Fire Officer 4th Addition Ch1

Question 1

1. NFPA _____ defines ____ levels of fire officer.

Answer 1

a. 1021, Four

Question 2

2. Fire Officer I are also required to meet all of the requirements of Fire Fighter II as defined in NFPA ____, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, and of Fire Instructor I as defined in NFPA ____, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications

Answer 2

a. 1001, 1041

Question 3

3. There are ____ fire fighters in the United States.

Answer 3

a. 1.06 Million

Question 4

4. Of this total, approximately ___ are full time career fire fighters and ____ are volunteers a group that includes both part time and paid on call fire fighters

Answer 4

a. 30 percent, 70 percent

Question 5

5. Almost ___ percent of the volunteer fire fighters have more than 10 years of experience.

Answer 5

42

Question 6

6. There are ____ fire departments in the United States

Answer 6

a. 29,819

Question 7

7. Emergency medical services (EMS) at the first responder or emergence medical technician (EMT) level is provided by ____ of the fire departments.

Answer 7

a. 46 percent.

Question 8

8. Paramedic level emergency medical services are provided by ___ of the fire departments.

Answer 8

a. 16 percent.

Question 9

Most career fire fighters (____) work in communities with populations of ____ or more.

Answer 9

a. 72 percent, 25,000

Question 10

10. Most volunteer fire fighters (____) work in fire departments that protect small or rural communities with populations less than ____

Answer 10

a. 95 percent, 25,000

Question 11

11. For calendar year 2016 ____ percent of fire department responses were for medical calls and ___ percent were for fire calls.

Answer 11

a. 64.4 percent, 3.8 percent

Question 12

12. The first paid fire department was established in ____ in Boston.

Answer 12

1679

Question 13

14. The Union Fire company was formed in ____, under the leadership of ___

Answer 13

a. 1735, Benjamin Franklin

Question 14

15. Another early volunteer fire fighter _____ imported one of the first hand powered fire engines from England, which he donated to the ______ fire department in ____

Answer 14

a. George Washington, Alexandria (Virginia), 1765( Bugbee,1971)

Question 15

16. Fire insurance companies were established in England soon after the Great Fire of London in ____

Answer 15

1666

Question 16

17. Early insurance companies marked the homes of their policyholders with a plaque, or _____, displaying the name or logo of the insurance company.

Answer 16

a. Fire mark

Question 17

18. A fire protection district is a special ____ ____ that can be established by a stare or a county, with the single purpose of providing fire protection with a ____ ___ ___

Answer 17

a. Political subdivision, defined geographic area

Question 18

13. The first organized volunteer fire company was established in _____

Answer 18

a. Philadelphia

Question 19

19. In some states, a volunteer fire department can be established by a _____ and is independent of any local governing body

Answer 19

a. Charter

Question 20

20. The ___ functions of management were originally identified by ____ ____ and published in the Bulliten de la Societe de L’Industrie Minerale in ____

Answer 20

a. Four, Henri Fayol, 1916

Question 21

21. Constance Storrs provided the English translation in the _____ textbook General and Industrial Management

Answer 21

a. 1949

Question 22

22. These four functions are as follows-

Answer 22

a. 1-Planning 2-Oganizing 3-Leading 4-Controlling

Question 23

23. Planning means developing a ____, ____ or ____ that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective.

Answer 23

a. Scheme, program, method

Question 24

24. Short Range planning covers developing a plan that extends up to ___

Answer 24

a. A year

Question 25

25. Medium-range planning covers planning that is __ to __ years in advance.

Answer 25

a. 1 to 3

Question 26

26. Long range planning covers events longer than __ years in advance.

Answer 26

3

Question 27

27. _________ means putting resources together into an orderly, functional, structured whole.

Answer 27

a. Organizing

Question 28

The act of _____ is a complex process of influencing others to accomplish a task.

Answer 28

a. Leadership

Question 29

29. _____ means restraining, regulating, governing, counteracting or overpowering.

Answer 29

a. Controlling

Question 30

30. ____ and ____ do not leave any room for latitude or discretion.

Answer 30

a. Rules, Regulations

Question 31

31. The distinction between an SOP and an SOG is very _____

Answer 31

a. Subjective

Question 32

32. ______ is the intervention of a neutral third party in an industrial dispute.

Answer 32

a. Mediation

Question 33

33. The largest labor organization in the US the IAFF represents _______ fire fighters and paramedics in the United States and Canada.

Answer 33

a. 316,000

Question 34

34. There are ____ times in a fire fighters career when a major change occurs on the individual relates to the formal fire department organization.

Answer 34

4

Question 35

35. The fourth event is when a fire fighter ____

Answer 35

a. Retires

Question 36

36. In his book Effective Company Command Los Angeles County Fire Captain James O Page divided the fire officers duties into three distinct roles ____, ____, ____

Answer 36

a. Supervisor, commander, trainer

Question 37

37. Developing a ____ ____ is a key part of mastering the art of incident command.

Answer 37

a. Command presence

Question 38

38. In 2017 the EEOC filed ____ Lawsuits and ____ workplace discrimination charges.

Answer 38

a. 184, 84,254

Question 39

39. An ____ ___ is an employee behavior that requires an immediate corrective action by the supervisor.

Answer 39

a. Actionable item

Question 40

40. There are 2 orginazations that offer fire credentialing, ___ __ ___ ___ ___ and the ___ ___ ___

Answer 40

a. Center for Public Safety Excellence, National Fire Academy