Ifista Company Officer 4th Ed. Flashcards
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NFPA 1021
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Standard for fire officer Professional qualification (2014)
. JPRs for Level 1 and 2 fire officer.
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Scalar
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As having an uninterrupted series of steps or chain of command.
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Decisions made by one person at lower levels?
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Decentralized.
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What can be destructive to organization unity and cohesiveness.
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Side stepping.
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Two types of decision making models.
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Centralized and Decentralized
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Decisions are made by one person at the top of the structure.
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Centralized
. Works well for small organizations.
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What organization structure is considered Scalar structure?
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Chain of Command.
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Unity of Command states ?
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Each subordinate must have one supervisor or boss.
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Bypassing the chain of command.
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Skip level notification.
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Functional Supervision.
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Principle that allows workers to report to more than one supervisor.
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EMAC
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Emergency Management Assistant Compact. (EMAC)
. US Congress created in 1996
. National disaster relief Compact.
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MABAS
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Mutual Aid Box Alarm System. (MABAS)
. An agreement between fire and emergency response of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
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Command Presence Attributes.
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Self Confidence Consistency Acceptance Trustworthy Responsibility Expertise.
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Ethics: Three-Step Check
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Step 1: Is it legal
Step 2: Is it fair to all concerned.
Step 3: How will it make me feel about myself.
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Ethics
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Sometimes called moral philosophy.
Are the agreed -upon philosophical principles that define what is correct and proper behavior for the members of a society.
Simply choosing right from wrong.
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Source of Personal ethics
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Family, Religion, Peers, Education, Society.
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Decisiveness
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Making decisions quickly and effectively.
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The acronym “SMART”
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Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely
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How many elements are in Interpersonal Communications.
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Five basic elements.
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Four stage development model for building and effective team.
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- Forming- initially uncertain of their roles in the group.
- Storming: conflict stage. Jockey for informal leadership.
- Norming : The group establishes and adheres to its own set of norms and values.
- Performing : Supervisor works to maintain team spirit as the group accomplishes its objectives. I
Adjourning: is the planned and sometimes unplanned termination of the group task.
5 stage born out of the studies of group dynamics and is taught in many leadership and college level courses.
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Coaching
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Is a process of giving motivational direction, positive reinforcement, and constructive feedback to employees in order to maintain and improve their performance.
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Counseling
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Is a formal process which assists participates in identifying and resolving personal, behavior, or career problems that are adversely affecting performance.
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Mentoring
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Is used to better prepare individuals for their roles and responsibilities within the organization under the direction of a positive role model.
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Management Functions
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Planning
Organizing
Directing
Controlling
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What are the five- steps of a planning model.
1) Identify- identify problem.
2) Select- choose appropriate responses to the problem.
3) Design- determine the steps.
4) Implement
5) Evaluate - determine the effectiveness.
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Nonverbal communication transmit what % of any message.
93%
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When delivering a message what % is body language.
55%
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Regarding communication what percent is vocal tone and inflection?
38%
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Only 7 percent of the transmitted message is actually?
Verbal communication
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What are the aspects of the listening process?
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Attending
Understanding
Remembering
Evaluating
Responding
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Headings should be expressed in?
Parallel form.
Must follow the same grammatical pattern.
That headings will follow a consistent format and style.
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Average paragraph length
75 to 125 words.
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What are the six pieces of info when writing emails or memos?
Who, what, when, where, why, and how.
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Four common parts of a letter.
Heading
Opening
Body
Closing
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Operational Planning “P” originated with who?
US Coast Guard based on the ICS system.
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Four Criteria for it to be a hostile work environment?
Protected class, age, religion, disability, or race.
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What is the law that protects against a hostile work environment.
Title Vll of the Civil act of 1964
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Who’s responsibility is it to do formal performance evaluations per NFPA 1021
level 2 fire officer.
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Five methods of resolving conflict
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Avoiding
Accommodating
Forcing
Negotiating
Collaborating
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Collaborating Method is focused on
The best interest of organization, community or service area.
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How many distinct components are in a risk management plan.
Five
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What are the components of risk management plan.
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Risk identification.
Risk evaluation.
Establishment of priorities for action.
Risk Control
Risk Management Monitoring.
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The process of identifying and analyzing the exposure to hazards, selecting appropriate techniques to handle exposures, implementing chosen techniques, and monitoring the results of those techniques.
Risk Management.
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What are the overall three distinct sections in a risk management plan.
1: Community risk assessment.
2: Organizational risk management plan
3: operational risk management.
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Five step process that maintains a continues loop for operational risk management.
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Situational awareness
Hazard assessment
Hazard control
Decision point
Evaluate.
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During normal fire conditions the max survival time for a civilian is
10 mins
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The majority of firefighter LODD occurs within the first ?
12 min
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What is the blue print for making changes in the fire service.
The 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives.
Note: the firefighter life safety summit held in Tampa, Florida, in March 2004, produced the blueprint for making changes in the fire service.
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NFPA 1500
Standard on fire department occupational health and safety program.
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NFPA 1521
Standard for Fire Safety Officer.
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NFPA 1561
Standard on emergency services incident management system.
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NFPA 1581
Standard on fire department infection control program.
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NFPA 1582
Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for fire departments.
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NFPA 1584
Standard on the Rehabilitation Process for Members during emergency operations and training exercises.
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NFPA 1582
Standard on selection, care, and maintenance of open- circuit self contained breathing apparatus(SCBA)
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OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134
Respiratory protection.
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NFPA 1041
Standard for fire service instructor professional qualifications.
