FIRE CHEMSITRY
This is what is actually burning when something is "on fire."
The Vapor
This form of construction is less common now because of how the fire spreads up through the walls.
Balloon Frame
Firefighters connect to these systems from the outside of buildings to provide a water supply in the building to build off of or to give more water to sprinkler systems
Standpipes or FDC
This system uses diamond-shaped placards with numbers and colors to indicate health, flammability, reactivity, and special hazards.
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NFPA 704 Placards
This rank is sometimes called a "Double Bugle" and features 2 silver bugles
Captain
This toxic gas, produced during incomplete combustion, binds to hemoglobin more readily than oxygen.
Carbon Monoxide
Every bedroom in a house is required to have one of these across from the door entering the room
A Window
This type of sprinkler system keeps pipes filled with pressurized air or nitrogen until heat activates a valve.
Dry Pipe Systems
Turnouts provide this level of HAZMAT protection
Level D
This rank is above an engineer and below a captain
Liutenant
What is the fuel for a class C fire
Electricity
This is the temperature at which a steel beam expands
1000 degrees
This type of alarm-initiating device uses a small chamber and light beam to detect airborne particles.
Photoelectric Smoke Detector
These four levels of chemical protective suits are designated A through D, with this one offering the highest protection.
Level A
This is another word for the kitchen
Day Room
This term describes a material that can release oxygen or another oxidizing substance to support combustion.
Oxidizer
This type of construction, also called “ordinary construction,” uses masonry walls with wood floors and roofs.
Type III
Fire Hydrants have different colored heads to show their GPM. What is the highest GPM color and what is it?
Blue >1500 GPM
These gases, such as chlorine and ammonia, are stored under pressure and can cause both health and fire hazards.
Toxic Inhilation Hazards
What kind of battery is needed for an SCBA PASS alarm and how many do you need?
Double A, 6
This is the chemical equation for Methane
CH4
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This term describes when a floor or roof assembly fails as one entire unit, often without warning.
Pancake Collapse
This suppression system uses chemical agents like FM-200 or CO₂ to protect sensitive equipment rooms.
Clean Agent System
Trains are required to carry this paper to say what they are carrying exactly.
Waybill or Bill of Lading
Historically, fire stations often had this special type of room for drying heavy canvas hoses after use.
Hose Tower