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1. What style of leadership does the fire department use?
ANS Paramilitary
2. Three out of four career firefighters work in jurisdictions with a population of
or more. ANS 25,
3. How old is the practice of having fire departments?
ANS It goes back to ancient Rome, about 2000 years ago.
4. 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? ANS The Peshtigo Fire
5. What were the original "hooks" of "hook-and-ladder" frame used for?
ANS For pulling down burning structures to prevent extension to exposures.
6. What does the bugle of the insignia for the fire service indicate?
ANS Authority
7. Where was the first fire insurance company formed in America?
ANS -
Charleston, South Carolina
8. For whom should firefighters consider that they work?
ANS The tax-paying citizens
9. What principle says each firefighter answers to only one supervisor?
ANS Uni- ty of command
10. What is generally considered the upper limit of span of control?
ANS 5
11. To what rank do firefighters usually report?
ANS Lieutenants
12. What is the next level up from a lieutenant in the fire service?
ANS Captain
13. Where in the rank structure are assistant chiefs?
ANS Between battalion chiefs and the chief of the department
14. What is another term for truck companies?
ANS Ladder companies
15. What type of company is usually responsible for rescuing victims from fires,
confined spaces, trenches, and high-angle situations? ANS Rescue compa- ny
16. What is another term for the rank of driver/operator
ANS Engineer
17. A rescue situation requires specialized knowledge or training in structur- al
collapse, trench rescue, swift water rescue, confined-space rescue, etc. What is the term for a firefighter who has this training? ANS Technical rescue technician
18. What is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future
actions? ANS Policies
be taken to accomplish a certain task? ANS Standard Operating Procedures
29. What type of fire company is responsible for securing a water source,
deploying landlines, conducting search and rescue operations, and putting water on fire? ANS Engine Company
30. What type of company responds to and controls scenes involving spilled or
leaking hazardous chemicals? ANS Hazardous Material Company
31. Who are responsible for coordinating the activities of several fire com-
panies in a defined geographic area such as a station or district? ANS Battalion Chiefs
32. What characterizes the set of guidelines that a department establishes for
firefighters? ANS Discipline
33. What is a way of organizing an incident by breaking down the overall
strategy into a series of smaller tasks> ANS Division of Labor
34. The number of people whom one person can supervise effectively is now as
ANS Span of Control
35. Who inspects businesses and enforces public safety laws and fire
codes? ANS Fire Marshal
36. Which national organization writes U.S. codes and standards dealing with fire
protection? ANS NFPA
37. Who developed the fire fireplug (hydrant)?
ANS George Smith in New York, New York.
38. Each Firefighter accident or injury must be investigated thoroughly for two
reasons. One is to determine why it happened. What is the other? ANS To determine how it can be avoided in the future
39. About how many firefighter deaths in the United States occur on the fire
ground, compared to deaths that occur during training or during other routine duties? ANS About the same number
40. According to the text, "A safety program is only as effective as
ANS
ANS The individuals who implement it".
41. To whom does the safety officer report to on the fire ground?
ANS The incident commander
42. Those at the top of the chain of command are responsible for safety. How far
down the chain of command does the responsibility for safety go? in other words, what is the lowest rank that shares the responsibility for safety? ANS The individual department members
48. What is that term of the small magnetic boards carried by company
officers as part of a personnel accountability system? ANS Passports
49. During overhaul, either a safety officer or someone else should be as-
signed to monitor the atmosphere for the presence of what dangerous gas? ANS Carbon monoxide
50. What part of the body should be used for a heavy lift?
ANS The legs
51. Who should accompany firefighters to the rehabilitation area?
ANS The rest of their crew
52. What is one sign or symptom of heat stroke?
ANS Lack of sweating
53. How soon after a traumatic call should CISD be held?
ANS As soon as possible
54. How much of the body is structural firefighting PPE designed to cover?-
ANS Every square inch
55. Structural firefighting PPE is designed to be worn with what specific piece
of equipment? ANS Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
56. What is the purpose of the moisture barriers found in structural firefight- ing
PPE?
ANS To keep liquids and vapors from reaching the skin
57. What part of the structural firefighting PPE is designed to protect the neck
and ears? ANS The fire-retardant hood
58. What is one flame-resistant material?
ANS Nomex
59. When should the inner thermal layer be removed from a turnout coat?
ANS -
Only when its being cleaned
60. From what material(s) can structural firefighting boots be constructed?-
ANS Rubber or leather
61. What is one requirement of structural firefighting gloves?
ANS They must meet the applicable NFPA standard
62. What is the purpose of a PASS device?
ANS To sound an alarm if a firefighter is motionless for a set period of time
63. Why should firefighters make sure their PPE is dry before engaging in
structural firefighting? ANS Because water trapped in the fabric can boil and cause steam burns in fire
64. NFPA 1001 requires firefighters to don personal protective clothing within a
specified time. What time? ANS 60 seconds
emergency call? ANS Seat belts must be worn
75. What term is used by some departments to indicate that firefighters must
work in teams of at least two and remain in constant communication with each other? ANS The buddy system
76. What is the minimum number of firefighters required to make up a fire-
fighting team? ANS 2
77. At least one member of every interior firefighting team should be equipped
with this specific instrument for communication ANS A two-way radio
78. When may a fire apparatus be driven over a downed power line?
ANS Never
79. What radio message is appropriate if a firefighter on the fire ground is
discovered in heat stroke? ANS Mayday
80. What other piece of equipment must be worn with structural firefighting PPE
and SCBA? ANS PASS device
81. Fire helmets have an inner liner for added protection.
ANS Ther- mal
82. How are protective hoods worn?
ANS Over the face piece but under the helmet
83. What is one required feature of structural firefighting boots?
ANS Reinforced toe
84. A PASS device can be set off manually or will go off automatically under what
circumstances? ANS If the device is motionless for a set period of time
85. What gas is produced by combustion and kills by competing with oxygen for
red blood cells, thus asphyxiating the victim? ANS Carbon monoxide
86. How does the realistic use time of an SCBA compare to its rated use time?
ANS The realistic time is considerably less than the rated time
87. When should firefighters use the bypass mode on SCBA?
ANS When the regulator malfunctions
88. NFPA standards require a low-air alarm to activate on SCBA when a
certain percentage of air is left. What percentage? ANS 25%
89. According to the applicable NFPA standard, how often must firefighters have
their SCBA face pieces fit-tested? ANS Every 12 months
90. What is the purpose of skip breathing?
ANS To conserve air
91. During routine SCBA checks, the pressure on the cylinder gauge must be in
agreement with the regulator to remote pressure gauge within what range?
98. When responding to domestic disputes or other scenes involving vio- lence
what should firefighters do? ANS Wait for law enforcement to declare the scene safe
99. What is the NFPA standard on protective ensembles for structural and
proximity firefighting? ANS NFPA 1971
100. What is the NFPA standard on protective clothing and equipment for wild
land firefighting? ANS NFPA 1977
