,the NFPA requires that, at minimum ppe clothing should be cleaned every _______ months
a. 12
b. 6
c. 9
d. 14 - Correct Answers: b. 6
National Fire Protection 1001 is ?
A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
C. Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program
D. standard for Blood Borne Pathogen training - Correct Answers: A. Standard for firefighting
professional qualifications
Historically, the standard operating unit of a fire department is ?
A. the firefighter
B. The company
C. the battalion
D. a platoon/shift - Correct Answers: B. The company
Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501 - Correct Answers: A. NFPA 1582
,Directions: Read the following statements and choose the correct answer from alternatives A-D
Statement 1: A policy is a guide to thinking or decision making
Statement 2: a procedure is a detailed plan of action
Statement 3: Standard operating procedures apply to both emergency and non-emergency situations
A. st. 1 is true; st 2 and 3 are false
B. st 1 and 2 are false; st 3 is true
C. St 1 is false; st 2 and 3 are true
D. all statements are true - Correct Answers: D. all statements are true
Which is true regarding NFPA standards
A. they are regarded as law
B. they consensus documents
C. they are adopted at the federal level
D. they identify the maximum allowable by law. - Correct Answers: B. they consensus documents
What is the difference in a dept's SOP's as opposed to the SOG's ?
A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
B. SOP's and SOG's are exactly alike
C. SOP's are not as strict as SOG's
D. Both are required to meet NFPA 1500 requirements. - Correct Answers: A. SOP's are specific, and
SOG's are not
, Life safety, incident stabilization, and ___________ are the three most important orginization duties for
FD's to pursue.
A. Building inspections
B. public information
C. Property conservation
D. Resource management - Correct Answers: C. Property conservation
What is the principle called that says each firefighter answers to only one supervisor ?
A. Span of responsibility
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Delegation of duty - Correct Answers: C. Unity of command
What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
a. 25
B. 9
C.13
D. 7 - Correct Answers: D. 7
the process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them more manageable is described as ?
a. chain of command
b. division of labor
c. span of control
d. unity of command - Correct Answers: b. division of labor
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