Fire Officer 1 Study Guide
NFPA 1021: Standard for fire officer professional qualifications.
How many fire officers are there according to NFPA 1021? 4
Supervising Fire Officer: Lieutenant = Fire Officer 1
- Supervising a single fire company.
Senior Non-Chief Fire Officer: Captain = Fire Officer 2
- Supresses multiunit fire station.
Chief Officer Positions = Fire Officer 3 & 4
- Fire Officer 3 = District Chief and Battalion Chief
- Fire Officer 4 = Fire Chief
- Minimum fire officer to be an administrative chief? FO3
Types of Firefighters:
Paid On Call: Paid for each response to an alarm.
Volunteer: Notified when call drops not paid for their services
- 70% of fire departments are volunteer (69% in 3 rd edition)
Career: full-time, paid personnel whose job is to work for the fire department.
- 30% of fire departments are career (full-time) (31% in 3 rd edition)
Combination: Mixed career & volunteer department.
Historically, how did the American Fire Service originate? As a community of civilian volunteers.
NIMS (National Incident Management System): Established by FEMA, including the ICS.
- A system mandated by HSPD-5 that provides a systemic, proactive approach guiding government
agencies at all levels, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work seamlessly
to prepare for, prevent and respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents,
regardless of cause, size, location, and complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life and property
and harm to the environment.
Management Principles:
Unity of Command: Concept by which each person within the organization reports to one and only one
designated person.
Span of Control: Maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one
person.
- Usually 3-7 or 5 or 1:5
Division of Labor: completing tasks and preventing the duplication of job assignments.
Discipline: term for the set guidelines that a department establishes for firefighters.
Other views of the organization:
- Function
- Geography
- Staffing
Function of management:
NFPA 1021: Standard for fire officer professional qualifications.
How many fire officers are there according to NFPA 1021? 4
Supervising Fire Officer: Lieutenant = Fire Officer 1
- Supervising a single fire company.
Senior Non-Chief Fire Officer: Captain = Fire Officer 2
- Supresses multiunit fire station.
Chief Officer Positions = Fire Officer 3 & 4
- Fire Officer 3 = District Chief and Battalion Chief
- Fire Officer 4 = Fire Chief
- Minimum fire officer to be an administrative chief? FO3
Types of Firefighters:
Paid On Call: Paid for each response to an alarm.
Volunteer: Notified when call drops not paid for their services
- 70% of fire departments are volunteer (69% in 3 rd edition)
Career: full-time, paid personnel whose job is to work for the fire department.
- 30% of fire departments are career (full-time) (31% in 3 rd edition)
Combination: Mixed career & volunteer department.
Historically, how did the American Fire Service originate? As a community of civilian volunteers.
NIMS (National Incident Management System): Established by FEMA, including the ICS.
- A system mandated by HSPD-5 that provides a systemic, proactive approach guiding government
agencies at all levels, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work seamlessly
to prepare for, prevent and respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents,
regardless of cause, size, location, and complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life and property
and harm to the environment.
Management Principles:
Unity of Command: Concept by which each person within the organization reports to one and only one
designated person.
Span of Control: Maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one
person.
- Usually 3-7 or 5 or 1:5
Division of Labor: completing tasks and preventing the duplication of job assignments.
Discipline: term for the set guidelines that a department establishes for firefighters.
Other views of the organization:
- Function
- Geography
- Staffing
Function of management:
