FireFighter 1/2 ch 1 Word Scramble

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

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