Chapter 1- Orientation And Fire Service History

Question 1

First recorded major fire in US history

Answer 1

1608- Jamestown

Question 2

New Amsterdam 1658

Answer 2

Fire company formed

Question 3

First purchased engine in Boston

Answer 3

1653

Question 4

First paid fire company in Boston

Answer 4

1678

Question 5

First fire volunteer company in Philadelphia

Answer 5

1735

Question 6

National fire protection Association

(NFPA) was founded in

Answer 6

1896-formed to develop consensus-based codes and standards intended to ensure fire and life safety

Question 7

Iroquois theatre fire

Answer 7

Chicago 1903 outcome was panic hardware and outward swinging doors

Question 8

The great fire of 1904

Answer 8

Toronto 1904 upgraded building code to include requirements for fire doors and walls sprinklers and fire boxes

Question 9

Triangle shirtwaist fire- New York City

Answer 9

NFPA life safety code requirements for means of exit

Question 10

Cocoanut grove nightclub fire

Answer 10

1942- Boston stricter fire and life safety requirements for assembly type occupancies 492 people dead

Question 11

Our lady of the angels school fire

Answer 11

1958- required schools to conduct fire drills

Question 12

Station nightclub fire

Answer 12

2003- NFPA made changes to sprinkler and crowd management requirements

Question 13

Murray building bombing- OKC

Answer 13

1995- new security measures in response to federal buildings

Question 14

World Trade Center 2001

Answer 14

Improved interoperability ability to communicate between agencies during disasters

Question 15

Community based fire protection

Answer 15

Research, Education, implementation

Question 16

Organizational characteristics

Answer 16

Command structure, using ranks, wearing uniforms, emphasis on teamwork

Question 17

The mission

Answer 17

To save lives protect property and environment from fires

Question 18

Authority having jurisdiction

AHJ

Answer 18

Establishes organization of fire department

Question 19

Types of fire departments

Answer 19

Public- funded through taxes, fees, grants

Private- funded through contracts, billing for services

Question 20

Types of staffing

Answer 20

Career- work a required schedule receive pay
Volunteer- receive little or no pay for work
Combination-some receive pay and other volunteer
Paid on call

Question 21

Separation of departmental duties

Answer 21

Line personnel-deliver services to external customers

Staff personnel- provide training and support to line personnel

Question 22

Fire companies

Answer 22

Engine company- fire suppression 
Truck(ladder) company- forcible entry
Rescue squad- search and rescue
Brush company
Hazardous materials 
Emergency medical/ ambulance
Aircraft rescue

Question 23

Organizational characteristics of fire service

Answer 23

Chain of command- line of authority
Span of control-number of subordinates that supervisor can control
Discipline- clearly communicated rules
Unity of command-every employee reports to just one supervisor
Division of labor-dividing large jobs into smaller jobs

Question 24

Policy

Answer 24

Guide to decision making

Question 25

Procedure

Answer 25

Plan of action related to policy

Question 26

Standard

Answer 26

Set of principles that explain how to do something

Question 27

Code

Answer 27

A law that may be based on a standard

Question 28

How fire departments interact with other organizations

Answer 28

Law enforcement 
Public works
Hospitals
Media
Utility companies

Question 29

Standard operating procedure

SOP

Answer 29

Standard of how personnel should perform routine functions