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Firefighter Knowledge Quiz
Test your knowledge of fire service principles and practices with our comprehensive quiz designed specifically for aspiring and current firefighters. This quiz covers a range of topics from leadership to specialized training, ensuring a well-rounded assessment of your understanding.
Key features:
- 44 challenging questions
- Multiple choice format
- Immediate scoring feedback
What does the golden rule mean when applied to the fire service?
Working as a team is essential to success
Treat eveyone else as if they were a member of your family
Stay humble and teachable, and be willing to teach others
Honor the job by working hard and doing your best
Which position serves as a point of contact between the incident commander and the news media
Liaison officer
Planning section chief
Agency representative
Public information officer
Which style of leadership does the fire department use
Top centralized
Distributed
Decentralized
Paramilitary
Seventy-one percent of career fire fighters work in jurisdictions with a population of ______ or more.
25,000
50,000
75,000
100,000
Approximately _____ percent of fire fighters in the united states are volunteers
34
46
55
70
The earliest known fire department was in
The ottoman empire
Greece
Ancient rome
Germany
Which development led to the widespread use of the mechanized pumping apparatus
Wagon-mounted steam engines
Jacketed hos
Internal combustion engines
Private insurance
In the fire service, the bugle has become a symbol
Fraternity
Courage
Service
Authority
Where was the first fire insurance company formed in america
Chicago, illinois
Charleston, south carolina
New york, new york
Boston, massachusetts
For whom should fire fighters consider that they work
Their supervisors
Their team
The tax-paying citizens
Themselves
Which basic management principle says that each fire fighter should answer to only one supervisor
Span of control
Division of labor
Organizational accountability
Unity of command
According to FEMA, span of control of personnel is between:
3 and 7
5 and 10
1 and 10
2 and 5
A fire fighter will most typically report directly to a person of which rank
Lieutenant
Battalion chief
Section chief
Unit leader
Which rank is directly above a lieutenant in the fire service
Captain
Division/group supervisor
Division chief
Battalion chief
In a typical fire department rank structure, an assistant chief reports directly to the
Chief of the department
Command staff
Section chief
Battalion chief
Truck companies are sometimes referred to as ______ companies
Ladders
Engines
Rapid iterventions
Rescue
Which type of company specializes in saving victims from fires, confined spaces, trenches, and high-angle situations
Rescue
Truck
engine
Rapid intervention
A fire fighter with specialized knowledge and training for high-angle rescue, structural collapse, trench rescue, confines-space, and similar operations is a
Technical rescuer
Fire fighter ll
Search and rescue technician
Special operations technician
Which are developed to provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions
Policies
Regulations
Standard operationf procedures
Tactical objectives
What does the "S" stand for in "SOP"
Specific
Special
Standard
Sequential
Which are the two level of the NFPA fire fighter certification
Junior and senior
Interior and exterior
Basic and advanced
L and ll
Training and performance qualification for firefighters are specified in which of the NFPA standard
1001
472
1021
1500
Medical requirements for fire fighters are specified in which the NFPA standard
902
1002
1582
1962
The individual responsible for the management of the incident operations is the
Operations chief
Company officer
Incident commander/IC
Commanding officer
A fire fighters with specialized training for aircraft and airport-related incidents is an
Aircraft rescue fire fighter
Aviations rescue technician
Technical rescue technician
Aviations operations specialist
A fire fighter whois trained and certified in chemical identification, leak control, and decontamination is a
Fire fighter ll
Spill management technician
Hazardous materials technician
Materials technical specialists
Specific information on the actions to be taken to accomplish a certain task is provided by
Standard operating procedures
Policies
Rules and regulations
Incident action plans
Which type company is responsible for securing a water source, deploying handlines, and putting water on the fire
Engine
Initial attack
Rescue
Truck
Which type of company specializes in incidents involving spilled or leaking hazardous chemicals
Engine
Truck
Hazardous material
Salvage
Who is responsible for coordinating the activities of several companies in defined geographic area such as district
Section chief
Captain
Battalion chief
Assistant chief
Which term is defined as guiding and directing fire fighters to do what their fire department expects of them
Discipline
Training
Unity of command
Span control
Organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into series of smaller tasks is an example of
Discipline
Unity of command
Division of labor
Span of control
The number of people whom one person can supervise effectively is known as
Span of control
Functional supervision
Chain of command
Division of labor
Which position specializes in reviewing plans for fire detection and suppression systems for functionality and code compliance
Fire systems specialist
Fire prevention officer
Fire safety educator
Fire protection engineer
Which national organization writes codes and standards fore fire protections
NFPA
FEMA
USFA
OSHA
NIMS
Who developed the first fire hydrant
Ben franklin
Hans hautsch
John lofton
Frederick graff
Which is one of the four basic management principles used by fire departments
Division of labor
Management by objective
Common terminology
Delegation of authority
NFPA standards are _________ codes are standards
Consensus-based
Prescriptive
Administrative law
Authoritative
The goal of _____ is to ensure that all members of agency perform a given task in uniform way
Standard operating procedures
The manual of operations
Tactical objectives
Policies
The __________ creates a structure though which a department manages its routine and emergency operations
Incident command system
Division of labor
Scalar structure
Chain of command
Which cultural characteristic mean taking action even through you have doubts or fears about the consequences
Integrity
Honor
Moral courage
Steadfastness
What is the set shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterize an institution or organization
Culture
Character
Tone
Ethic
Which fire was precursor for today's NFPA 101 life safety code and helped bring about changes like sprinkler system where more than 25 people
Ohio state penitentiary
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
Beverly hills supper club
Iroquois theatre
Which was one of the major U.S fires of 1871
Cocoanut grove fire
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
Great chicago fire
Iroquois theatre fire
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