FO1 book Flashcards by Jarrad Negron

Fire Officer book

The FO1 classification is bestowed upon an individual who supervises what?

A single fire suppression unit or a small admin group within the department

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What are typical admin duties of a Fire Officer?

record keeping
managing projects
preparing budget requests
initiating nd completing station maintenance requests
conducting preliminary accident investigations

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Emergency duties for a Fire officer include?

Supervising a group of firefighters
functioning as the first arriving fire officer
performing a size-up
establishing am incident management system
developing and implementing an IAP
deploying resources
maintaining PAR

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What does the IAFC call the FO1 level?

A Supervising Fire Officer

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In early America what was fighting fire considered?

A civic duty

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Of the 1.1 million fire fighter in the U.S. approximately what % are full time career fire fighters?

31%

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Of the 1.1 million fire fighter in the U.S. approximately what % are volunteer fire fighters?

69%

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When were the 1st fire regulations Established in the U.S.?

1630

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What city were the first fire regulations established in?

Boston, Massachusetts

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What were the first fire regulations that were established?

Banning of wood chimneys and thatched roofs

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What fire took place in 1871, caused the deaths of 300 people, and led to changes in fire fighting operations in the U.S.?

The Great Chicago fire

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How often does a fire department somewhere in the U.S. respond to a fire?

Every 23 seconds

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What are the 4 principles of organization?

unity of command
span of control
division of labor
discipline

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What refers to the maximum # of personnel or activities or activities that can be controlled by 1 individual?

span of control

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What is a way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller tasks?

Division of labor

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What is the management concept that each fire fighter answers to only 1 supervisor?

Unity of command

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What is the set of guidance that a department establishes fore firefighters?

Discipline

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What are the 4 most important tasks a new officer should do well?

Beginning of shift report
notifications
decision making
problem solving

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How can a new fire officer improve their effectiveness in handling an unpopular order?

by determining the story or history behind the order

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What is one of the higher profile roles of a fire officer?

Functioning as the initial incident commander

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What is a key part of mastering the art of incident command?

Developing a command presence

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Who plays a key role in developing the competencies within the company?

The company level fire officer

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What are the 3 specific recommendations to assist fire officers with training?

develop a personal training library
know the neighborhood
use problem solving scenarios

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What are the 3 activities that are necessary to ensure a good working relationship between the fire officer and their supervisor?

keep your supervisor informed
Make appropriate decisions at your level of responsibility
Consult with your supervisor before making major disciplinary actions or policy changes

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Fire Officer book What refers to the complex system if inherent attributes that determine a person's moral and ethical actions and reactions, includes the quality of being honest?

Integrity

Fire Officer book A fire officer demonstrating what, makes decisions and models behavior consistent with the departments core values, mission statement, and value statement?

Ethical behavior

Fire Officer book What are employee behaviors that require an immediate corrective action by a supervisor called?

actionable items

Fire Officer book What are the 5 components of the communication cycle?

1. message 2. sender 3. medium 4. receiver 5. feedback

Fire Officer book What part of the communication cycle represents the text of the communication?

the message

Fire Officer book What part of the communication cycle is the person or entity who is sending the message?

the sender

Fire Officer book What part of the communication cycle refers to the method used to convey the information from the sender to the receiver?

the medium

Fire Officer book What part of the communication cycle is the person who receives and interprets the message?

the receiver

Fire Officer book What part of the communication cycle completes the communication cycle by confirming receipt and verifying the receivers interpretation of the message?

the feedback

Fire Officer book What 3 areas does a fire officer need to keep the chief officer informed about?

1. progress toward performance goals and project objectives 2. matters that may cause controversy 3. attitudes and morale

Fire Officer book What is a physical or sociological condition that interferes with the message?

environmental noise

Fire Officer book What is the most common form off reporting from one individual to another?

verbal reports

Fire Officer book What type of reports provide information that is related to fire department personnel, programs, equipment, and facilities?

routine reports

Fire Officer book 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?

SOPs

Fire Officer book What are written organizational directives that identify a desired goal and describe the general path to accomplish the goal, including critical tasks or cautions?

SOGs

Fire Officer book What are formal documents that address and specific subject, policy, condition, or situation?

General orders

Fire Officer book What is any condition that would pose and immediate or delayed threat to life, cause irreversible adverse health effects, or interfere with any individual's ability to escape unaided from a hazardous environment?

IDLH

Fire Officer book What 3 elements does the 2 in 2 out rule include?

