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NFPA 1021
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STANDARD FOR FIRE OFFICER PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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NFPA 1001
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FIRE FIGHTER PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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NFPA 1041
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FIRE INSTUCTIOR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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FIRE OFFICER II CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THESE THREE GROUPS?
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1. ADMINISTRATIVE
2. NONEMERGENCY 3. EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES |
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ACCORDING NFPA THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS?
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1.1 MILLION
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3 OUT OF 4 FIRE FIGHTERS WORK IN COMMUNITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF?
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25,000 OR MORE
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MORE THAN HALF OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS WORK IN FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT PROTECT SMALL, RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH POPULATIONS OF?
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2,500 OR LESS
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THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE US?
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30,000
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PROBABLY THE FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED BY CEASAR IN 24 BC CALLED WHAT?
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FAMILIA PUBLICA
COMPOSED OF ABOUT 600 SLAVES. |
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NERO ESTABLISHED THIS CORPS CALLED THE WHAT?
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CORPS OF VIGILIES
7000 FREE MEN |
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THIS LEADER ESTABLISHED THE CORPS OF VIGILES THAT ADOPTED THE FORMAL RANK STRUCTURE OF THE ROMAN MILITARY?
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NERO
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THE FIRST FIRE REGULATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED BY WHAT DEPARTMENT?
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BOSTON
IN 1630(BANNED WOOD CHIMNEYS AND THATCHED ROOFS) |
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IN 1647 THIS GOVERNOR REQUIRED CHIMNEYS BE SWEPT OUT REGULARLY?
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PETER STUYVESANT
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THE FIRST ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1735 BY WHO?
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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THE FIRST FIRE ENGINES FROM ENGLAND WAS IMPORTED BY WHO?
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GEORG WASHINGTON
DONATED TO ALEXANDRIA FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1765. |
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THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE BURNED FOR HOW MANY DAYS?
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THREE DAYS KILLING 300 PEOPLE.
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AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHICAGO FIRE, ANOTHER MAJOR FIRE WAS RAGING JUST 262 MILES NORTH. WHERE?
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PESHTIGO WISCONSIN
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HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED IN THE PESHTIGO WISCONSIN FIRE?
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2,200 PEOPLE
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THIS PERSON DEVELOPED THE FIRST PUMPER IN LONDON?
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RICHARD NEWSHAM
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THIS PERSON DEVELOPED THE FIRST FIRE HYDRANT?
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GEORGE SMITH IN 1817
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THE INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC CALL BOXES WAS IN WHAT CITY?
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WASHINGTON D.C.
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THE FIRST BUILDING CODES WERE DEVELOPED WHERE IN THE WORLD?
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EGYPT
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IN 1678 BOSTON REQUIRED THIS TYPE OF ROOF COVERINGS?
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TYLE OF SLATE.
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THE FIRST FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY IN AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1736 WHERE?
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CHARLESTON, NC
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THIS IS A SPECIAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT CAN BE ESTABLISHED BY A STATE OR A COUNTY, WITH THE SINGLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTHECTION WITHIN A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA?
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FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
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THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT WERE ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED BY WHO?
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HENRI FAYOL
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT IDENTIFIED BY HENRI FAYOL?
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1.PLANNING
2.ORGANIZING 3.LEADING 4.CONTROLLING |
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THIS MEANS RESTRAINING, REGULATING, GOVERNING, COUNTERACTING OR OVERPOWERING, IN RELATION TO FUNCIONS OF MANAGEMENT?
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CONTROLLING
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THE BASIS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FRO THE PAST?
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300 YEARS
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ETHICAL CHOICES ARE BASED ON WHAT?
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VALUE SYSTEM
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THE KEY TO IMPROVING ETHICAL CHOICES IS TO HAVE A CLEAR WHAT?
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ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.
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