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FireFighter 1/2 ch 1

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Distinctive metal marker once produced by insurance companies for identifying their policyholders buildings   Fire Mark  
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Refers to the joint consideration of the life and physical well being of individuals both civilian and firefighters   Life Safety  
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Activities involved in responding to the scene of an incident and performing assigned duties in order to mitigate the emergency   Emergency Operations  
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1)Orders of rank and authority in the fire service. 2) The proper sequence on information and command flow as described in the Incident Command System   Chain of Command  
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Means you only report to one supervisor   Unity of Command  
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Means that any officer can effectively supervise or manage only a certain number of individuals or groups   Span of Control  
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Setting the limits or boundaries for expected performance and enforcing them   Discipline  
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Deploys hoselines for fire attack and exposure protection   Engine Company  
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Performs forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation,salvage and overhaul, and utilities control and provides access to upper levels of a structure   Truck (ladder) Company  
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Searches for and removes victims from areas of danger or entrapment and may perform technical rescues   Rescue Squad/Company  
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Extingushes wildland fires and protects structures in the wildland/urban interface   Brush Company  
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Responds to and mitigates hazardous materials incidents   Hazardous materials Company  
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Provides emergency medical care to patients (may provide transportation to a medical facility.   Emergency Medical/Ambulance Company  
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Responds to and performs technical rescues   Special Rescue Company  
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Drives assigned fire apparatus to and from fires and other emergencies;operates pumps,aerial devices, or other mechanical equipment as requried   Fire Apparatus driver/operator  
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Fulfills any of the following responsibilities depending upon the size and structure of the fire dept   Fire Dept Officer  
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Oversees a fire depts occupational safety and health program   Fire Dept Health and Safety Officer  
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Monitors operational safety during emergency incidents   Fire Dept Incident Safety Officer  
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Receive emergency and nonemergency phone calls, process the information,dispatch units,establish and maintain a communications link to in service companies, and complete incident reports   Communications Personnel(Telecommunicators)  
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Maintain municipal fire alarm systems   Fire Alarm maintenance Personnel  
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Maintain all fire dept apparatus and protable equipment   Apparatus and equipment maintenance personnel  
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Assist law enforcement officers with trafic control, crowd control, and scene security at fires and other emergency operations   Fire police personnel  
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Manage the collection, entry, storage, retrevial, and dissemination of electronic databases such as fire reporting   Information Systems personnel  
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Resources currently committed to an assignment   Assigned  
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Resources that have checked in at the incident and are not currently assigned   Available  
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The organizational level between Divisions/Groups and the IC and Operations   Branch  
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The finction of directing, ordering, and controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal,agency, or delegated authority   Command  
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Location from which all operations are directed   Command Post  
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A Geographic designation assigning responsibility for all operations within a defined area   Division  
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Functional designations (forcible entry, salvage, ventilation etc)   Group  
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The written or unwritten plan for managing the emergency   Incident Action Plan  
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The officer at the top of the incident chain of command who is in overall chargeof the incident- ultimately responsible for everything that takes place at the emergency scene   Incident Commander  
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Resources not available for assignment   Out-of-service  
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All personnel and makor pieces of apparatus on scene or en route and on which status is maintained   Resources  
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Resources assigned to a particular incident and are in one of 3 modes - available, asigned, or out-of-service   Resource Status  
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Individual personnel and equipment items and the operators assigned with them   Single Resource  
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Set number or resources of the same kind and type with an established minimum number of personnel   Strike Team  
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Determines the positions for companies operating on scene. devided into two basic modes   Strategic Mode: Offensive or Defensive  
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Someone in command of a division or a group   Supervisor  
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Any combination of resources assembled in support of a specific mission or operational need   Task Force  
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Four categories of fire depts   1-Volunteer 2- Paid on call 3- Career 4- Combination  
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Mission of the fire service   "Save lives and protect property"  
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Major subdivisions within the ICS structure   1-Command 2-Operations 3-Planning 4-Logistics 5-Finance/Admin 6-Information/Intelligence  
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Fire Prevention Personnel   1-Fire Prevention Officer/Inspector 2-Fire and Arson investigator 3-Public fire and life safety educator 4-Fire protection engineer/specialist  
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Special Operations Personnel   1-Airport Firefighter 2-Hazardous Materials Tech 3-Technical Rescuer 4-Wildland Firefighter  
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Guide to decision making in an organization   Policy  
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A written communication closely related to a policy   Procedure  
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Predetermined plan for nearly every situation both emergency and nonemergency   Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)  
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Used to implement departmental policies and procedures eithe written or verbal and is based on ploicy and procedure Compliance is mandatory   Order  
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Not based on policy, more in nature of a request or suggestion   Directive  
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