Building Construction
the most fire-resistive category of building construction, commonly found in schools, hospitals and high-rise buildings
What is a type I construction?
Oxygen, heat & fuel
What is the fire triangle?
Devices attached to a fly section to engage ladder rungs near the beams of the section below for the purpose of anchoring the fly section
What are pawls?
The acronym for operating a fire extinguisher
What is PASS?
This type of ventilation takes advantage of the doors, windows and other openings at the same level as the fire
What is horizontal ventilation?
This rule describes the elongation of steel trusses and I-beams during a fire
What is the 10-100-1000 rule?
The speed of the smoke leaving a burning building
What is smoke velocity?
The rope used on extension ladders for the purpose of raising a fly section
What is a halyard?
The class of fire that involves combustible cooking media such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fat?
What is Class K?
This type of ventilation involves making openings in roofs or floors so that heat, smoke and toxic gases can escape from the structure
What is vertical ventilation?
These are constructed on the line between 2 properties and are shared by a building on each side of the wall
What is a party wall?
This is the minimum temperature a substance should attain to ignite under specific test conditions
What is ignition temperature?
A single ladder equipped with hooks at the top end of the ladder
What is a roof ladder?
The type of fire extinguisher you would use on Class B and C fires
What are carbon dioxide extinguishers or dry-chemical extinguishers?
This type of ventilation uses large, powerful fans to force fresh air into a structure
What is positive pressure ventilation?
This is typically used to support a sloping roof
What is a pitched chord truss?
A transition phase in the development of a compartment fire in which surfaces exposed to thermal radiation reach ignition temperature more or less simultaneously and fire spreads rapidly throughout the space, resulting in full room involvement or total involvement of the compartment or enclosed space
What is flashover?
The angle a raised ladder should be positioned at for climbing
What is 75 degrees?
A fire in combustible metals, such as magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium, lithium and potassium
What is a Class D fire?
This type of ventilation uses the water stream from the hose line to exhaust smoke and heated gases from a structure
What is hydraulic ventilation?
An older type of wood frame construction in which the wall studs extend vertically from the basement of a structure to the roof without any fire stops
What is balloon frame construction?
A fire in flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and flammable gases.
What is a class B fire?
The minimum a ladder in service should be inspected
What is annually?
This type of fire involves energized electrical equipment
What is a Class C fire?
This type of ventilation relies on electric fans to pull or draw the air from a structure or area
What is negative pressure ventilation?