APCO FIRE SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

APCO FIRE SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. SUMMARIZE EARLY HX OF FIRE SERVICE
Answer:
EARLIEST WAS 6 AD BUT LASTED ONLY ~500 YEARS. 1600s CAME WARDENS AND
ENGINES. 1700s HAD VOLUNTEER FFs AND ORGANIZED UNIONS. THEN CAME INSURANCE
COMPANIES

Question:
2. LIST FIRE SERVICE DIVISIONS
Answer:
ADMIN, OPERATION, FIRE PROTECTION, SPECIAL OPS, EMS, TRAINING, EQUIP- MENT
MAINTENANCE

Question:
3. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF ADMIN DI- VISION
Answer:
FIRE CHIEF AND SENIORS TO OVERSEE AND DIRECT WITH RELATIONS, RECORDS, P&P,
AND FINANCIALS

Question:
4. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF OPERA- TIONS DIVISION
Answer:
FRONT LINE FFs AND OFFICERS THAT RESPOND

Question:
5. LIST RANKS AS- SIGNED TO OPERA- TIONS DIVISION
Answer:
FF, DRIVER, LT, CPT, BATTALION CHIEF, DISTRICT CHIEF, DEPUTY/ASST CHIEF

Question:
6. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF FIRE PRE- VENTION DIVISION
Answer:
BUILDING INSPECTORS, PLAN APPROVALS, PUB ED, ARSON INSPECTION

Question:
7. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF COM- MUNICATIONS DI- VISION
Answer:
INVOLVES DISPATCH, COMM, AND RESOURCE MGMT. PROVIDE PRE-ARRIVAL
INSTRUCTIONS & FIRST AID, EVAC, AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Question:
8. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF SPECIAL OPS DIVISION

, Answer:
HIGH ANGLE, HAZMAT, WATER RESCUE, CONFINED SPACES, USAR. HIGHLY TECHNICAL
AND SPECIALLY TRAINED

Question:
9. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF EMS DIVI- SION
Answer:
PROVIDE ALS (PARAMEDIC) AND BLS (EMTs)

Question:
10. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF TRAINING DIVISION
Answer:
TRAINING NEW HIRES AND CON ED FOR CURRENT PERSONNEL. DEPENDENT ON
AVAILABLE RESOURCES

Question:
11. DESCRIBE PUR- POSE OF EQUIP- MENT MANAGE- MENT DIVISION
Answer:
RESPONSIBLE FOR RELIABILITY OF EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS

Question:
12. 4 FACTORS NECES- SARY FOR FIRE
Answer:
HEAT, FUEL, O2, CHEMICAL CHAIN RXN

Question:
13. STATE WHEN "FIRE" OCCURS
Answer:
WHEN ALL 4 FACTORS ARE PRESENT IN THE RIGHT CONDITION AND AMOUNT

Question:
14. WHY IS TIME IMPORTANT WHEN DISPATCH- ING UNITS
Answer:
FIRE GROWS MORE, CONDITIONS BECOME RISKIER

Question:
15. 5 CATEGORIES OF FIRE
Answer:
A - ORDINARY WOOD, PAPER, CLOTH, RUBBER, PLASTIC B - COMBUSTIBLE AND
FLAMMABLE GAS/LIQUID C - ELECTRICAL D - METALS CONTAINING O2 K - COOKING
FUELS/OILS/FATS

Question:
16. HOW ARE FIRES FOUGHT
Answer:
OFFENSIVELY OR DEFENSIVELY