer 6

Emergency Management Assistance Compact,

Created in 1996, to link each state for national Disaster relief

Question 7

MABAS

Answer 7

Mutual Aid Box Alarm System,

Agreement between northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, and some other Midwest states.

Agrees to a predefined level of staffing, use of ICS terminology, SOP’s, and radio Frequencies

Question 8

Chain of command

Answer 8

Order of rank and authority in fire service

Path of responsibility through organization

Also known as “ Scalar Structure”

Question 9

Authority

Answer 9

Relates to empowered duties of an official to perform certain tasks. Refers to the legal ability of an individual to make and implement decisions for which an individual is held accountable.

Question 10

What are the two types of Authority

Answer 10

1. Centralized

2. De-Centralized

Question 11

Side stepping

Answer 11

The process of going around a link in the chain of command to deal with an issue

Question 12

Skip Level Notification

Answer 12

Notifying ones superior that one wishes to take an issue to the supervisor’s supervisor

Question 13

Functional Supervisor

Answer 13

Organizational principle that allows workers to more than one supervisor without violating the unity of command

Workers report to their primary supervisor for most activities but report to a second supervisor for activities that relate to an assignment function only, and both supervisors coordinate closely

Question 14

Municipal

Answer 14

Functional division of the lowest level of local government

Question 15

County

Answer 15

Political subdivision of the state, province, or territory for administrative purposes and public safety, also know as Parish

Question 16

Fire District

Answer 16

Designated geographical area where fire protection is provided, usually through a supporting tax, or an area where fire prevention codes are enforced. Also known as Fire protection district and regional fire authority

Question 17

State/Provincial

Answer 17

Territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation who’s rights are defines by a constitution

Question 18

Federal

Answer 18

National level government such as U.S. And Canada. Federal land and properties

Question 19

Tribal

Answer 19

Government structure of Native American and Aboriginal people of North America. ( First Nation, Aboriginal, Inuit, and Metis)

Tribal government have sovereignty over their land based on agreements with U.S. and Canada.

Also, have local agreement with state/provincial agencies within the boundaries they exist.

Trained, equipped, and funded by the U.S Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada

Question 20

Career Firefighter

Answer 20

Paid for their services, person who’s primary employment is as a firefighter with in a fire dept.

Question 21

Paid-on-cal personnel

Answer 21

Paid per response. Person who is spends to fires and emergencies and is paid on a response to response basis

Question 22

Mutual aid

Answer 22

Reciprocal assistance from one fire service agency to another during an emergency, based upon prearranged agreements, generally made upon the request of the recurring agency

Question 23

Automatic aid

Answer 23

Written agreement between two or more agencies to automatically dispatch predetermined resources to any fire or other emergency reported in the geographical area covered by the agreement. These are generally located near jurisdictional boundaries or in jurisdictional islands

Question 24

Outside aid

Answer 24

Assistance from agencies, industries, or fire depts. that are not part of the agencies jurisdiction. (Payment for each response or an annual fee, rather than reciprocal aid)