Maintenance and Testing Responsibilities
Community Risk Reduction
Suppression
Potpourri
Fire I
200

Maintenance of portable lighting includes this.

Replacing light bulbs as necessary

200

Fire and life safety programs bring the fire department together with this group.

The community

200

Class A foams are used to extinguish fires involving this type of fuel.

Ordinary Combustibles

200

When transferring Command, the fire officer receiving command must here.

On scene.

200

The correct order of incident priorities is this.

Life safety, incident stabilization, property conservation (LIP).

400

What should be done with hose that is found to be leaking during service testing.

Take it out of service.

400

How should firefighters operate when conducting residential fire and life safety surveys.

In teams of two or more.

400

This foam appliance is useful in blanketing operations.

Foam aeration nozzles

400

This term is defined as "an excavation, narrow in relation to its length, made below the surface of the earth".

Trench

400

Stones and concrete may lose small portions of their surface when heated, a condition called this.

Spalling.

600

After checking fluid levels, this is the next step in the inspection of power plants/generators.

Starting the power plant/generator without a load.

600

In order to build rapport with the community, how should preincident planning surveys be carried out.

As a scheduled, coordinated visit.

600

This type of sprinkler is typically used in dry systems and designed to deflect the spray of water downward in a hemispherical pattern.

Upright

600

In most jurisdictions, this position has the legal responsibility to determine the origin and cause of a fire, or delegate the responsibility to someone else.

Fire chief

600

At hazardous materials incidents, decontamination stations usually assembled here.

The warm zone.

800

When using a fire department pumper, where should the hose be connected on the apparatus?

On the side opposite the pump panel.

800

This standpipe system is designed to be used by fire suppression personnel trained in handling large hoselines.

Class I

800

Fast air moving in at the bottom of a door and smoke moving out the top indicates this.

An active structure fire.

800

This type of indicating control valve has a valve stem with the words OPEN or SHUT visible on the side of the housing.

Post Indicator Valve (PIV)

800

After exposure to Class A and Class B foams, gear should be washed at this interval.

After every use.

1000

This most basic piece of equipment is necessary to service test a fire hose.

Hose-testing machine, portable pump, or fire department pumper

1000

This type of smoke detection device detects particles and aerosols that are too small to be seen by the naked eye.

Ionization smoke detector

1000

When dealing with smaller electrical fires, such as those in electronic or computer equipment, you should do this FIRST.

Isolate the power source and then extinguish the fire.

1000

Aluminum melts around this temperature.

1,220° F (660° C)

1000

When interacting with the public, in particular when presenting a fire and life safety message, how should the firefighter conduct themselves.

In a professional manner, with a positive attitude.

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