Firefighter 1 & 2 Study Guide (questions 1-100)
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What style of leadership does the fire department use? - ✔️✔️Paramilitary
Three out of four career firefighters work in jurisdictions with a population of
________________ or more. - ✔️✔️25,000
How old is the practice of having fire departments? - ✔️✔️It goes back to ancient Rome,
about 2000 years ago.
What catastrophic fire, bigger even than the Great Chicago Fire, and burning at the
same time, caused five times the loss of life and jumped 60 miles across Green Bay,
Wisconsin? - ✔️✔️The Peshtigo Fire
What were the original "hooks" of "hook-and-ladder" frame used for? - ✔️✔️For pulling
down burning structures to prevent extension to exposures.
What does the bugle of the insignia for the fire service indicate? - ✔️✔️Authority
Where was the first fire insurance company formed in America? - ✔️✔️Charleston, South
Carolina
For whom should firefighters consider that they work? - ✔️✔️The tax-paying citizens
What principle says each firefighter answers to only one supervisor? - ✔️✔️Unity of
command
What is generally considered the upper limit of span of control? - ✔️✔️5
To what rank do firefighters usually report? - ✔️✔️Lieutenants
What is the next level up from a lieutenant in the fire service? - ✔️✔️Captain
Where in the rank structure are assistant chiefs? - ✔️✔️Between battalion chiefs and the
chief of the department
What is another term for truck companies? - ✔️✔️Ladder companies
What type of company is usually responsible for rescuing victims from fires, confined
spaces, trenches, and high-angle situations? - ✔️✔️Rescue company
What is another term for the rank of driver/operator - ✔️✔️Engineer
A rescue situation requires specialized knowledge or training in structural collapse,
trench rescue, swift water rescue, confined-space rescue, etc. What is the term for a
firefighter who has this training? - ✔️✔️Technical rescue technician
What is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions? -
✔️✔️Policies
What does the S stand for in SOPs? - ✔️✔️Standard
What are two levels of firefighter certification? - ✔️✔️Firefighter I and Firefighter II
What NFPA standard specifies training and performance qualifications for firefighters? -
✔️✔️NFPA 1001
Medical requirement for firefighters are specified in which NFPA standard? - ✔️✔️NFPA
1582
The individual who is responsible for the management of all incident operations is the
___________. - ✔️✔️Incident commander
Which officer serves as a liaison between the incident commander and the news
media? - ✔️✔️Public information officer
The firefighter who receives specialized training in aircraft fires, extrication of victims on
aircraft, and extinguishing agents is a(n) ____________. - ✔️✔️Aircraft Rescue
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