Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous
Materials Ch 1-3 Quiz
Safety Officer - ✔️✔️The position with the authority to stop any firefighting activity until
it can be done safely and correctly
Captain - ✔️✔️The position responsible for a fire company and for coordinating
activities of that company among the shifts
Driver/Operator - ✔️✔️The position responsible for operating the fire apparatus
Fireplug - ✔️✔️A valve installed to control water accessed from wooden pipes
Doff - ✔️✔️To take off
SCBA - ✔️✔️Air packs used by fire fighters to enter a hazardous atmosphere
Battalion Chief - ✔️✔️The position often in charge of running calls and supervising
multiple stations or districts within a city
Fire hook - ✔️✔️A tool used to pull down burning buildings
Don - ✔️✔️to put on
Discipline - ✔️✔️Guiding and directing fire fighters to do what their fire department
expects of them
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) - ✔️✔️To provide a uniform way to deal with
emergency situations, departments develop and follow
Suggested operating guideline (SOG) - ✔️✔️In some fire departments, the preferred
terminology for standard operating procedures is
Mostly volunteer fire fighter - ✔️✔️The majority of fire departments consist of
Chain of Command - ✔️✔️The organization structure of a fire department consists of
a(n)
Lieutenant - ✔️✔️New fire fighters usually report to a
, Risk and Hazard Assessment - ✔️✔️A comprehensive all-hazard approach of
programs, activities, and services to reduce the loss of life and property is known as:
the home owner had fire insurance - ✔️✔️In the 1700s, a fire mark indicated
Chief of the Department - ✔️✔️The overall responsibility for the administration and
operations of the department belongs to the
Fireplugs - ✔️✔️The first water system valves or fire hydrants used by fire fighters
were called
Unity of Command - ✔️✔️The theory that each fire fighter answers to only one
supervisor is referred to as
Span of Control - ✔️✔️Which of the following is not a form of discipline?
24 BC - ✔️✔️Augustus Caesar created what was probably the first fire department,
called the Familia Publica, in
Ionization Alarm - ✔️✔️The type of smoke detector that is activated by smaller,
invisible products of combustion is a(n)
in Charleston, South Carolina - ✔️✔️The first fire insurance company in the United
States was established in 1736
Fire Hooks - ✔️✔️Colonial fire fighters had limited equipment. Most departments then
had only buckets, ladders, and
Engine Company - ✔️✔️The company responsible for securing a water source,
deploying handlines, and putting water on the fire is the
Photoelectric Alarm - ✔️✔️The type of smoke detector that is activated by larger,
visible products of combustion is a(n)
Truck Company - ✔️✔️The company that specializes in forcible entry, ventilation, roof
operations, search and rescue, and ground ladders is the
Great Chicago Fire - ✔️✔️In 1871, a historic fire, which was believed to have been
started by a cow, burned for three days, destroyed more than 2000 acres and 17,000
homes, and killed 300 people. This was the
Leaders of the governing body - ✔️✔️The fire service draws its authority from the
governing entity, and the head of the department is accountable to the
Materials Ch 1-3 Quiz
Safety Officer - ✔️✔️The position with the authority to stop any firefighting activity until
it can be done safely and correctly
Captain - ✔️✔️The position responsible for a fire company and for coordinating
activities of that company among the shifts
Driver/Operator - ✔️✔️The position responsible for operating the fire apparatus
Fireplug - ✔️✔️A valve installed to control water accessed from wooden pipes
Doff - ✔️✔️To take off
SCBA - ✔️✔️Air packs used by fire fighters to enter a hazardous atmosphere
Battalion Chief - ✔️✔️The position often in charge of running calls and supervising
multiple stations or districts within a city
Fire hook - ✔️✔️A tool used to pull down burning buildings
Don - ✔️✔️to put on
Discipline - ✔️✔️Guiding and directing fire fighters to do what their fire department
expects of them
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) - ✔️✔️To provide a uniform way to deal with
emergency situations, departments develop and follow
Suggested operating guideline (SOG) - ✔️✔️In some fire departments, the preferred
terminology for standard operating procedures is
Mostly volunteer fire fighter - ✔️✔️The majority of fire departments consist of
Chain of Command - ✔️✔️The organization structure of a fire department consists of
a(n)
Lieutenant - ✔️✔️New fire fighters usually report to a
, Risk and Hazard Assessment - ✔️✔️A comprehensive all-hazard approach of
programs, activities, and services to reduce the loss of life and property is known as:
the home owner had fire insurance - ✔️✔️In the 1700s, a fire mark indicated
Chief of the Department - ✔️✔️The overall responsibility for the administration and
operations of the department belongs to the
Fireplugs - ✔️✔️The first water system valves or fire hydrants used by fire fighters
were called
Unity of Command - ✔️✔️The theory that each fire fighter answers to only one
supervisor is referred to as
Span of Control - ✔️✔️Which of the following is not a form of discipline?
24 BC - ✔️✔️Augustus Caesar created what was probably the first fire department,
called the Familia Publica, in
Ionization Alarm - ✔️✔️The type of smoke detector that is activated by smaller,
invisible products of combustion is a(n)
in Charleston, South Carolina - ✔️✔️The first fire insurance company in the United
States was established in 1736
Fire Hooks - ✔️✔️Colonial fire fighters had limited equipment. Most departments then
had only buckets, ladders, and
Engine Company - ✔️✔️The company responsible for securing a water source,
deploying handlines, and putting water on the fire is the
Photoelectric Alarm - ✔️✔️The type of smoke detector that is activated by larger,
visible products of combustion is a(n)
Truck Company - ✔️✔️The company that specializes in forcible entry, ventilation, roof
operations, search and rescue, and ground ladders is the
Great Chicago Fire - ✔️✔️In 1871, a historic fire, which was believed to have been
started by a cow, burned for three days, destroyed more than 2000 acres and 17,000
homes, and killed 300 people. This was the
Leaders of the governing body - ✔️✔️The fire service draws its authority from the
governing entity, and the head of the department is accountable to the
