NFPA 1021-1997 Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications

NFPA 1021-1997 Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications.
2-5* Inspection and Investigation. This duty involves per- forming a fire investigation to determine preliminary cause, securing the incident scene, and preserving evidence, accord- ing to the following job performance requirements. 2-5.1 Evaluate available information, given a fire incident, observations, and interviews of first-arriving members and other individuals involved in the incident, so that a prelimi- nary cause of the fire is determined, reports are completed, and, if required, the scene is secured and all pertinent infor- mation is turned over to an investigator. (a) Prerequisite Knowledge: Common causes of fire, fire growth and development, and policies and procedures for call- ing for investigators. (b) Prerequisite Skills: The ability to determine basic fire cause and the ability to conduct interviews and write reports. 2-5.2 Secure an incident scene, given rope or barrier tape, so that unauthorized persons can recognize the perimeters of the scene, are kept from restricted areas, and all evidence or potential evidence is protected from damage or destruction. (a) Prerequisite Knowledge: Types of evidence, the importance of fire scene security, and evidence preservation. (b) Prerequisite Skills: The ability to establish perimeters at an incident scene. 2-6* Emergency Service Delivery. This duty involves super- vising emergency operations, conducting preincident plan- ning, and deploying assigned resources, according to the following job performance requirements. 2-6.1 Develop a preincident plan, given an assigned facility and preplanning policies, procedures, and forms, so that all required elements are identified and the appropriate forms are completed and processed in accordance with policies and procedures. (a) Prerequisite Knowledge: Elements of a preincident plan, basic building construction, basic fire protection systems and features, basic water supply, basic fuel loading, and fire growth and development.
3-1 General. For certification at Level II, Fire Officer I shall meet the requirements of Fire Instructor I as defined in NFPA 1041, Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifica- tions, and the job performance requirements defined in Sec- tions 3-2 through 3-7 of this standard. 3-1.1 General Prerequisite Knowledge. The organization of local government; the law-making process at the local, state/ provincial, and federal level; functions of other bureaus, divi- sions, agencies and organizations; and their roles and respon- sibilities that relate to the fire service. 3-1.2 General Prerequisite Skills. Intergovernmental and interagency cooperation. 3-2 Human Resource Management. This duty involves evalu- ating member performance, according to the following job performance requirements. 3-2.1 Initiate actions to maximize member performance and/ or to correct unacceptable performance, given human resource policies and procedures, so that member and/or unit performance improves or the issue is referred to the next level of supervision.
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