Fire Instructor II

What role do Level II Instructors have in supervising other instructors? (293)

Level II Instructors may be responsible for the supervision of other instructors.

Level II Instructors will select a student they believe is capable of a supervisory role.

Level II Instructors may recommend a Level III Instructor for supervising responsibilities.

Level II Instructors can supervise other instructors as long as a Level III Instructor is present.

The training agenda is only as relevant as the: (294)

Experience of the supervisor.

Communication between supervisors and instructors.

Amount of training the instructors have already recieved.

Communication between Level II and Level III Instructors.

Supervisors who communicate goals and objectives clearly and provide periodic progress reports should find that: (294)

Instructors modify the reports.

Instructors function more efficiently and effectively.

Level III Instructors will offer recognition for quality performance

The department's professional development process has been completed.

By emphasizing instructors' _____, supervisors demonstrate their commitment to developing well-trained, highly qualified instructors. (294)

Personal experiences

High scores or grades

Accolades and awards

Personal professional development

To effectively empower instructors, supervisors must: (295)

Relinquish some authority.

Have instructors practice being in a supervisor role.

Emphasize the importance of promotion to a supervisor role.

Demonstrate the authority instructors can have as supervisors.

When personnel meet objectives or achieve significant accomplishments, a supervisor should: (295)

Recommend the participants for promotion or pay raises.

Challenge the rest of the personnel to achieve the same accomplishments.

Announce the accomplishment to the rest of the department/organization and congratulate the participant(s).

Congratulate the participant(s) in private so that the remaining personnel do not feel like the supervisor is "playing favorites".

What is one way to recognize instructors for quality performance? (295)

Focus on the areas for improvement.

Let the instructors have a paid day off.

Hold group gatherings or parties to encourage unit cohesiveness and spirit.

Provide monetary bonuses to the instructors that had quality performances.

When resolving conflicts between instructors or instructors and students, what is one guideline a supervisor should follow? (295)

Focus on the conflict, not the individuals.

Fill out a written report and file it in the parties' records.

Use the conflict as a teaching moment for the other instructors and students.

Do not let the parties continue to express themselves, as it builds up the conflict.

After publishing a schedule for any course or curriculum, the next step would be to: (297)

Coordinate training.

Determine availability.

Determine requirements.

Revise the schedule, if needed.

How should supervisors factor instructor availability into a training schedule? (298)

Supervisors should arrange the schedule to minimize conflict with other duties or leave time.

Supervisors should have instructors reduce their other roles so that they can focus on training.

Supervisors should schedule multiple training opportunities to meet the needs of instructors serving multiple roles.

Supervisors should determine which instructors need the training most, and work around those instructors' schedules.

It is best to schedule training: (298)

With a few students at a time.

In adverse environments to challenge the students.

When the largest possible number of students are available.

Around holidays or other times when students will likely be available.

A training schedule should reflect the _____ needs of the organization in order to establish recurring and projected training needs. (300)

Overall

Financial

Previous and future

Short- and long-term

Requirements for a course or curriculum schedule: (300)

Will change every five years.

Should be determined by Level III Instructors.

Are solely determined by government mandates.

Should be researched annually by the supervisor.

When determining the availability of personnel, supervisors should: (300)

Determine the availability of students before instructors and facilities.

Determine the availability of instructors and facilities before creating a training schedule.

Schedule most training in the evenings or on weekends because personnel will most likely be available.

Offer optional attendance to class periods so unavailable personnel are not penalized for missing class periods.

Larger fire and emergency services classes: (300)

Are generally more expensive.

Are generally more cost effective.

Should only have one supervisor to coordinate training.

Will be less effective than small classes or group sessions.

When creating a training schedule, supervisors should: (301)

Distribute a draft to members of the AHJ.

Create the schedule on no more than a 12-month cycle.

Plan to have most training sessions on nights or weekends.

Schedule no more than three inclement weather days that do not have to be made up.

To aid with revising training schedules, the supervisor and training staff should: (302)

Review the training schedules annually.

Review the training schedule periodically.

