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Fire Officer 3rd Edition chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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The professional qualification standards for fire officers are documented in NFPA

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NFPA 1021 Standards for fire officer professional qualifications

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At the fire officer one level what is the emphasis placed on

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The emphasis is placed on accomplishing to the apartments goals and objectives by working through subordinate so achieve the desired results

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The fire officer is part of the management and is responsible for the contact device. What most office a reference

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Policies procedures and rules

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Do US via service originated as communities of citizens who responded?

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When fires broke out

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In 24 BC the Roman emperor Augustus Cesar and created the first fire department. What was the fire fire department called?

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Familia publica

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What did Richard new shed create

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First hand power water pump

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During Colonial days Hope your own neighborhoods to discover fires

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Fire warden or night man

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What were the first building codes developed?

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Egypt focused on preventing building collapse building codes and effective in preventing limiting containing fires

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How are volunteer department funded funded?

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Donations in subscriptions

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What do attributes did the first firefighters need

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Muscular strength and endurance to pass bucket or Operate hand pump or

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What are the four department management principles

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Unity of command
span of control
division of labor
discipline

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12
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What are the three ways to look at the organization of the fire department

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Function
geography
staffing

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They obviously there’s no in the department regulations policies in standard operating guidelines is essential for

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He safe and harmonious work environment

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14
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What are ethical choices based on

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A value system

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What other for functions of managing

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Planning
organizing
leading
controlling

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Where are the administrative duties FIRE OFFICER 2

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Evaluating subordinate job performance
correcting unacceptable performance and
completing formal performance appraisal on each member

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17
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Fire officer to includes what?

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Developing a project our divisional budget including purchasing soliciting and rewarding bed and preparing news releases and reports are the supervisors

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What is the managing fire officer more engaged with

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Organizations and groups

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19
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What process remains essential when operating at emergency scenes

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A rigid command and control process

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20
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Away from pyrazines departments are using concepts of?

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Employee empowerment Decentralized decision making

delegation

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21
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What percent is firefighting activities performed by fire companies

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5%

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22
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What are the primary cause of death for firefighters with any burning structure

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Flash over and structural collapse

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23
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Five hired as a future must?

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Look beyond the physical attributes of an individual and match each individual strength with the organizational needs

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Assistant or division chief

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A mid-level chief Who often has a function area of responsibility says his training in answers directly to the fire chief

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Battalion chief

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Usually the first level of fire chief also called a district chief these teeth are often in charge of running calls and supervising multiple stations are districts within the city if Italian TV is usually the officer in charge on a single alarm fire

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26
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Who is usually in charge on a single alarm working fire

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Battalion chief

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Chain of command

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The superior support natatory relationship that starts at the top of the organizational hierarchy and extends to the lowest levels

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28
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Chiefs trumpet( bugle)

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An obsolete amplification device that is enabled a fire chief to give orders to firefighters during an emergency a precursor to the bull horn and portable radio

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29
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What is the predecessor of the chief trumpet?

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Bull horn and portable radio

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Consensus document

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A code or standard developed through agreement between people representing a different organization and interest

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What is an example of a consensus document?

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NFPA codes and standards

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32
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Controlling definition?

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Restraining 
regulating 
governing 
counteracting
 overpowering
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Decision making

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The process of identifying problems in opportunities in retyping them

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Division of labor

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The production process in which each worker repeats one step over and over, it’s even greater faith as he is in the use of time and knowledge, the formal assignment of authority and responsibility to job holders

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Fire chief

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The highest ranking officer in charge of it fire department, the individual assigned the responsibility for management in control of all matters and concerns pertaining to the fire service organization

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36
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Fire Mark

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Historically and identification symbol money building to get firefighters not at the building was insured by a company that would pay for these things for another fire

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Incident command system ICS

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A system that defies the roles responsibilities to be assumed by personnel in the operating procedures to be used as an individual and direction of emergency operations

38
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What is another name for the incident command system

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Incident management system

39
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Leadership

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A complex process by which a person influence others to accomplish the mission task large active and directs organization anyway that makes it more cohesive incoherent

40
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Leading

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Cutting or directing any course of action

41
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Where does the term”Managing fire officer” Confirm

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BIAFC officer development handbook task and expectations for the fire officer 2

42
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The fire officer is encouraged to acquire?

