Week 1 objectives

Question 1

What is the purpose of Addressing Officers policy?

Answer 1

To provide personnel with direction in the proper procedures when addressing, or being addressed by officers.

Question 2

What should any response be followed with when speaking to an officer?

Answer 2

Officer rank or sir/ ma’am

Question 3

When the ________ is present with other Chief Officers, the other Chief Officers will be addressed as “Chief” and the correct rank followed by their last name (e.g. Assistant Chief Smith, Battalion Chief Doe).

Answer 3

• Fire Chief

Question 4

_____________________ issues may be submitted directly to the Human Resources Department according to current City Policy.

Answer 4

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Question 5

Issues that may be considered a __________ will be addressed according to the current IAFF Collective Bargaining Agreement – “Grievance and Arbitration Procedures, Article ___.”

Answer 5

• grievance

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Question 6

What is the Chain of Command at WPBFR?

Answer 6

Please draw

Question 7

How many “personel shall always” are there in the Code of Conduct?

Answer 7

8

Question 8

How many “personel shall never” are there in the Code of Conduct?

Answer 8

24

Question 9

How many “other conduct violations” are there in the Code of Conduct.

Answer 9

6

Question 10

All issued ____ and _______ will be marked with the personnel’s _____________ for identification purposes.

Answer 10

PPE, Bunker gear

equipment number

Question 11

Where may memorial stickers be worn on the helmet?

Answer 11

under the brim only

Question 12

Each helmet will have documentation acknowledging the serial number and have the following stickers attached at the time of purchase, what are they?

Answer 12

1. Date of manufacture
2. Serial number
3. Underwriters Laboratory listing helmet meets NFPA 1971 standards

Question 13

What NFPA Standard must independently purchased technical rescue helmets meet?

Answer 13

NFPA 1951

Question 14

Where must helmets independently purchased helmets be submitted for inspection and recorded?

Answer 14

Training division

Question 15

What is recorded by the training division about a indepedently purchased helmet?

Answer 15

The serial number and expiration date

Question 16

When bunker gear needs to be sent to an independent service provider (ISP) for advanced cleaning and/or repair, personnel shall complete a ________________________.

Answer 16

• Bunker Gear Cleaning and Repair Form.

Question 17

Bunker gear that will be authorized to be sent to an ISP for cleaning includes:

Answer 17

• Contaminated gear (oil, fuel, biohazard, chemicals, etc.)
• Yearly scheduled cleaning; to be coordinated through the Battalion Chiefs and the Logistics Captain c.
• Extremely heavy exposure to products of incomplete combustion

Question 18

How often is PPE/ Bunker gear inspected? Who is it inspected by?

Answer 18

Semi Annually, company officers will visually inspect each of their firefighter’s PPE during the first week of every January and June.

Question 19

How many years is it for PPE/Bunker gear to be placed out of service?

Answer 19

10 years according to its date of manufacture.

Question 20

The term indicating a search has been completed and no victims have been located.

Answer 20

All clear

Question 21

An expansion of the incident command function primarily designed to manage a very large incident that has multiple incident management teams assigned.

Answer 21

Area Command

Question 22

Indicates that a unit has arrived at a location.

Answer 22

Arrival

Question 23

A pre-determined response agreement between agencies

Answer 23

Automatic Aid

Question 24

Indicates that a unit is able to respond to an incident.

Answer 24

Available

Question 25

Red passport made of rigid plastic. It is attached to the dash of the apparatus and left there as an emergency backup or replacement. It is used as a second method of identifying a company if a company has gone to work at the incident before transferring their primary passport to Command.

Answer 25

Back up passport

Question 26

A remote resource pool of units at a designated location.

Answer 26

Base

Question 27

Chief Officer responsible for a given geographical area.

Answer 27

Battallion Chief

Question 28

BNICE

Answer 28

Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, or Explosive materials threats to first responders

Question 29

That organizational level having functional, geographical, or jurisdictional responsibility for major parts of the incident operations. This level is organizationally between Sections and Division/Groups in the Operations Section. They are identified by the use of Roman Numerals, by function, or jurisdictional name.

Answer 29

Branch

Question 30

A unit which is capable of traversing rough terrain and carries its own water supply. This unit is best suited for ground cover fires in wooded areas or areas with poor access.

Answer 30

Brush truck

Question 31

A situational report consisting of the current Conditions, Actions, and Needs of the incident. This can be used for several reports including, Arrival, Roof, Division/Group, and Branches.

Answer 31

C.A.N report

Question 32

Location where patients are collected, triaged, and provided with initial medical care. This area should be thoroughly cleared for secondary WMD devices and monitored for vapor clouds before moving patients or public safety personnel and equipment into the area.

Answer 32

Casualty Collection Point (CCP)

Question 33

Quiet response with no emergency lights and/or sirens.

Answer 33

Code 1

Question 34

An emergency response that utilizes emergency lights and sirens.

Answer 34

Code 3

Question 35

The area outside the warm zone (decontamination zone) where no hazards exist to victims or other personnel and where vehicle staging and treatment areas are located

Answer 35

cold zone