Princ&Prac Chp. 1

Question 1

The ___ standard define four levels of fire officer

Answer 1

NFPA 1021

Question 2

The Fire Officer 1 perform administrative duties and supervisory functions that are related to small group of fire department members. Typical administrative duties include ___, ____, ____, _____, and ____.

Answer 2

Record keeping,managing projects, preparing budgets requests, initiating and completing station maintenance and conducting preliminary accident investigations.

Question 3

Supervisory duties include ___ and ___. (Reference F.O. 1)

Answer 3

Making work assignment and ensuring the health and safety procedures are followed

Question 4

Nonemergency duties could include ___, ____, ___, ____, ___, and____. (Reference F.O. 1)

Answer 4

Pre-incident planning, providing company-level training, delivering, public education programs and responding to community inquiries.

Question 5

Emergency duties include the ___, ____, ____,_____,____,and___. (Reference F.O. 1)

Answer 5

Ability to supervise a group, of fire fighters performing company level task, functioning as initial arriving officer,performing a size up, establishing the incident management system, developing and implementing I.A.P. , deploying resources and maintaining personnel accountability.

Question 6

Firefighter 2 NFPA

Answer 6

1001

Question 7

Fire Instructor 1 NFPA__

Answer 7

1041

Question 8

There are ___ common forms of staffing fire organization, most discussions divide fire fighters into ___categories ___and___

Answer 8

4
2
Career and Volunteer

Question 9

NFPA says there are ___ fire fighters in the United States. Of this total, approximately ___% are full time, career fire fighters ___% are volunteers

Answer 9

1.1 million
31%
69%

Question 10

There are___ fire departments in the United States.

Answer 10

30,145

Question 11

In 24 B.C., the Roman emperor ____ created what was probably the first fire department. Called the ______, it was composed of approximately 600 slaves who were stationed around the city to watch for and fight fires.

Answer 11

Augustus Caesar

Famila Publica

Question 12

By about A.D. 60, under the ____, ____had been established as the fire protectors. This group of 7000 free men was responsible for fire-fighting,

Answer 12

emperor Nero

The Corps of Vigile

Question 13

The first documented fire in North America occurred in___, in___.

Answer 13

Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607

Question 14

In __, ___ established the first fire regulations in North America when it banned wood chimneys and thatched roofs.

Answer 14

1630, Boston, Massachusetts

Question 15

Dutch colony of New York in___,___ not only banned wood chimneys and thatched roofs but also required that chimneys be swept out regularly.

Answer 15

1647, Governor Peter Stuyvesant

Question 16

The first organized volunteer fire company was established in___. The Union Fire Company was formed in___, under the leadership of Benjamin Franklin.

Answer 16

Philadelphia

1735

Question 17

___, imported one of the first fire engines from England, which he donated to the Alexandria (Virginia) Fire Department in 1765.

Answer 17

George Washington

Question 18

October 8, 1871, when a fire started in a barn on the west side of the city. The fire department was already exhausted from fighting a four-block fire earlier in the day. Errors in judging the situation and signaling the alarm resulted in a delayed department response. The Great Chicago Fire burned through the city for 3 days Figure 1-1. When it was over, more than 2000 acres and 17,000 homes had been destroyed, the city had suffered more than $ 200 million in damage, 300 people were dead, and 90,000 were homeless.

Answer 18

SN

Question 19

____ is the deadliest fire in United States history.

Answer 19

Peshtigo

Question 20

___when___ developed the first such pumper in London, England. Dozens of individuals powered this type of pump,

Answer 20

1720

Richard Newsham

Question 21

By___, more powerful, steam-powered pumpers had been developed and began to replace the hand-powered pumpers.

Answer 21

1829

Question 22

The advent of the internal combustion engine in the early___ enabled most communities to have machine-powered pumpers.

Answer 22

1900s

Question 23

_____, a fire fighter in New York City, developed the first fire hydrants in ____.

Answer 23

George Smith

1817

Question 24

The introduction of public call boxes in____, during the___ was a major advance.

Answer 24

Washington, D.C.

