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Oh Say Can You "C"
Fire Behavior
Ground Ladders
Ropes & Knots
Water Supply
100
The pathway of responsibility from the highest level of the department to the lowest.
What is chain of command?
100
Oxygen, fuel, heat, and a self-sustained chemical reaction
What are the components of the fire tetrahedron
100
Devices attached to the inside of beams on fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended.
What is the pawls? (also except dogs or ladder locks)
100
Used to keep a record of each use and the inspection/maintenance records
What is a rope logbook?
100
A system that uses a primary water source that sits at a high elevation such as an elevated storage tank
What is a gravity system?
200
A self-sustaining chemical reaction yielding energy or products that cause further reactions of the same kind.
What is combustion?
200
An explosive ignition that can occur when air is allowed to mix with hot, unburned fire gases.
What is backdraft?
200
Single ladders equipped with folding hooks on one end
What is a roof ladder?
200
Used to join two ropes of unequal diameter
What is a becket bend?
200
The type of water main valve that visually shows whether the gate or valve seat is open or closed
What is an indicating valve?
300
The most common of the hazardous substances contained in smoke that is a product of combustion
What is the carbon monoxide?
300
The tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature.
What is thermal layering? (also called heat stratification or thermal balance)
300
The desired angle of inclination that the ladder should be placed for climbing
What is 75 degrees?
300
Used by firefighters on the ground to prevent equipment and other tied objects from coming in contact with the structure or other objects
What is a tag line?
300
The type of hydrant used in climates where freezing weather is expected and water is held below the frost line
What is a dry barrel hydrant?
400
Created from a salvage cover placed on the floor to hold small amounts of water
What is a catchall?
400
Extinguishment of fire through cooling with water
What is temperature reduction?
400
Place the tip of the ladder just below the windowsill
What is where should a ladder be placed to perform a rescue from a window opening?
400
Used only for supporting people.
What is life safety rope?
400
The process of raising water from a static source to supply a pumper
What is drafting?
500
Transfer of heat through direct contact
What is conduction?
500
The classification of fires involving energized electrical equipment
What is a Class C fire?
500
Eight to ten feet
What is the height of a residential story?
500
The type of rope with a braided covering over the core of load-bearing strands
What is kermantle rope?
500
Used as a filter when drafting from a natural source
What is a strainer?