UPDATED 25/26 NEWEST VERSION
What type of fire service personnel would normally be assigned
the role of Operations Section Chief? - --Answers----A chief
officer with an extensive experience in operations
Under what circumstances is the first-arriving officer at a scene
in charge, according to the Incident Management System
paradigm? - --Answers----under all circumstances
If there is no officer on the first-arriving unit, who assumes
command? - --Answers----The firefighter with the greatest
seniority
As more companies arrive at an escalating incident, what is one
reason the command structure must expand? - --Answers----
To maintain span of control
As an Incident Commander at a working structure fire, which of
the following would not be a high priority in making your initial
decisions? - --Answers----Establishing operations chief
Under NIMS, which of the following is a new area that has been
added since 2001? - --Answers----intelligence
,A component of NIMS that should be used on every incident
which is either written or unwritten is: - --Answers----an IAP
The arrival report should contain: - --Answers----Situational
evaluation, the attack mode selected, the person in command
Risk management is: - --Answers----The process of minimizing
the chance, degree, or probability of damage, loss, or injury
Which of the following items would not be found in the
risk/benefit philosophy of a risk management plan? - --
Answers----Where no life or valued property can be saved, risk
may be taken by firefighters
The type of call, action taken, number of injuries or fatalities, and
the property usage information are all entries to be included on
a(n) __________ Report. - --Answers----National Fire Incident
Reporting System
A uniform data collection system used by most departments to
track incident information is known as the: - --Answers----
National Fire Incident Reporting System
Which of the following, the information that would not be
contained on a fire report is the: - --Answers----patient medical
information
,Which of the following statements regarding fire reports is
incorrect? - --Answers----National Fire Incident Reporting
System Reports do not need to be completed for Emergency
Medical Services runs.
Which of the following statements regarding fire incident reports
is incorrect? - --Answers----Reports are used only for
statistical information.
National Fire Incident Reporting System information is
transmitted to the: - --Answers----United States Fire
Administration, state fire marshal, insurance companies if
requested
Information obtained from completed fire incident reports can be
used for all of the following except: - --Answers----resource
allocations
Which of the following is not required on the NFIRS report? - --
Answers----Length of hoselines used
The two most common ways the incident commander orders
firefighters to evacuate a structure are to broadcast a radio
message and - --Answers----sound an audible warning.
, Audible warning devices for emergency evacuation should be: - -
-Answers----broadcast several times
It is important that the communication center be kept advised of
the actions taken at emergency scenes. Situation
status/progress reports should include all of the following
except: - --Answers----number of units in staging.
Fire departments that operate radio equipment must hold radio
licenses from the: - --Answers----Federal Communications
Commission
A(n) __________ System tracks fire department units on a map as
they move around city or town streets. - --Answers----
Automatic Vehicle Locating (A.V.L.)
The __________ System can significantly shorten response time or
enable a dispatcher to handle a greater volume of calls. - --
Answers----Computer Aided Dispatch
In fire departments that have access to multiple radio channels,
emergency operations should be: - --Answers----On multi
channels, and assigned a separate channel dedicated for use on
that scene only