Oh Say Can You "C"
Transfer of head through direct contact.
What is conduction?
Searching for and extinguishing hidden fires.
What is overhaul?
Fuel, oxidizer, heat, and self-sustained chemical reaction?
What is Fire Tetrahedron.
Devices attached to the inside of the beams on fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
What is the pawls? (also accept dogs or ladder locks)
Referred to as sexless couplings and are connected with one-third of a turn.
What is a Storz-type coupling?
Created from a salvage cover placed on the floor to hold small amounts of water.
What is a catchall.
Used to drain runoff from the ceiling above out through windows or doors.
What is a water chute?
An explosive ignition that can occur when air is allowed to mix with hot, unburned fire gases.
What is backdraft?
Single ladders equipped with folding hooks on one end.
What is a roof ladder?
A feature on screw thread couplings where the beginning of the thread is cut to provide a positive connection.
What is the Higbee cut?
The pathway of responsibility from the highest level of the department to the lowest.
What is chain of command?
The tool most commonly used to open ceilings to check on fire extension.
What is a pike pole?
The tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature.
What is thermal layering? (also accept heat stratification or thermal balance)
The desired angle of inclination that the ladder should be placed for climbing.
The question is: What is 75 degrees?
The appliance that has two or three female connections coming into one male discharge exiting the connection.
What is a Siamese?
A self-sustaining chemical reaction yielding energy or products that cause further reactions of the same kind.
What is combustion
In the area of actual fire involvement.
Where does overhaul begin?
Extinguishment of fire through cooling with water.
What is temperature reduction?
Place the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill.
Where should a ladder be placed to perform a rescue from a window opening?
Used to stop the flow of water to allow replacement of a burst section of hose.
What is a hose clamp?
The most common of the hazardous substances contained in smoke that is a product of combustion.
What is the carbon monoxide.
By looking for discolored walls, feeling for heat, and listening for popping sounds.
How does a firefighter detect hidden fires using his/her senses?
The classification of fires involving energized electrical equipment.
What is a Class C fire?
Eight to ten feet.
What is the height of a residential story?
The type of load that is easiest to load for large diameter hose and allows the folds to lie flat rather than on their side.
What is the flat load?