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Employee behavior that requires an immediate corrective action by the supervisor

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Actionable item

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Midlevel chief who often have a funtional area if responsibility, suck as training, and who amswer tonthe fire chief

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Assistant of division chief

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Usually the first level fire chief. These chiefs are responsible for running calls ans supervising multiple stations

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Battalion chief

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The second rank in promotion in the fire service

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Captain

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A rank structure, spanning the firefighter through chief

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Chain of command

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Restraining, regulating, governing, counteracting or overpowering

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Controlling

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The guideline that a department sets for firefighters to work with

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Discipline

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A characteristic of a fire workplace that reflects differences in terms of age, cultural background, race, gender

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Diversity

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Breaking down a task or incident to smaller more manageable tasks

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Division of labor

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Decisions and behavior demonstrated by a fire officer that are consistent with the departments core values, mission starement

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Ethical behavior

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Fire officer at the entry level who has met the job performance requirements specified in NFPA 1021 for level 1

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Fire officer 1

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Fire officer at the supervisory managerial level who has met thr job performance requirements in NFPA 1021 level 2

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Fire officer 2

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An environment that can result from the unwelcome conduct of supervisors, coworkers, customers or anyone else the victim interacts on the job, and the unwelcome conduct renders the workplace atmosphere intimidating, hostile, or offensive

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Hostile work environment

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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 operation ; incident management system NFPA 1670

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Incident command system

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A complex process by which a person influences others to accomplish a mission task or objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive

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Leadership

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Guiding or directing in a course of action

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Leading

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The description from the IAFC officer development handbook for the tasks and expectations for a fire officer 2. In this role the company officer is encouraged to acquire the appropriate levels of training, experience for thr chief fire officer deisignation

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Managing fire officer

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The intervention of a nuetral third party in an industrial dispute

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Mediation

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The association that delivers information and knowledge theough more than 300 consensus codes and standards

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NFPA

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Putting resources together into an orderly functional structure whole

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Organizing

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Developing a scheme program or method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective

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Planning

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Formal statements that provide guidelines for present and future actions

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Policies

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Directives developed by various government organizations to implement a law that has been passed by government body

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Rules and regulations

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Written organizational directives that establish or prescribe specific operational or administrative method to be followed

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Standard operating procedures

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The concept by which each person within an organization report to one designated person (NFPA 1026))
Unity of command
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Unsafe acts committed by people who are in direct contact with the situation or system that create voids within the defenses barriers and safeguards within the system that could lead to a loss
Active failure
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How’s leaders encourage people to adapt when confronted with problems challenges and changes
Adaptive leadership
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A leadership style in which managers make unilaterally without input from subordinates
Autocratic
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An emphasis on the personality characteristics of a leader
Behavioral approach
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A program focused on improved situational awareness sound critical decision making effective communication proper task allocation and successful teamwork amd leadership (NFPA 1500)
Crew resource management
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An organizational process wherein the supervisor divides work among the subordinates and gives them the responsibility to accomplish the task
Delegation
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A leadership style in which managers reach decisions with the input of the employee but are responsible for the final decision
Democratic
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All activities to train and educate employees
HR development
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The process of managing employees in a company. The process includes hiring, firing, training employees
HR management
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The process of having the right number of people in the right place at the right time
Human resource planning
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Policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interfering
Laisswz-faire
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The process of having the right number of people in the right place at the right time who can accomplish a task effectively
Human resource planning
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A policy or attitude of letting things take there own course without interfering
Laissez-Faire
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Pre-existing conditions within the safety system defenses, barriers and safeguards within the system that could lead to a loss theough provoking errors or weakening system
Latent conditions
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A complex process by which a person influences other to accomplish a mission task or objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent
Leadership
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The art of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups. To forecast plan organize command coordinate and control
Management
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A framework of intuitive decision making when operating under limited time uncertainty high stakes and varying amounts of experience.
Naturalistic decision making
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Power that reflects the effectiveness of the individual
Personal power
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Power that is defined by a role the individual has within the organization
Positional power
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The capacity of one party to influence another
Power
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A model of how people make quick effective decisions when faced with complex situations by generating a possibile course of action based on intuition and comparing it to the constraints imposed by the situation
Recognition primed decision making
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Leadership approach focusing on serving others rather than accruing power or taking control
Servant leadership
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The ongoing activity of assessing what is going on around you during the complex and dynamic environment of a fire incident (NFPA 1410)
Situational awareness
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A leadership approach where a supervisor adjusts the style of leadership to fit the development level of subordinates. During emergency operations it means adjusting the style of leadership based on the changing conditions of the incident
Situational leadership
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An emphasis on the skills or capabilities of a leader
Skills approach
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The process of attracting selecting and maintaining an adequate supply of labor as well as reducing the size of labor force when required
Staffing
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An emphasis on the traits of an effective leader
Trait approach
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A leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form it creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goa of developing follower into leaders
Transformational leadership
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Nfpa 1620 outlines how many codes for pre-incident planning
6 codes
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What year Michigan vs Tyler
1978 ( no warrant )
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What was overturned and allowed employers to use unfair labor practices
NIRA
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A CRR process begins with
Risk assessment
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What type of equipment is preferred to be protected by a wet chemical
Cooking equipment
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How r code requirements for structures determined
Use group
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What do jurisdiction codes allow for in the design of a building when built in fire protection systems are included
Flexibility
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Best describes type IV construction
Most buildings are mixed use spaces
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How many levels of command are there in the ICS
3
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How many functions of command in the ICS
9
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What year was the 5 step size up process published
1953
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What year was the first fully paid fire department
1853
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What percent of fire departments provide paramedics
0.16
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Latent conditions
Understaffing
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How many steps r in the budget cycle
6
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What date does the fiscal year start
44378
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Ordinance is
Law enacted by a local authorized subdivision of a state
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What incident management system was developed in 1970 for day to day fire department incidents
FGC
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Yellow dog contract
Pledges that employers required workers to sign indicating they would not join a union
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How many steps in a budget cycle
6
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First paid on call department
Boston Massachusetts
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Best describe integrity
Complex system of inherent attributes that determine a persons mora and ethical actions
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Northouse 5 leadership traits
Intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, sociability
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What is it called when a firefighter knows what he doesn’t know
Conscious incompetence
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Which of the following is not a physical element noted during preincident planning
Contact info
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Describe Standard operating Procedures
Written organizational directive that establishes or prescribes specific operational methods to be followed
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What organization is responsible for evacuation notification of an emergency
Office of emergency management
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What did the joint council evolve into
NBFSPQ