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These rules and regulations are established by the Fire Chief under authority granted by the blank of the County of Los Angeles |
Charter |
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Final interpretation of rules and regs are vested in the blank |
Fire Chief |
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The blank is the office of the Fire Chief and executive staff |
Administration |
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The executive staff consists of who? |
Chief Deputy, Deputy FC's and Deputy Director |
3 parts |
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The general staff consists of who? |
Executive staff, administrative staff, BC and section heads |
4 parts |
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The administrative staff consists of who |
Executive staff, AC and division heads |
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Which division of the fire prevention Bureau is responsible for fuel management, public education, environment protection, nurseries, soil erosion control, and watershed research |
The forestry division |
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Who is the fire marshal |
The AC of fire prevention division |
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Sections are a subdivision of a blank? |
Division |
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A unit is a subdivision of a blank? |
Section |
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Four components that make uniform personnel? |
1. Permanent employee status 2. Wear a uniform 3. Assigned a badge 4. Peace officer status |
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All supervisors are responsible for reviewing the standards of behavior with each new employee within blank calendar days of employment in the FD or within blank calendar days after transfer to new assignment. |
30 |
Same answer for both |
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Employees are required by the department to report any suspension of license or certificate within blank hours to their immediate supervisor |
24 |
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All employees shall report _______ to their supervisor any arrest by a law enforcement agency, whether misdemeanor or felony charges, and any conviction |
As soon as possible |
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Any employee may not accept rewards, fees or gifts except as authorized by the blank |
Fire Chief |
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Employees shall maintain current address, telephone, and emergency information with the department and report any changes within blank hours |
24 |
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Formal disciplinary action in ascending order of severity include (4) |
Letter of reprimand Suspension Reduction Discharge |
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Letter of reprimand is carried out by the blank with concurrence of the blank |
AC Deputy fire chief |
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Suspension is carried out by the blank with concurrence of the blank |
Deputy FC Chief deputy |
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Reduction or discharge is carried out by the blank with concurrence of the blank and blank (3) |
Deputy FC Chief deputy and fire chief |
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When the employee to be disciplined is a supervisor or manager, the rank to impose formal discipline shall be determined by the blank |
Deputy fire chief |
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Being convicted of a felony is punishable by blank |
Discharge |
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Penalties for failing to maintain required CDL first second and third offenses |
First offense, reprimand Second offense 3 -10 day suspension Third offense 15–30 days or reduction. |
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Penalties for failing to adhere to grooming standards or uniform requirements first second and third offenses? |
First offense, informal reprimand Second offense, letter of warning Third offense, 3–10 day suspension |
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Penalties for refusing recalls first and second offenses? |
First offense, 15 day suspension Second offense, discharge |
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Penalty for unauthorized absence without notification, first offense? |
3–10 day suspension |
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Penalties for falsifying reports or documents, first and second offenses? |
First offense, 3–30 days, discharge Second offense, reduction, discharge |
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Managers shall advise an employee of blank prior to questioning him or her about a matter that can result in discipline against that employee |
The right to representation |
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Blank, states that all employees have the right representation when they have a reasonable belief that discipline could be imposed against them based on the info that they are requested to provide. |
Weingarten rights |
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If you are part of a _______ internal investigation either as a subject or a witness you must be given sufficient time to arrange for representation |
Formal |
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5 off-duty acts specifically contrary for firefighters |
1. Theft 2. Destruction of property and arson 3. Offenses against children 4. Assaults 5. Drugs |
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A written request to an employee to respond to questions about an incident must include what two things? |
Right to representation Due date allowing employee to obtain representation |
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If supervisors request an employee to submit a memo regarding a potential disciplinary incident it must have what two things? |
Must be in writing Must advise of employees right to representation. |
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Benefit days include (4) |
F - HOLIDAY H - HOLIDAY SP - SICK PERSONAL V - VACATION |
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Annual vacation consist of vacation time of at least _____consecutive shifts within but not limited to a calendar year. |
4 |
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All requests for time off or TX's shall be submitted on what form and approved by who? |
