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Fire Prevention
Fire Investigation
Fire Hazards
Pre-Incident Survey
Public Education
100
The division of the fire department responsible for conducting inspections, code enforcement, education and investigation.
What is the fire prevention bureau?
100
It is a combination of 3 factors: the fuel that ignites, the form and source of the heat of ignition, and the act or omission that bring these two things together.
What the cause of a fire?
100
Any material, condition or act that contributes to the start of a fier that increases the extent or severity of fire.
What is a fire hazard?
100

Act of preparing to manage an incident at a particular location or a particular type of incident before an incident occurs.

What is pre-incident planning? (or pre-incident survey or pre-planning)

100

Many fire department have grant funded programs that give these away to low income families and residents with disabilities.

What are smoke detectors?

200
The individual (public or private sector) responsible for determining the cause and origin of a fire as well as who may be responsible or liable for a fire.
Who is the Fire Investigator?
200
The color of the smoke and flames, open windows or doors, people or vehicles present.
What are things the first arriving firefighters should look for?
200
A condition that is prevalent in almost all occupancies and increases the likelihood a fire may start. Examples include poor housekeeping; defective heating, lighting or power equipment and the improper use and disposal of cleaning agents.
What is a common fire hazard?
200
Preventing accidental fires, improving life safety conditions, and helping the owner or occupant to understand and improve existing conditions.
What are the objectives of a residential fire safety survey?
200

Stop, Drop & Roll; Crawl Low Under Smoke; water safety; motor vehicle safety; fire and burn prevention; firearms injury prevention; bike and pedestrian safety

What topics are addressed by the fire department public education programs?

300
Fire personnel assigned to inspect property with the purpose of enforcing fire regulations.
What is a Fire Inspector?
300

Operations conducted after the main body of fire has been extinguished. Consists of searching for and extinguishing hidden or remaining fire, placing the building and its contents in a safe position, determining the cause and origin of the fire.

What is overhaul?

300
fuel load, overcrowding, open flame, flammable interior finish
What are hazards of Nightclubs?
300
Document developed during pre-incident planning that contains the operational plan or set procedures for the safe and efficient handling of emergency situations at a given location, such as a specific building or occupancy.
What is a preplan? (or pre-incident plan)
300

Week proclaimed each year by the President of the United States to commemorate the anniversary of the great Chicago fire on Oct. 9, 1871; takes place the week in which Oct 9 falls.

What is Fire Prevention Week?

400
Fire personnel responsible for interfacing with the media, public or other agencies requiring information during an incident.
What is the PIO? (Public Information Officer)
400

The fire department's ability to deny access to any building during firefighting operations and for a reasonable length of time after suppression operations are completed. It ends when the last fire department employee leaves the scene.

What is the authority of the fire department?

400

A fire hazard that arises as a result of the processes or operations that are characteristic to the individual occupancies. Examples may include high piled storage, spraying of flammable liquids and processing hazardous materials.

What is special fire hazard?

400

Heating, cooking, smoking, electrical distribution, electrical appliances, and combustible or flammable liquids.

What are the most common causes of residential fires?

400

What firefighters teach children and adults to do when their clothes catch on fire.

What is STOP, DROP AND ROLL.

500

The highest fire prevention officer of a state, county or municipality.

Who is the Fire Marshal?

500

The organization that publishes standard 921- Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations and 1033 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator.

What is the NFPA? (National Fire Protection Association)

500
A facility in which there is a great potential for life or property loss from fire. Examples might include, Disneyland, Children's hospital and Anaheim Stadium.
What is a target hazard?
500
The location of hazardous materials, fire walls, utility shut-offs, stairs, and valve rooms are examples.
What should be shown on a building sketch?
500

The third and perhaps most important step in making a presentation- this is when the participants use or apply the information they have been taught.

What is the application step?