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Fire Fighter Guidelines - Ans 1 - Be SAfe
2 - Follow Orders
3 - Work as a Team
4 - Think!
5 - Follow the Golden Rule
NFPA 1001 - Ans Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifica)ons
4 Basic Management Principles - Ans 1 - Discipline
2- Division of Labor
3- Unity of Command
4 - Span of Control
Discipline - Ans Guiding and direc)ng fire fighters to do what their dept expects of them.
Policies, SOPS, training, suspension are all examples
Familia Publica - Ans 24BC, the first fire dept of 600 slaves created by Augustus Ceasar
Corp of Vigiles - Ans 60AD, 7000 free men formed by Nero using formal rank structure of
Roman military
First documented structure fire - Ans 1607 - Jamestown VA
,First fire regula)ons - Ans 1630 Boston banned wood chimneys and thatched roofs
First paid FD - Ans 1679 Boston
First volunteer FD - Ans 1735 Philadelphia, Ben Franklin
First hand powered fire engine - Ans George Washington - 1765 Alexandria VA
Great Chicago Fire - Ans Oct 8 1871, 2000 acres / 17,000 homes destroyed. 300 died
Pesh)go, WI - Ans + 2200 died
SOP - Ans Standard Opera)ng Procedure
SOG - Ans Suggested Opera)ng Guideline
Lieutenant - Ans Responsible for a single company ie Engine Company on a single shi@
Captain - Ans Responsible for for a company and coordina)ng ac)vity with other shi@s
BaAalion Chief / District Chief - Ans Coordinate ac)vi)es of several fire companies in a defined
geographic area
Asst Chief / Division Chief - Ans Responsible for a func)onal area ie training within a dept
, Chief of Dept - Ans Has overall responsibility for administra)on and opera)on of dept
Fireplug - Ans In 1817 George Smith developed these prototype fire hydrants in NYC
Public Call Box - Ans 1860, Washington DC
1.1 million fire fighters / 30,000 fire departments in USA - Ans 73% are volunteers
2010 Sta)s)cs - Ans - 3120 civilian fire fatali)es
- $11,593,000,000 property losses
- Fires account for 5% of calls
Safety Program includes 4 "links in a chain" - Ans 1- Standards and Procedures
2 - Personnel
3 - Training
4 - Equipment
NFPA 1500 - Ans Standard on Fire Dept Occupa)onal Safety and Health
To be an effec)ve fire fighter - Ans 1 - eat a healthy diet
2 - maintain healthy weight
3- exercise regularly
Everyone Goes Home - Ans 16 Firefighter Life Safety Ini)a)ves
MVA's - Ans 2nd most common cause of firefighter death