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Supervisory duties of a fire officer I would include Initiating and completing station maintenance requests, preparing budgets, conducting preliminary accident investigations and supervising on fire unit Would a fire officer I determine the area of origin or preliminary cause of fire No T...

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Supervisory duties of a fire officer I would include


✓ Initiating and completing station maintenance requests, preparing

budgets, conducting preliminary accident investigations and supervising on

fire unit




Would a fire officer I determine the area of origin or preliminary cause of fire


✓ No




There are approximately how many fire departments in the US?


✓ 30000




In 24 BC Augustus Caesar created what was probably the first fire department composed of

600 slaves who were stationed at various locations around the Roman Empire. This group

of firefighters were known as -


✓ Familia Publica




Which fire fighter developed the first fire hydrants in New York City in 1817




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✓ George Smith




Public call boxes were first introduced in which American city during the 1850s?


✓ Washington DC




Firefighters usually report to -


✓ A supervising officer who is in charge of a single company




According to the principle of Span of Control, how many firefighters can a fire officer

effectively control?


✓ 3-7




Guiding or directing a course of action is -


✓ Leading




__ are developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions.


✓ Policies




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Activated fire protection alarms represent the second most common response, and

represent __ of the responses.


✓ 20%




With activated fire protection system alarms what is the ratio of real fires in relation to false

alarms?


✓ 1:100




Fire codes that are created or amended in reaction to a specific fire disaster are known as

the -


✓ Catastrophic theory of reform




Which one of the following would be the authority having jurisdiction for a local fire code?


✓ The local fire chief, local code enforcement officer or local fire marshall




What is meant when states adopt mini/max codes.


✓ The local jurisdiction do not have the option of adopting more

restrictive regulations.




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The National Building Code was first published by the National Board of Fire Underwriters

in -


✓ 1905




A complete set of model codes would include which of the following?


(1) Building code. (2) Electrical code. (3) Plumbing code. (4) Mechanical code. (5) Fire

prevention code.


✓ All of the Above




The model code process normally updates every -


✓ 2 to 5 years.




Normally code regulations that applied to a particular building at the time it was built

remain in effect, as long as -


✓ The building is occupied for the same purpose.




Which of the following classes of standpipes provides both 1.5 and 2.5 inch connections

with a preconnected 1.5 inch hoseline intended to be used by the occupants until the fire

department arrives at the scene?


✓ Class III.

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