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| A code or standard developed through agreement between people representing different organizations and interests. NFPA codes and standards are consensus documents. |
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| A moral, mental, and physical state in which all ranks respond to the will of the leader. Also, the guidelines that a department sets for fire fighters to work within. |
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| Guiding or directing in a course of action. |
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| The maximum number of personnel or activities that can be effectively controlled by one individual (usually three to seven). |
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| Midlevel chief who often has a functional area of responsibility, such as training, and answers directly to the fire chief. |
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| Assistant or District Chiefs |
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| The management concept that a subordinate should have only one direct supervisor, and a decision can be traced back through subordinates to the manager who originated it |
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| Restraining, regulating, governing, counteracting, or overpowering. |
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| A system that defines the roles and responsibilities to be assumed by personnel and the operating procedures to be used in the management and direction of emergency operations; the system is also referred to as an incident command system (ICS). |
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| Incident Management System |
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| The second rank of promotion, between the lieutenant and battalion chief. Captains are responsible for a fire company and for coordinating the activities of that company among the other shifts. |
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| The superior-subordinate authority relationship that starts at the top of the organization hierarchy and extends to the lowest levels. |
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| The production process in which each worker repeats one step over and over, achieving greater efficiencies in the use of time and knowledge; also, the formal assignment of authority and responsibility to job holders. |
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| Historically, an identifying symbol on a building to let fire fighters know that the building was insured by a company that would pay them for extinguishing the fire. |
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| Usually the first level of fire chief; also called district chief. These chiefs are often in charge of running calls and supervising multiple stations or districts within a city. A battalion chief is usually the officer in charge of a single-alarm working fire. |
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| Formal statements that provide guidelines for present and future actions; policies often require personnel to make judgments. |
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| Formal statements that provide guidelines for present and future actions; policies often require personnel to make judgments. |
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| Developing a scheme, program, or method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective. |
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