| Term | Definition |
|---|
| don | put on |
| doff | take off |
| What are the 5 fire fighter guidelines? | 1) Be safe, 2) Follow orders, 3) Work as a team, 4) Think!, 5) Follow the golden rule |
| What minimum amount of education is allowed? | High School Diploma |
| driver/operator (aka chauffeur) | often called the engineer or technician |
| What are the responsibilities of a driver/operator? | getting the fire apparatus to the scene safely, setting up, and running the pump or operating the ariel ladder |
| Who is in charge of an apparatus? | the lieutenant or captain (aka OIC or company officer) |
| safety officer | the person who watches the overall operation for unsafe practices |
| incident commander (IC) | the individual who is responsible for the management of all incident operations |
| incident command system | when facilities, equipment, personnel, etc., from different agencies to work together |
| regulations | rules, usually issued by a government or other legally authorized agency, that dictate how something is done |
| policies | formal statements that provide guidelines for present and future actions |
| engine company | responsible for securing a water source, deploying handlines, protecting exposures, conducting search and rescue operations, and putting water on the fire |
| truck company (aka ladder company) | responsible for forceable entry, ventilation, roof operations, search and rescue, and deployment of ground and ariel ladders |
| deploy | to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up |
| chain of command | a rank structure, spanning the fire fighter through the fire chief, for managing a fire department and fire-grounds operations |
| captain | responsible for managing a fire company and for coordinating the activities of that company among other shifts; station commander |
| In what year did the first fire department start? | 24 B.C. |
| Familia Publica | formed by Roman emperor Augustus Caesar and was composed of approximately 600 slaves |
| What did the city of Boston establish in 1630? | the first fire regulations |
| Explain the first paid fire department: | established in 1679 in Boston, which also had the first fire stations and fire engines |
| Explain the first volunteer fire department: | began in Philidalphia in 1735, under the leadership of Benjamin Franklin |
| Benjamin Franklin | invented the lightning rod |
| consensus document | a code document devloped through agreement between people representing different organizations and interests (i.e. NFPA) |
| What percentage of fire fighters are just volunteer fire fighters? | 73 |
| Where do the funds for fire departments come from? | citizens of the community |
| What change was made from the communications early in the day to now? | fire fighters would shout out loud enough to be heard over the chaos early in the day, now there are two-way radios |
| Describe the job of a watchman: | they would patrol neighborhoods and sounded the alarm if a fire was discovered |
| Describe the job of a fire warden | they would also patrol neighborhoods in search of a fire and would impose fines who did not obey regulations |
| In what year did the emporer Nero establish the Roman Empire's fire protectors? | 60 A.D. |
| In what year did the first documented fire occur in? | 1607 |
| In what year did the first fire regulations start? | 1630 |
| In what year did the first paid fire department arose in? | 1679 |
| In what year did George Washington donate an engine? | 1765 |
| In what year did the first volunteer department start? | 1735 |
| unity of command | the idea that each fire fighter should have only one superior to whom he or she is directly responsible to report to |
| span of control | 5 is the number of people whom one person can supervise effectivly |
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