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Fire Fighter Skills, 4th Edition - Chapter1 questions with answers 100% correct.
What are the five guidelines for successful fire fighter training? (p. 5) ANS - Be safe
Follow orders
Work as a team
Think!
Follow the Golden Rule - Treat each member, victim, or citizen as an important person or as your family
What is the mission of the fire service? (p. 5) ANS - The main mission of the fire department is to save
laves and protect property and the environment through prevention, education, suppression, and
rescue activities.
What is the culture of the fire service? (pp. 5-6) ANS - The culture of an organization can be defined as
"the set of shared attitudes, values, goals and practices that characterize that institution or organization"
Courage
Honor
Duty
Respect
Integrity
Character
Moral Courage
What are general qualifications for becoming a fire fighter? (pp. 6-7) ANS - Age Requirements
**most career departments require candidates to be at least 18 years old, some departments require 21
years old
Education Requirements
,**most career departments require applicants to have a high school diploma or equivalent
Medical Requirements
Physical Fitness Requirements
Emergency Medical Care Requirements
Testing and Interview Requirements
What are the roles and responsibilities of a Fire Fighter 1? (pp. 8-9) ANS - -Don and doff person
protective equipment (ppe) properly
-Hoist hand tools using appropriate ropes and knots
-Understand and correctly apply appropriate communication protocols
-Use self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
-Respond on apparatus to and emergency scene
-Establish and operate safely in emergency work areas
-Force entry into a structure
-Exit a hazardous area safely as a team
-Set up and use ground ladders safely and correctly
-Attack a passenger vehicle fire, and exterior Class A fire, and an interior structure fire
-Conduct search and rescue in a structure
-Preform ventilation of an involved structure
-Overhaul a fire scene
-Conserve property with salvage tools and equipment
-Connect a fire department engine to a water supply
-Extinguish incipient Class A, Class B, and Class C fires
-Illuminate and emergency scene
-Turn off utilities
-Combat ground cover fires
-Preform fire safety surveys
-Clean and maintain equipment
, -Locate information in department documents and standard operating procedures
-Operate as a part of a team
What are common roles of a fire fighter within the fire department? (pp. 9-10) ANS - Fire apparatus
driver/operator
Company officer
Incident safety officer
Training officer
Incident commander (IC)
Fire marshal
Fire inspector
Fire investigator
Fire and life safety educator (FLSE)
911 dispatcher/telecommunicator
Emergency vehicle technician (EVT)
Fire police officer
Information management
Public information officer (PIO)
Fire protection engineer
What are the roles and responsibilities of a Fire Fighter 2? (p. 8-9) ANS - -Preform scene size-up
-Determine the need for the incident command system (ICS)
-Arrange and coordinate ICS until command is transferred
-Prepare reports
-Communicate the need for assistance
-Coordinate an interior attack line team
-Extinguish an ignitable liquid fire
-Control a flammable gas cylinder fire
-Protect evidence of fire cause and origin
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