Fire Officer Chapter 4 questions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Fire Officer Chapter 4 Company Journal - correct answer A logbook at the fire station that creates an extemporaneous record of the emergency, routine activities, and special activities that occured at the fire station. Environmental Noise - correct answer A physical or sociological condition that interferes with the message in the communication process Expanded incident report narrative - correct answer A report in which all company members submit a narrative on what they observed and which activities they performed during an incident Formal communication - correct answer An official fire department communication. Such a letter or report is presented on stationery with the fire department letterhead General Orders - correct answer Short-term directions, procedures, or orders signed by the fire chief and lasting for a period of days to 1 year or more HIPPA - correct answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Informal Communciation - correct answer Internal memos, emails, instant messages, and computer-aided dispatch/mobile data terminal messages. Informal reports have a short life and may not be archived Interrogatory - correct answer A series of formal written questions sent to the opposing side of a legal argument. The opposition must provide written answers under oath National Fire Incident Reporting System - correct answer A national database at the National Fire Data Center under the US fire administration that collects fire-related data Recommendation report - correct answer A decision document prepared by a fire officer for the senior staff. Its goal is to support a decision or an action Social Media - correct answer Digital Communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, videos, pictures, and other content Standard Operating Guidelines - correct answer Written organizational directives that identify a desired goal and describe the general path to accomplish the goal, including critical tasks of caution Standard Operating Procedure - correct answer Written organizational directives that establish or prescribe specific operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions Supervisors Report - correct answer A form that is required by most state workers compensation agencies that is completed by the immediate supervisor after and injury or property damage accident 5 parts of the communication cycle - correct answer 1. Message 2. Sender 3. Medium (with noise) 4. Receiver 5. Feedback It its purest form, what does the message contain - correct answer Only the information to be conveyed What is successful communication - correct answer When 2 people can exchange information and develop mutual understanding Sender - correct answer Person or entity who is sending the message The Medium - correct answer The method used to convey the information from the sender to the receiver. A fire officer must be able to process several types of _________ to supervise and support the fire company members effectively - correct answer Information