According to NFPA, how many levels of fire officers are there?
4
Which level of fire officer is generally associated with supervising a single fire
company or apparatus?
Fire Officer I
What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position?
Fire Officer III
Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior non chief
officer in a department?
Fire Officer II
At the Fire Officer I level, emphasis is placed on accomplishing the departments
goals and objectives by work through ________ to achieve the desired results.
Subordinates
Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I, what are the requirements for
certification as an instructor?
NFPA Fire Instructor I
Which term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for Fire Officer I?
Supervising Fire Officer
,Historically, how did the fire service originate in the United States?
As communities of civilian volunteers.
According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the
United States are volunteers?
69 percent
Which type of fire department uses full-time career personnel with volunteer or
paid-on-call to staff the department?
Combination
Although there are four common forms of staffing fire department organizations,
most discussions divide the fire fighters into which two categories?
Career and Volunteer
Which type of organization do private industries or nongovernmental organizations
use to provide fire protection for factories, processing plants, and large private
facilities?
Brigades
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?
The Great Chicago Fire
,When steam-powered fire engines were introduced in the 1800s, what was the
reaction of many volunteer fire fighters?
Fire fighters were threatened by the apparatus and resisted their use.
Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled citizens to send a coded telegraph
signal to the fire department dispatch center?
Public call boxes
What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent?
Building collapse
Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model building
codes?
The insurance industry
Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most
important resource on a fire scene?
Fire fighters
To which rank do fire fighters report directly?
Lieutenant
Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank?
Battalion chief
, Which level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the
activities of several fire companies within a defined geographic area, usually in
more than one fire station?
Battalion chief
Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department?
Fire chief
Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command?
Fire fighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different
officers.
Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than _______
people.
5
With _______, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person
responsible for completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments.
Division of labor
What is the general term for guidelines that a department establishes for fire
fighters?
Discipline
4
Which level of fire officer is generally associated with supervising a single fire
company or apparatus?
Fire Officer I
What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position?
Fire Officer III
Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior non chief
officer in a department?
Fire Officer II
At the Fire Officer I level, emphasis is placed on accomplishing the departments
goals and objectives by work through ________ to achieve the desired results.
Subordinates
Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I, what are the requirements for
certification as an instructor?
NFPA Fire Instructor I
Which term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for Fire Officer I?
Supervising Fire Officer
,Historically, how did the fire service originate in the United States?
As communities of civilian volunteers.
According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the
United States are volunteers?
69 percent
Which type of fire department uses full-time career personnel with volunteer or
paid-on-call to staff the department?
Combination
Although there are four common forms of staffing fire department organizations,
most discussions divide the fire fighters into which two categories?
Career and Volunteer
Which type of organization do private industries or nongovernmental organizations
use to provide fire protection for factories, processing plants, and large private
facilities?
Brigades
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?
The Great Chicago Fire
,When steam-powered fire engines were introduced in the 1800s, what was the
reaction of many volunteer fire fighters?
Fire fighters were threatened by the apparatus and resisted their use.
Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled citizens to send a coded telegraph
signal to the fire department dispatch center?
Public call boxes
What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent?
Building collapse
Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model building
codes?
The insurance industry
Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most
important resource on a fire scene?
Fire fighters
To which rank do fire fighters report directly?
Lieutenant
Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank?
Battalion chief
, Which level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the
activities of several fire companies within a defined geographic area, usually in
more than one fire station?
Battalion chief
Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department?
Fire chief
Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command?
Fire fighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different
officers.
Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than _______
people.
5
With _______, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person
responsible for completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments.
Division of labor
What is the general term for guidelines that a department establishes for fire
fighters?
Discipline
