Chapter 1

Question 1

A mid-level chief who often has a functional area of responsibility such as training and answers directly to the fire chief

Answer 1

Assistant or division chief

Question 2

Usually the first level of fire chief. Also called district chief often in charge of running calls and supervising multiple stations

Answer 2

Battalion Chief

Question 3

The superior-subordinate authority relationship that starts at the top of the organization hierarchy and extends to lowest levels.

Answer 3

Chain of command

Question 4

An obsolete amplification device that enabled a chief officer to give orders to fire fighters during and emergency; a precursor to the bullhorn and portable radio

Answer 4

Chief’s Trumpet

Question 5

A code or standard developed through agreement between people representing different organizations and interests. NFPA codes and standards examples are these.

Answer 5

Consensus document

Question 6

Restraining regulating, governing, counter-acting or overpowering

Answer 6

Controlling

Question 7

The process of identifying problems and opportunities and resolving them

Answer 7

Decision making

Question 8

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 fire fighters to work within

Answer 8

Discipline

Question 9

The production process in which each worker repeats one step over and over, achieveing greater efficiencies in the use of time and knowledge; also the formal assignment of authority and responsibility to job holders

Answer 9

Division of labor

Question 10

The highest ranking officer in charge of a fire department; the individual assiged to the responsibility for management and control of all matters and concerns peraining to the fire service organization

Answer 10

Fire Chief

Question 11

Historically, an identifying symbol on a building to let fire fighters know that the building was insured by a company that would pay them for extinguishing the fire

Answer 11

Fire Mark

Question 12

A 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; also referred to as an Incident Management System (IMS)

Answer 12

Incident Command System

Question 13

Guiding or Directing in a course of action

Answer 13

Leadership

Question 14

The description from the IAFC officer and Development Handbook for the tasks and expectations for a Fire Officer II.

Answer 14

Managing Fire Officer

Question 15

Putting resources together into an orderly functional structured whole

Answer 15

Organizing

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Planning

Question 17

Formal statements that provide guidelines for present and future actions. They often require personnel to make judgements.

Answer 17

Policies

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Rules and Regulations

Question 19

The maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual… and what is the number?

Answer 19

Span of control

(usually 3-7). Most experts believe that Span of Control should extend to no more than Five people (depending on the assignment or task)

Question 20

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 20

Standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Question 21

The description from the IAFC officer and Development Handbook for the tasks expectations of Fire Officer I.

Answer 21

Supervising Fire Officer

Question 22

The management concept that subordinate should have only one direct supervisor, and that a decision can be traced back through subordinates to the manager who originated it

Answer 22

Unity of Command

Question 23

NFPA that defines 4 levels of officer and what are they?

Answer 23

NFPA 1021

Fire Officer I: Single Fire Company

Fire Officer II: generally non-chief officer in charge of lager fire department; could be muli-company

Fire Officer III:Battalion or district chief

Fire Officer IV: Fire Chiefs

Question 24

Fire officer one roles

Answer 24

administrative duties and supervisory fucntions related to small group of department functions

Question 25

First documented fire in North America

Answer 25

Jamestown, Virgina 1607

Question 26

First organized volunteer fire company

Answer 26

The Union Fire Company; established in Philadelphia in 1735 under Benjamin Franklin

