Fire Behavior
Prior to entering a fire area with a charged hoseline, the nozzle operator should first?
Bleed the air from the line.
The five types of building construction are?
Fire Resistive - Type 1
Non-combustible - Type 2
Ordinary - Type 3
Heavy Timber - Type 4
Wood Frame - Type 5
The term for a roll call taken by a supervisor at an emergency incident is a?
Personnel Accountability Report.
Vapors and gases with a vapor densities less then 1 will tend to:
Rise up in the air
What does the "irons" consist of?
Halligan and axe
What is the standard for firefighter professional qualifications?
NFPA 1001
When forcing entry, where should the halligan tool be placed?
Space between the door jam and door near the lock.
Opening a wall is know as:
Breaching
The most commonly accepted order of fire ground priorities is referred to through this acronym?
LIP
Life Safety - Incident Stabilization - Property Conservation
Atmospheres are classified as oxygen deficient when the fall below ____ percent oxygen.
19.5
A hose clamp should be placed approximately _____ Feet from a coupling and on the _____ side of the coupling.
5 Feet / Incoming (water supply)
NFPA standard for occupational safety
NFPA 1500
What are the three sides of the fire triangle?
Heat, fuel and ignition source
Marking items such as hydrants, FDC's and Knox box locations on a blue print is called what?
A pre-incident plan
_____ is the number of people an individual can effectively supervise. The optimum number of persons is ___ and the with the limits generally set at ___ to ___.
Span of Control
5
3 to 7
Diking, damming and diverting are _____ options available for _____ control.
defensive / spill
The parts of an extension ladder that prevent the fly section from being overextended are called?
Stops
Standard of live fire evolutions
NFPA 1403
What is an inspection hole?
A triangular cut to check for fire behavior
What type of construction are modern homes?
Type V
The _____ serves to coordinate the flow of personnel into and out of the fire area with the Incident Commander.
Accountability Officer
What level of PPE is fully encapsulated?
Level A
4 basic groups for forcible entry tools are what?
Cutting, Pushing/pulling, prying, striking
Standard on PPE
NFPA 1977
What are some warning signals of a possible backdraft?
-Black Smoke turning greyish yellow.
-Little to no visable flame
-Smoke stained windows
-Smoke leaving the building and being drawn back in.
A type of wood framing that has vertical channels going from floor to floor allowing a fire to travel uninterrupted is _____________.
Balloon frame construction.
The process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them more manageable is described as:
Division of Labor
The radiation that is least dangerous as a threat to external portions of the body but is very dangerous if ingested or inhaled is:
Alpha
What type of extinguisher may be required to extinguish a restaurant kitchen fire involving the fryers?
Type K
NFPA standard for HazMat and weapons of mass destruction?
NFPA 1072
The Three most important factors that affect wildland firefighting area?
Fuel, Weather, and Topography
At _____ degree F steel will begin to elongate, a 100 FT beam at this temperature will expand about ____ inches
1000 degrees
9.5 inches
Finance, Logistics, Operations, Planning (FLOP)
Toxicant's that can temporarily, sometimes severe, cause inflammation to the eyes, skin or respiratory system.
Irritants
A - Class a combustibles
B - Flammables Liquids
C- Electrical energized fires
D - Flammable Metals
K - Commercial kitchen
NFPA standard on wildland fires
NFPA 1051