NFPA
This word comes last in the acronym NFPA
What is Association?
In an offensive fire attack, the hose is stretched through this part of a building
What is the interior?
These 3 components make up the fire triangle
What are heat, oxygen, and fuel?
This type of construction is made up of noncombustible materials
What is Type II construction?
This phrase identifies the use of a standard means of communication during an incident
What is common terminology?
This NFPA standard outlines the minimum protective requirements for PPE
What is NFPA 1971?
This type of hose load is capable of laying both single and dual supply lines
What is a combination load?
This shape is used to describe the addition of an uninhibited chemical chain reaction to the fire triangle
What is a tetrahedrion?
This effect is found most commonly in high rise buildings
What is stack effect?
This member of a fire ground is the person who initially establishes command and develops the Incident Action Plan
Who is the first arriving company officer?
This NFPA standard specifies the minimum requirements for fire department occupational health and safety
What is NFPA 1500?
Firefighters should remember this phrase when attempting to forcibly enter a door
What is "try before you pry"?
Heat travels in the form of invisible waves in this type of heat transfer
What is thermal radiation?
This type of construction allows for the vertical members of a building to extend the full height of the building
What is balloon frame construction?
The primary goal of this course is to introduce the firefighter to NIMS
What is IC-700?
This NFPA standard sets the minimum job performance requirements for career and volunteer firefighters
What is NFPA 1001?
This type of defensive firefighting equipment cannot be angled beyond 35 degrees
What is a portable monitor?
Fire behavior can be described by these four stages
What are the incipient, growth, fully developed, and decay stages?
Traditionally made of wood, failure along one point of this supporting member will cause the entire design to collapse
What is a truss?
This ICS characteristic may be described as an "organizational toolbox" and delegates tasks to the most qualified person on a fire ground
What is modular organization?
When referring to the adoption of NFPA standards, the acronym 'AHJ' expands to this phrase
What is Authority Having Jurisdiction?
When fighting car fires, beware of this toxic acid in the battery of the vehicle
What is sulfuric acid?
This size-dependent ratio impacts the ability of a fuel to ignite, the time it takes to be consumed, and the Heat Release Rate (HRR)
What is Surface-to-Mass Ratio?
These 3 designs are commonly found in roof construction
What is Pitched, Curved, or Flat?
The Department of Homeland Security created this standardized approach to incident management in 2004
What is NIMS?