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KNOW YOUR OGs
200
Referred to as sexless couplings and are connected with one third of a turn
What is a Storz-type coupling?
200
The person in overall command and responsible for all activities.
What is incident commander?
200
When hose is laid from the water source to the fire.
What is a forward lay?
200
A rapid, thorough search done to locate victims a soon as possible.
What is a primary search?
200

How far away from downed power lines should a Safety Perimeter be?

What is 10 meters

400
A feature on screw thread couplings where the beginning of the tread is cut to provide a positive connection.
What is the higbee cut?
400
Answer directly to the incident commander and has the authority to shut down all operations when conditions merit.
What is the safety officer?
400
Occurs when the flow of water in a hose is stopped suddenly resulting in a water surge.
What is a water hammer?
400
What a firefighter should do when they become trapped or injured?
What is, Call a mayday! Immediately activate the PASS device
400

A RIT team shall be established within ________ minutes after the Initial Attack on a fire.

What is 10 minutes

600
The appliance that has two or three female connections coming into one male discharge exiting the connection.
What is a Siamese?
600
Responsible for providing equipment, materials, and services needed to support the incident.
What is logistics?
600
The type of stream resulting from the use of a smoothbore nozzle.
What is a solid stream?
600
Providing additional support to key places between a vehicle and the ground to prevent further movement.
What is stabilization?
600

True or False

Members may post some Fire Department images on social media.

What is False. Images shall not be posted on Social Media without Prior permission from the Fire Chief.

800
Used to stop the flow of water to allow replacement of a burst section of hose.
What is hose clamp?
800
The number of personnel one person can manage is called?
What is span of control?
800
The most common type of foam proportioner that can be connected at any point in the hose lay.
What is an in-line foam inductor?
800
The proper way to remove tempered glass from side and rear windows?
What is using a spring-loaded center punch or striking with a sharp point at the lower corner
800

The Acronym used by an Incident Commander to Plan Priority Response.

What is RECEOVS

1000

The type of load that is easiest to load for large diameter hose and allows the folds to lie flat rather than on their side.

What is the flat load?

1000
The type of command used when the incident is multi-jurisdictional and there may be more than one incident commander.
What is Unified Command?
1000
used to achieve maximum water surface for heat absorption and is composed of very fine water droplets.
What is a fog stream?
1000
The pattern of collapse when outer walls remain standing and the floors or roof fail in the middle leaving voids on both sides of the collapse.
What is a V-shaped collapse?
1000

What does RECEOVS stand for?

What is Rescue, Exposures, Confine, Extinguish, Overhaul, Ventilate, Salvage