Phases of Fire
What is the earliest phase of a fire, beginning with the actual ignition?
What is Incipient (Beginning) Phase?
What is type of ventilation called where a hole is cut in the roof of a structure?
What is Vertical Ventilation?
The first consideration to be taken into account when deciding the need for ventilation is?
What is The safety of firefighters and building occupants?
When operating in a doorway, what is the most important factor to keep fresh air from entering the fire compartment?
What is door control
What is the main priority of the V-E-S?
What is locating and quickly extracting a possible victim?
What is the phenomenon that occurs when there is simultaneous ignition of the entire surface of a room and its contents?
What is Flashover?
What is the color of smoke that is one danger signal of a potential backdraft?
What is Grayish - Yellow?
Vertical ventilation generally means opening the roof or existing roof openings for the purpose of?
What is allowing heated gases and smoke to escape to the atmosphere?
What type of ventilation cut acts as a fire break on the roof a structure that is being attacked by fire?
What is a trench cut.
It is imperative to close the ____ during a V-E-S.
What is the door?
What is a phenomenon of fire that takes place when the unburned combustible gases released during the incipient state of a fire accumulate at ceiling level?
What is Rollover?
What is the appropriate size of an adequate ventilation hole in a roof?
What is 4 foot by 4 foot?
How many stories is Kingwood Arms?
What is 5?
What is the first thing firefighters must do when stepping onto a roof to vertically ventilate?
What is sound the roof.
Ventilation must always be coordinated with the?
What is the Attack crew about to enter the structure or already inside the structure?
What is the rapid, almost instantaneous combustion of flammable gases emitted by materials that are burning under conditions of insufficient oxygen?
What is Backdraft?
What are some of the factors that help you decide where ventilation is needed?
What are Location of fire, Location of occupants, Interior and exterior exposures, type of construction, purpose or use of occupancy, and extent to which the fire has progressed?
What are some existing openings that can aid in vertical ventilation?
What are sky lights and and scuttle hatches?
What is the type of ventilation called where a hose stream is directed out of a window to evacuate smoke?
What is Mechanical Ventilation?
What is the latter stage of burning phase where the fire consumes available oxygen until it reaches the point where there is insufficient oxygen to react with the fuel?
What is the decay phase?
Which type of ventilation involves opening doors and windows to allow air currents to move smoke and heat out of the building?
What is Natural/Cross Ventilation?
What weather phenomena has the most potential influence on horizontal ventilation?
What is Wind?
Using Negative Pressure to vent is an example of what kind of ventilation?
What is Mechanical and hydraulic?
This cut is made to determine roof covering and depth, sheeting material, rafter direction, and fire conditions.
What is an inspection hole/triangular cut