Company Officer Ch 3 Flashcards
How many FD’s are there in this country?
30,000+
Who is at the top of an organizational chart?
Citizens/Electorate
A law usually found in the municipal code is a what?
local ordninance
Laws passed by congress are called
Statutes
How many forms of government are there at the local level?
Five
What form of local government is the one that most closely resembles that of the federal government?
Mayor-council
What is the oldest form of government in America?
commission
How many special districts are there in the US?
31,555
The development of what form of government may have been the most significant step in improving the performance and credibility of local government?
council-manager
Statutes enacted by congress or state legislatures that authorize the creation of administrative agencies and provide the legal authority for the agency to operate.
enabling acts
Laws that are created by administrative agencies pursuant to authority delegated by the legislature. They are the rules that carry the weight of law and are designed to carry out the quasi-legislative authority of the agency.
regulations
Volunteer FF’s make up about what % of all FF’s?
74%
Which FD comprises the largest collective FD in the US?
Federal FF’s
Approx number of FF’s in the US?
1,000,000
FF’s respond to approx how many calls annually?
20,000,000
What is the population max for a “rural community”?
2,500 ppl
What % of rural communities are protected by volunteer FD’s?
99%
Departments with more than ____% of their employees in staff positions should look at how they are doing business.
10%
Organizational concept that refers to the interrupted series of steps or layers within an organization
Scalar principle
Activities that support those providing emergency services.
Staff functions
Characteristic of organizational structures denoting the replationship between supervisors and subordinates.
Line authority
