Fire Academy Test 1

Fire Academy Test 1 What are the five firefighter guidelines? - ✔✔1: Be Safe 2: Follow Orders 3: Work as a Team 4: Think 5: Follow the Golden Rule What is the Golden Rule? - ✔✔Treat every other person better than your ...

Fire Academy Test 1 What are the five firefighter guidelines? - ✔✔1: Be Safe 2: Follow Orders 3: Work as a Team 4: Think 5: Follow the Golden Rule What is the Golden Rule? - ✔✔Treat every other person better than yourself What is the mission of the fire department? - ✔✔Save lives and protect property through prevention, education, suppression, and rescue activities What are some qualifications of a fireman? - ✔✔Healthy, in good physical condition, work as a team, brave enough to enter dangerous situations, and the ability to learn and apply what they learn What qualifications are specified in NFPA 1001 - ✔✔Training and performance qualifications for fire fighters. How old do you need to be to work at most departments? - ✔✔18 years old or 21 for some departments What are age requirements for volunteer departments? - ✔✔Can depend on insurance, but some allow junior members at 16 What are education requirements of most departments? - ✔✔All require GED or High School Diploma, some require college courses and all require additional courses/certifications to promote or for more responsibility What requirements are specified in NFPA 1582? - ✔✔Medical requirements and evaluations Why are there physical fitness requirements? - ✔✔To ensure fire fighters have the strength and stamina needed to preform the tasks for firefighting What are the minimum medical care requirements firefighters need to know? - ✔✔How to understand infection control procedures, perform CPR, control bleeding, and manage shock Why would people visit the fire station? - ✔✔Request a tour, ask about fire safety, and report emergencies What are some tasks fire fighters generally perform? - ✔✔Placing hose lines, extinguishing fires, and on rare occasion supervising What are responsibilities of drivers? - ✔✔Drive the trucks to the scene of the fire, setting up and running the pump or operating the aerial ladder What are responsibilities of the Company Officer? - ✔✔Usually in charge of an apparatus and leads the company both on scene and at the station. Responsible for firefighting strategy, personnel safety, and overall activities of the company What are responsibilities of the Safety Officer? - ✔✔To halt any firefighting activities until they can be done safely What are responsibilities of the Training Officer? - ✔✔Updating the training of current fire fighters and for training new fire fighters What are responsibilities of the Incident Commander (IC)? - ✔✔Managing all incident operations. Usually assumed by battalion/district chief What are responsibilities of Fire Marshal/Fire Inspector? - ✔✔Inspects businesses and enforces public safety laws and fire codes and may also help investigate cause of a fire What are responsibilities of the Fire and Life safety education specialist? - ✔✔Educates the public about fire safety and injury prevention and presents juvenile fire safety programs What are responsibilities of a 911 dispatcher? - ✔✔Takes calls from the public, sends appropriate units to the scene, and assists callers with emergency medical information What are responsibilities of the Fire Apparatus Maintenance Personnel? - ✔✔Repair and service fire and EMS vehicles What are responsibilities of the Fire Police? - ✔✔Usually fire fighters who control traffic and secure the scene from public access What are responsibilities of the Information Management (Info Techs)? - ✔✔Fire fighters or civilians who take care of a departments's computer and networking systems What are responsibilities of a Public Information Officer? - ✔✔A Liaison or middle man between the IC and the media What are responsibilities of the Fire Protection Engineer? - ✔✔Reviews plans and works with building owners to ensure that their fire suppression and detection systems meet codes and functions What does the specialist position, Aircraft/crash rescue fire fighter (ARFF) do? - ✔✔Based on military or civilian airports and are specialized in aircraft fires, extrication of victims, and wear special PPE that protects them from fires caused by jet fuel What does the specialist position, Hazardous Materials Technician do? - ✔✔Identify chemicals, control leaks, and do decontaminate and clean up procedures What does the specialist position, Technical Rescue Technician do? - ✔✔They are trained in special rescue techniques for structural collapse, trench rescue, swiftwater rescue, confined-space rescue, high angle rescue, and other unusual situations What does the specialist position, SCUBA Dive Rescue Technician do? - ✔✔Trained in rescue, recovery, and search procedures in both water and under-ice situations What does the specialist position, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel do? - ✔✔Administer prehospital care to people who are sick and injured What categories are EMS's divided into? - ✔✔Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, and Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic What do Emergency Medical Technician's (EMT's) do? - ✔✔They are trained in basic emergency care skills, which are oxygen therapy, bleeding control,CPR, automated external defibrillation, basic airway devices, and assisting patients with medication What do Advanced Emergency Medical Technician's (AEMT's) do? - ✔✔Can preform more procedures than basic EMT's. They can training in advanced life support, Intravenous (IV) therapy, interpretation of cardiac rhythms, defibrillation, and airway intubation What do Paramedic's do? - ✔✔They have extensive training in advanced life support such as Intravenous (IV) therapy, administering drugs, cardiac monitoring, inserting advanced airways, and manual defibrillation Who all is contacted in a car crash? - ✔✔The fire department, EMS, law enforcement officials, and tow-truck operators What does a Unified incident command system (ICS) do? - ✔✔It eliminates multiple command posts, establishes a single set of incident goals and objectives, and ensures mutual communication Why do communication centers have a list of contacts? - ✔✔So parties may be notified immediately when their presence at an incident is required What is Governance? - ✔✔The process by which an organization exercises authority and performs the functions assigned to it What are Regulations? - ✔✔Laws that are passed and developed by a government agency What are Policies? - ✔✔They provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions What are Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's)? - ✔✔They provide specific information on the actions that should be taken to accomplish a certain task What are Suggested Operating Guidelines (SOG's)? - ✔✔Like Standard Operating Procedures but not as strict because sometimes