Rope and Rescue
Oh Say Can you "C"
Hose and Appliances
Fire Behavior
NFPA
100
The oldest and most common tool used by firefighters.
What is rope.
100
The transfer of heat through direct contact.
What is conduction.
100
Commonly referred to as a sexless coupling and connected with one-third of a turn.
What is a storz coupling.
100
Phrase used to identify fuel, oxidizer, heat, and self sustained chemical reaction as the factors necessary for fire.
What is the fire tetrahedron.
100

Standard for firefighter professional qualifications.

What is NFPA 1001.
200
A rapid search done to locate victims quickly.
What is a primary search.
200
Fire involving energized electrical equipment.
What is a Class C Fire.
200
A feature on screw thread couplings where the beginning of the thread is cut to provide a positive connection.
What is the Higbee cut.
200

The sudden involvement of a room or an area in flames from floor to ceiling caused by thermal radiation feedback.

What is flashover.
200
Standard on protective ensemble for structural firefighting.
What is NFPA 1971.
300
Providing support to key places between a vehicle and the ground to limit movement.
What is vehicle stabilization/stabilization.
300
The most common hazardous product of incomplete combustion.
What is Carbon Monoxide.
300
This device is used to stop the flow of water to allow for replacement of a burst section of hose or to add additional sections of hose.
What is a hose clamp.
300

This is a phenomenon in which a fire that has consumed all available oxygen suddenly explodes when more oxygen is made available, typically because a door or window has been opened.

What is a backdraft.
300

Standard for installation of fire sprinkler systems.

What is NFPA 13.
400
A ________ is a double section of rope, typically made along the standing end.
What is a bight.
400

The pathway of responsibility from the lowest level of the department to the highest level of the department.

What is the chain of command.

400
This is the most common hose load for large diameter hose, and is used for LDH on CFRD apparatus.
What is the flat load.
400

Define each point of the acronym BLEVE.

What is Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion.
400
Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications.
What is NFPA 1021.
500
This is the knot used to join two pieces of rope when utilized in a life-safety application.
What is figure-8 bend.
500
A self-sustaining chemical reaction yielding energy or products that cause further reactions of the same kind.
What is combustion.
500
The coupling that has lugs on the shank.
What is the male coupling.
500

The tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature. 

What is thermal layering (heat stratification/thermal balance also accepted).
500
Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus.
What is NFPA 1852.
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