Which type of company specializes in saving victims from fires, confined spaces, trenches, and high angle
situations?
a. Rescue
b. Rapid Intervention
c. Truck
d. Engine - a. Rescue
The number of people whom one person can supervise effectively is known as ______.
a. chain of command
b. divi...
LLPSD - FFI Chapter 1
Which type of company specializes in saving victims from fires, confined spaces, trenches, and high angle
situations?
a. Rescue
b. Rapid Intervention
c. Truck
d. Engine - a. Rescue
The number of people whom one person can supervise effectively is known as ______.
a. chain of command
b. division of labor
c. span of control
d. functional supervision - c. span of control
In a typical fire department rank structure, an assistant chief reports to the ______.
a. section chief
b. chief of the department
c. command staff
d. battalion chief - b. Chief of the Department
Which of the following are developed to provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions?
a. Regulations
b. Standard operating procedures
c. Policies
D. After-action reports - c. Policies
, Which term can be defined as the set of guidelines that a department establishes for its fire fighters?
a. Unity of command
b. Span of control
c. Discipline
d. Training - c. Discipline
Truck companies are sometimes referred to as ______ companies.
a. rapid intervention
b. rescue
c. ladder
d.engine - c. Ladder
For whom should fire fighters consider that they work?
a. The tax-paying citizens
b. Themselves
c. Their supervisors
d. Their team - a. The tax-paying citizens
Which development led to the widespread use of the mechanized pumping apparatus?
a. Private insurance companies
b. Wagon-mounted steam engines
c. Jacketed hose
d. Internal combustion engines - d. Internal combustion engines
In the fire service, the bugle has become a symbol of
_____.
a. authority
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