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What is one of the most effective teaching models?
Four-step method of instruction.
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Four- step method of instruction.
Preparation
Presentation
Application
Evaluation
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NFPA 1403 recommends
An instructor to student ratio of one to five.
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NFPA 1142
Standard on water supplies for suburban and rural fire fighting requirements.
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The combination of CO and Hydrogen cyanide(HCN) is toxic at
135ppm
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NFPA 101
Life Safety Code.
States all means of egress must be usable by a person with a severe mobility impairments.
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NFPA 704 placard
Method for indicating hazardous materials at fixed storage facilities.
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What are the limitations of the NFPA 704 marking systems.
Doesn’t state exactly what chemicals you have or specific quantities.
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NFPA 72
Standard for the National Fire Alarm code.
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NFPA 20
Standard for the installation of stationary fire pumps for fire protection.
Note : requires them to be ran 30 min per week.
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Stationary fire pumps are
Always almost electrically driven centrifugal pumps. 500 to 4500 gpms.
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NFPA 14
Standard for the installation of standpipe and hose systems.
Class l,ll, lll, according to their intended use.
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CO2 fire extinguishes fire by?
Excluding Oxygen. (Smothering)
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Halogenated agents are principally effective on what classes of fire?
Class B and Class C fires.
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Inergen
A blend of three naturally occurring gases nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide.
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FM-200
Hydrofluorocarbon alternative.
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Halotron
A clean agent. Hydrofluorocarbon.
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In portable fire extinguishers two Halons are still in use:
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Halon 121 (bromochlorodifluoromethane)
Most common found in ext.
Halon 1301 ( bromotrifluoromethane)
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NFPA 1620
Standard for Pre-incident Planning.
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Color code for NFPA 704 placard.
Red - Flammability 4-0
Blue - Health 4-0
Yellow- Instability 4-0
White- reactivity symbols
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NFPA 204
Standard for smoke and heat venting.
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Stage of a fire at which all surfaces and objects within a space have been heated to their ignition temp.
Flashover
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Flashover can occur within
5 min at 1,110 degrees F (599 C)
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What was the result of Presidential Directive 5
NIMS (ICS) is required to be used.
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Any combination of resources assembled for a specific mission or operational assignment.
Task force
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Set number of resources of the same kind and type. Established minimum number of personnel.
Strike Team
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NFPA 1562
Standard for fire department Incident Management System an Initial Action Plan.
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Incident scene management should reflect these priorities in order.
1. Life Safety
2. Incident Stabilization
3. Property Conservation.
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Thermal or Chemical decomposition of fuel(matter) because of heat lowering ignition temps of the material.
Pyrolysis.
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The burning of wood release combustible gases and leaves a charred surface known as
Pyrolysis Process or Sublimation
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Is the tendency of gases to to form into layers according to temperature.
Thermal Layering also called Heat stratification.
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Fuel types
Class A - cellulose types. Ordinarily combustibles.
Class B- flammable/combustible liquids/gas.
Class C- Energized electrical wiring equipment.
Class D- combustible metals.
Class K- Deep fat fryers, commercial kitchens.
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Who created the acronym RECEO-VS
Fire Chief Lloyd Layman
| Mid -20th century
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The acronym RECEOVS indemnifies
Strategic goals for an incident.
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Who established the 2 in/ 2 out rule
OSHA as a part of the 29CFR 1910.134
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How many individuals located outside the IDLH atmosphere can be assigned to an additional role IE -Incident command.
Only one.
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Overall plans for controlling an incident.
Strategic goals.
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Specific statements of measurable outcomes.
Tactical objectives.
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Per NFPA 1500 who is responsible for collecting safety related info for a post incident analysis.
Incident Safety Officer.
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Post incident critiques should occur within?
A week of the incident.
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What happens to gases when they are heated?
They expand.
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A post incident critique is a meeting that is based on what?
The Post incident Analysis. PIA
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What is one of the most important skills for an officer to acquire and maintain.
Behavior Management.
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What type of discipline usually starts with training and or education.
Progressive discipline.
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Progressive discipline usually starts with
Training and or education.
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Progressive discipline follows three levels?
Preventive
Corrective
Punitive.
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What type of leadership Emphasizes collaboration and the free flow of ideas.
Democratic leadership
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Dictatorship, no meaningful participation by the subordinates.
Authoritarian Leadership.
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When a supervisor or other supervisor acts as an advisor or guide to another member.
mentoring
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Name two types of Tubular webbing and how they are made
1) Edge stitched: Folding a piece of flat webbing lengthwise and sewing the edge.
2) Spiral Weave: Also known as shuttle-loom construction, preferred for rescue work. The webbing is weaved as a tube.
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Part of the rope used to tie the knot or hitch ?
Working end.
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Free end of a rope used for hoisting, pulling, or belaying.
Running Part
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Part of the rope between the working end and running Part
Standing Part
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Name the tree types of bends that a rope undergoes when a knot or hitch is tied.
Bight
Loop
Round Turn
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In the United States what are the functional branches of the federal government.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Branches of the state Government
p.354
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The term common wealth is used to describe what four states?
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and one of the territories Puerto Rico
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A commonwealth is a state in?
Which the government functions with the common consent of the people.
p. 354
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What is the order of the four change process stages?
Denial
Resistance
Exploration
Commitment
P.361
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What are the fire essential characteristics of a group ?
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Common binding interest.
Group image identity
Sense of continuity
Shared valves
Roles within the group.
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Four generally accepted classifications of fire cause
Accidental, Natural, Incendiary, undetermined.
