Ch.1 Flashcards
What are the functions performed by a CO?
Leadership, role model, advice, representation to administration, negotiate conflict, applies counselling or coaching.
What type of corporation would the fire service be?
Service oriented corporation.
What are the challenges facing a company officer?
Leadership, Ethics, Supervision, Responsibility, Authority. Most challenges are interpersonal in nature.
What steps must the company officer take to overcome personal challenges of the position?
Commit to the responsibilities, show loyalty to the organization, support education and training, guard conversations, accept criticism graciously, lead by example, praise in public, discipline in private.
What are the NFPA standards for Company Officer?
NFPA 1021, 1. Human resource Management 2. Community and government relations 3. Administration 4. Inspection and Investigation 5. Emergency service delivery 6. Health and safety
What groups of people is the company officer responsible to?
Subordinates, Organization, Public, Profession, Family, Themselves.
What are the human resource management NFPA level 1 duties?
Provide effective supervision, Assign tasks, Evaluate personnel performance, provide company level training activities, Administer policies, Recommend actions when situations execced there authority, Provide professional development, Assist in personnel transfers.
Human resource NFPA Level 2 duties?
Evaluate personnel performance and ensure employee performs to the best of their abilities, prepare projects and divisional budgets.
What are Community and government relations duties of CO NFPA level 1 duties?
Respond to citizen inquiries and complaints, present public fire and life safety educational programs. There are no level 2 duties.
NFPA CO Level 1 administrative duties
Administer policies, procedures, and orders at unit level. Maintain records of unit activities.
NFPA CO Level 2 administrative duties
Develop budgets, Evaluate resource needs of assigned units, purchase materials and equipment, maintain records of purchases, develop policy.
NFPA Level 1 Inspection and investigation duties.
Secure scene, Preserve evidence, Interview witnesses, notify investigator, notify law agency, designate crime scene, maintain security of scene.
NFPA Level 2 Inspection and Investigation duties?
Conduct preliminary investigation, Analyze all available information, determine point of origin and cause of fire, fire and life safety inspections.
NFPA Level 1 Emergency service delivery duties?
In charge of unit, initial size up, establish ICS, allocate necessary resources, develop and IAP, Safety plan, post incident analysis, preincident planning, inspection of area hazardous site.
NFPA level 2 Emergency service delivery duties?
Develop preincident plans for multiunit operations, Assign resources for effective control of incident, conduct post incident analyses, interagency coordination.