Form 38 and approved by employees immediate supervisor |
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Cancelation of a benefit day must be done prior to what time on the day of filling? |
1000 |
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Any benefit day cashed out rather than used for time off shall be recorded on what form and recorded when? |
FD7, recorded at the time payment is requested. |
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Request for annual V is due by _____ |
April 15th submitted to BC or section head |
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Annual vacation changes must be submitted to the jurisdictional BC _____ days prior to the first vacation shift scheduled off. |
15 |
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A maximum of______of the administrative site personnel of the same rank may be permitted off on annual vacation during any given period. |
1/3 |
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Annual vacation shall be awarded by_______. |
Seniority |
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During your annual V what is the timeframe you cannot be recalled? |
Reg days off before and after annual V shifts unless you go avail for overtime. |
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Requesting annual V December 24th 25th. If cardfile is unable to fill spot you must provide your own relief using these (4) guidelines. |
1. Same rank 2. Qualified relief 3. 38 signed by guarantor 4. Approved by jurisdictional BC |
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T or F ALL request for time exchange shall be approved by employees immediate supervisor |
True |
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How many shifts or TX's can you take off in a calendar month without BC approval? |
2. 3 or more in a calendar month need jurisdictional BC approval |
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Probationary firefighters shall not do TX's unless approved by their _______ |
Jurisdictional battalion chief |
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What is the form for availability of overtime? |
Form 340 |
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What is the form used to report all assigned overtime worked? |
Form FD 7 |
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Personnel shall not go available for overtime when employee has reached the overtime cap. _____ shifts 56 hour _____ hours 40 hour Or a combination of 56 and 40 equaling the ot cap. |
68 shifts 1166 hours |
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You shall not go available for OT when that shift will put you over _____ consecutive full or half 24-hour shifts |
5 |
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Station and cardfile sites shall offer OT based on what two sources? |
1. Form 7 2. IPFIRS screen 20A |
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All "station accept" personnel shall contact their administrative site prior to_____hours on the day prior to the date being filled to verify the OT requested |
1500 |
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Filling for December 24th and 25th take place on what date? |
December 15th |
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Can assignment of overtime be given via voicemail? |
No. Direct contact only |
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Personnel who were unable to be contacted for OT shall be passed over at____hours. |
1500 |
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Station personnel have priority for OT for what type of benefit days used? |
F SP V |
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During major emergency events the Fire Chief, chief deputy, deputy chief, or duty chief may require personnel assigned to that incident to work up to ___consecutive days. |
7 |
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T or F If you are working a half shift and it turns into a full shift you have priority choice to fill it. |
True |
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If paramedic post position cannot be filled it shall be recalled or the_________may exercise administrative prerogative to fill the position |
Jurisdictional BC |
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Paramedic engines require _______ firefighter paramedics |
2 |
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OT workdowns do not apply to your total overtime reported on form ____ but does apply to the overtime cap. |
7 |
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When should an OT be recorded on the form 7? |
Immediately upon notification of the individuals assignment |
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T or F Administrative site can assign a workdown overtime. |
F Only the cardfile site can assign workdowns. |
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Any compensated OT of one hour or more should be accrued until how many hours before recording on the FD 7? |
12 hours then it shall be reported on FD7 as a half shift. |
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T or F Recalls do not count towards OT's worked on your FD7. |
F Recalls shall be counted as OT worked on the form FD7. |
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To convert 40 hour overtime to 56 hour overtime multiply the total hours 40hr OT by ________. |
1.4 |
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After working 5 consecutive full and or half shifts in any combination of TX's, recalls, regular or OT shifts, how many hours are you required to take off before you can work again? |
24 |
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Who may authorize working over 5 shifts in a row, voluntary or recalled? |
Fire Chief Chief Deputy Deputy Fire Chief Duty chief |
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New employees shall be considered to have worked the ______ OT of all individuals of the same rank of the cardfile to which they are assigned on the effective date of transfer |
Average |
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Administrative site personnel shall have priority for the first 15 shifts of what type of days. (7 types) |
S , sick I , injury X , suspension V , vacancy A , absent C , bereavement Z , details incl. PM school and Military. |
Six Vacz |
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How long does the cardfile site have to retain records of availability, benefit days off and coverage for personnel? |
One year |