Question 27

Date and names of the 2 historic fires that started development of fire codes

Answer 27

``` Oct 8, 1871 Peshtigo Wisconsin (deadliest) Killing 2200-2500 with a fire tornado 1000 ft high Great Chicago fire 3 day long fire killing 300 and burning 17,000 homes ```

Question 28

When and where were Fire insurance companies established?

Answer 28

England soon after the Great fire of London in 1666

Question 29

Who created the first fire department and what was it called?

Answer 29

Augustus Caesar in 24 BC | Familia Publica composed of 600 slaves.

Question 30

Who developed the first municipal water system? The first fire hydrant?

Answer 30

The Romans George Smith a NYC firefighter who realized a value would allow FFers to access the water system.

Question 31

What percentage of firefighters are career, volunteers

Answer 31

69% volunteers | 31% career

Question 32

Who were early building codes written by?

Answer 32

Insurance industry

Question 33

Where were the first building codes?

Answer 33

Ancient Egypt

Question 34

What is the term for a department who pays it members for for individual calls that are made?

Answer 34

Paid on Call

Question 35

NFPA 1021

Answer 35

NFPA 1021 defines four levels of fire officer fire officer 1- single company officer fire officer 2- multi-company officer in charge of division fire officer 3- chief level officer fire officer 4- fire chief

Question 36

Who developed the first pumper in London?

Answer 36

Richard Newsham

Question 37

Who were the first firefighters who adopted formal rank structure?

Answer 37

The Corps of Vigiles established by Emperor Nero, they were composed of 7000 free men and adopted formal rank structure of the Roman military

Question 38

Where were the first fire regulations imposed in North America and what were they?

Answer 38

In Boston with the banning of wooden chimneys and Thatched roofs

Question 39

What did George Washington do for the fire service?

Answer 39

He was a volunteer firefighter and imported a fire engine from England and donated it to the Alexandria Fire Department in 1765

Question 40

In colonial time how were fire communications preformed? How did Public Call Boxes work?

Answer 40

Fire wardens would patrol or sit in towers and ring church bells to alert the town Public Call boxes started in DC in the 1850s and a box was associated with a code of bells so FFers would know what box to respond to and citizens would guide them from there.

Question 41

What is the most important resource of the fire scene?

Answer 41

Knowledgeable well trained physically capable firefighters.

Question 42

Where does the fire service draw its authority from?

Answer 42

The governing entity responsible for protecting the public from fire. Federal and state governments also grant authority to the fire departments

Question 43

A special political subdivision that can be established by a state or a county with the single purpose of providing fire protection within a defined geographic area

Answer 43

Fire protection district

Question 44

What are the four management principles most fire departments are structured on?

Answer 44

Unity of Command Span of Control Division of Labor Discipline

Question 45

What are the two types of discipline?

Answer 45

Positive as when it defines appropriate actions Corrective when it responds to inappropriate actions or behaviors

Question 46

Who identified the four functions of management?

Answer 46

Henri Foyal

Question 47

4 functions of Management

Answer 47

Planning Organizing Leading Controlling

Question 48

What are the (3) different ranges of planning that a fire | officer is responsible for

Answer 48

Short range planning - cover s developing a plan that extends up to a year Medium range planning- covers planning that is 1-3 years in advance Long range planning covers events longer than 3 years in advance.

Question 49

Rules and regulations

Answer 49

Developed by various governments or government-authorized organization to implement a law that has been passed. Rules and regulation do not leave room for latitude or discretion.

Question 50

What is a way to judge a decision (ethics)? (3 questions)

Answer 50

Ask yourself : 1. what would my parents and friends say if they knew 2. would I mind if the paper ran it as a headline story? 3. How does it make me feel about myself?

Question 51

The duties of Fire Officer two can be subdivided into three categories...

Answer 51

1. administrative 2. nonemergency 3. emergency actives

Question 52

How does the IAFC identify the Fire Officers II?

Answer 52

As a Managing Fire Officer

Question 53

While a rigid command control process is used on scene, how are are departments away from the accident scene?

Answer 53

Departments are using concepts of employee empowerment, decentralized decision making and delegation to fully engage firefighters in the required task to prepare and maintain readiness.

Question 54

The NFAP notes that firefighting makes up only __ % of the total response workload based on NFIRS reporting. What are the three main responses for fire departments?

Answer 54

5% 1. EMS calls make up 66% of fire department call and can be as much as 80% in some departments. 2. Activated fire protection systems are the second most common reason for fire service response. Fires occur in about 1 out of 1000. 3. Odor/hazardous condition is the third most common call type.

Question 55

What is the primary cause of death within burning structures?

Answer 55

Flashover and structural collapse are the primary causes of death within a burning structure

Question 56

Integration of women and minorities focused on Assimilation- making those who were different fit into the mold of the traditional fire service.

Answer 56

Cultural Diversity