A designated officer in charge 2 FF's that enter the IDLH together 2 FF's outside the IDLH

Fire Officer book Who is the designated individual at the emergency scene who performs a set of duties and responsibilities that are specific to NFPA 1521?

The safety officer

Fire Officer book What is based on the breaking down of work into their constituent elements; the timing of each element based on repeated stopwatch studies; the fixing of piece-rate compensation based on those studies; the standardization of work tasks on detailed instruction cards; and generally, the systematic consolidation of the shop floor's brain work in a "planning department?

The scientific management

Fire Officer book Who developed the scientific method?

Frederick Winslow Taylor

Fire Officer book What type of management shifted the focus to pay more attention to the workers and to the working conditions that would make those workers more productive?

Humanistic management

Fire Officer book What theory of manager believes that people do not like to work, so consequently they need to be closely watched and controlled?

Theory X

Fire Officer book What theory of manager believes that people do like to work and that they need to be encouraged rather than controlled?

Theory Y

Fire Officer book What are the 5 levels of Maslow's hierarchy of need?

``` Physiological needs Safety, security, and order social needs and affection Esteem and status self actualization ```

Fire Officer book What level is physiological needs on the Maslow Hierarchy of needs?

Level 1

Fire Officer book What level is safety, security, and order on the Maslow Hierarchy of needs?

Level 2

Fire Officer book What level is social needs and attention on the Maslow Hierarchy of needs?

Level 3

Fire Officer book What level is esteem and status on the Maslow Hierarchy of needs?

Level 4

Fire Officer book What level is self actualization on the Maslow Hierarchy of needs?

Level 5

Fire Officer book In Blake and Mouton's managerial grid, which style represents the lowest level of concern for both the results and the people?

The Indifferent

Fire Officer book In Blake and Mouton's managerial grid, which type of person demonstrates a high concern for the results, but a low concern for others?

A controlling person

Fire Officer book In Blake and Mouton's managerial grid, which type of person demonstrates a low concern for results and a high concern for other people?

The accommodating person

Fire Officer book In Blake and Mouton's managerial grid, which type of person believes there is an inherent contradiction between concern for results and for people, but does not value one concern over the other?

The status quo person

Fire Officer book In Blake and Mouton's managerial grid, which type of person sees no contradiction in demonstrating a high concern for both people and results at the same time?

The sound person

Fire Officer book Which type of behavioral model is preferred for a candidate who seeks to be a successful officer?

The sound behavior

Fire Officer book What is the process of having the right number of people in the right place at the right time who can accomplish a task efficiently and effectively?

Human resources planning

Fire Officer book What is the process of attracting, selecting, and maintaining an adequate supply of labor?

Staffing

Fire Officer book What process includes all activities to train and educate the employees?

Human resource development

Fire Officer book What is the process of setting performance standards and evaluating performance against those standards?

performance management

Fire Officer book What 3 things includes all activities to provide and promote a safe environment for fire fighter?

Health, safety, and security

Fire Officer book What type of leadership uses an iron-handed approach when the fire officer needs to maintain high personal control of the group?

Autocratic

Fire Officer book What type of leadership uses a consultative approach that takes advantage of all of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the group in determining how to meet an objective or complete a task?

Democratic

Fire Officer book What type of leadership is a free-rein style that moves decision making from the fire officer to the individual fire fighters?

Laissez-Faire

Fire Officer book What is defined as the process achieving proficiency through instruction and hands-on practice in the operation of equipment and systems that are to be used in the performance of assigned duties?

Training

Fire Officer book What is a method of directing, instructing, and training a person or group of people with the aim of achieving some goal or developing specific skills?

Coaching

Fire Officer book What are the 4 steps that are used as the foundation for training?

1. Preparation 2. Presentation 3. Application 4. Evaluation

Fire Officer book What are the 3 indicators that training is needed?

1. Near miss 2. A fire ground problem 3. An observed performance deficiency

Fire Officer book Which step in the training process is the lecture or instructional portion of the training?

The presentation

Fire Officer book What are the objectives of the presentation step in the training process?

Introduce students to the subject matter Explain the importance of the topic create an interest in the presentation

Fire Officer book How may an evaluation be conducted during the training process?

A written or practical exam

Fire Officer book What is a developmental relationship in which a more experienced person helps a less experienced person, referred to as a protege?

Mentoring

Fire Officer book What 3 qualities make for an effective mentor?

1. A desire to help 2. Current knowledge 3. Effective Coaching

Fire Officer book What is a moral, mental, and physical state in which all ranks respond to the will of the leader?

