Chapter 1 Firefighter Orientation & Saftey

Question 1

Fireground priorities

Duty of every fire department

Answer 1

Life Safety
Incident Stabilization
Property Conservation

Question 2

3 categories of firefighters

Answer 2

Career
Paid on call
Volunteer

Question 3

4 basic organizational principles

Answer 3

Unity of command
-Reports to only one supervisor
Span of control
- # of personnel 1 person can effectively manage. 3-7 optimum 5
Division of Labor
-Dividing large jobs into small jobs.
-Assign responsibility, Prevent duplication,
make specific & clear cut assignments
Discipline
-Setting the limits or boundaries for expected performance and enforcing them.

Question 4

Company

Answer 4

Standard operating unit of a fire department

 - Group of firefighters assigned to apparatus or station. 
 - Company officer, Driver/operator, 1+ FF

Question 5

Information Systems Personnel

Answer 5

Manage collection, Entry, Storage, Retrieval & Dissemination of electronic database such as fire reporting.

Question 6

Policy

Answer 6

Guide to decision making within an organization

Question 7

Procedure

Answer 7

Detailed guide to action

Question 8

Order

Answer 8

Based upon a policy or procedure

Question 9

(IMS)

Answer 9

Incident command system

-Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration

Question 10

Positions within the Command Staff

Answer 10

Safety
Liaison
PIO

Question 11

Operations Officer

Answer 11

Reports directly to IC

As many as 5 branches

Question 12

Planning

Answer 12

Collection, Evaluation, Dissemination & use of information concerning the development of the incident.
Tracking status of all resources assigned to the incident
-Resource, Situation status, & Demobilization unit.

Question 13

Logistics

Answer 13

Provide Facilities, Services & Materials necessary to support the incident

• Service branch (medical, communications, food)
• Support branch (supplies, facilities, Ground support) exp- vehicles

Question 14

Finance/Administration

Answer 14

Large scale/Long term

-Tracking & Documenting all costs & financial aspects of the incident

Question 15

Division

Answer 15

Geographical designation assigning responsibility for all operations within a defined area

House- Division A,B,C,D
Floors- Division 1,2,3,4,5

Question 16

Group

Answer 16

Functional designations

-Forcible Entry, Salvage, Ventilation

Question 17

Sector

Answer 17

Geographical or functional assignment that is equivalent to a division or group or both

Question 18

Supervisor

Answer 18

Some in command of a Division, Group, or Sector

Question 19

Firefighter Safety

Answer 19

Two factors that motivate accident control

• Life Safety (needless suffering, physical pain and emotional stress
• Economy (legal expenses, loss of manpower, apparatus, equipment, tools, property, systems

Question 20

Unity of Command

Answer 20

Report to only one supervisor

Question 21

Span of Control

Answer 21

of personnel that one individual can effectively mange.
3-7
optimal 5

Question 22

Division of Labor

Answer 22

Dividing large jobs into small jobs

• Assign responsibility
• Prevent Duplication of effort
• Make specific and clear-cut assignments

Question 23

Discipline

Answer 23

Setting the limits or boundaries for expected performance and enforcing them.

Organizations responsibility to provide the direction needed to satisfy the goals and objectives it has identified.