they may require personal judgement How should Suggested Operating Guidelines (SOG's) be presented? - ✔✔In a organized three ring binder or online for easy access What is an Engine Company? - ✔✔A company that is responsible for securing a water source, deploying handlines, conducting search and rescue operations, and putting water on fire What is a Truck Company (Or Ladder Company)? - ✔✔A company that is responsible for forcible entry, ventilation, roof operations, search and rescue, and deployment of ground ladders What is a Rescue Company? - ✔✔A company that is responsible for rescuing victims from fires, confine spaces, trenches, and high-angle situations What is a Wildland/Brush Company - ✔✔A company that is responsible for fighting fire in wildlands and rough terrain that most engines cannot reach What is a Hazardous Materials Company? - ✔✔A company that is responsible for responding and controlling spilled and leaking hazardous materials What is a Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Company? - ✔✔A company that is responsible for assisting and transporting medical and trauma victims to medical facilities What is a staffing issue that volunteer fire departments may have? - ✔✔That people work long hours during the day so not as many people are able to work during the day. Some departments are forced to hire full time fire fighters during daytime hours How is a department organized by function? - ✔✔The different companies are divided by what function they serve and how they work Why are fire stations organized geographically? - ✔✔So that they can be placed where the response time is as short as possible and the right equipment can get where it's needed in every area of the community What is the chain of command? - ✔✔A ranking system that creates structure for management What is a Lieutenant? - ✔✔A officer that is generally responsible for a single fire comapany what is a Captain? - ✔✔A officer that is generally responsible for managing a fire company on their shift but also for coordinating with other shifts What is a Battalion Chief? - ✔✔A officer that is generally responsible coordinating the activities of several fire companies in an area, typically a station or district What is a Assistant or Division Chief? - ✔✔A officer that is generally responsible for a specific functional area of the department such as training What is a Chief of the Department? - ✔✔A officer that is generally responsible for the operation of a fire department Why should the chain of command be followed? - ✔✔So that a task can be followed in a organized uniform manner What privileges do fire fighters have because of their job status? - ✔✔They can enter homes without permission to extinguish a fire and protect the public Who or what is usually over a fire department and it's chief? - ✔✔A town, city, county, state, or federal government What style of leadership does the Fire department use? - ✔✔A paramilitary style of leadership that establishes rank and chain of command What is Discipline? - ✔✔Guiding and directing fire fighters to do what their fire department expects of them What is Division of Labor? - ✔✔A way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into a series of smaller tasks What is Unity of Command? - ✔✔A concept that each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor and each supervisor answers to one boss and so on What is Span of Control? - ✔✔The number of people whom one person can supervise effectively When was the first fire department probably started? - ✔✔In the times of Rome in 24 B.C. by Augustus Caesard What is the Corps of Vigiles? - ✔✔A group of 7000 of firefighters charged by emperor Nero to protect the city from fire When was the first fire regulation in North America? - ✔✔In 1630 wood chimneys and thatched roofs were banned What were Fire Wardens? - ✔✔People who imposed fines on households that did not obey fire regulations When and where was the first paid fire department started? - ✔✔It was established in 1679 in Boston and was the first to have a fire station and fire engine When and where was the first volunteer fire department started? - ✔✔in 1735 in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin What was the significance of The Great Chicago Fire and when did it start? - ✔✔It started on Oct. 8, 1871 in a barn and destroyed 2000 acres and 17000 homes and killed 300 people. It caused great advances in fire service and code What is The Peshtigo firestorm? - ✔✔It was a flash forest fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin that was more than 1000 feet high and 5 miles wide. It killed more than 2200 people and destroyed more than 2400 square miles of forest What was enacted after The Great Chicago Fire and The Peshtigo firestorm? - ✔✔Strict building and fire codes and development of water pumping systems, advances in firefighting equipment, and improvements in communications and alarm systems What are the purpose of building codes? - ✔✔To prevent building collapse, preventing, limiting and containing fire What Codes were enacted in colonial times to prevent fire? - ✔✔They restricted the hours during which open fires were permitted and the materials that could be used for roofs and building materials What building codes are enacted in current times? - ✔✔They require built in fire suppression and sprinkler systems, fire escapes and stairways Who makes codes and standards? - ✔✔The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) What is a thermal imaging camera? - ✔✔A high-tech device that use infrared technology to find objects giving off heat What is a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)? - ✔✔It is a air pack used by fire fighters to enter a hazardous atmosphere Why do fire fighters need to increase training and education? - ✔✔The world in general and science of fire fighting grow increasingly more complex What is a fire hook? - ✔✔A tool used to pull down burning buildings so that the fire will not spread When and where was the first hand powered water pump invented? - ✔✔It was invented in 1720 in London, England and took 16 men to operate What allowed everywhere to have steam powered pumps? - ✔✔The invention of the internal combustion engine in the early 1900's What invention helped fight fires along with trucks? - ✔✔The invention of the municipal water systems What is a fireplug? - ✔✔A valve or hydrant used to allow fire fighters to tap into the municipal water system When and where were public call boxes first in use? - ✔✔They were first introduced in Washington D.C. in 1860 What is a chief's trumpet? - ✔✔It is a trumpet used to amplify the sound of the chiefs voice when he was shouting commands Where and why were the first fire insurance agencies founded? - ✔✔They were founded in England after the Great Fire of London in 1666 What is a fire mark? - ✔✔A mark that designated whether a house had fire insurance