Discipline

Fire Officer book Which is the 1st level of negative discipline, considers "informal" by many organizations?

oral reprimand, warning, or admonishment

Fire Officer book What is an evaluation error that occurs when the evaluator's perspective skews the evaluation such that the classified job knowledge, skills, and abilities are not appropriately evaluated?

Personal bias

Fire Officer book What is an evaluation error in which the fire fighter is evaluated only on incidents that occurred in the last few weeks, rather than on all of the events that occurred throughout the evaluation period?

Recency

Fire Officer book Who developed the scientific method?

Frederick Winslow Taylor

Fire Officer book What type of management shifted the focus to pay more attention to the workers and to the working conditions that would make those workers more productive?

Humanistic management

Fire Officer book What does a fire officer demonstrate when a fire fighter is rated in the middle of the ranges for all dimensions of work performance?

Central tendencies

Fire Officer book What is an evaluation error where the fire fighter is evaluated o the basis of the fire officer's personal ideals instead of the classified job standards?

Frame of reference

Fire Officer book What is an evaluation error that can occur when the fire officer compares the performance of on subordinate with the performance of another instead of against the classified job standards?

Contrast effect

Fire Officer book What type of punishment moves from mild to more severe if the problem is not corrected?

Progressive negative discipline

Fire Officer book What represents an official negative supervisory action at the lowest level of the progressive discipline process?

Formal written reprimand

Fire Officer book What 5 steps is recommended to ensure high quality decision making?

1. Define a problem 2. Generate alternative solutions 3. Select a solution 4. Implement a solution 5. Evaluate the result

Fire Officer book What is a document developed by gathering general and detailed data used by responding personnel to determine the resources and actions necessary to mitigate anticipate emergencies at a specific facility?

A pre-incident plan

Fire Officer book What type of property contains equipment, materials, or items that have a high replacement value?

high-value property

Fire Officer book What type of property has the potential to produce a catastrophic property or life loss in the event of a fire?

High-risk property

Fire Officer book What provides a representation of the exterior of a structure, identifying site access, doors, utilities, and any special considerations or hazards?

Plot plan

Fire Officer book What provides interior views, of a building. Rooms, hallways, cabinets, and the like are drawn in the correct relationship to each other in such a plan?

Floor plans

Fire Officer book What is a term used in NFPA documents to refer to "an organization, officer, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, and installation, or a procedure"?

AHJ

Fire Officer book What is a law enacted by an authorized subdivision of a state, such as a city, county, or town?

an ordinance

Fire Officer book What consists of a series of pipes with small discharge nozzles (sprinklers) located throughout the building?

an automatic sprinkler system

Fire Officer book What type of sprinkler system has water present in all of the pipes throughout the system?

wet-pipe system

Fire Officer book What type of sprinkler system is used in locations where wet pipe systems would be likely to freeze, such as unheated storage facilities and parking garage?

Dry-pipe system

Fire Officer book What type of sprinkler systems are special versions of wet or dry-pipe systems in which large quantities of water are needed to control a fast developing fire quickly?

deluge system

Fire Officer book What type of sprinkler systems are similar to dry-pipe but include a separate detection system that triggers the dry-pipe valve and fills the sprinkler pipes with water?

Pre-action sprinkler system

Fire Officer book What type of extinguishing systems can be found protecting commercial cooking devices and industrial processes where flammable or combustible liquids are used?

Fixed chemical extinguishing system

Fire Officer book What was the extinguishing agent of choice for fire protection in computer rooms and to protect electronic equipment from he 1960's to the 1990's?

Halon 1301

Fire Officer book What type of extinguishing system is used to protect hazards involving flammable or combustible liquids, such as gasoline storage tanks?

Foam systems

Fire Officer book What is type 1 construction known as?

Fire resistive

Fire Officer book What is type 2 construction known as?

Noncombustible

Fire Officer book What is type 3 construction known as?

limited combustible (ordinary)

Fire Officer book What is type 4 construction known as?

Heavy timber

Fire Officer book What is type 5 construction known as?

wood frame

Fire Officer book What is the level of funding (budget) that would be required to maintain all services at the currently authorized levels, including adjustments for inflation and salary increase?

Base budget

Fire Officer book A proposed increase in spending to provide additional services are classified as what type of budget?

supplemental budget

Fire Officer book What was created in the wake of massive southern California wildfires?

FIRESCOPE

Fire Officer book FIRESCOPE set out to resolve what issues of wildland fire fighting?

jurisdictional, interoperability, and standardization issues

Fire Officer book What is a core set of doctrines, concepts, principles. terminology, organizational processes that allow for effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management across all emergency management and incident response organizations?

