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IFSTA Chapter-1
Firefighter Orientation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Because of the potential for destruction, villages, towns and cities throughout the near east, europe, scandinavia, and britain began to require citizens to keep what? | A-A ladder long enough to reach the roof and containers of water on hand |
| When did fire fighting tools, equipment, and methods begin to change in North America? | A-The industrial revolution during the last quarter of the 18th century. |
| Ben Franklin founded the first successful fire insurance company in north america...what was it called? | A-The Philadelphia Contributorship. |
| Early fire insurance companies had distinctive symbols that were posted on each property they protected, what were these symbols called? | A-Fire Marks |
| Today, most firefighters serve in public departments and fall into one of four categories...what are these four categories? | A-volunteer, paid on call, career, or combination |
| Where do paid on call firefighters usually respond from? | A-Their homes or workplaces |
| What is the definition of integrity? | A- “Obedience to the unenforceable.” Doing the right thing simply because it is right. |
| What is the definition of work ethic? | A-Doing what needs to be done without being told, doing what you are asked to do without complaint, doing it completely, and doing it to the best of your ability. Promptness, reliability, initiative. |
| What is pride? | A-Pride in yourself starts with how you look and behave. Look professional. |
| What is it called when a situation is not staying the same...it is getting bigger or getting worse? | A- An emergency. |
| What is the mission of the fire service? | A-To save lives and protect property. |
| What are the primary tactical priorities of most fire departments? | A-Life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation |
| What is unity of command? | A-This means that you report to only one supervisor. |
| What is the rule of thumb regarding span of control? | A-An officer can directly supervise 3 to 7 firefighters, with 5 being optimum. |
| What is division of labor? | A-The process of dividing large jobs into small jobs to make them more manageable. |
| This term means an organization’s responsibility to provide the direction needed to satisfy its identified goals and objectives and the individual’s responsibility to follow the direction given | A-Discipline |
| What is the standard operating unit of a fire department? | A-A fire company. |
| This company deploys hoselines for fire attach and exposure protection. | A-Engine company |
| This company performs forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation, salvage and overhaul, and utilities control and provides access to upper levels of a structure. | A-Truck (Ladder) company |
| Searches for and removes victims from areas of danger or entrapment and may perform technical rescues. | A-Rescue squad/company |
| Extinguishes wildland fires and protects structures in the wildland/urban interface. | A-Brush company |
| Responds to and mitigates hazardous materials incidents | A-hazardous materials company. |
| Provides emergency medical care to patients (may provide transportation to a medical facility). | A-Emergency medical/ambulance company |
| Responds to and performs technical rescues | A-Special rescue company |
| What NFPA section outlines the requirements for Firefighter I and II? | A-NFPA 1001 |
| What are the training levels/classifications of emergency medical personnel? | A-First responder-stabilizes victims until more highly trained personnel arrive. EMT-provides BLS for victims. Paramedic-Provides ALS for victims. |
| What is a policy? | A-A guide to decision making within an organization. |
| What is a procedure? | A written communication closely related to a policy. A detailed plan of action. |
| A directive is good for how long? | A-one year |
| Some fire departments have a predetermined plan for nearly every situation they can conceive of occurring-both emergency and non emergency. These plans are known as? | A-Standard operating procedures (SOP’s) |
| The command staff is referred to as what? | A-Officers |
| What positions make up the command staff? | A-Safety officer, liaison officer, public information officer |
| The General Staff consists of what positions? | A-Operations section chief, planning section chief, logistics section chief, finance/admin section chief, information/intelligence function (when required). |
| What does the term available mean? | A-resources have checked in at the incident and are not currently assigned. |
| What is a branch? | A-The organizational level between division/groups and the IC and operations. |
| What is a division? | A-A geographic designation....The division level is between the strike tea or other operational unit and a branch. All groups operating within that specific geographic area report to that division supervisor. |
| What is a group? | A-A functional designation-forcible entry, salvage, ventilation, etc. |
| What is an Incident Action Plan? | A-The written or unwritten plan for managing the emergency. |
| All personnel and major pieces of apparatus on scene or enroute and on which status is maintained are called what? | A-Resources |
| A set number or resources of the same kind and type with an established minimum number or personnel. | A-Strike team |
| Any combination of resources assembled in support of a specific mission or operational need. | A-Task force |
| What is the priority of law enforcement while present at a fire scene? | A-Scene security, traffic flow, investigations. |
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