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FIRE BEHAVIOR
GROUND LADDERS
ROPES AND KNOTS
WATER SUPPLY
100

This is the transfer of heat through direct contact.

What is Conduction?

100

Oxygen, fuel, heat, and a self-sustained chemical reaction.

What are the components of the fire tetrahedron?

100
Devices attached to the inside of beams on fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
What is the pawls? (dogs or ladder locks)
100
Used to keep a record of each use and the inspection/ maintenance records.
What is a rope logbook?
100
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?
200
Created from a salvage cover placed on the floor to hold small amounts of water.
What is a catchall.
200

An explosive ignition that can occur when air is allowed to mix with hot, unburned fire gases.

What is backdraft?

200
Single ladders equipped with folding hooks at one end.
What is a roof ladder?
200

This knot is commonly used to join two ropes of unequal diameters.

What is a becket bend? (sheet bend)

200
The type of water main valve that visually shows whether the gate or valve seat is open or closed.
What is an indicating valve?
300

Exposure to smoke and chemicals, heat and psychological stress, and long, irregular hours are all contributors to this affliction which is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities.

What is Cardiovascular disease?

300

The tendency for gases to form into layers according to temperature.

What is thermal layering? (thermal balance)

300

This is the desired angle of inclination that the ladder should be placed for climbing.

What is 75 degrees?

300

This is used by a firefighter 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?

300
Type of hydrants used in climates where freezing weather is expected and water is held below the frost line.
What is a dry barrel hydrant?
400
A self-sustaining chemical reaction yielding energy or products that cause further reactions of the same kind.
What is combustion.
400

Extinguishment of fire through cooling with water.

What is temperature reduction?

400

In order to do this place the tip of the ladder just below the window sill.

What is perform rescue from a window opening?

400

This type of rope is used only for supporting people.

What is life safety rope?

400

The process of raising water from a static source to a supply pumper.

What is drafting?

500
The mot common of the hazardous substances contained in smoke that is a product of combustion.
What is carbon monoxide.
500

The classification of fire involving energized electrical equipment.

What is Class C fires?

500

On average the measurement of this is eight to ten feet.

What is the height of a residential story?

500
The type of rope with a braided covering over the core of load-bearing strands.
What is kernmantle rope?
500

Used as a filter when drafting from a natural source or draining water from your pasta.

What is a strainer?

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