Fire Officer Principles and Practices 3rd Edition

Question 1

What does NFPA 1021 deal with?

Answer 1

NFPA defines four levels of fire officer, Fire Officer 1- Single Company Officer
Fire Officer 2- Multi-Company Officer in charge of division
Fire Officer 3- Chief Level Officer
Fire Officer 4- Fire Chief

Question 2

In large organizations the name for administrative fire officers that are responsible for several for companies within a geographic area, usually the officer in charge at a single alarm working fire

Answer 2

Battalion Chiefs or District Chiefs

Question 3

Officers who are in charge of major functional areas such as training, emergency operations, support services, and fire prevention. These officers report directly to the Fire Chief

Answer 3

Division Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs

Question 4

What are the four management principles most fire departments are structured on?

Answer 4

Unity of command
Span of control
Division of Labor
Discipline

Question 5

Unity of command

Answer 5

The management concept that each firefighter answers to only one supervisor and each supervisor answers to only one boss. In this way there is accountability from every firefighter

Question 6

Span of Control

Answer 6

Refers to the maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual (usually 3-7) Most experts believe that Span of Control should extend to no more that five people (depending on the assignment or task)

Question 7

Division of Labor

Answer 7

Way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller tasks

Question 8

Discipline

Answer 8

Set of guidelines that a department establishes for firefighters. Discipline encompasses behavioral requirements such as always following orders and performing to expectations

Question 9

Standard Operating Procedures, suggested operating guidelines, policies and procedures are all…

Answer 9

forms of discipline because they outline how things are done, and usually how far a person can go without requesting further guidance

Question 10

What are the two types of discipline?

Answer 10

Positive as when it defines appropriate actions
Corrective when it responds to inappropriate actions or behaviors

Question 11

Who identified the four functions of management?

Answer 11

Henri Fayol

Question 12

what are the four functions of management?

Answer 12

Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling

Question 13

Planning (functions of management)

Answer 13

Means developing a scheme, program of method that has worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective
Planning includes establishing goals and objectives then devoting a way to meet those goals and objectives

Question 14

what are the different ranges of planning that a fire officer is responsible for?

Answer 14

Short-range planning- covers developing a plan that extends up to a year
Medium range planning- covers planning that is 1-3 years in advance
Long-range planning covers events longer than 3 years in advance

Question 15

Organizing (functions of management)

Answer 15

Means putting resources together into an orderly functional structured whole
ie. fire officer takes the available people, equipment, structure, and time and develops them into orderly, functional, and structural unit to implement the plan and deliver the expected service

Question 16

Leading (functions of management)

Answer 16

Means guiding or directing in a course of action. The act of leadership is a complex process of influencing others to accomplish a task
Leading is the human side of managing. It involves motivating, training, guiding and directing employees

Question 17

Controlling (functions of management

Answer 17

Means restraining, regulating, governing, counteracting or overpowering
Fire officers implement the controlling function when they consider the impact on the budget before making purchase. Also performance appraisals and ensuring compliance with policy

Question 18

Rules and Regulations

Answer 18

Developed by various governments or government-authorized organization to implement a law that has been passed
Rules and regulations do not leave room for latitude or discretion

Question 19

Policies

Answer 19

Developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions
What is expected in a stated condition. Policies require personnel to make judgments and determine the best course of action within the stated policy

Question 20

Standard Operating Policy

Answer 20

Written organizational directives that establish or prescribe specific operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions

Question 21

What is the key to improving ethical choices?

Answer 21

To have clear organizational values