IFSTA Company Officer: Ch. 1 Flashcards
The Company Officer I
What is NFPA 1021?
Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications
What is at the tip of the fire and emergency medical service “spear”
The Company Officer
The Company Officer directly oversees the agency’s what?
Personnel—Training—Equipment—Apparatus and Issues
Who has the first contact with fire department customers?
The Company Officer
What is critical to the success of the Company Officer?
Recognizing and understanding the importance of the position
What is a leader?
A person who leads or directs a unit
Unit members rely on a company officer’s what?
Knowledge and skills as a leader
What is the company officer’s most important task?
Ensure the safety of the unit’s personnel
New company officers need to recognize that they are both a ___________ and a ____________.
supervisor and subordinate
Officers should not publically question or criticize policies or orders they believe to be unfair as this does what?
Provides a negative example for both subordinates and peers
Challenges a new officer will encounter consist of concepts such as:
Leadership–Ethics–Supervision–Responsibility–Authority
The challenge for newly promoted officers is to make the change from unit member to what?
Unit Leader
When might authoritative leadership take a secondary role?
When subordinates express safety concerns
Perceptions are __________, often based on _________, not facts.
Subjective——Emotions
Making sweeping changes to a unit can be?
Unsuccessful and cause the unit to suffer
Which type of expectations are the most difficult to overcome?
Internal
Reasonable organizational expectations can be met through what?
Education, Training and Effort
What 3 needs should company officers provide for subordinates?
Ethicial Leadership
Fair and just supervision
Educational and training opportunities
The success of any fire and emergency services organization is _____________________ to its community involement.
Directly Proportional
Who is responsible for performing the initial size-up of the situation, establishing the ICS and allocating resources to control incident?
The Level 1 Officer supervising the first arriving unit
First arriving company officers must develop and initiate what?
IAP, ISP and establish ICS
What is an IAP?
Incident Action Plan
What is an ISP?
Incident Safety Plan
What is ICS?
Incident Command System
