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Fire Officer 1 Study Guide 100% Correct
Question : According to NFPA, how many levels of fire officers
are there?
CORRECT ANSWER : 4
Question : Which level of fire officer is generally associated
with supervising a single fire company or apparatus?
CORRECT ANSWER : Fire Officer I
Question : What is the lowest level of fire officer that is
qualified for a chief officer position?
CORRECT ANSWER: Fire Officer III
Question : Which level of fire officer is generally associated as
being the senior non chief officer in a department?
CORRECT ANSWER : Fire Officer II
Question : At the Fire Officer I level, emphasis is placed on
accomplishing the departments goals and objectives by work through ________ to achieve the desired results.
CORRECT ANSWER : Subordinates
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Question : Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I,
what are the requirements for certification as an instructor?
CORRECT ANSWER : NFPA Fire Instructor I
Question : Which term does the International Association of Fire
Chiefs use for Fire Officer I?
CORRECT ANSWER : Supervising Fire Officer
Question : Historically, how did the fire service originate in the
United States?
CORRECT ANSWER : As communities of civilian volunteers.
Question : According to the NFPA, approximately what
percentage of fire fighters in the United States are volunteers?
CORRECT ANSW ER: 69 percent
Question : Which type of fire department uses full-time career
personnel with volunteer or paid-on-call to staff the department?
CORRECT ANSWER : Combination
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Question : Although there are four common forms of staffing
fire department organizations, most discussions divide the fire fighters into which two categories?
CORRECT ANSWER : Career and Volunteer
Question : Which type of organization do private industries or
nongovernmental organizations use to provide fire protection for factories, processing plants, and large private facilities?
CORRECT ANSWER : Brigades
Question : In 1871, two major fires occurred that would change
the way the United States viewed and responded to fire. What was one of those fires?
CORRECT ANSWER : The Great Chicago Fire
Question : When steam-powered fire engines were introduced in
the 1800s, what was the reaction of many volunteer fire fighters?
CORRECT ANSWER : Fire fighters were threatened by the
apparatus and resisted their use.
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Question : Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled
citizens to send a coded telegraph signal to the fire department dispatch center?
CORRECT ANSWER : Public call boxes
Question : What was the first building codes originally
developed to prevent?
CORRECT ANSWER: Building collapse
Question : Which industry played a major role in the
development of the first model building codes?
CORRECT ANSWER : The insurance industry
Question : Despite the invention of technical firefighting
equipment, what is the most important resource on a fire scene?