Firefighter Essentials Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

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Orientation and History

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Fire Mark

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Distinctive metal marker once produced by insurance companies for identifying their policy holders buildings

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Life Safety

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1st and most highest priority on a fire scene

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Emergency Operations

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Activities involved in responding to the scene of a incident and performing assigned duties in order to mitigate the emergency

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Chain of Command

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Order of Rank and authority in the fire service

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Discipline

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setting the limits or boundaries for expected performance and enforcing them

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Policy

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Guide to decision making in a organization

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Procedure

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A written communication closely related to a policy

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Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

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Standard methods or rules in which an organization or FD operates to carry out a routine Function

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Incident Command System

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System by which facilities equipment personnel procedures and communication are organized to operate within a common organization structure designed to aid in management of resources

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Incident Command

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Responsible for all incident activities

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Safety Officer

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Monitors incident operations and advises the IC on all issues related to operational safety

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Liaison Officer

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Point of contact for other government and non-government agencies and private sector organizations

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Public Information officer

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interfaces with the public and media

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Operations sector

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Reports directly to the IC and is responsible for all activities focused on reducing hazards, saving lives and property

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Planing section Chief

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Collecting Documenting evaluating and dissemination of incident situations information and intelligence

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Logistics Chief

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responsible for all support requirements needed to facilitate effective and efficient incident management

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Financial Admin

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Financial and administrative support services

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Information/Intelligence Function

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Analyzing and sharing incident information and intelligence

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Assigned

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resources committed to an organization

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Available

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resources checked in and not assigned

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Branch

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Organization level between division/group and the IC ops

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Command

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directing ordering and controlling resources by virtue of explicit legal, agency, or delegated authority

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command post

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Location at which all incident ops are located

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Division

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geographic designation assigning responsibility for all operations within a defined area

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Group

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Functional Designation (forcible entry, salvage vent)

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Incident action plan

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Written or unwritten plan for managing an emergency

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Out of service

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resources not available for assignment

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Resources

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All personnel and major pieces of apparatus on scene or en route

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Single Resource

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individual personnel and equipment items and operations associated with them

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Strike Team

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Set number of resources of the same kind and type with an established minimum number of personnel

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Strategic Mode

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Determines the positions for companies operating on scene

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Supervisor

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In command of division or group

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Task Force

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Combination of resources assembled in support of a specific mission r operational need

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Integrity

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Doing the right thing simply because its right

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Moral Character

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Truthfulness and Honesty

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Work Ethic

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doing what needs to be done without being told