FIRE
A rapid oxidation process which is a chemical reaction resulting in the evolution of light and heat in varying intensities.
What is Fire
The information shared by the first arriving officer to announce the size up assessment findings, the problems encountered and the strategy declaration...
What is the I.R.R.
Initial Radio Report.
The fire which occured in London, England in 1666 starting in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane, consuming about two square miles of the city, leaving tens of thousands of residents homeless. Prior to this fire, London had no organized fire protection systems.
What is the "Great Fire of London"?
The standardized approach to incident management that facilitates interaction between cooperating agencies.
What is Incident Command System (ICS).
The main structural member of a ladder supporting the rungs or rung blocks.
What is the Beam.
Transfer of heat through or between solids that are in direct contact.
What is Conduction
Who is one of the late Fire Chiefs of Pheonix, Arizona Fire Department; the author of Fire Ground Command, and the original designer of Blue Card?
Who is Alan Brunacini
The first organized fire department in Canada?
What is the Union Fire Club created in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The historic fire that resulted in NFPA changes to fire sprinkler and crowd management requirements in assembly occupancies.
What is the Station Nightclub Fire, Rhode Island (2003).
The position in which an extension ladder has the fly section(s) fully retracted.
What is the Bedded Position.
The explosive burning of heated gases that occurs when oxygen is introduced into a compartment that has a high concentration of flammable gases and a depleted supply of oxygen due to an existing fire.
What is Backdraft ?
Provides the practical connection between and among the organization's three management levels: strategic, tactical and task
What is Incident Communications?
The largest fire department in the world.
What is the Tokyo Fire Department?
The principle that means each employee reports directly to just one supervisor.
What is Unity of Command.
A safety feature required on metal and fiberglass ladders to assess thermal exposure.
What are Heat Sensor Labels.
The interface of the hot and cooler gas layers at openings where hot gases are exiting and cooler air is entering the compartment.
What is the Neutral Plane?
A strategic decision making model will always create...
What are
standard conditions, standard actions and standard outcomes?
The year that St. Albert Fire Department was formed.
What is 1910?
The degradation of concrete due to prolonged exposure to high heat.
What is Spalling
The task being performed when a ladder is positioned in alignment with a window, with the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill.
What is Rescue Operations?
The total quantity of combustible contents of a building, space or fire area, including interior finish and trim, expressed in heat units of the equivalent weight in wood.
What is Fire Load?
How would you describe the blue card risk model?
What is
"we will risk our lives alot in a highly calculated and controlled manor to protect a savable human life
we will risk our lives a little in a highly calculated manor to protect savable property
we will not risk our lives at all to protect lives or property that is already lost"
The year that the IAFF began a long lasting and unwavering commitment to defeating muscular dystrophy and related life-threatening diseases.
What is 1954?
A testing method that uses water under pressure to check the integrity of pressure vessels.
What is a Hydrostatic test?
The carry being performed when two firefighters hold a ladder at their side, approximately knee height, with their hand gripping a beam.
What is a Two-Firefighter Arm’s Length On-Edge Carry.