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Firefighting Fundamentals
Airfield & Flight Deck Fam.
Aircraft Handling Fundamentals
Airfield & Flight Deck Fam.
Firefighting Fundamentals
100
Primary Duty of the firefighter
What is to Save Lives
100
Paved areas that are used for aircraft takeoff and landing
What are runways
100
Procedures for grounding
What is to hook grounding strap to certified static ground, then to aircraft grounding receptacle
100
Parallel stripes on the ends of the runways, stripes are 12ft wide by 150ft long
What are threshold markings
100
Secondary Responsibility of a firefighter
What is to extinguish fires and limit damage to Aircraft, shipboard, airfield installed equipment and or airfield structures
200
Heat + Fuel + Oxygen + Chemical chain reaction
What is the Fire Tetrahedron
200
Plane Captains
Who are Brown Jerseys
200
46-60 Knots, 14 chains required
What is moderate weather tie-down
200
Catapult and arresting gear personnel squadron aircraft maintenance personnel Helicopter landing signal enlisted man and photographers
Who are green jerseys
200
Combustible materials that produce an ash such as burning wood and wood products, cloth, textiles and fibrous materials and paper products
What is Class Alpha Fires
300
Energized Electrical fires that are attacked by using non-conductive agents
What are Class Charlie Fires
300
Safety Shoes (steel-toed) Protective Jersey Cranial Impact Helmet Protective eye goggles Leather Gloves
What are flight deck safety equipment
300
Fixed wing mandatory signal
What is "Emergency Stop"
300
Paved area in a magnetically quiet area where the aircraft compass is calibrated
What is a compass calibration pas (compass rose)
300
15-Pound Portable units and 50-Pound wheeled extinguisher units, are intended primarily for use on class bravo and Charlie fires, colorless, odorless gas
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
400
AFFF, Halon 1211, Purple K Powder (PKP) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
What are the effective extinguishing agents for a Class Bravo Fire
400
Flight deck (steel toed) safety shoes Cranial impact helmet protective eye goggles leather gloves
What is flight line protective equipment
400
Primarily responsible for ensuring that the aircraft is ready to be towed and that there is ample clearance for the aircraft, positioned at wing tips and tail of the aircraft
Who are the safety observers
400
Flight Deck Safety Hazards
What are oil, grease, fuel, jet intakes and exhaust, rotor and propellers arcs
400
Intended primarily for use on Class Bravo and Charlie fires; also effective on Class Alpha Fires, Colorless, faintly Sweet Smelling
What is Halon 1211 (Bromochlorodiflouromethane)
500
Effective extinguishing agents are H2O in large quantities in high velocity fog, apply water from a safe distance or from behind shelter as small explosions can occur
What are the effective extinguishing agents for a Class Delta Fire
500
Identified by an `8-inch wide red stripe with a yellow 3-inch high "w" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming
What are saltwater stations
500
Danger areas for aviation
What are intakes, exhaust, flight controls, compressed gases, cryogenics, explosives, hazardous materials, eye, hearing and other industrial environment dangers
500
Identified by an 18-inch black stripe with a 3-inch white "steam" stenciled in the center of the stripe on the wheel stop coaming
What is steam smothering
500
Water (H2O) or Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)
What are the effective extinguishing agents for a Class Alpha Fire