Chapter 1 Essentials of Fire Fighting
A Fire Fighter I would likely be assigned to:
set up lighting equipment to illuminate a scene.
As part of a member assistance program, many fire departments offer tobacco cessation programs
because tobacco can:
cause cancer, heart disease, and COPD.
With regard to facility safety, NFPA 1500:
prohibits all tobacco use in the facilities.
A type of fire departmental organizational structure where decisions and information are directed form
the top and filtered down through intermediate levels to the base can be described as:
scalar.
All auxiliary equipment must be:
Intrinsically safe
Why is the division of labor necessary in the fire service?
Prevent the duplication of effort
, A(An) _____ concept allows all responders to use a similar, coordinated approach with a common set of
authorities, protections, and resources.
all hazard
According to NFPA 1001, which duty is a Fire Fighter I required to be able to perform?
Prepare apparatus hose loads for response
Body substance isolation methods are used to:
protect firefighters from being exposed to communicable diseases.
Exposure to chemicals and products of combustion are linked to:
increased occurrences of illnesses and diseases.
How does the level of responsibility of a Fire Fighter I differ from that of a Fire Fighter II?
A Fire Fighter II is trained to coordinate Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II personnel while working under
the supervision of a company officer.
In order to ensure the safety of personnel operating in hazardous areas, fire departments should:
provide members with at least one full set of protective equipment.
In order to help minimize exposure to risk at a structural fire scene, firefighters should:
do a risk/benefit analysis for every action.
A Fire Fighter I would likely be assigned to:
set up lighting equipment to illuminate a scene.
As part of a member assistance program, many fire departments offer tobacco cessation programs
because tobacco can:
cause cancer, heart disease, and COPD.
With regard to facility safety, NFPA 1500:
prohibits all tobacco use in the facilities.
A type of fire departmental organizational structure where decisions and information are directed form
the top and filtered down through intermediate levels to the base can be described as:
scalar.
All auxiliary equipment must be:
Intrinsically safe
Why is the division of labor necessary in the fire service?
Prevent the duplication of effort
, A(An) _____ concept allows all responders to use a similar, coordinated approach with a common set of
authorities, protections, and resources.
all hazard
According to NFPA 1001, which duty is a Fire Fighter I required to be able to perform?
Prepare apparatus hose loads for response
Body substance isolation methods are used to:
protect firefighters from being exposed to communicable diseases.
Exposure to chemicals and products of combustion are linked to:
increased occurrences of illnesses and diseases.
How does the level of responsibility of a Fire Fighter I differ from that of a Fire Fighter II?
A Fire Fighter II is trained to coordinate Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II personnel while working under
the supervision of a company officer.
In order to ensure the safety of personnel operating in hazardous areas, fire departments should:
provide members with at least one full set of protective equipment.
In order to help minimize exposure to risk at a structural fire scene, firefighters should:
do a risk/benefit analysis for every action.