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Workdown overtime will be offered to qualified available personnel with the least amount of __________, this is independent of the FD7. |
Workdowns |
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Once a cardfile site has assigned an individual or position to another cardfile site, that individual or position shall not be reassigned without approval of ____________. |
The other cardfile site |
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40 hour personnel may change their cardfile sites in which month and how long must they remain at that cardfile site? |
December 1 year |
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When 40 hour personnel request to change cardfile sites, a written or email request shall be submitted by what date and to whom? |
December 10th 40-hour cardfile coordinator |
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Camps section administrative site personnel have first priority of choice for all required positions and details for the first_____hours per Camp Foreman position per year |
257 |
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Which camp shall fill all overtime for emergency incidents and partial shifts for the Camps Section |
Camp 2 |
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When working out of county for five consecutive days without a break how many hours is required to ensure a rehab period? |
24 hours *Does not apply if 5 shift rule has been rescinded. |
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Personnel assigned to a rehab period shall be time coded as_____and not_____. A comment shall be entered on the IP FIRS time and entry shall be made in the business Journal. |
R ZD |
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The hours assigned to a rehabilitation period shall not be entered on form _____ or submitted for reimbursement on a particular incident. |
662 |
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Recall record cards are form ____. |
341 |
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Recall record cards are revised annually each July 1st to reflect only those recalls recorded within the past _______. |
Fiscal year |
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T or F Upon promotion personnel shall carry over the recalls. |
True |
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New employees shall be considered to have worked the _______ number of recalls of individuals of the same rank of the cardfile to which they are assigned on the effective date of transfer. |
Average |
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New employees: At the end of their first averaged fiscal year when recall numbers are recalculated the _______ number of recalls worked shall be carried over. |
Actual |
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How many recalls are earned for a three-day deployment? |
One * A single recall shall be counted for the duration of the assignment. |
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When transferring FROM a 56 hour position TO a camp assignment, personnel shall receive the _______ recalls of personnel assigned to that cardfile site. |
Average |
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When transferring FROM the camps TO a 56 hour cardfile the personnel shall receive the______number of recalls for the persons of HIS RANK assigned to in the new 56 hour cardfile. |
Average |
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Recall cardfile shall be established in the following manner. (5) |
1. Completed form 341. 2. Separate recall cards by shift. 3. Separate each shift by rank. 4. Within each rank, fewest number of recalls shall be at the front. 5. If tied, highest seniority number goes in front. |
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When an individual leaves a cardfile site what does the cardfile captain have to do regarding recall records for that individual and by when? |
Email new cardfile site: employee's information and number of current recalls. Forward the employees recall card via battalion mail. ALL DUE PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW MONTH. |
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Employee's new cardfile site shall enter the total number of recalls in their____. |
Business journal |
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How many hours of early or late work dictates a recall? |
4 hours. |
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T or F An individual may not receive more than one recall during any one 24 hour shift period. |
True |
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Personnel are exempt from Recall due to the following: (9) |
1. All phases of PM school 2. Sick leave 3. "IOD" 4. Suspension 5. Bereavement 6. Annual V 7. TX's of at least 12hr/56 or 8hr/40 8. More than 5 consecutive shifts 9. Exempted by jurisdictional BC |
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If you are off December 24 and 25th and you work a TX on the 24th can you still be recalled for the 25th? |
Yes, only exempted from recall on the 25th if the 24th is a regular scheduled shift or recall and vice versa. |
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T or F 40 hour personnel not assigned to a battalion cardfile are still subject to recall by their previous 56 hour cardfile site? |
False. May not be recalled if they do not belong to a 56 hour cardfile site. |
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Personnel having IMT assignments county, state, and federal shall receive _____ recall(s) when their team is activated and assigned to an incident. |
One |
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Personnel shall notify the cardfile site of any recall for IMT assignment by command-and-control or their section head for recording of the recall on form ______. |
341 |
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T or F Personnel available for an ICS overhead position out of county shall not receive a recall when assigned to that type of incident. |
True |
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Recall order of priority 1-5? |
1. Shift not on duty day after recall 2. Other shift (camps section, day before or after doesn't matter) 3. Cooperating battalion 4. Back to the originating cardfile and can now recall someone who has already worked five shifts in a row 5. Someone who has already worked six shifts in a row, and so on. |
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When an individual is recalled for duty, what information has to be filled in on the fire office recall card? |