1850s

Question 25

In 1678, Boston required that “tyle” or slate be used for all roofs. After British troops burned Washington, D.C., in 1814, codes prohibiting the building of wooden houses were adopted. Building codes also began to require the construction of a fire-resistive wall, or firewall, of brick or mortar between two buildings.

Answer 25

SN

Question 26

Fire insurance companies were established in England soon after the____ to help residents and business owners cope with the financial loss from fires.

Answer 26

Great Fire of London in 1666,

Question 27

Nevertheless, the most important resources on the fire scene remain the _____ and the determination to attack a fire.

Answer 27

knowledgeable, well-trained, physically capable fire fighters who have the ability

Question 28

The organizational structure of a fire department consists of a ____.

Answer 28

chain of command.

Question 29

Supervising and managing fire officers report directly to an____.

Answer 29

administrative fire officer

Question 30

___ are responsible for managing the activities of several fire companies within a defined geographic area, usually in more than one fire station.

Answer 30

Battalion chiefs, or district chiefs,

Question 31

____ is usually the officer in charge of a single-alarm working fire.

Answer 31

battalion chief

Question 32

Above battalion chiefs in the fire department hierarchy are division chiefs, deputy chiefs, and/ or assistant chiefs.

Answer 32

SN

Question 33

The chain of command is used to implement department ___, ___ and ___.

Answer 33

rules, policies, and procedures.

Question 34

The fire department uses a paramilitary style of leadership. Most fire departments are structured on the basis of four management principles:

Answer 34

1. Unity of command
2. Span of control
3. Division of labor
4. Discipline

Question 35

is the management concept that each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor, and each supervisor answers to only one boss

Answer 35

Unity of Command

Question 36

___ l refers to the maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual (usually three to seven).

Answer 36

Span of contro

Question 37

Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than ___ people,

Answer 37

five

Question 38

___ is a way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller tasks. Some fire departments are divided into units based on function.

Answer 38

Division of labor

Question 39

____ is the set of guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters.

Answer 39

Discipline

Question 40

Standard operating procedures, suggested operating guidelines, policies, and procedures are all forms of ___

Answer 40

discipline

Question 41

There are several different ways to look at the organization of a fire department.

Answer 41

Function,Geography and Staffing

Question 42

In all three types of departments, the company officer functions as the staffing coordinator and gatekeeper, implementing the department’s rules, regulations, and procedures to ensure proper fire company staffing.

Answer 42

SN

Question 43

Fire officers are managers, and like all other managers, they have specific functions that they must perform, regardless of the size or type of organization. The four functions of management were originally identified by Henri Fayol and published in the Bulletin de la Société de l’Industrie Minérale in 1916;

Answer 43

These four functions are as follows: 
 
Planning  
Organizing  
Leading  
Controlling

Question 44

___ means developing a scheme, program, or method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective.

Answer 44

Planning

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Organizing

Question 46

___ means guiding or directing in a course of action.

Answer 46

Leading

Question 47

___ means restraining, regulating, governing, counteracting, or overpowering.

Answer 47

Controlling

Question 48

___ are developed by various government or government-authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body.

Answer 48

Rules and regulations

Question 49

___ are developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions.

Answer 49

Policies

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Question 51

Some fire departments prefer the term suggested (or standard) operating guidelines (SOGs) instead of SOPs because conditions often require the fire officer to use personal judgment in determining the most appropriate action for a given situation.

Answer 51

SN

Question 52

___ are based on a value system.

Answer 52

Ethical choices

Question 53

The key to improving ethical choices is to have clear organizational values. This can be accomplished by:

Answer 53

 • Having a code of ethics that is well known throughout the organization 
•Selecting employees who share the values of the organization 
•Ensuring that top management exhibits ethical behavior 
•Having clear job goals
•Having performance appraisals that reward ethical behavior 
•Implementing an ethics training program

Question 54

F.O. 1 could be assigned to

A) supervise a small administrative
B) single fire company
C) apparatus
D) single fire suppression

Answer 54

A)

Question 55

NFPA 1021 standard define fire officers in how many level

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Answer 55

C

Question 56

The IAFC expanded company officer development in what year

A) 1975
B) 1976
C) 2001
D) 2003

Answer 56

D