Fire Officer 4

Chapter 9

Knowledge Check

1. A chief officer who is an effective advocate for the fire service will:
2. Police and fire officials can deny media personnel entrance to a crime scene or incident scene:
3. Chief officers can develop strong political relationships and resources by:
4. Which is the media's obligation to the public?
5. If chief officers fail to stay politically neutral, they may have difficulty:
6. The nonpartisan policy institute that educates members of Congress about the needs and challenges of fire and emergency services organizations is the:
7. How can social media be beneficial with regard to enhancing the organization's public image?
8. How can chief officers and public infonnation officers create and maintain a positive image for the organization?
9. Which organization should a chief officer to join to become politically involved in fire and emergency services issues?
10. A benefit of having interagency teams is that they:
11. A network of organizations that have compatible communications systems and standardized response procedures is the result of:
12. The type of legislation adopted depends on:
13. When incident management teams are formed by agencies that are likely to respond together, the incident management responsibilities and authority are:
14. As part of the political decision-making process, chief officers provide information to politicians and:
15. In which type of incident would interagency contact between local and federal agencies occur?
16. Which item should be included in formal intergovernmental agreements?
17. Ride-along programs allow politicians to:
18. The public infonnation officer for an organization should know:
19. Which level of government would enact laws such as pensions and building, fire, and zoning codes in unincorporated areas?
20. A guideline for chief officers when interacting with government officials includes developing a strategic plan with:
21. In order to be effective advocates for the fire service, chief officers must:
22. Which is a guideline for chief officers when dealing with political activities?
23. When chief officers present information to public officials, the information should:
24. If a governing body poses a question that a fire department liaison cannot answer, the liaison should:
25. At highway transportation incidents, interagency conflicts can be reduced by preincident planning and joint training operations based on:
26. Unified Command (UC) allows all agencies to be a part of the UC without losing or giving up agency authority, responsibility, or accountability while:
27. Which is a protocol for media operating at an emergency incident?
28. Adoption of collective bargaining agreements and policies relating to the purchase of capital items are examples of ordinances at the:
29. Formal intergovernmental agreements are considered __ documents.
30. Federal government prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans are integrated into one all-discipline, all-hazard approach to domestic incident management referred to as the;