Very common fire resistive wall covering. Made of gypsum, starch and water then sandwiched between two layers of special paper.
What is Gypsum Board, Drywall or Sheetrock.
100
Consists mainly of reinforced concrete with structural members protected by insulation or automatic sprinklers. Primary hazards are building contents.
What is Type I Construction or Fire Resistive.
100
Three components of the fire triangle.
What is Heat, Fuel, Oxygen.
100
Person on the fireground with the task of maintaining the safety of all crews operating.
What is the Safety Officer.
100
A wooden or metal structural unit made up of one of more triangles in a flat plane.
What is a Truss.
200
Mixture of sand, cement and water used to bond masonary together.
What is Mortar.
200
All metal buildings fall into this category. Structural components lack fire resistant insulation.
What is Type II Construction or Non-Combustible.
200
Fire class of energized electrical equipment.
What is Class C.
200
The signal, given by the driver, that the apparatus will be traveling in reverse.
What is 3 honks of the horn.
200
A type of wood frame construction in which the studs of the exterior wall extend from the basement to the roof, usually with no fire stops.
What is Balloon Frame Construction.
300
Steel rods placed in masonary units to reinforce the strength of the unit.
What is Reinforcing Bar, or Rebar.
300
Exterior walls made of non combustible of limited combustible materials such as concrete blocks of bricks. Interior of structure made of wood.
What is Type III or Ordinary Construction.
300
When a fire in contained in a compartment, the smoke will tend to develop into layers according to temperature.
What is Thermal Layering.
300
Used when operating around loud noises.
What is Hearing Protection.
300
A roof assembly with a bowed top chord and horizontal bottom chord. These are used normally in large, commercial applications and may fail catastrophically when exposed to flame contact.
What is a Bowstring Truss.
400
A wooden I beam consisting of continous wooden upper and lower chords seperated by a web of OSB.
What is an Engineered Wood I Beam.
400
Exterior and interior walls are made of non combustible or limited combustible materials and the interior made out of solid or laminated wood with no hidden spaces.
What is Type IV or Heavy Timber Construction.
400
Rapid transition between growth and fully developed fire stage. Conditions within compartment change very rapidly from partial to full fire involvement.
What is Flashover.
400
Act of using a tool to check if the surface you are walking on is solid.
What is Sounding the Floor/Roof.
400
The practice of laying rebar horizontally in block construction to provide support for window and door openings.
What is a Bond Beam.
500
A wooden structural member composed of relatively short pieces of lumber glued and laminated together under pressure to form a long, strong beam.
What is a Glue Lam Beam.
500
Exterior made completely or partially out of wood. Commonly used to construct typical single family dwellings of apartment buildings up to seven stories.
What is Type V or Wood Framed Construction.
500
What is said when a fire growth is limited by the air supply within a compartment.
What is Ventilation Controlled.
500
Radio transmission consisting of Location, Unit, Name and Emergency.
What is Mayday Transmission.
500
Open space between the roof and ceiling of a commercial or industrial building.