Fire Officer 1

Chapter 2

Knowledge Check

1. What classification of fire and emergency services organization generally protects large areas of unincorporated land that contain large populations?
2. Personnel assigned by a supervisor to perform duties for and report to a second supervisor are operating under:
3. The size of a municipal fire station is primarily dependent on the:
4. In most cases, volunteer fire and emergency services personnel respond to emergencies from:
5. A commercial facility may establish its own facility fire brigade when there is a need for a(an):
6. Jurisdictions of public fire and emergency services organizations may be tied to a(an):
7. Lands under the authority of officially recognized Native American tribes receive fire and emergency protection through:
8. Combination organizations provide staffing and receive funding in accordance with the:
9. Some volunteer fire organizations are nonprofit corporations governed by a(an):
10. Organizations that join together in a mutual aid agreement may do so to:
11. Using mutual aid, automatic aid, or outside aid agreements for large or exceptional incidents is a common technique used to:
12. Mutual aid agreements include jurisdictional maps, evacuation routes, and hydrant locations in case of a(an):
13. Generally, state/provincial emergency fire suppression companies are organized for:
14. When a subordinate is working near other coworkers, a company officer functioning as a supervisor may:
15. Industrial fire brigades and for-profit fire and emergency services organizations are two examples of:
16. Fire and emergency service personnel who deliver services to the public or external customers are referred to as:
17. Fire and emergency service personnel who provide support to internal or external customers for training, logistics, and personnel administration are referred to as:
18. Paid-on-call fire and emergency services organizations resemble volunteer organizations in that stations are:
19. In an organization with a centralized decision-making authority, decisions are made by:
20. Personnel under the chain of command report directly to a(an):
21. What areas fall under the jurisdiction of federal fire and emergency services organizations?
22. In a decentralized organizational model, lower-level personnel given decision-making authority are:
23. Cross training should be provided so that company personnel are able to:
24. Fire departments in fire districts operate under:
25. Company officers should become acquainted with the mutual aid agreement and with __ that might be involved in a response.
26. Delegation is the process of providing subordinates with the authority, direction, and resources needed to:
27. Organizations entering into an aid agreement should treat the agreement as a(an):
28. Before an incident occurs, fire and emergency services organizations participating in mutual aid agreements should:
29. Accountability for decisions within a fire organization is almost always:
30. Subordinate personnel break the unity of command through sidestepping by: