what is the mission of the fire service - Correct Answer save lives, property and environment
what is the ideal span of control - Correct Answer 3-7 under one supervisor
The formal line of authority, responsibility, and communication within an organization. - Correct Answer chain of com...
BEFO final Questions And Expert Verified Answers
what is the mission of the fire service - Correct Answer save lives, property and environment
what is the ideal span of control - Correct Answer 3-7 under one supervisor
The formal line of authority, responsibility, and communication within an organization. - Correct Answer
chain of command
Basic unit of fire fighting operations - Correct Answer company
what does a company consist of - Correct Answer apparatus, firefighters, and an officer
multiple companies within a response area - Correct Answer battalion or response district
performs fire suppression duties - Correct Answer engine company
Performs forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation, salvage and overhaul, and utilities control and
provides access to upper levels of a structure? - Correct Answer truck (ladder) company
searches for and removes victims - Correct Answer rescue company
Extinguishes ground cover or grass fires and protects structures in areas close to fields and woodlands -
Correct Answer brush company
standard operating procedures - Correct Answer SOPs
establishes codes, standards, guidelines, and recommended practices for the prevention and control of
fire - Correct Answer National Fire Protection Association
What is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities - Correct Answer Cardiovascular disease
what are the 3 zones of an incident scene - Correct Answer Hot zone, warm zone, and cold zone
What are the 3 types of accountability - Correct Answer Passport System, SCBA Tag system, computer
based
Electrical field that radiates outward from where the current enters the ground - Correct Answer
ground gradient
Separate telecommunications or dispatch centers that the fire department, EMS, or law enforcement
agency operates - Correct Answer Emergency service specific telecommunications center
central location that takes all emergency calls and routes the calls to the scene - Correct Answer Public
Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
who regulates all radio communication in the United States - Correct Answer Federal Communications
Commission (FCC)
Radios used in fixed locations such as fire stations, telecommunications centers, training centers, or
administrative offices are referred to as: - Correct Answer Base station radios
common radio limitations - Correct Answer distance, physical barriers, dead zones, interference,
ambient noise
building type which provides the highest level of fire protection, made of concrete and steel - Correct
Answer Type 1 (fire resistive)
building type which is composed of materials that won't contribute to fire development or spread,
commonly with open web joists - Correct Answer Type 2 (noncombustible)
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