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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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A mid-level chief who often has a functional area of responsibility such as training and answers directly to the fire chief

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Assistant or division chief

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Usually the first level of fire chief. Also called district chief often in charge of running calls and supervising multiple stations

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Battalion Chief

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The superior-subordinate authority relationship that starts at the top of the organization hierarchy and extends to lowest levels.

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Chain of command

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An obsolete amplification device that enabled a chief officer to give orders to fire fighters during and emergency; a precursor to the bullhorn and portable radio

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Chief’s Trumpet

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A code or standard developed through agreement between people representing different organizations and interests. NFPA codes and standards examples are these.

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Consensus document

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Restraining regulating, governing, counter-acting or overpowering

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Controlling

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The process of identifying problems and opportunities and resolving them

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Decision making

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A moral, mental and physical state in which all ranks respond to the will of the leader. Also the guidelines that a department sets for fire fighters to work within

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Discipline

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The production process in which each worker repeats one step over and over, achieveing greater efficiencies in the use of time and knowledge; also the formal assignment of authority and responsibility to job holders

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Division of labor

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The highest ranking officer in charge of a fire department; the individual assiged to the responsibility for management and control of all matters and concerns peraining to the fire service organization

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Fire Chief

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11
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Historically, an identifying symbol on a building to let fire fighters know that the building was insured by a company that would pay them for extinguishing the fire

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Fire Mark

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A system that defines the roles and responsibilities to be assumed by personnel and the operating procedures to be used in the management and direction of emergency operations; also referred to as an Incident Management System (IMS)

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Incident Command System

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13
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Guiding or Directing in a course of action

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Leadership

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The description from the IAFC officer and Development Handbook for the tasks and expectations for a Fire Officer II.

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Managing Fire Officer

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Putting resources together into an orderly functional structured whole

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Organizing

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Developing a scheme, program or method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish and objective

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Planning

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Formal statements that provide guidelines for present and future actions. They often require personnel to make judgements.

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Policies

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Directives developed by various governments or government authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body

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Rules and Regulations

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The maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual… and what is the number?

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Span of control

(usually 3-7). Most experts believe that Span of Control should extend to no more than Five people (depending on the assignment or task)

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20
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Written organizational directives that establish or prescribe specific operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions

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Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

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21
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The description from the IAFC officer and Development Handbook for the tasks expectations of Fire Officer I.

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Supervising Fire Officer

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The management concept that subordinate should have only one direct supervisor, and that a decision can be traced back through subordinates to the manager who originated it

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Unity of Command

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23
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NFPA that defines 4 levels of officer and what are they?

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NFPA 1021

Fire Officer I: Single Fire Company

Fire Officer II: generally non-chief officer in charge of lager fire department; could be muli-company

Fire Officer III:Battalion or district chief

Fire Officer IV: Fire Chiefs

24
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Fire officer one roles

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administrative duties and supervisory fucntions related to small group of department functions

25
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First documented fire in North America

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Jamestown, Virgina 1607

26
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First organized volunteer fire company

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The Union Fire Company; established in Philadelphia in 1735 under Benjamin Franklin

27
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Date and names of the 2 historic fires that started development of fire codes

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Oct 8, 1871
Peshtigo Wisconsin (deadliest) Killing 2200-2500 with a fire tornado 1000 ft high 
Great Chicago fire 3 day long fire killing 300 and burning 17,000 homes
28
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When and where were Fire insurance companies established?

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England soon after the Great fire of London in 1666

29
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Who created the first fire department and what was it called?

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Augustus Caesar in 24 BC

Familia Publica composed of 600 slaves.

30
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Who developed the first municipal water system?

The first fire hydrant?

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The Romans

George Smith a NYC firefighter who realized a value would allow FFers to access the water system.

31
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What percentage of firefighters are career, volunteers

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69% volunteers

31% career

32
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Who were early building codes written by?

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Insurance industry

33
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Where were the first building codes?

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Ancient Egypt

34
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What is the term for a department who pays it members for for individual calls that are made?

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Paid on Call

35
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NFPA 1021

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NFPA 1021 defines four levels of fire officer
fire officer 1- single company officer
fire officer 2- multi-company officer in charge of division
fire officer 3- chief level officer
fire officer 4- fire chief

36
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Who developed the first pumper in London?

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Richard Newsham

37
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Who were the first firefighters who adopted formal rank structure?

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The Corps of Vigiles established by Emperor Nero, they were composed of 7000 free men and adopted formal rank structure of the Roman military

38
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Where were the first fire regulations imposed in North America and what were they?

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In Boston with the banning of wooden chimneys and Thatched roofs

39
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What did George Washington do for the fire service?

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He was a volunteer firefighter and imported a fire engine from England and donated it to the Alexandria Fire Department in 1765

40
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In colonial time how were fire communications preformed?

How did Public Call Boxes work?

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Fire wardens would patrol or sit in towers and ring church bells to alert the town

Public Call boxes started in DC in the 1850s and a box was associated with a code of bells so FFers would know what box to respond to and citizens would guide them from there.

41
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What is the most important resource of the fire scene?

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Knowledgeable well trained physically capable firefighters.

42
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Where does the fire service draw its authority from?

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The governing entity responsible for protecting the public from fire.

Federal and state governments also grant authority to the fire departments

43
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A special political subdivision that can be established by a state or a county with the single purpose of providing fire protection within a defined geographic area

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Fire protection district

44
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What are the four management principles most fire departments are structured on?

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Unity of Command
Span of Control
Division of Labor
Discipline

45
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What are the two types of discipline?

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Positive as when it defines appropriate actions

Corrective when it responds to inappropriate actions or behaviors

46
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Who identified the four functions of management?

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Henri Foyal

47
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4 functions of Management

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Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling

48
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What are the (3) different ranges of planning that a fire

officer is responsible for

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Short range planning - cover s developing a plan that extends up to a year

Medium range planning- covers planning that is 1-3 years in advance

Long range planning covers events longer than 3 years in advance.

49
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Rules and regulations

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Developed by various governments or government-authorized organization to implement a law that has been passed.

Rules and regulation do not leave room for latitude or discretion.

50
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What is a way to judge a decision (ethics)? (3 questions)

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Ask yourself :

  1. what would my parents and friends say if they knew
  2. would I mind if the paper ran it as a headline story?
  3. How does it make me feel about myself?
51
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The duties of Fire Officer two can be subdivided into three categories…

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  1. administrative
  2. nonemergency
  3. emergency actives
52
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How does the IAFC identify the Fire Officers II?

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As a Managing Fire Officer

53
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While a rigid command control process is used on scene, how are are departments away from the accident scene?

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Departments are using concepts of employee empowerment, decentralized decision making and delegation to fully engage firefighters in the required task to prepare and maintain readiness.

54
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The NFAP notes that firefighting makes up only __ % of the total response workload based on NFIRS reporting.

What are the three main responses for fire departments?

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5%
1. EMS calls make up 66% of fire department call and can be as much as 80% in some departments.

  1. Activated fire protection systems are the second most common reason for fire service response. Fires occur in about 1 out of 1000.
  2. Odor/hazardous condition is the third most common call type.
55
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What is the primary cause of death within burning structures?

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Flashover and structural collapse are the primary causes of death within a burning structure

56
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Integration of women and minorities focused on Assimilation- making those who were different fit into the mold of the traditional fire service.

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Cultural Diversity

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