Date of notification Assigned position Date of assignment |
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If you get recalled you can get out of it by providing your own qualified relief and the following 4 guidelines. |
1. There shall be no delay in reporting for duty. 2. Neither party receives credit for a recall. 3. You cannot be recalled again for that 24 hour shift. 4. Christmas Eve or Christmas Day relief and you will not be recalled for either of those again. |
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If personnel go available after recalls have been issued, the last person recalled has option to get out of recall first. If they are relieved, who gets credit for the recall? |
Neither firefighter will get credit for a recall. |
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_________: a departmental order to remain at a telephone number or to be able to return a call to an administrative site or cardfile site |
Telephone standby |
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Alternate phone numbers may be accepted by the administrative or cardfile site upon approval of the ____________. |
Jurisdictional BC |
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T or F Telephone answering machines may be used when members are placed on telephone standby. |
False |
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Who shall require department members to be placed on telephone standby? (4) |
Fire Chief Chief Deputy Deputy chief Duty chief |
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Who shall immediately notify all assigned off-duty and on-duty persons within their cardfile of the telephone standby order? |
Cardfile site |
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Personnel shall be exempt from telephone standby due to the following: (7) |
1. IOD 2. On duty 3. Sick leave 4. Bereavement 5. Annual V 6. Suspension 7. Exempted by jurisdictional BC |
IOS BASE |
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All work schedules must include at a minimum a _____ minute lunch break. Scheduled days must be extended to allow for that time. |
30 min. 8 hour shift must be 8 hours, 30 minutes. |
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Personnel may take a mid morning and mid afternoon rest break of 15 minutes each. Can you skip those breaks to have an extra 30 minute lunch or leave 30 minutes early? |
No. Breaks may not be accrued carried over. |
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The 40 hour employee may request a change to a 5/40, 4/40, or a 9/80 work schedule. Such request shall be in writing and reviewed at each level of supervision. The _______ shall approve or disapprove the request. |
Deputy Fire Chief |
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Platoon personnel earn ______ shift(s) of holiday time upon the occurrence of a holiday during the first full year of employment: thereafter, platoon employees receive five and half shifts of holiday time of each January 1. |
1/2 |
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What are the two types of certifications for hazmat personnel? |
Hazmat technician Hazmat specialist |
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What two components make up Hazmat Task Force? |
One Hazmat squad One Hazmat engine |
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Daily minimum staffing requirements for the Hazmat squad shall be: |
1 – Capt. 1 – firefighter specialist 3 – firefighters |
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The daily staffing of hazardous materials engines shall be: |
1 - captain 1 - firefighter specialist 2 - firefighters |
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Personnel receiving a successful bid to a hazmat post position will be required to be certified as a hazmat technician prior to working that spot and shall remain at their assignment for ______ years. |
2 |
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What two items must be on file with the hazmat coordinator annually by hazmat techs and specs to maintain current certification? |
1. Hazardous materials competency review. 2. Medical examination |
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Reserve apparatus staffing: The jurisdictional ______ shall be responsible for the assignment of relief crews. |
Assistant chief |
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The _________ shall determine the approximate length of time that a strike team's, initial response apparatus, will be assigned for an extended period of time. |
Command and control BC |
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What two positions authorize the staffing and assignment of reserve apparatus? |
Operations Bureau Deputy Chief Operations Bureau Deputy ChiefDuty Deputy Chief Duty Deputy Chief |
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Reserve engines and trucks shall be appropriately staffed by____persons. |
4 |
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For immediate need the battalion of ________ shall staff strike team or single resource reserve apparatus. |
origin |
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Reserve apparatus staffed by the battalion of origin for an immediate need and subsequently assigned to cover a dark station will then be staffed by the battalion of _______ in the next operational period. |
use |
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For planned need the battalion of _______ cardfile shall staff reserve apparatus used for strike team deployment. |
origin |
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For planned need the battalion of ______ shall staff reserve apparatus used for coverage of dark stations. |
use |
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OES engines are a _______ resource and may be staffed for any incident or need within the _______. |
State State |
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What is the minimum staffing for an OES engine when it is requested to respond to an incident? |
Captain Firefighter specialist Two firefighters |
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What is the timeframe for response of an immediate need OES engine? |
Same day or prior to the end of shift. |
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Who staffs an immediate needs OES engine? |
Qualified station personnel |
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Who staffs planned needs OES engines? |
Battalion cardfile |
