Fire Detection Suppression and Smoke Control Systems
A system of pipes and outlets built into a structure that supply water to fire hoses
What is a standpipe?
Mnemonic used to instruct people on what to do if their clothes catch on fire
What is stop, drop, and roll?
Rope that is used to extend the fly section of an extension ladder
What is a halyard?
Class of fires involving combustible cooking oils and fats
What is Class K?
Tool used for prying and cutting
Automatic sprinkler system that requires the activation on an alarm initiating device before water is released into the sprinkler piping
What is Pre-action?
The agency that develops model fire codes
National Fire Protection Agency
The proper climbing angle of a ladder
What is 75 degrees?
The term that refers to the weight of gas compared to air
What is vapor density?
The type of constructions also known as "Ordinary Construction"
Type III Construction
The two types of fire detection technologies used in smoke detectors
What are ionization and photoelectric?
The most challenging problem presented by a fire in a healthcare facility
What is protecting non-ambulatory patients?
The maximum reach for a 28ft ladder
What is the second story roof?
The lowest temperature a fuel-air mixture will ignite in the presence of air and continue to burn
What is ignition temperature?
Best suitable form of ventilation for backdraft conditions
What is Vertical ventilation?
A sprinkler system that uses accelerators
What is Dry-pipe?
Type of code commonly adopted by communities
What is a Building code?
Material a ladder I beam is usually made of
What is fiberglass?
Chemical reaction that produces heat
What is exothermic?
A tool designed to remove a lock cylinder
What is a K tool?
Alarm notification system that is connected directly to a monitoring site owned and operated by the building owner
What is a Proprietary system?
Percentage of residential fires that are caused by cooking
What is 47%?
NFPA standard that deals with use, maintenance and service testing of in-service fire department ground ladders
What is NFPA 1932?
The process where a new compound is created from the combination of oxygen and another substance
What is oxidation?
Fire Class depicted by a flame and a gasoline can
B