What are the leading causes of firefighter fatalities?
100
Improper backing, excessive speed, lack of driving skill/experience, reckless driving, poor design and maintenance.
What are the main causes of fire apparatus collisions?
100
To protect from hazards and minimize the risk of injury or fatality.
What is the purpose of PPE?
100
Chemical reaction, which can occur without fire.
What is Combustion?
100
Respiratory Protection equipment that is commonly used in structural firefighting.
What is Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)?
200
Strains, sprains, cuts and bruises
What are the main types of firefighter injuries?
200
The act of being aware of your surroundings and anticipating hazards.
What is situational awareness?
200
The device used to aid in rescuing firefighters.
What is a Personal Alert Safety System (PASS)?
200
Chemical Chain Reaction, Oxidizing Agent, Heat and Reducing Agent.
What are the four components of the Fire Tetrahedron?
200
The change in ventilation that results in explosively rapid combustion of flammable gases.
What is Backdraft?
300
Respiratory diseases, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, etc.
What are chronic illness firefighters often contract?
300
Always use a spotter when backing, defensive driving, do not ride on exterior, wear a seat belt.
What are safety guidelines for safe, apparatus operations?
300
The silver gear used when fighting fires commonly found in airports.
What is Proximity Firefighting Protective Clothing?
300
The stage where elements of the fire triangle come together and combustion begins.
What is the Incipient Stage?
300
Benjamin Franklin
Who was the first, official Fire Chief?
400
An organization that establishes and regulates many aspects of safety.
What is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
400
Wear PPE, do not wear loose clothing or jewelry, follow the manufacturer's instructors.
What are safety guidelines for using tools?
400
The layer of structural firefighting gear intended to protect the wearer from intense heat while attempting an interior attack on a fire.
What is the Thermal Barrier?
400
When the contents of a room reach a certain temperature and spontaneously combust, resulting in extreme, unsurvivable, heat.
What is Flashover?
400
Coast Guard, military reserve units, public health departments, red cross, salvation army.
What are other agencies fire department personnel might have to work with?
500
Organization that encourages states to develop and operate job safety and health programs.
What is The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)?
500
Apparatus and scene lighting, high-visibility vests, work in a protected area
What are safety guidelines for roadway incidents?
500
A built in harness intended to be used while aiding an injured firefighter inside of a structure.
What is a Drag Rescue Device (DRD)?
500
1. The transfer of heat through and between solids.
2. The transfer of thermal energy by circulation.
3. The transmission of energy as an electromagnetic wave.
What is conduction, convection, and radiation.
500
The total quantity of combustible contents of a building, space or fire area, including interior finish and trim, expressed in heat units of the equivalent weight in wood.