Make short-term schedules instead of long-term so that they can be revised quickly.

Make long-term schedules instead of short-term so that there is plenty of time in advance to make changes.

As a Level II Instructor, what role does a supervisor generally have when determining budgetary needs? (302)

Supervisors submit budget requests to the instructors.

Supervisors approve budget requests that are submitted by instructors.

Supervisors take budget requests from instructors and submit them as a budgetary form to an organization.

Supervisors decide whether they can approve a budget request, or if it needs to be passed up the chain of command.

When submitting an operational budget request for manuals, for example, a supervisor should consult the publisher's catalogue to determine the price of the book, and: (304)

Compare it to the price of books on different topics.

Multiply that amount by the number of expected students.

Multiply that by the number of instructors that expect to use the manual.

Research how long the manual will be in circulation before it is replaced with a new edition.

Requests that organizations make for a large, one-time purchase may require greater justification and can be found in: (304)

Trust funds.

Capital budgets.

Enterprise funds.

Operational budgets.

AHJ budget policies may require supervisors to: (304)

Budget for twice the expected training expenditures.

Compare the operational budget to the capital budget.

Compare their budget requests to the previous year's budget.

Balance charitable contributions between capital purchases and operating expenses.

Grants and charitable contributions in the fire and emergency services organizations: (304)

Cannot supplement the AHJ's budget.

Must come from the individual private citizens.

Are not used in most municipal departments.

Are usually intended to address a specific need.

Funds donated for capital purchases: (305)

Have few restrictions.

Must come from grants.

Are used for that purpose only.

Are used for operating expenses.

Block grants in the fire and emergency services: (306)

Are not funded by government programs.

Are rarely used because they are to obtain.

Maximize the bureaucratic aspects of the budgeting process.

Provide funding for defined purposes but with few restrictions.

Often the documentation used in a budget request justification: (306)

Fails to include injury reports and fire losses.

Is created and submitted by the AHJ through a need analysis.

Is the same research that was initially used to prepare the budget.

Is not required if the supervisor can summarize the research in a budgetary needs form.

Items specifically requested during budget preparation, if approved, are purchased through a bidding process that is typically funded by: (308)

Capital funds.

Operating funds.

Direct donations.

Leases/purchases.

A lease/purchase arrangement in the fire and emergency services: (309)

Is used for obtaining operational items.

Is used exclusively when equipment is needed for a long duration.

Is illegal because a lease/purchase is not considered a funding source.

Requires a cost/benefit analysis be made to compare the direct purchase with the lease/purchase cost.

If equipment integral to the continuation of training unexpectedly break: (309)

The supervisor will draw funds from a special account to replace the equipment.

Adjustments may have to be made in the budget to purchase replacement equipment.

The instructor must verify replacement insurance is in place before proceeding with the training.

It will need to be determined if it was due to an accident or negligence before deciding to replace the equipment.

If jurisdictions have a publisher from whom they purchase manuals or other materials as a matter of policy, a supervisor should: (309)

Contact the Better Business Bureau to verify the publishers' competitors.

See if there are better deals everywhere and suggest them to the authority having jurisdiction.

Still contact the manufacturer to see if there is special pricing in agreements with the jurisdiction

Ask recent purchasers about their experiences with the vendor to make sure they still meet the jurisdiction's standards.

To actually release funds for purchases, the supervisor first completes the: (309)

Block grant

Purchase order

Budget release form

Budget request justification

The type and format of training records: (310)

Must be the same for all jurisdictions

May depend on the needs of the AHJ

Must be developed by Level III Instructors

May depend on the needs of the supervisor

Basic skills refresher training in ropes and knots is an example of: (311)

Training mandated and recorded by OSHA.

Company-level training that may be recorded.

The type of basic training that does not need to be recorded

Special training that a source outside the organization provides and records.

What should a Level II Instructor do once he or she has collected records from Instructors? (311)

Store the records in a secure location.

Post them for future review by prospective students.

Store the records in a database and destroy any paper copies.

Sort them based on the performance contained in the records.

