Transfer of fire through direct contact.
What is Conduction
What is West Repeater
Oxygen, Fuel, heal and a self-sustaining chemical reaction.
What are the components of the Fire Tetrahedron
Devices attached to the inside of the beams on a fly section used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
What are Pawls.
Used to keep a record of each use and the inspection/maintenance records.
What is a rope logbook.
Created from a salvage cover placed on the floor to hold small amounts of water.
What is a Catchall
The simplex channel used for most tactical operations in the Western portion of the county.
What is Black Frequency
An explosive ignition that can occur when the air is allowed to mix with hot, unburned fire gases.
What is a Backdraft
Single ladders equipped with folding hooks on one end.
What is a Roof Ladder
Used to join two types of unequal diameters.
What is a Becket Bend
The pathway of responsibility from the highest level of the department to the lowest.
What is Chain of Command
The frequency used to tone-out fire & EMS agencies throughout the two-county area.
What is Fire 1.
The tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature.
What is thermal layering
The desired angle of inclination the ladder should be placed for climbing.
What is 75 degrees
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.
A self-sustaining chemical reaction yielding energy or products that cause further reactions of the same kind.
What is Combustion
The name of a frequency that incorporates both a unique transmit frequency AND a receive frequency.
What is a Repeated Frequency
Extinguishment of fire through cooling with water.
What is temperature reduction.
Place the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill.
Where should a ladder be placed to perform a rescue from a window opening.
Used only for supporting people.
What is a Life Safety Rope.
The most common of the hazardous substances contained in smoke that is a product of combustion.
What is carbon monoxide.
A communication system that allows wide area rebroadcasting of radio transmissions instantly within the two-county area.
What is a Simulcast Radio System
The classification of fires involving energized electrical equipment.
What is a Class C Fire.
Eight to ten feet.
What is the height of a residential story.
The type of rope with a braided covering over the core of load-bearing strands.
What is Kernmantle Rope.