Ropes and Knots
The type of rope used solely for supporting people
What is life safety rope?
During adult CPR, this is the appropriate depth of chest compressions
What is 2” (5 cm)
These are long, narrow extensions that project out from the fire
What are the fingers?
The type of hydrant used in climates where temperatures fall below freezing
What are dry barrel hydrants?
This is an electronic device that sounds a loud audible signal when a fire fighter becomes trapped or injured
What is a PASS alarm?
This type of knot causes a 33% reduction in rope strength
What is a bowline?
The ratio of chest compressions to ventilations in 2-rescuer adult CPR
What is 30:2?
This type of attack is mounted by containing and extinguishing the fire at its burning edge
What is a direct attack?
The color of fire hydrant that can deliver less than 500 gpm
What is red?
This gas is deadly in small quantities and when inhaled, quickly replaces the oxygen in the bloodstream by binding to hemoglobin 200 times more readily than oxygen does
What is carbon monoxide?
The type of knot that wraps around an object, such as a pike pole or fence post
What is a hitch?
The first step in controlling external blood loss
What is apply direct pressure?
The main or running edge of a fire; the part of the fire that spreads with the greatest speed
What is the head of the fire?
A surge in pressure caused by suddenly stopping the flow of stream of water
What is a water hammer?
An atmosphere where the level of oxygen falls below _____% is considered oxygen deficient
What is 19.5%?
This type of knot is used to hoist a ladder
What is a figure eight on a bight?
This is a method for determining what percentage of the body has been burned
What is the rule of 9’s?
This is an unburned area surrounded by fire
What is an island?
These show the position where the ends of the threads on a pair of couplings are properly aligned with each other
What are Higbees or Higbee indicators or Higbee notches?
This device controls the flow of air to the user
What is a regulator?
This type of knot is used to join the ends of webbing together
What is a water knot?
This type of oxygen delivery device has 2 prongs and delivers low flow oxygen at 2-6 liters per minute
What is a nasal cannula?
These are fuels that are close to the surface of the ground, such as grass, leaves, twigs, needles, small trees, logging slash and low brush
What are surface/ground fuels?
A special type of supply hose that is used to draft water from a static source such as a river
What is a hard suction hose?
This type of breathing technique helps the user to conserve air and consists of the firefighter taking a short breath, holding it, taking a second short breath (without exhaling) and then releases with a long exhale
What is the skip breathing technique?