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IFSTA 7TH EDITION - EXAM REVIEW (CHAPTERS 1,2,3,4,5,6,16)

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IFSTA 7TH EDITION - EXAM REVIEW (CHAPTERS
1,2,3,4,5,6,16)
Most common fire department organizational structure - Answers- scalar (uninterrupted
series of steps, going from chief to blue shirt)

Formal line of authority responsibility and communication within an organization -
Answers- chain of command

Each employee reports directly to just one supervisor moving up the chain of command,
all personnel ultimately report to the fire chief - Answers- unity of command

Maximum number of subordinates or functions that any one supervisor can control -
Answers- span of control

Ideal span of control - Answers- 3 to 7, but five is considered optimal

The process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them more manageable, to
assign responsibility, to assign specific and clear cut tasks, and prevent duplication of
effort - Answers- division of labor

Departments staffed with by mixture of career and volunteer firefighters - Answers-
combination department

A guide to decision making within an organization - Answers- policy

Detailed written plans that list specific steps for approaching A reoccurring problem or
situation - Answers- procedure

Six major organizational functions of an incident command system - Answers-
command, operations, planning, logistics, finance administration, and intelligence

What is the best way to remember the difference between firefighter one and firefighter
2 - Answers- if it sounds pretty cool it's firefighter 2, if it sounds boring and basic it's
firefighter 1

What does NFPA mean - Answers- national fire protection association

What does NIOSH mean - Answers- National Institute for Occupational Safety and
health

What NFPA number establishes safety requirements for all uses of fire department
apparatus - Answers- NFPA 1500

What does IDLH mean - Answers- immediately dangerous to life and health

,Fire departments should provide all members with at least one full set of PPE but
preferably - Answers- 2

How often should PPE be cleaned - Answers- after every exposure to smoke

The leading cause of firefighter fatalities is what - Answers- cardiovascular disease

Acute versus chronic - Answers- acute is quick onset, chronic is long lasting

When can you remove your SCBA - Answers- until your supervisor or incident
commander says it is safe to do so

Drugs and alcohol impair your ability to function and - Answers- slow your reaction time

Tobacco can cause what - Answers- cancer, heart disease, and COPD

When dismounting/mounting from a fire apparatus what should be maintained -
Answers- three points of contact

Multiple companies within a response area are grouped into a _______ - Answers-
batallion

Performs fire suppression duties at structure, vehicle, wildland and other types of fires -
Answers- engine company

Performs forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation, salvage, overhaul, and utilities
control - Answers- truck (ladder) company

Searches for and removes victims from areas of danger and treatment - Answers-
rescue company

Extinguishers ground cover or grass fires and protect structures in areas close to fields
or Woodlands - Answers- brush company

Deliver services to the public - Answers- line personnel

Provide administrative and logistical support for line personnel in areas such as finance,
maintenance, and training - Answers- staff personnel

What does A H J stand for - Answers- authority having jurisdiction

Term for where trained personnel are working to resolve the problem at the scene, only
personnel who are directly involved in disposing of the problem are allowed to enter this
zone - Answers- hot zone

, Term for the zone immediately outside the hot zone - Answers- warm zone

Immediately surrounds the hot and warm zones and may include the incident command
post, location of rapid intervention crews, and the location of the public information
officer - Answers- cold zone

Most common power source used by emergency services personnel - Answers-
generators

What is used to convert a vehicles electrical current - Answers- inverter

All auxiliary equipment must be waterproof and design for the amount of electrical
current it is intended to carry, what is this called - Answers- intrinsically safe

Sometimes called A tag system company officers have a passport listing for every
member of their crew - Answers- passport system

System that can provide more accountability data and greater safety, exit time is based
on the air pressure and the lowest reading SCBA in the team - Answers- SBA tag
system

What personal accountability system provides the greatest level of safety - Answers-
computer based electronic accountability system

Provides A coordinated approach to a wide variety of incidents - Answers- all hazard
concept

Regulates all radio communication in the United states - Answers- Federal
Communications Commission FCC

Using plain English rather than any agency specific codes such as 10 codes - Answers-
clear text

Radios used in fixed locations such as fire stations telecommunications centers, training
centers, or administrative offices - Answers- base station radios

Radios mounted in fire apparatus ambulances and other staff vehicles powered by the
vehicles electrical system - Answers- mobile radios

Handheld devices that are less powerful than fixed or mobile radios that are powered
buy rechargeable or replaceable batteries - Answers- portable radios

Distance, physical barriers, dead zones, interface, and ambient noise affect what -
Answers- radio quality

What radio channel is assigned during an incident - Answers- tactical channel

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