Chapter 1 Flashcards
Firefighter Guidelines
- Be safe
- Follow orders
- Work as a team
- Think!
- Follow the Golden Rule
Cultural Characteristics of the Fire Service
Courage
Honor
Duty
Respect
Integrity
Character
Moral courage
Community Risk Reduction (CRR)
- Comprehensive, all-hazard, unifying approach
- includes programs, actions, and services used by a community, which prevent or mitigate the loss of life, property, and resources
- Began in England
- Gaining momentum in the US
Six Basic Steps of Risk Reduction
- Identify risks
- Prioritize risks
- Develop strategies and tactics to mitigate risks
- Prepare the CRR plan
- Implement the CRR plan
- Monitor, evaluate, and modify the plan
Five (5) E’s of Fire Prevention
- Education
- Engineering
- Enforcement
- Economic incentives
- Emergency response
Single-station Smoke Alarm
- Most common residential fire alarm
- May be battery powered, hardwired, or both
NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
Recommends replacing smoke alarms 10 years after the date of manufacture
Photoelectric alarms
- Activated by the larger, visible products of combustion
- More responsive to slow-burning or smoldering fires
- Less prone to false alarms from steam
Ionization Alarms
- Activated by smaller, invisible products of combustion
- react more quickly to fast-burning fires
- More susceptible to nuisance alarms from common activities
Incident command system (ICS)
- Unified command system
- Controls multiple agencies at an incident
- Eliminates multiple command post
- Establishes a single side of goals and objectives
- Ensures mutual communication and cooperation
Large scale incidents may require calling on:
Public works
School administrators
Funeral directors
Government officials
FBI
Military
Emergency management agencies
Search and rescue teams
Fire investigators
Various state agencies
Governance
Process by which an organization exercises authority and performs functions assigned to it
Regulations
Detailed rules that implement a law passed by a governmental body
Standards
- Issued by non-governmental entities
- Generally consensus based
Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Provide specific information on actions that should be taken to accomplish a certain task
