PPE
This is what PASS means.
What is Personal Alert Safety System?
SCBAs whould always be used in IDLH environments. This is what IDLH stands for.
What is Immediate Danger to Life and Health?
Class "C" fire extinguishers are used on these types of fires.
What are electrical fires?
Wet barrel fire hydrants are found in areas that are not usually subject to this.
What is freezing?
This type of supply hose has a plastic or wire helix to provide additional support and prevent collapse under a vacuum.
What is hard suction?
This NFPA Standard governs Structural Firefighting ensembles.
What is NFPA 1971?
This type of SCBA uses a constant supply of air in order to pressurize the face piece, keeping toxic gases from entering.
What is Positive Pressure?
Class "K" extinguishing equipment is most commonly found here.
What are kitchen hood systems?
The pressure in a water delivery system when no hydrants are open and no hydrants are flowing are referred to as this.
What is static pressure?
This type of supply hose is larger than 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
What is LDH (Large Diameter Hose)?
Proximity Firefighting Ensembles are most often associated with this specialized firefighting.
What is ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting)?
This type of environment has an oxygen concentration below 19.5%.
What is an oxygen-deficient environment?
This extinguisher type is labeled using a Green Triangle.
What is a Class "A" extinguisher?
This action should always be performed before connecting supply hose to a hydrant in order to remove trash or other debris from the hydrant.
What is flushing?
This tool is used to operate valves on fire hydrants and can also be used as a spanner wrench.
What is a hydrant wrench?
Daily Double: Departmental SOGs state that All protective clothing will be thoroughly cleaned according to this recommendation, after fire ground emergencies where contaminates were present.
What the manufacturers recommendations?
The 2002 edition of NFPA 1981 mandated the use of these visual signals that signify the available amount of air remaining in an air cylinder.
What is a HUD (Heads UP Display)?
The acronym "PASS" is used when describing the four step process referring to extinguisher usage. This is what "PASS" means.
What is Pull, Aim, Sqeeze, Sweep?
The term tanker is used to describe a mobile water apparatus. It is also called this.
What is a water tender?
This device connects two or more hose lines into one line.
What is a Siamese?
Coats manufactured after March 1, 2007 are required to be outfitted with this life safety implement which enables one firefighter to be dragged by another firefighter whould the wearer become incapacitated.
What is a DRD (Drag Rescue Device)?
This agency regulates compressed gas cylinders, including SCBA cylinders, in the United States.
What is the USDOT (United States Department Of Transportaion)?
This is the amount a fuel that an extinguisher with a rating of 20-B should extinguish.
What is approximately 20 square feet?
The term that is used to describe a sudden surge in water pressure when closing or opening a valve or hydrant.
What is water hammer?
Master Stream devices are capable of flowing, at the minimum, this rate of water.
What is 350 gallons per minute?