Basic Firefighter
A three-sided geometric figure used to explain the concept of fire as it burns in the smoldering mode.
What is Fire Triangle
A plan to help improve the likelihood that each family member will escape the home in the event of a fire.
What are home escape plans?
The single most important non-emergency activity performed by the fire service.
What is a fire inspection?
As defined by NFPA 472
»A substance (solid, liquid, or gas) that when released is capable of creating harm to people, the environment, and property.
what is a Hazardous Materials?
Career or volunteer service groups that are organized and trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from any fire or disaster.
What is the Fire Service?
A four-sided geometric figure used to explain the concept of fire as it burns in the flame producing stage.
What is fire tetrahedron?
This is the action to take if your clothes catch on fire.
What is Stop Drop & Roll?
Individuals in this position are responsible for conducting fire inspections and also maybe responsible for divisions duties, including fire investigations, public education, or plans review, among others.
What is fire inspector or fire prevention officer?
A system that requires a diamond-shaped, 10 ¾ inches on each side, required to be placed on bulk containers and all four sides of the vehicle.
What is the DOT placard system?
The marking on the male and female ends of the coupling on a firehouse. Used for marking up two sections of hose for lining up the threads.
What is the Higbee cut?
Flexible tube used by firefighters to carry water under pressure from the source of supply to the point of discharge.
What is fire hose?
Proven to save lives,Give early warning of fire, Provide security from fire when everyone is asleep.
What is smoke detector/alarm?
Rules or Laws used to enforce requirements for fire protection, life safety, or building construction
What are codes?
The areas at a hazardous materials incident that are designated based upon safety and the degree of hazard and are usually named Hot, Warm and Cold.
What is the control zones?
A rope or cable used to hoist an upper section of an extension ladder.
What is a Halyard?
Function - to provide the firefighter with protection against hazardous respiratory environments such as oxygen deficiency elevated temperatures, smoke, and other toxic atmospheres
What is SCBA?
The most frequent kind of burn injury to young children.
What are scalds?
A condition that is prevalent in almost all occupancies and encourage a fire to start
What is common fire hazards?
A reference book, written in plan language, to guide emergency responders in their initial actions at the incident scene.
What is the Emergency response guide ERG?
A device for use in applications requiring special water discharge patterns, directional spray, or other unusual discharge characteristic.
What is a Nozzle?
NFPA standard that contains minimum requirements and procedures for a safety and health program for fire departments.
What is NFPA 1500?
This type of Smoke Detector operates by using a small, harmless radioactive particle and is better at detecting invisible particles produced by flaming fires.
What is Ionization?
The classifications given to structures by the model code used in that jurisdiction based on the intended use for the structure
Who is Occupancy classifications?
The equipment provided to shield or isolate a person from the chemical, physical, and thermal hazards that can be encountered at a hazardous materials incident.
What is Personal Protective Equipment PPE?
A valved connection on a water supply system having one or more outlets and that is used to supply hose and/or other fire department apparatus with water.
What is a Fire Hydrant?