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Fire Officer book What are the 5 components of NIMS?

1. Preparedness 2. communication and information management 3. resource management 4. command and management 5. ongoing management and maintenance

Fire Officer book What should be scheduled as soon as convenient after the event, while allowing adequate time to gather and prepare the necessary information?

a critique

Fire Officer book What is the recommended span of control for emergency operations?

3 to 5 personnel for every 1 supervisor

Fire Officer book Overall direction and goals are set at what level or command?

strategic level

Fire Officer book What are the 3 levels of command?

strategic, tactical, and task level

Fire Officer book What level of command defines the actions that are necessary to achieve the strategic goals?

Tactical level

Fire Officer book What level of command utilizes assignments for the actions required to achieve the tactical objectives?

Task-level

Fire Officer book What positions are always part of the command staff?

Safety officer, liaison officer, and the PIO

Fire Officer book Who is the incident commander's point of contact for representatives from outside agencies and is responsible for exchanging information with representatives from those agencies?

Liaison officer

Fire Officer book Who is responsible for gathering and releasing incident information to the news media and other appropriate agencies?

PIO

Fire Officer book What are the 4 standard components in the ICS model?

1. operations 2. planning 3. logistics 4. finance/administration

Fire Officer book The persons in charge of the 4 major sections of the ICS are known as what?

ICS general staff

Fire Officer book What section of the general staff is responsible for the management of all actions that are directly related to controlling the incident?

operations section

Fire Officer book What chief's position is used at a complex incident so that the incident commander can focus on the overall situation while the assigned chief's position deal with the strategy and tactics that are required to get the job done?

operations sections chief

Fire Officer book What sections of the general staff is responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information relevant to the incident?

planning sections

Fire Officer book What general staff section is is also responsible for developing the IAP?

Planning section

Fire Officer book What sections of the general staff is responsible for providing supplies, services, facilities, and materials during the incident?

Logistics section

Fire Officer book What general staff sections is responsible for the administrative, accounting, and financial aspects of an incident, as well as any legal issues that may arise?

Finance/administration section

Fire Officer book What represents a geographical operation, such as 1 floor or 1 side of a building?

a division

Fire Officer book What represents a functional operation, such as ventilation?

a group

Fire Officer book What is a generic term that can be applied to either a geographical or functional component?

A Unit

Fire Officer book What is a supervisory level established in either the operations or logistics function to provide an appropriate span of control?

A Branch

Fire Officer book What includes 2 to 5 single resources that are assembled to accomplish a specific task?

a task force

Fire Officer book What consists of 5 units of the same type with an assigned leader?

a strike team

Fire Officer book When are the 6 major benchmarks for checking air?

1. before entry 2. after going up or down stairs 3. before entering and searching a room 4. after exiting a room 5. after going down a hallway or aisle 6. before and after doing a labor demanding task

Fire Officer book Modern fires are considered ________ limited.

ventilation limited

Fire Officer book Legacy fires are considered _________ limited.

fuel limited

Fire Officer book What 4 factors distinguish modern dwelling from legacy dwellings?

1. larger homes 2. open house geometrics 3. increased fuel loads 4. new construction materials

Fire Officer book What is the volume between an inlet and an exhaust that allows the movement of heat and smoke from a higher-pressure area within the fire area toward lower pressure areas accessible via doors, windows, and other openings?

flow path

Fire Officer book What is a systematic process of gathering and processing information to evaluate the situation and then translating that information into a plan to deal with the situation?

Size-up

Fire Officer book What begins long before arrival and continues until the incident is stabilized?

the size up

Fire Officer book What is the end result of a good size up?

an IAP

Fire Officer book The specific size-up for an incident begins when?

with the dispatch

Fire Officer book What does the acronym RECEO VS stand for?

``` Rescue Exposures Confinement Extinguishment Overhaul Ventilation Salvage ```

Fire Officer book What is the flammable liquid of choice of arsonist?

gasoline

Fire Officer book What type of evidence consist of tangible items that can be identified by witnesses, such as incendiary devices and fire scene debris?

Demonstrative evidence

Fire Officer book What type of evidence is in written form, such as reports, records, photographs, sketches, and witness statements?

Documentary evidence

Fire Officer book What type of evidence consist of witness speaking under oath?

Testimonial evidence

Fire Officer book What are the unsafe acts committed by people who are in direct contact with the situation or system?

Active failures

Fire Officer book What are inevitable "resident pathogens" within the system?

Latent conditions

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