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TFD Company Officer Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Which NFPA relates to the professional qualification standards for fire officers?

A

NFPA 1021

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How many levels of fire officers are defined in NFPA 1021?

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4

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What level of fire officer usually supervises a single company or may be assigned to supervise a small administrative or technical group?

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Fire Officer I

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What level of fire officer is a senior non-chief officer who is the overall supervisor at a multiple unit fire station?

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Fire Officer II

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What level of fire officer usually refers to a battalion, deputy, or assistant chief?

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Fire Officer III

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What level fire officer usually refers to the overall fire chief?

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Fire Officer IV

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Where did the foundation for the company officer practice come from?

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WWII

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What year was NFPA 1021 adopted?

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1976

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9
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What organization expanded company officer development in 2003 providing an officer development handbook?

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International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)

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What name does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use when referring to Fire Officer Level I?

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Supervising Fire Officer

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What is the Fire Officer I expected to do immediately after mitigating an emergency?

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A preliminary investigation

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12
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What is the term used for departments who pay their firefighters for each alarm they respond to?

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“Paid on call”

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13
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What percentage of firefighter in the US are full-time career firefighters?

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31%

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In 2011 what fraction of fire department responses were for medical emergencies?

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2/3

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15
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in 2011 what percentage of fire department responses involved actual fire?

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5%

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16
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Who created the first known fire department and when?

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Augustus Caesar in 24 B.C.

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Where was the first documented fire in North America and in what year did it happen?

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Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 A.D.

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Where was the first volunteer fire company organized in the US and in what year?

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Philadelphia in 1735

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19
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Under who’s leadership was the first volunteer fire department in the US organized?

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Benjamin Franklin

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20
Q

What was the name of the first Volunteer fire department in the US?

A

The Union Fire Company

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21
Q

What year was the Chicago and Peshtigo fire?

A

1871

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22
Q

What was the deadliest fire in US history?

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Peshtigo Fire (2200 people dead)
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23
Q

What is the second most common reason for fire service response?

A

Fire Alarms

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24
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What is the third most common reason for fire service response?

A

Investigating and odor

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25
Q

On average, for every 100 fire alarms sounding how many signify an actual fire?

A

Fewer that 1 out of 100

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26
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Who is a midlevel chief who often has a functional area of responsibility, such as training, and answers directly to the fire chief?

A

Assistant Chief

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27
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Who is usually the first level of fire chief?

A

Battalion Chief

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28
Q

What is a superior-subordinate authority relationship that starts at the top of an organization and extends to the lowest level referred to as?

A

Chain of command

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29
Q

What is a code or standard developed through an agreement between a group of people representing different organizations and interests?

A

Consensus Document i.e. NFPA Standards

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30
Q

What are restraining, regulating, governing, counter-acting and overpowering examples of?

A

Controlling

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31
Q

What is the process of identifying problems and opportunities and resolving them?

A

Decision making

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32
Q

What is a moral, mental, and physical state in which all ranks respond to the will of the leader. Also, the guidelines that a department sets for firefighters to work within.

A

Discipline

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33
Q

What is the production process in which each worker repeats one step over and over, achieving greater efficiencies in the use of time and knowledge?

A

Division of labor

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34
Q

What was the historical mark called that was put on buildings to let firefighters know that the building was insured?

A

Fire Mark

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35
Q

What is the system that defines the roles and responsibilities to be assumed by personnel and the operating procedures to be used in the management and direction of emergency operations?

A

Incident Command System (ICS) or Incident Management System (IMS)
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36
Q

What is the complex process by which a person influences others to accomplish a mission, task, or objective and directs an organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent?

A

Leadership

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37
Q

What is the act of guiding or directing in a course of action called?

A

Leading

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38
Q

What is the act of putting resources together into an orderly, functional, structured whole called?

A

Organizing

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39
Q

What is developing a scheme, program, or method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective called?

A

Planning

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40
Q

What are formal statements that provide guidelines for present and future actions that often require personnel to make judgments called?

A

Policies

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41
Q

What are directives developed by various government-authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a governing body?

A

Rules and regulations

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42
Q

What do you call the maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual?

A

Span of Control

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43
Q

What is considered an acceptable span of control?

A

3-7

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44
Q

What 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?

A

Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

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45
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What do you call the management concept where a subordinate should have only one supervisor, and that a decision can be traced back through subordinates to the manager who originated it?

A

Unity of command

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