What information should be included on any record or report in order to cease the record auditing process? (312)

The operational budget of the organization

The previous date the records were audited

The dates and times records were completed

The amount of capital funds obtained by the organization.

The length of time that records must be retained by the organization: (312)

Should be no more than a year

Depends on state/provincial and local laws.

Should be the same across all organizations.

Depends on how often the organization updates its training records.

Which statement regarding the privacy of training records and reports is accurate? (312-313)

Training records may be considered part of a private employment file and access to them should be limited.

Test scores are considered open record and are not protected by FERPA in the fire and emergency services

Using social security numbers for records identification reduces the potential for improper use or identity theft.

Training records contain information for prospective employers and colleagues, and are therefore open records.

Federal law presumes that all records are: (313)

Protected by FERPA.

Only accessible by those with a need to know.

Open and jurisdictions will disclose information that is exempt.

Private and can only be disclosed through the Open Records Act.

The risk-management plan: (250)

Does not apply to training evolutions

Establishes solutions for any possible problem during training

Neglects consideration of the frequency and severity of the risk

Establishes appropriate controls to minimize or eliminate identified risks

Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the Level II Instructor as part of the leadership of the administration? (250-251)

Provide adequate personal protective equipment

Perform medical evaluations before any training activities

Ensure that all safety equipment is properly installed and operating

Provide policies and procedures for the safe use of the apparatus and equipment

Which of the following is an example of a physical limitation that could compromise safety during training? (253)

Excitable and oversensitive attitude

Being insufficiently informed about the training

Inability to see or hear enough for a situation

Lack of experience with requisite knowledge of skills

When conducting a hazard and risk analysis over potential hazards that have led to injuries, prioritize risks according to: (253)

IMS standards.

Frequency and severity.

Job necessity and learning objectives.

Occurrence within several jurisdictions.

What is an IMS position the instructor may need to staff in order to effectively manage training evolutions? (254)

Safety Officer

Hazmat Technician

Administrative Supervisor

Vehicle Extrication Officer

Like operational IAPs, training plans consist of: (254-255)

Staff reports, organizational evaluations, and postincident critiques.

Preincident reports, less outlines, and potential safety problems.

Planning organizational objectives, organizations, assignments, support materials, and a safety message.

Skill sheets, skills evaluation checklists, hazard and risk analysis, and postincident critiques.

If safety problems are discovered when evaluating the training evaluation,: (257)

The evolution should not be reused.

The problems should be corrected before the evolution is reused.

The problems should be addressed by changing the learning objectives.

The evolution should be used again to determine if the problem was caused by improper student behavior

What should instructors consider about runoff water from training evolutions? (257)

Emergency services organizations are required to have storm drains equipped with filtration systems.

Permits will not be required if the evolution releases a low level of a contaminant that will not cause environmental damage.

Most training divisions have the ability to clean contaminated materials from runoff water before it reaches streams, rivers, or lakes.

Training facilities should have systems that trap, contain, and clean contaminated water and foams from training props, especially when using flammable liquids.

Local open-burning ordinances: (258)

Regulate the removal of hazardous waste from runoff water.

Prohibit the release of any hydrocarbons into the atmosphere.

May require acquiring a permit which must be displayed at the training site.

Do not require a permit for burnings that occur during training evolutions.

Which statement about containing runoff water to prevent soil contamination is accurate? (258)

Instructors should consult the AHJ, usually the FBI, about the relevant rules and regulations.

Using nonbiodegradable extinguishing agents will prevent the contamination of soil by runoff water.

Small quantities of fuels and nonbiodegradable extinguishing agents in runoff water will not contaminate soil therefore will not need to be removed.x

If it is impossible to meet the requirements for containing runoff water, training should be performed on a nonporous concrete surface that can be cleaned with inert materials.

After any training accident, instructors should: (259)

Continue the training evaluation.

Decide if the accident was severe enough to require an investigation.

Require students to fill out any appropriate forms as a teaching moment.

Obtain statements immediately after the accident from persons involved and potential witnesses.

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