According to NFPA, how many levels of fire officers are there? -
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Which level of fire officer is generally associated with supervising a single fire company or
apparatus? -
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Fire Officer I
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What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position? -
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Fire Officer III
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Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior non chief officer in a
department? -
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Fire Officer II
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At the Fire Officer I level, emphasis is placed on accomplishing the departments goals and
objectives by work through ________ to achieve the desired results. -
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Subordinates
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Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I, what are the requirements for
certification as an instructor? -
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NFPA Fire Instructor I
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Which term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for Fire Officer I? -
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Supervising Fire Officer
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Historically, how did the fire service originate in the United States? -
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As communities of civilian volunteers.
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, According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the United States
are volunteers? -
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69 percent
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Which type of fire department uses full-time career personnel with volunteer or paid-on-
call to staff the department? -
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Combination
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Although there are four common forms of staffing fire department organizations, most
discussions divide the fire fighters into which two categories? -
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Career and Volunteer
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Which type of organization do private industries or nongovernmental organizations use to
provide fire protection for factories, processing plants, and large private facilities? -
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Brigades
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In 1871, two major fires occurred that would change the way the United States viewed and
responded to fire. What was one of those fires? -
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The Great Chicago Fire
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When steam-powered fire engines were introduced in the 1800s, what was the reaction of
many volunteer fire fighters? -
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Fire fighters were threatened by the apparatus and resisted their use.
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Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled citizens to send a coded telegraph signal to
the fire department dispatch center? -
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Public call boxes
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What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent? -
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Building collapse
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Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model building codes? -
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The insurance industry
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