Ropes, Webbing, Knots
The oldest and most common tool used by firefighters
What is rope
The movement of air toward burning fuel and movement of smoke out of the compartment
What is air flow or flow path.
A hydrant that receives water from only one direction
What is a dead-end hydrant
The practice of minimizing damage and providing customer service through effective mitigation and recovery efforts before, during, and after an incident.
What is loss control?
The general location where a fire began.
What is area of origin?
This rope includes polyester, nylon, Polysteel and Kevlar
What is synthetic fiber rope
Warning signs of possible unsafe roof conditions
What is melting asphalt, spongy roof, smoke or fire coming from the roof
Hose appliance that combines two hose lines into one?
What is a Siamese?
Damage resulting from fire suppression activities.
What is secondary damage?
Control of all evidence must be maintained as part of the ___ required in legal cases.
What is the chain of custody?
Uniformly intertwined strands of rope together in a diagonally overlapping pattern
What is braided rope
This cut is strictly defensive and should NOT be confused with or used as offensive vertical ventilation
What is a trench cut
Type of adapter used to connect two female couplings to each other.
What is a Double Male?
Firefighters must be especially aware of checking the attic and basement for fire extension in these type of structures.
What is balloon construction?
This may appear on floors and indicate where fuel burned in that location.
What is Charring?
This part of the rope is made by crossing the side of the bight over the standing part
What is the loop
The process of removing smoke, heat, and toxic gases from a burning building and replacing them with cooler, cleaning, oxygen-rich air.
What is ventilation?
Term for the top of the hydrant?
What is a Bonnet?
This is used to prevent unintentional damage of flooring with our boots and equipment during fire suppression operations.
What is a floor runner/tarp?
Broad concept, encompassing anything that can taint physical evidence.
What is contamination?
This knot is particularly useful for stabilizing long objects that are being hoisted
What is a half-hitch
The process in which rising smoke, heat, and gases encounter a horizontal barrier such as a ceiling and begin to move out and back down
What is mushrooming?
This standard requires mobile water supply apparatus on level ground to be capable of dumping or filling at rates of at least 1,000 gpm
What is NFPA 1901 Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus?
Methods and operating procedures associated with fire fighting by which firefighters attempt to save property and reduce further damage from water, smoke, heat, and exposure during or immediately after fire by removing property from a fire area,by covering it, or other means.
What is salvage?
Refers to evidence that is destroyed, damaged, altered or otherwise not preserved by someone who has the responsibility to preserve it.
What is spoliation?