OFM: Fire Fighter 1 Flashcards
NFPA 1001 is standard for?
Firefighter Professional Qualifications
Person ultimately responsible for the operations and admin of fire department is?
Fire Chief
Act established in Ontario to ensure safe working conditions is?
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Which is true, NFPA standards?
They are consensus documents as the minimum requirement for fire services
Term used for facility where an emergency call is routed to?
Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
When taking calls, complete and accurate records should be maintained for?
All responses
When accepting a walk in report?
Obtain same information a dispatcher would
Primary purpose of a public fire service communication system is?
Accept reports of emergencies and dispatch emergency units
Telecommunications Device and Teletype are?
Devices to help hearing impaired use telephones
What should be on the mind of a firefighter who answers the telephone in a fire department facility.
Firefighter is representative for fire department
When answering phone and determining that caller has an emergency, you should?
Follow your departments Standard Operating Procedures/Standard Operating Guides
Before transmitting any information over the fire department radio, a firefighter should?
Listen to be sure channel is not being used
Standardized term used to signal immediate need to clear the radio and transmit critical information information is:
Emergency Traffic
First arriving companies broadcast_____\reports to incoming units?
Initial
Firefighter making MAYDAY call should describe the situation, location and:
Help needed
