Culture of the fire service
Roles Within the FD
Specialized Response Roles
The Five E's
Fire Department Governance
Chain of Command
The American Fire Service
100

This is described as a measure of where a person stands in times of challenge and controversy.

What is integrity?

100

This role watched he overall operation for unsafe practices.

What is the Incident Safety Officer?

100

This role is trained in special rescue techniques for incidents involving structural collapse, trench rescue, swiftwater rescue, confined-space rescue, high-angle rescue and other unusual situations.

What is a technical rescuer?

100

Fire and building codes are used to create and maintain safety in the built environment. Enforcing these codes reduces the risk in the community in both the short and long term. This describes which one of the 5 E's

What is enforcement?

100

These provide specific information on the actions that should be taken to accomplish a certain task.

What are SOP's?

100

A company officer who is usually responsible for a single fire company on a single shift, the first in line among company officers.

What is a lieutenant?

100

Historically speaking, this is installed to control water access from wooden pipes.  Today, this is a slang term used to describe a fire hydrant.

What is a fireplug?

200

This is defined as the physical, moral, and mental strength of a person.

What is courage?

200

Often called an engineer or technician, this role is responsible for getting the fire apparatus to the scene safely, as well as setting up and running the pump or operating the aerial device once it arrives on the scene.

What is the drive/operator?

200

Also known as ARFF's.

What is an Aircraft/crash Rescue Firefighter?

200

Changing behavior by teaching people about fire and emergency prevention and response.

What is Education?

200

These are developed by various government or government-authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body.

What is a regulation?

200

Usually the first level of fire chief. They are often in charge of running calls and supervising multiple stations or districts within a city.

What is a battalion chief?

200

Covering a fire to ensure low burning.

What is banked?

300

This is required to take action when you have doubts or fears about the consequences.

What is moral courage?

300

This role is responsible for the management of all incident operations.

What is the Incident Commander?

300

This is what SCUBA stands for.

What is self contained underwater breathing apparatus.

300

This well trained and prepared type of force is essential to the unique aspects of the communities it serves.

What is an emergency response?

300

SOG

What is a Standard Operating Guideline?

300

A rank structure, spanning the firefighter through the fire chief, for managing a fire department and fire-ground operations.

What is the Chain of Command?

300

An atmosphere-supplying respirator that supplies a respirable air atmosphere to the user from a breathing air source that is independent of the ambient environnment and designed to be carried by the user.

What is a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)?

400

This is defined as a deep admiration for something or someone elicited by his or her abilities, achievements, or qualities.

What is respect?

400

This role is usually a lieutenant or captain who is in charge of an apparatus. They lead the company both on scene and at the station. 

What is a company officer?

400

This role has training and certification in chemical identification, leak control, decontamination, and clean-up procedures

What is a Hazardous Materials Technician?

400

Using technology to make buildings and products safer.

What is Engineering?

400

These are developed to provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions.

What are policies?

400

That organizational level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic location

What is a division chief?

400

Individuals who were charged with enforcing fire regulations in colonial America

What are fire wardens?

500

This is a combination of emotional, intellectual, and moral qualities that constitute a person. It is based on values, and it is a combination of our actions and words.

What is character?

500

This role takes calls from the public and sends appropriate units to the scene.

What is the 911 dispatcher?

500

This role is trained in rescue, recover, and search procedures in both water and under-ice situations. 

What is a SCUBA dive rescue technician?

500

Providing financial motivation can encourage beneficial behaviors and choices describes this.

What is economic incentives?

500

The process by which an organization exercises authority and performs the functions assigned to it.

What is a governance?

500

The second rank of promotion in the fire service, between the lieutenant and the battalion chief. They are responsible for managing a fire company and for coordinating the activities of that company among the other shifts.

What is a Captain?

500

Tools used to pull down burning structures.

What are fire hooks?