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All backfilling of post position vacancies created by the deployment of an OES Type III engine shall be completed by the _____________. |
Battalion cardfile |
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T or F Stations housing OES equipment: It is voluntary for station personnel to be trained and utilized to staff these engines. |
F All station personnel will be OES trained and utilized to staff these engines. |
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What is symbol utilized to go available for an OES type III engine? |
T3 |
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Who does the station captain contact to arrange OES type III training for his newly transferred in personnel? |
Regional training and safety captain. |
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CA – TF2 position assignment list will include up to _______ department positions, which provides for a pool of up to three qualified personnel for each position on FEMA, USAID/OFDA, CalEMA deployment. |
210 |
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What does FEMA stand for? |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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What does USAID stand for? |
U S Agency for Iternational Development |
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What is OFDA stand for? |
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
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What does CalEMA stand for? |
California Emergency Management Agency |
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Department personnel may request to be assigned to a vacant position on the CA-TF2 Position Assignment List by submitting a memo to the _____________. |
Technical operations section BC * That memo is destroyed June 30th at 1700 hrs. each year. |
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Personnel selected for CA-TF2 participation will have _______ days from the time they're selected to submit all required department and federal forms and documents. |
30 |
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Personnel newly selected to CA-TF2 will be assigned the current "Deployment average" of overtime shifts starting from __________ for their position selected to the deployment FD-7. |
January 1, 2000 |
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T or F CA–TF2 members will receive 1 recall for each deployment. |
False No recalls issued for CA-TF2 members for alerts, activations, or deployments. |
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Are Rostered CA-TF2 personnel paid for off duty Task Force Activities? |
Yes and backfilled by their administrative site for releases of on- duty members. |
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The department serves as an agent for the state, providing protection in waters extending from the mean low tide to ______ miles offshore. The department provides fire attack, EMS, and rescue in these waters through the response of Fire Boat 110 staffed as a paramedic assessment unit. |
12 |
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In order for a fireboat captain to be trained and qualified he needs what 2 qualifications? |
1. 24 hours of primary training 2. Successful completion of a fire boat captain task book. |
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In order for a fire fighter specialist or a workdown captain to be a fireboat operator, trained and qualified, he needs what 2 qualifications? |
1. 40 hours of primary training 2. Successful completion of a fireboat operator task book. |
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In order for a firefighter, a workdown firefighter specialist, or workdown Capt. to be a fireboat deckhand trained and qualified, he must have what 2 qualifications? |
1. 24 hours of primary training 2. Successful completion of a fireboat deckhand task book. |
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All cardfiles are responsible for maintaining a current list of qualified fireboat captains, operators and deckhands assigned to that cardfile. Who is responsible for distributing and maintaining that list? |
Battalion 1 chiefs |
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Who is responsible for fireboat training and maintaining fireboat training records? |
Fire station 110 captains. |
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Daily staffing at fire station 110 shall, (using normal departmental staffing procedures), include a minimum of: |
One qualified fireboat captain One qualified fireboat operator One qualified fireboat deckhand |
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At all times there shall be at least one qualified fireboat operator and one qualified fireboat deckhand assigned to department fire boats. They shall be augmented by a _________ from E110 or Q110 and other qualified members as dictated by conditions and mission profile for each marine emergency response or assignment. |
Fire boat captain |
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Each member assigned to fire station 110 shall receive a fireboat task book specific to their rank, and shall complete the corresponding skills task book within ___ month(s) of being assigned. |
6 |
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In order to remain on the fireboat qualified relief list, all fireboat qualified personnel not assigned to Fire station 110 shall attend, at their cost, a minimum of ____ 4-hour department scheduled fire boat CE sessions annually, and shall periodically be scheduled to participate in manipulative practice sessions with members of the fireboat instructor cadre to maintain their skills. |
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The ____________ shall provide daily administration of the fireboat program and a departmental intranet site containing additional information about the fireboat qualified relief program, training requirements, and the department's fireboat operations, in the division VII section, under "Fireboat 110." |
Battalion 1 Chiefs |
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Under direction of the _______, the battalion chief and/or fireboat captain have the ability to adjust staffing levels for responses to emergency incidents. |
Jurisdictional AC |
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Under direction of the _______, the battalion chief and/or fireboat captain have the ability to adjust staffing levels for responses to emergency incidents. |
Jurisdictional AC |
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