Fireground Operations
This tool is commonly paired with a Halligan bar.
What is a flat-head axe?
This type of construction is known as fire-resistive.
What is Type I construction?
This is the first step in the hazmat response process.
What is recognition?
Fire cause determination begins with identifying this.
What is the point of origin?
This system is used nationwide for managing emergencies.
What is NIMS (National Incident Management System)?
The first priority during search and rescue operations.
What is primary search?
In a Type V building, all structural elements are made of this.
What is wood?
This U.S. guidebook helps identify hazardous materials.
What is the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)?
This is the term for materials that ignite first in a fire.
What is the ignition source?
This ICS position oversees tactical operations.
What is the Operations Section Chief?
This type of fire attack involves applying water to cool superheated gases.
What is indirect attack?
Steel can lose up to 50% of its strength at this temperature.
What is 1100°F (593°C)?
This type of chemical agent causes blisters and tissue damage.
What is a blister agent (vesicant)?
This document is used to record fire code violations.
What is a fire inspection report?
This is the term for limiting the number of personnel under one supervisor.
What is span of control?
When oxygen enters a structure that is filled with the products of combustion and contains heat and fuel, the accumulated gases may ignite into a rapidly spreading fire or a violent explosion.
What is a backdraft?
This construction was popular in the late 1800s and the mid 1900s
What is Balloon Frame Construction?
The color-coded section of the ERG used when the material’s name is known.
What is the blue section?
The three elements of the fire triangle.
What are heat, fuel, and oxygen?
This ICS level is activated when resources from multiple agencies are needed.
What is a Unified Command?
A Class C fire involves this type of fuel.
What is energized electrical equipment?
Collapse zone distance is at least this many times the height of the structure.
What is 1.5 times?
This method involves the use of a liquid suppression agent to contain or dilute a hazardous material, often used when an flammable liquid is spilled and can’t be easily absorbed or contained with absorbents.
What is aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)?
This burn pattern often indicates the use of accelerants.
What is a pour pattern?
The acronym "IAP" stands for this.
What is Incident Action Plan?