FIRE OFFICER 1 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System - ✔✔voluntary, confidential, non-
punitive and secure reporting system with the goal of improving firefighter safety
✔✔unsafe act at emergency scene - ✔✔should be addressed by the company officer
immediately; can include operating independently of the IC (freelancing), not
maintaining crew integrity, improper communication, not having appropriate PPE, lack
of situational awareness, lack of rehab
✔✔cardiac arrest - ✔✔most common cause of firefighter fatalities
✔✔rehabilitation for crew members - ✔✔reduces the risk of illness or injury of members
when operating at an incident scene or training site
✔✔refresher and recertification requirements - ✔✔consideration when looking at the
training needs of the department
✔✔local ordinances - ✔✔local jurisdictions adopt national model building and fire codes
and standards
✔✔life safety inspections - ✔✔must identify those hazardous conditions that might
cause a fire or contribute to its spread
✔✔Incident Command System (ICS) - ✔✔provides safe and efficient incident scene
management
✔✔First arriving officer - ✔✔responsible for establishing command using NIMS-ICS at
an incident
✔✔oxygen and fuel - ✔✔enable fire growth and spread
✔✔fire in unconfined area - ✔✔when a fire occurs in an unconfined area, such as
outdoors, much of its heat dissipates into the atmosphere through radiation and
convection
, ✔✔flashover conditions - ✔✔modern, well-sealed energy efficient buildings to not vent
as rapidly as older buildings
✔✔backdraft conditions - ✔✔exist in a compartment filled with hot, unburned fuel,
gases, and smoke that are above their flammable range and lacking significant oxygen
to burn
✔✔fire fuel source - ✔✔a structure's contents are often the most readily available fuel
source and significantly influence fire development in a compartment fire
✔✔incident priorities - ✔✔Life safety, incident mitigation, property conservation
✔✔life safety - ✔✔the first arriving officer must consider life safety as the first priority
✔✔1st consideration of rescue at a scene - ✔✔safe ingress and egress for both
occupants and firefighters
✔✔overhaul - ✔✔Layman's RECEO-VS model step that makes a scene secure from
rekindle
✔✔salvage - ✔✔Layman's RECEO-VS model step that protects property by removing it
from the fire area, by covering it, or by other means
✔✔offensive attack - ✔✔An advance into the fire building by fire fighters with hose lines
or other extinguishing agents that is intended to overpower the fire.
✔✔defensive attack - ✔✔risk versus the gain to firefighters is too significant to make an
interior fire attack; the probability of saving lives is highly unlikely and the risk to
firefighters in attempting to save property outweighs the gain; protecting the exposed
buildings from further loss and confining the fire to the structure involved
✔✔preserving evidence - ✔✔company officers must establish scene security and
ensure physical evidence is preserved
✔✔chain of custody - ✔✔legal term that refers to the handling and integrity of real
evidence (physical materials)
✔✔ company officer - ✔✔directly oversees the application of the agency's personnel,
training, equipment, and apparatus to the resolution of issues faced by the agency
✔✔company officer - ✔✔first contact with fire department customers
✔✔leader - ✔✔a person who leads or directs a unit
✔✔National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System - ✔✔voluntary, confidential, non-
punitive and secure reporting system with the goal of improving firefighter safety
✔✔unsafe act at emergency scene - ✔✔should be addressed by the company officer
immediately; can include operating independently of the IC (freelancing), not
maintaining crew integrity, improper communication, not having appropriate PPE, lack
of situational awareness, lack of rehab
✔✔cardiac arrest - ✔✔most common cause of firefighter fatalities
✔✔rehabilitation for crew members - ✔✔reduces the risk of illness or injury of members
when operating at an incident scene or training site
✔✔refresher and recertification requirements - ✔✔consideration when looking at the
training needs of the department
✔✔local ordinances - ✔✔local jurisdictions adopt national model building and fire codes
and standards
✔✔life safety inspections - ✔✔must identify those hazardous conditions that might
cause a fire or contribute to its spread
✔✔Incident Command System (ICS) - ✔✔provides safe and efficient incident scene
management
✔✔First arriving officer - ✔✔responsible for establishing command using NIMS-ICS at
an incident
✔✔oxygen and fuel - ✔✔enable fire growth and spread
✔✔fire in unconfined area - ✔✔when a fire occurs in an unconfined area, such as
outdoors, much of its heat dissipates into the atmosphere through radiation and
convection
, ✔✔flashover conditions - ✔✔modern, well-sealed energy efficient buildings to not vent
as rapidly as older buildings
✔✔backdraft conditions - ✔✔exist in a compartment filled with hot, unburned fuel,
gases, and smoke that are above their flammable range and lacking significant oxygen
to burn
✔✔fire fuel source - ✔✔a structure's contents are often the most readily available fuel
source and significantly influence fire development in a compartment fire
✔✔incident priorities - ✔✔Life safety, incident mitigation, property conservation
✔✔life safety - ✔✔the first arriving officer must consider life safety as the first priority
✔✔1st consideration of rescue at a scene - ✔✔safe ingress and egress for both
occupants and firefighters
✔✔overhaul - ✔✔Layman's RECEO-VS model step that makes a scene secure from
rekindle
✔✔salvage - ✔✔Layman's RECEO-VS model step that protects property by removing it
from the fire area, by covering it, or by other means
✔✔offensive attack - ✔✔An advance into the fire building by fire fighters with hose lines
or other extinguishing agents that is intended to overpower the fire.
✔✔defensive attack - ✔✔risk versus the gain to firefighters is too significant to make an
interior fire attack; the probability of saving lives is highly unlikely and the risk to
firefighters in attempting to save property outweighs the gain; protecting the exposed
buildings from further loss and confining the fire to the structure involved
✔✔preserving evidence - ✔✔company officers must establish scene security and
ensure physical evidence is preserved
✔✔chain of custody - ✔✔legal term that refers to the handling and integrity of real
evidence (physical materials)
✔✔ company officer - ✔✔directly oversees the application of the agency's personnel,
training, equipment, and apparatus to the resolution of issues faced by the agency
✔✔company officer - ✔✔first contact with fire department customers
✔✔leader - ✔✔a person who leads or directs a unit
