Hazmat
Any substance or material that is capable of posing a unreasonable risk to human health, safety, or the environment when transported in commerce, used incorrectly, or not properly contained or stored
Hazardous Material
The street or address side of the structure is termed what side
Side A
The ____ is that temperature, at any given altitude, at which the air becomes completely saturated
dew point
Varying lengths of hardwood, usually 4x4 inch or larger, used to stabilize vehicles and collapsed buildings during extrication incidents.
Cribbing
The order of rank and authority in the fire service describes what
Chain of command
The minimum concentration of vapor to air below which a flame will not propagate in the presence of an ignition source
Lower Explosive Limit(LEL)
What type of construction is a wood framed house
Type V (5) Construction
safest place to work?
The black
System used for sorting and classifying accident casualties to determine the priority for medical treatment and transportation
Triage
Before transmitting any information over the fire department radio, a fire fighter should
listen to be sure the channel is not being used
Developed by D.O.T/ SCT/TC
Preliminary action guide for first responders operating at hazardous materials incidents in coordination with the D.O.T's labels and placard marking system
Emergency Response Guidebook(ERG)
What classifies a class A fire
Fires that involve Ordinary Combustibles such as paper, plastics, rubber, and wood
this method of attack is conducted in lighter fuels directly on the front of the fire front
Direct attack
First priority when you arrive at a MVC scene is to
Secure the scene
What does the S stand for in SOP
Standard
Which section of the Emergency Response Guidebook provides an index of dangerous materials in numerical order based on the UN Identification Number?
Yellow-bordered pages
Result of sudden stop of water flow that changes direction of energy in a water system is called
Water Hammer
Shelter deployment should take how long
25 Seconds
what are the vertical support members that hold up the roof on a vehicle?
Posts
The person in charge of an emergency scene is known as the
Incident commander (IC)
Awareness-level competencies consist of ______________________________.
recognizing the presence of hazardous materials, calling for trained personnel, and securing the incident area
what 4 elements makes up the fire tetrahedron
____ is an indirect attack tactic used to slow a fast burning fire. its sets a fire ahead of the main fire
back fire
if normal methods of moving a seat backwards do not work, what is the next technique to attempt?
dash displacement
For whom should fire fighters consider that they work?
Tax payers (the public)