Building Construction
This construction type is most common in residential homes and uses wood framing
Type V
These are the three components needed for fire to exist.
Fuel, Heat, Oxygen
The emergency phone number used in the United States.
911
These devices should be installed inside and outside sleeping areas.
Smoke Alarms
This should always be conducted before entering a structure.
360 or Size up
This type is most found in High Rise buildings
Type 1
This occurs when all combustible materials in a room ignite nearly simultaneously.
Flashover
The “A” in the ABCs of patient assessment stands for this.
Airway
This method is used to operate a fire extinguisher.
PASS
Lightweight trusses can fail in approximately this many minutes under fire conditions.
5-10
This material does not burn but can warp when exposed to heat.
Steel
This stage of fire has the greatest heat release rate.
Fully Involved
This level of EMS provider has the highest level of prehospital training.
Paramedic
This is the recommended meeting place during a home fire emergency.
Outdoor designated meeting place
This is the area firefighters establish around a building to avoid collapse hazards.
Collapse Zone
This phenomenon occurs when concrete breaks apart due to heat and internal steam pressure.
Spalling
This dangerous event occurs when oxygen is introduced to a smoldering fire.
Backdraft
Consent assumed when a patient is unconscious.
Implied
Cooking is the leading cause of this type of fire in homes.
Residential Fire
____ before you pry.
Try
This construction feature is a major collapse hazard on older brick buildings.
Parapet wall or false wall
Modern synthetic materials increase this, causing faster fire spread.
Heat Release
PPE is primarily used to prevent this.
Injury/Sickness
This organization develops many fire safety codes in the U.S.
NFPA
This type of wood construction uses large solid beams and performs better under fire than lightweight systems.
Type IV, Heavy Timber