Building Construction
How a building is used.
What is Occupancy?
An area that has already been burned.
What is the Black Area?
An extension ladder with stay poles.
What is a Bangor Ladder?
Should occur as close as possible to the fire.
What is ventilation?
When hot, cold, wet or dry, rehab is to.
What is Returning Body Temperature to Normal?
Locate individuals who are trapped, injured or in immediate danger.
What is Primary Search?
Load in one specific area of a building.
What is a concentrated load?
Structural component composed of triangles.
What is a truss?
5
What is Ladder Rungs Above the Roof Line?
Fire with sufficient fuel but a limited amount of Oxygen.
What is a ventilation limited fire?
35
What is Low Air Warning Sounds At?
Salvage limits _____ loss.
What is Secondary?
Most fire resistive building construction.
What is Type I?
Traveling leading edge of the fire.
What is the Head?
L in lunar.
What is Location?
Parts of a door system.
What are the door, the door frame and the lock set?
Removing PPE and other clothing and moving to a cooler environment.
What is passive cooling?
#1 Rule of forcible entry.
What is try before you pry?
Hidden fires are in _____.
What are void spaces?
Looking for this in concealed spaces.
What is Fire Extension?
The most serious type of heat stress.
What is heat stroke?
Opening made in a roof.
What is Vertical Ventilation?
Saying to get to the pump.
What is Smooth, Bump, Bump to the Pump?
Significant damage, unusual burn patterns, multiple points of origin and presence of accelerants.
What are Signs of Possible Arson?
Ability of a material to withstand fire.
What is fire resistance?
Construction since 1970 with lightweight techniques.
What is Contemporary Construction?
The primary priority at a fire.
What is Life Safety?
Spreading / prying tool used for forcible entry.
What is a Kelly Tool?
Assessment of potential risks and benefits.
What is a Risk-Benefit Analysis?
Room or general area where the fire started.
What is the Area of Origin?