Chapter 1

Question 1

What does NFPA 1021 deal with?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Paid on Call

Question 3

What percentage of firefighters are career, volunteers

Answer 3

69% volunteers

31% career

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Augustus Caesar in 24 BC

Familia Publica composed of 600 slaves.

Question 5

Who were the first firefighters who adopted formal rank structure?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Where were the first fire regulations imposed in North America?

Answer 6

In Boston with the banning of wooden chimneys and Thatched roofs

Question 7

What did George Washington do for the fire service?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Name two fires that had a significant affected the development of fire codes and fire departments?

Answer 8

The Great Chicago Fire- 17000 homes destroyed, 300 dead
Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire - 1000ft high/5mile wide tornado of fire killed 2200 in the deadliest fire US history.

Both lead to stricter building codes and the development of water pumping systems

Question 9

Who developed the first pumper in London?

Answer 9

Richard Newsham

Question 10

Who developed the first municipal water system?

The first fire hydrant?

Answer 10

The Romans

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

Question 11

In colonial time how were fire communications preformed?

How did Public Call Boxes work?

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Where were the first building codes?

Answer 12

Ancient Egypt

Question 13

Who were early building codes written by?

Answer 13

Insurance industry

Question 14

Consensus Document

Answer 14

Code written by volunteer committees of citizens and representatives of business, insurance companies, and government agencies explore and develop proposals that are debated and reviewed by various groups. The final result of which is a consensus document.

Question 15

What is a fire mark

Answer 15

Mark of a home with insurance

Question 16

What is the most important resource of the fire scene?

Answer 16

Knowledgeable well trained physically capable firefighters.

Question 17

Where does the fire service draw its authority from?

Answer 17

The governing entity responsible for protecting the public from fire.

Federal and state governments also grant authority to the fire departments

Question 18

Fire protection district

Answer 18

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

Question 19

In large organizations the name for administrative fire officers that are responsible for several for companies within a geographic area, usually the officer in charge at a single alarm working fire.

Answer 19

Battalion Chiefs or District Chiefs

Question 20

Officers who are in charge of major functional areas such as training, emergency operations, support services, and fire prevention. These officers report directly to the Fire Chief

Answer 20

Division Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Unity of Command
Span of Control
Division of Labor
Discipline

Question 22

Unity of Command

Answer 22

The management concept that each firefighter answers to only one supervisor, and each supervisor answers to only one boss. In this way there is accountable form every firefighter directly to the Fire Chief

Question 23

Span of control

Answer 23

refers to the maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual (usually 3-7). Most experts believe that Span of Control should extend to no more than Five people (depending on the assignment or task)

Question 24

Division of Labor

Answer 24

Way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller task.

Question 25

Discipline

Answer 25

set of guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters. Discipline encompasses behavioral requirements such as always following orders and preforming up to expectations.

Question 26

Standard Operating procedures, suggested operating guidelines, policies and procedures are all ….

Answer 26

forms of discipline because they outline how things are done, and usually how far a person can go without requesting further guidance.

Question 27

What are the two types of discipline?

Answer 27

Positive as when it defines appropriate actions

Corrective when it responds to inappropriate actions or behaviors

Question 28

Who identified the four functions of management?

Answer 28

Henri Fayol

Question 29

What are the four functions of management?

Answer 29

Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling

Question 30

Planning (functions of management)

Answer 30

Means developing a scheme, program, or method that has worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective.

Planning includes establishing goals and objectives then devoting a way to meet those goals and objectives

Question 31

What are the different ranges of planning that a fire

officer is responsible for

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

Organizing (functions of management)

Answer 32

Means putting resources together into an orderly functional structured whole.

ie Fire officer takes the available people, equipment, structure, and time and develops them into orderly, functional, and structural unit to implement the plan and deliver the expected service.

Question 33

Leading (functions of management)

Answer 33

means guiding or directing in a course of action. The act of leadership is a complex process of influencing others to accomplish a task.

Leading is the human side of managing. It involves motivating, training, guiding and directing employees .

Question 34

Controlling (functions of management)

Answer 34

means restraining, regulating, governing, counteracting, or overpowering.

Fire officers implement the controlling function when they consider the impact on the budget before making purchase. Also performance appraisals and ensuring compliance with policy.

Question 35

Rules and regulations

Answer 35

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.

Question 36

Policies

Answer 36

Developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions .

What is expected in a stated condition. Policies require personnel to make judgements and determine the best course of action within the stated policy.

Question 37

Standard operating policy

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What is the key to improving ethical choices?

Answer 38

To have clear organizational values

Question 39

What is a way to judge a decision (ethics)? pg16

Answer 39

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?

Question 40

The duties of Fire Officer two can be subdivided into three categories…

Answer 40

1. administrative
2. nonemergency
3. emergency actives

Question 41

How does the IAFC identify the Fire Officers II?

Answer 41

As a Managing Fire Officer

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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.

Question 43

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?

Answer 43

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

2. Activated fire protection systems are the second most common reason for fire service response. Fires occur in about 1 out of 1000.
3. Odor/hazardous condition is the third most common call type.

Question 44

What is the primary cause of death within burning structures?

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Cultural Diversity

Answer 45

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