Chaper 1 - The Fire Officer as a company supervisor

Question 1

NFPA 1021

Answer 1

Standard For Fire Officer Professional Qualifications

Question 2

Fire Officer I classification

Answer 2

Is an individual who supervises a single fire suppression unit or a small administrative group within the fire department.

Question 3

What does the Fire Officer I perform?

Answer 3

Administrative duties and supervisory functions that are related to a small group of fire department members.

Question 4

First Paid On call fire department in the United States?

Answer 4

1679 - Boston Massachusetts

Question 5

First VOLUNTEER fire company in the United States?

Answer 5

1735 - Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Union Fire Company under the leadership of Benjamin Franklin

Question 6

Organizational structure of a fire department?

Answer 6

Chain of command

Question 7

Who is responsible for managing the activities of several fire companies within a defined geographical area and usually more than one fire station?

Answer 7

Battalion Chief

Question 8

Chiefs that are in charge of major functional areas within the department such as training, emergency operations, support services and fire prevention?

Answer 8

Assistant/Division Chiefs

Question 9

The executive officer who has overall responsibility for the administration and operations of the department?

Answer 9

Fire Chief

Question 10

____ is designed to expand and contract based on the size and complexity of the event.

Answer 10

NIMS (National Incident Management System)

Question 11

What are the four management principles that most fire departments are structured on?

Answer 11

1.) Unity of command
2.) Span of control
3.) Division of labor
4.) Discipline

Question 12

_____ is the management concept that each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor, and each supervisor answers to only one boss.

Answer 12

Unity of command

Question 13

_____ refers to the maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual (usually three to seven).

Answer 13

Span of control

Question 14

_____ is a way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller task.

Answer 14

Division of labor

Question 15

_____ means guiding and directing fire fighters to do what their fire department expects of them.

Answer 15

Discipline

Question 16

What are the four functions of management?

General and Industrial Management - 1949

Answer 16

1.) Planning
2.) Organizing
3.) Leading
4.) Controlling

Question 17

_____ is the intervention of a neutural third party in an industrial dispute.

Answer 17

Mediation

Question 18

What is the company officer directly responsible for?

Answer 18

-Supervision
-Performance
-Safety of the crew

Question 19

The fire officer demonstrating ____\ _ makes decisions and models behavior consistent with the department’s core values, mission statement and value statements.

Answer 19

Ethical behavor

Question 20

_____ is a characteristic of a fire workforce that reflects differecnces in terms of age, cultural background, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation.

Answer 20

Diversity

Question 21

______ can result from the unwelcome conduct of supervisors, co-workers, customers, contractors, or anyone else with whom the victim interacts on the job, and the unwelcome conduct renders workplace atomsphere imtidating, hostile, or offensive.

Answer 21

Hostile work enviroment

Question 22

______ is an employee behavior that requires an immediate corrective action by the supervisor.

Answer 22

Actionable item

Question 23

EEO/AA

Answer 23

Equal Employment opportunity/ Affirmative action