TOPIC: OH SAY CAN YOU “C”
FIRE BEHAVIOR
GROUND LADDERS
ROPES AND KNOTS
WATER SUPPLY
200
Transfer of heat through direct contact.
What is conduction?
200
Oxygen, fuel, heat, and a self-sustained chemical reaction.
What are the components of the fire tetrahedron?
200
Devices attached to the inside of the beams on fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
What is the pawls? (also accept dogs or ladder locks)
200
Used to keep a record of each use and the inspection/maintenance records.
What is a rope logbook?
200
A system that uses a primary water source that sits at a high elevation such as an elevated storage tank.
What is a gravity system?
300
Created from a salvage cover placed on the floor to hold small amounts of water.
What is a catchall.
300
An explosive ignition that can occur when air is allowed to mix with hot, unburned fire gases.
What is backdraft?
300
Single ladders equipped with folding hooks on one end.
What is a roof ladder?
300
Used to join two ropes of unequal diameters.
What is a becket bend? (also accept sheet bend)
300
The type of water main valve that visually shows whether the gate or valve seat is open or closed.
What is an indicating valve?
400
The pathway of responsibility from the highest level of the department to the lowest.
What is chain of command?
400
The tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature.
What is thermal layering? (also accept heat stratification or thermal balance
400
The desired angle of inclination that the ladder should be placed for climbing.
What is 75 degrees?
400
Used by firefighters on the ground to prevent equipment and other tied objects from coming in contact with the structure or other objects.
What is a tag line?
400
The type of hydrant used in climates where freezing weather is expected and water is held below the frost line.
What is a dry barrel hydrant?
500
A self-sustaining chemical reaction yielding energy or products that cause further reactions of the same kind.
What is What is combustion.
500
Extinguishment of fire through cooling with water.
What is temperature reduction?
500
Place the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill.
Where should a ladder be placed to perform a rescue from a window opening?
500
Used only for supporting people.
What is life safety rope?
500
The process of raising water from a static source to supply a pumper.
What is drafting?
600
The most common of the hazardous substances contained in smoke that is a product of combustion.
What is the carbon monoxide.
600
The classification of fires involving energized electrical equipment.
What is a Class C fire?
600
Eight to ten feet.
What is the height of a residential story?
600
The type of rope with a braided covering over the core of load-bearing strands.
What is kernmantle rope?
600
Used as a filter when drafting from a natural source.
What is a strainer?
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