Mission Statement - ANS A written declaration by a fire agency describing the things it intends
to do to protect its citizenry
Conflagration - ANS a very intense and uncontrolled fire
Arson - ANS malicious burning to destroy property
Fire marks - ANS Used to show which insurance company protected a home or building
Fire Wardens - ANS Individuals who were charged with enforcing fire regulations in colonial
America.
Fire societies - ANS earliest form of a fire company
Benjamin Franklin - ANS First official fire fighter
NFPA - ANS National fire protection association
SOP - ANS standard operating procedure
ARFF - ANS aircraft rescue and firefighting
EMT/EMS - ANS emergency medical technician/services
Engine company - ANS designed to deliver water to the fire scene
IMS - ANS incident management system- an organized method for who is in control
Span of control - ANS The ability of one person to supervise a number of other individuals/unit
What is the span of control at a fire scene? - ANS 3-7 people with the optimum being 5
Truck company - ANS responsible for forceable entry, ventilation, roof operations, search and
rescue, and deployment of ground and ariel ladders
Rescue Company - ANS the unit designation of a group of firefighters assigned to preform
specialized rescue work and/or tactics and functions such as forcible entry, search and rescue,
ventilation and so on
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