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Appropriate level training experience yourself development and education for CHIEF FIRE OFFICER DESIGNATION

43
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Organizing

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Putting resources together into an orderly functional and structured whole

44
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Planning

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Developing a scheme program or method that is worked out before hand to accomplish in objective

45
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Rules and regulations

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Directives develop by various organization and government Authorize organizations to implement the wall that has been passed by the governing body

46
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Span of control

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The maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual

47
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What is the type of rain or a span of control

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Three - seven

48
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Where can the expectations if I was there to be found

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The IAFC officer development in about

49
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What are standard operating procedures

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Written organizational directors that establish a prescribe specific operational and orientation methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designate a rations our actions

50
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Supervising fire officer

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The description from the high AFC opposite development handbook for the task and expectations for a fire officer one

51
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Title for fire officer 1 Vs Fire officer 2

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Fire officer one- Supervising fire officer

Fire officer 2- Managing fire officer

Both are encouraged to acquire the appropriate levels of training experience and self development and education to prepare for the fire grid officer designation

52
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Unity of command

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The management and SAP three subordination have only one direct supervisor so that a decision can be traced back to subordinate to the manager who originated it

53
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Discipline

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A moral mental or physical state in which all ranks respond to the will of the leader

54
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What is another name for guidelines as a department that for firefighters to work with him

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Discipline

55
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Lt is an example of

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Supervising fire officer or fire officer one

56
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Once an emergency and say and has been mitigated what is the fire officer one expected to do

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Preliminary investigation to determine the origin and cause,
secure the scene to preserve evidence,
conduct a post incident analysis

57
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Fire officer three and four channel refer to what?

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Chief officer positions

58
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Fire officer three any large department may be

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Battalion or district chief

59
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In a small department fire office at three maybe

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Deputy our assistant chief

60
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Where was the foundation of company after practice originated

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World war two

61
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And have NFPA standard 1021 For company officers Was adopted and what year

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1976 and expended on 2003

62
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How in 2003 did the IAFC expand the company officer development

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Developed officer development handbook to encourage company officers to acquire appropriate levels of training experience of development in education throughout their professional journey to prepare for the CPSE (Center for Public Safety excellence), CFO, and The pinnacle of professional development

63
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Who serves as the individual who supervises a single Fire suppression unit or a small administrative group with any fire department.
Company level task functioning as the initial driving off for an emergency see

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Fire officer one

64
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What is the first step in a progressive sequence and generally associate it with an arriving officer?

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Fire officer one

65
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The professional qualification standards for fire officers are documented it in NFPA?

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NFPA 1021

66
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NFPA 1021 standard for fire officer professional qualifications

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4 levels of fire officer

67
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A department that uses full-time career personnel along with volunteer are paid on call personnel is referred to as

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Combination department

68
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Formal restructure almost by department was adopted from the

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Roman military

69
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Where did the first document fire in North America occur?

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Jamestown Virginia 1607

70
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Where was the first establish fire regulations in North America that band chimneys and thatched roofs

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Boston Massachusetts

71
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AD. Emperor NERO established what?

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Fire protectors. A group of 7000 Friedman responsible for fire fighting by a preventing in building inspections

72
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What did Colonial firefighters have?

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Buckets and fire hook. Homeowners were required to keep water outside their door and bring them to the scene of a fire

73
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What happened in 1871

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Two major fires one in Chicago and Wisconsin

74
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Peshtigo Wisconsin

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Deadliest fire in United States history

2200 people died

75
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What did combustible engines do for the fire service

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Allowed communities to have machine powered pumpers

76
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In the United States fire department Somewhere is responding to a fire every?

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23 seconds

77
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After peshtigo and Chicago fire

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Communities developed straight to building and fire codes

78
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is vital to have for a Officer to coordinate the fire fighting efforts effectively

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Communication

79
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What is the most important resource on the fire scene

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Firefighters

80
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What does building codes govern ?

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Construction materials and frequently built-in fire prevention and safety measures

81
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Supervising and managing officers( Captain) Report to

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Administrative fire officer

82
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What does the chain of command ensure?

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Task is carried out in a uniform and her

83
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A complex process of influencing others to accomplish a task is an act of?

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Leadership

84
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Written organizational directives that established or prescribe specific organization or administrative methods to be followed routinely for performance of designated operations and actions

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SOG

85
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The first volunteer fire company was established where

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Philadelphia and the leader ship of Benjamin Franklin

86
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Who import it the first fire engines from England

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George Washington

Alexandria Virginia 1765

87
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Who is responsible with protecting the welfare of the public against common threat

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Government

88
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The process of identifying problems in opportunities and resolving them

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Decision making

89
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Fire officer 1 and 2 are divided into

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Administrative emergency and non-emergency activities

90
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The fire chief is accountable to

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Governing body such a city Council County commission the mayor and city manager

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