Ropes, Webbing, Knots
The oldest and most common tool used by firefighters
What is rope
The movement of air toward burning fuel and movement of smoke out of the compartment
What is air flow or flow path.
A hydrant that receives water from only one direction
What is a dead-end hydrant
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
What is Abandonment.
Priority on all scenes
What is scene safety?
This rope includes polyester, nylon, Polysteel and Kevlar
What is synthetic fiber rope
Warning signs of possible unsafe roof conditions
What is melting asphalt, spongy roof, smoke or fire coming from the roof
Hose appliance that combines two hose lines into one?
What is a Siamese?
The consent it is presumed a patient or patients parent would give if they could such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed.
What is implied consent
On average hydrants are this many feet apart
What is 350 feet?
Uniformly intertwined strands of rope together in a diagonally overlapping pattern
What is braided rope
This cut is strictly defensive and should NOT be confused with or used as offensive vertical ventilation
What is a trench cut
Type of adapter used to connect two female couplings to each other.
What is a Double Male?
A finding of failure to act properly in a situation i which there was a duty to act and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.
What is Negligence.
General rule of thumb. How many telephone poles between hydrants
What is 3-1/2?
This part of the rope is made by crossing the side of the bight over the standing part
What is the loop
The process of removing smoke, heat, and toxic gases from a burning building and replacing them with cooler, cleaning, oxygen-rich air.
What is ventilation?
Term for the top of the hydrant?
What is a Bonnet?
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent, and limits of the EMT's job
What is scope of practice
P.A.R.
What is personal accountability report?
This knot is particularly useful for stabilizing long objects that are being hoisted
What is a half-hitch
The process in which rising smoke, heat, and gases encounter a horizontal barrier such as a ceiling and begin to move out and back down
What is mushrooming?
This standard requires mobile water supply apparatus on level ground to be capable of dumping or filling at rates of at least 1,000 gpm
What is NFPA 1901 Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus?
A federal law protecting the privacy of the patients specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed
What is HIPPA.
The most common hazardous substance in smoke that is a product of combustion...
What is Carbon Monoxide?