Chapter Addendum - Firefighter Knowledge and Skills for Driver/Operators Flashcards
The fire service has a rich cultural history full of traditions, techniques and best \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ that you will learn about during your career. = point of pride for any firefighters. A. practices B. fire houses C. workmanship D. comradary
A. practices
With new info, technology and shared knowledge/experience, the fire service CULTURE has continuously changed, sometimes slowly with a great deal of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ from personnel. A. happiness B. resistance C. work D. acceptance
B. resistance
Without change to cultural n______, fireground strategies and tac____, ff skills and traditional ways of thinking, the fire service would be less div______, less eff____ and less safety con______ than it is today.
- norms
- tactics
- diversity
- effective
- conscious
Part of fire service culture should NOT be embracing and acknowledging the need to change the culture for the better. TRUE or FALSE
FALSE - they should be embracing
FF and driver/operators must understand the fire service m_____ and how the fire and emergency service is org_________.
- mission
- organized
Who usually mandates the fire service mission? A. IFSTA B. NFPA C. AHJ D. the chief
C. AHJ
Who determines what services are needed to protect the citizens AND establishes the fire service to meet that need? A. IFSTA B. NFPA C. AHJ D. the chief
C. AHJ
The mission of each fire department will vary among different WHAT? (3) (because different communities require different services)
- cities
- states/provinces
- regions
The fire service’s mission is to save ___ and to protect _____ and the env______ from f______ and other haz_______ situations.
- lives
- property
- environment
- fire
- hazardous
Who takes an all-hazard concept approach?
many modern fire dept.
When depts. take an all-hazard concept approach, they provide services such as:
- community risk red______ (fire prevention and public education
- fire sup______
- fire cause det__________
- emergency ______ services (EMS)
- tech______ rescue services
- h_________ materials mitigation
- air_____ and/or sea____ protection
- emergency man______ services
- reduction
- suppression
- determination
- medical
- technical
- hazardous
- port/port
- management
Your local dept. mission will depend on the legal \_\_\_\_\_ that established it and your community needs. A. laws B. workings C. mandate D. requirements
C. mandate
Who’s role is it to fulfill the stated goals and objectives of your depts. mission statement?
YOUR
Stated goals and objectives of your fire department mission statement are apart of the departments ______ and ________.
- rules
- regulations
Where should goals and objectives of the dept. mission be posted? Who should it be made available to? (2)
- at every dept. facility
- all personnel, community
Who is responsible for establishing the manner in which its fire service is organized? A. IFSTA B. NFPA C. AHJ D. the chief
C. AHJ
The AHJ is responsible for establishing the manner in which its fire service is organized to include:
- type of de_____
- # of f______ and their locations
- types and number of a_________
- # of per________
- organizational hie_________
- function and resp_______ for specific jobs and ranks
- min____ training/cert level requirements to attain those ranks
- department
- facilities
- apparatus
- personnel
- hierarchy
- responsibility
- minimum
To understand the organizational layout of your department, you need to know the following:
- organizational st_____ and principles
- types of fire d_______
- fire com______
- staf________
- structures
- departments
- companies
- staffing
An organizations structure and principles establish the foundation for how the organization will function and operate to achieve it's \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. orders B. rewards C. community status D. mission
D. misson
The most common fire department organizational structure is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. step down B. order of operations C. secular management D. scalar
D. scalar
What is defined as having an uninterrupted series of steps and is the most common fire department organizational structure? A. scalar B. step down method C. working order D. downward structure
A. scalar
In scalar organizational structure, decisions and info are directed from the intermediate levels to the base of the structure up to the top (chief). TRUE or FALSE
FALSE - top to intermediate
In scalar organizational structure, decisions and info are directed from the top (chief) of the structure down through intermediate levels to the base. The levels in between are composed of personnel assigned by WHAT? (2)
- rank
- duty
Feedback and information are transmitted up from the bottom through the structure to the top position in what organizational structure? A. step down B. order of operations C. secular management D. scalar
D. scalar