Common Concepts Law and Public Safety
To ensure a healthy workforce, fire management, law enforcement, and EMS employers conduct this periodically
What is physical agility tests
The study of citizenship and government; the relationship between people and government
What is civics
A challenge to a previous legal determination
What is an Appeal
Responsible for forcible entry, ventilation, roof operations, search and rescue, and deploying ground ladders
What is Truck Company
The minimum age to hold an EMT credential
What is 18
The first line of defense when setting up a computer network
What is Physically secure the network
Minimum requirements to work in law enforcement that you must be
What is be a U.S. Citizen
A born native or naturalized member of a country who owes allegiance to that country’s government
What is a citizen
A concept of ethics and law that means people behave in a way that is fair, equal, and balanced for everyone
What is justice
Responsible for securing a water source, deploying handlines, and putting water on the fire
What is Engine Company
EMTs and Paramedics collect this information on all patients to gauge their condition
What is Vital Signs
Security and protective services includes occupations dedicated to protecting these
What is Life and Property
The ability to regulate one’s impulses, emotions, and desires
What is self control
The form of government which is run by the people, either directly or indirectly
What is a democracy
Impoverished, or unable to afford the necessities of life
What is Indigent
Responsible for securing a water source, deploying handlines, and putting water on the fire
What is Rescue Company
Certification that 911 telecommunicators who can give lifesaving directions over the phone to the 911 caller holds
What is Emergency Medical Dispatcher
Used to provide protection when one line of security is breached
What is Defense in Depth
Holding others in high regard or esteem
What is respect
A system under which men between ages 18-35 are called up for military service; military draft
What is selective service
A public pledge that a person will perform some action or duty, generally with the promise of doing so truthfully
What is an oath
Specially trained for responding to and controlling scenes involving spilled or leaked harmful chemicals
What is Hazardous Materials Company
Skills that EMS personnel use when making treatment and/or transport decisions for patients under their care
What is Critical thinking skills
Not a reason for hard relationships
What is Difference in Salaries
The ability to work or function for long periods of time
What is stamina
The principle that no person is above the law and governmental decisions must be made by applying known legal and moral principles
What is rule of law
Agreements between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutor
What is Plea-bargain
Involves surveying buildings to detect fire hazards and ensures federal, state, and local fire codes are met
What is an Inspector
The most important task EMS personnel perform when arriving at the location of the emergency
What is Conduct a good scene size-up
The main job duty of security officers
What is Observe and Report
The projected percent change in employment over a set period of time
What is Job Outlook
Each citizen has the right to enjoy the same freedoms guaranteed to all
What is equality
Behavior, either by act or omission, defined by statutory or common law as deserving of punishment
What is crime
Primary mission of the fire department
What is Preserving Life and Property
Not one of the three types of EMS career opportunities
What is National
The main differences between private security and law enforcement
What is Arrest Powers
The wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less
What is Median Salary
Citizens have freedom of make choices in their daily lives
What is Liberty
Confinement in jail or prison
What is incarceration
Primary responsibility of putting out large wildland fires
What is U.S. Forestry Service
Not one of the duties of an EMT
What is Educate family members about in-home care
Not a proactive approach to cyber security
What is Unplug computers from power source when not in use
Appropriate career pathway for Law Enforcement Services
What is Sheriff's Deputy, Sheriff, and Forensic Specialist
Protection from violation of rights
What is Justice
The supervision of persons arrested for, convicted of, or sentenced for criminal offenses
What is corrections
Not an element of the fire triangle
What is Flame
Careers inSecurity and Protective Services
Software specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system
What is Malware
Malware that can copy itself and infect a computer without the user’s consent or knowledge
What is a virus
Appropriate career pathways for Emergency and Fire Agency Services
What is EMT/Paramedic, Firefighter, and Emergency Response Coordinator
CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT:
The following refers to the specialized division within a police department that investigates allegations of misconduct by the department’s officers
What is Internal Affairs Division
An agreement between two or more states or nations by which they unite for their mutual protection and good
What is a confederation
Main purpose of the Emergency Response Guidebook
What is transportation related incidents involving hazardous materials
Careers in Emergency Medical Response
Certified to provide basic and immediate lifesaving interventions while waiting for other emergency medical services to arrive
What is an Emergency Medical Responder
Self-replicating program that copies itself to other computers on a network without any user intervention and consumes bandwidth and computer resources
What is a worm
Appropriate career pathways for Security & Protective Services
What is Loss Prevention Officer, Certified protection officer, and Cyber Security Specialist
CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT:
Considered the number one cause of officer fatalities
What is traffic crashes
CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT:
A disqualifier for being a certified law enforcement officer
What is Felony conviction
Not one of the five “E’s” of fire prevention
What is Equality
Careers in Security and Protective Services
Computer software used to learn personal information, capture keystrokes, and browsing information
What is Spyware
Software specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system
What is malware