MAYDAY
Self-Rescue
SCBA Facts
Hoseline Survival
Survival
100

What acronym is used in a MAYDAY?

What is LUNAR.

100

These forcible entry tools are commonly used to breach a wall. 

What is a flat head axe and a halligan. 

100

How many seconds without movement triggers the full PASS alarm.

What is 30 seconds. 

100

This saying allows a lost firefighter to follow the hoseline back to the exit. 

What is smooth knobby knobby to the lobby.

100

This action conserves your most valuable survival resource.

What is controlled breathing. 

200

This team is specifically assigned to rescue firefighters.

What is a RIT Team.

200

This profile should be reduced before crawling through a tight space.

What is your SCBA.

200

NFPA requires a PASS device to produce at least this many decibels.

What is 95 decibels. 

200

During a hoseline-assisted basement rescue, this piece of equipment usually remains on the firefighter to provide an effective lifting point.

What is an SCBA.

200

This life-saving device continues sounding until it is manually reset or its power source is depleted.

What is the PASS device. 

300

What does the R in LUNAR stand for?

What is Resources.

300

This hazard should be checked before breaching a wall.

What is utilities. 

300

This percentage of cylinder pressure activates the End-of-Service Time Indicator.

What is 33%.

300

This type of hoseline provides the friction needed to control a firefighter's descent from a window.

What is a charged hoseline. 

300

This emergency declaration should never be delayed.

What is a MAYDAY.

400

This resource is your most valuable asset after declaring a MAYDAY.

What is Air.

400

This maneuver allows a firefighter to pass an SCBA through a confined opening.

What is the swim maneuver. 

400

How long does it take to fill an empty bottle utilizing the UAC on the SCBA?

What is 40-60 seconds. 

400

What coupling leads you to the exit. 

What is the female coupling. 

400

During a Denver Drill rescue, this obstacle prevents the firefighter from being easily removed.

What is a window. 

500

What is in a RIT Cache?

RIT bag, RIT Binder, Rope bag, Chainsaw, Irons, K-12, Extra ( trash hook and charged hoseline).

500

This survival drill teaches firefighters how to exit a window using a ladder.

What is a ladder bailout. 

500

An MSA G1 rechargeable battery is designed to provide approximately this many hours of operation before replacement under normal use.

What is 8 hours. 

500

This part of the body should stay below the hoseline while descending from a window.

What is your legs. 

500

This firefighter survival drill simulates rescuing a downed colleague who has fallen through a floor into a basement or below-grade area.

What is the Nance Drill. 

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