Fire Classes
Fire involving metals, such as sodium, titanium, magnesium, potassium, uranium, lithium, plutonium and calcium
What is Class D Fires?
NFPA
What is National Fire Protection Association?
The crime of maliciously setting fire to property, especially a dwelling.
What is arson?
A narrow collapsible ladder used to access a scuttle hole. Also known as a closet ladder.
What is a Attic Ladder?
Ruggedized infrared equipment used by some firefighters to detect hidden people, animals, heat sources and structural compromise.
What is a Thermal Imaging Camera?
Fire that involves hydrocarbons.
What is a Class B Fire?
NIOSH
What is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health?
A fire phenomenon caused when heat and heavy smoke accumulate inside a compartment, depleting the available air, and then oxygen/air is re-introduce, completing the fire triangle and causing rapid combustion.
What is a backdraft?
A 20-60 foot ladder with one or more movable sections that extend beyond a base section, typically using a halyard rope and pulley mechanism for lifting and locking cams to latch the moving sections at a selected height.
What is an extension ladder?
This tool has a single wedge for cutting into objects.
What is a flathead axe?
Fire involving combustibles such as wood, paper, and other natural materials.
What is a Class A fire?
NIMS
What is National Incident Management System?
The simultaneous ignition of combustible materials in a closed space, as when materials simultaneously reach their fire point.
What is a Flashover?
A portable ladder designed to gain entry for rescue or to aid in ventilation.
What is a ground ladder?
PW Can holds this many gallons.
What is 2.5 gallons?
Another name for an electrical fire.
What is a class C fire?
MCI
What is a Mass Casualty Incident?
A fire where heat and smoke in a structure are so widespread that internal access must wait until fire streams can be applied.
What is a fully involved fire?
Used to climb from one window to another. It differs from other ladders in that it does not rest on the ground it instead uses a large hook at the top to attach to a window sill. Also known as a scaling ladder.
What is a pompier ladder?
A forcible entry tool with a pointed pick and a wedge at right angles on one end of a shaft and a fork or cat's paw at the opposite end.
What is a halligan tool?
Fire that involves cooking oils.
What is a class K fire?
USAR
What is Urban Search and Rescue?
Daily Double
What is a structural fire?
A single section ladder with hooks on one end.
What is a Roof Ladder?
Tool for opening valves of fire hydrants
What is a hydrant wrench?