Building Construction
Noncombustible Structure Type
What is Type 2 Construction
SCBA should always be used in IDLH environments. This is what IDLH stands for.
What is Immediate Danger to Life and Health?
Hose lay in which the engine drops the supply line at the hydrant and continues into the fire building.
What is a forward lay?
The rope used for lifting and lowering ladders
What is the halyard?
A rapid, thorough search done to locate victims as soon as possible
What is a primary search?
What are walls of a building that by design carry at least some part of the structural load of the building in the direction of the ground or base
What is a load-bearing wall
The piece that connects into the face piece and supplies air to the firefighter
What is the regulator?
This action should always be performed before connecting the supply hose to a hydrant in order to remove trash or other debris from the hydrant
What is flushing?
If rescuing where should the ladder be placed
What is below the window sill?
Most important rule of forcible entry
What is try before you pry?
Type 3 construction buildings should have a collapse zone of ____ times the height of the structure
What is 1.5 times?
P.A.S.S. stands for
What is Personal Alert Safety System?
Term used to describe a sudden surge in water pressure when opening or closing a handline or valve
What is water hammer?
Ladder with base section and one telescoping section
What is a extension ladder?
This is made to determine roof covering and depth, sheeting material, rafter direction and fire conditions
What is a inspection hole?
A connecting plate used in truss construction that can be made of flat steel stock, light gauge metal, or plywood is
What is a gusset plate?
This portion of the SCBA Component Assemblies constitutes the main weight of the breathing apparatus.
What is a air cylinder?
Two sizes of attack lines
What are inch and three quarter and two and a half inch?
Single ladders equipped with folding hooks on one end, also name two common sizes
What is a Roof ladder?
What are 14 foot and 16 foot?
A planned, systematic procedure for reducing, redirecting, removing heat, smoke, and fire gases from a structure
What is ventilation?
The projection of a wall above the roof-line of a building
What is a Parapet wall?
To prevent overheating while refilling an SCBA cylinder, it should be.
What is filled slowly?
The two most commonly used types of nozzles on the hose line
What are smooth bore and combination?
Amount of rungs ladder should be places above roof
What are 3 to 5 rungs?
The tools that are often referred to as a marriage
What are an ax and halligan?