Building Construction
This type of construction is found in many modern homes. The walls and roofs are made of combustible materials—most commonly wood.
Type Five Construction
This NFPA Standard is on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program
NFPA 1500
This Knot is used for joining two pieces of webbing together
Water Knot
Adjustable. Potential full length is the ladders length. Range from 12 -39'.
Extension Ladder
Oxygen, fuel, heat, and self-sustained chemical reaction
What are the components of the fire tetrahedron?
Light weight beams that can span great distances
Trusses
The three components that make up your turnout coat
Outer shell, Moisture barrier, Thermal barrier
The two classifications that fire service rope have.
Life Safety and Utility Rope
Devices attached to the inside of the beams on the fly sections used to hold the fly section in place after it has been extended
Pawls (Dogs or Ladder Locks)
The tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature
What is thermal layering
Members that carry loads perpendicular to their longitudinal dimension
Beam
Fabric covering that protects the ears, neck, and face from exposure to heat, embers, and debris.
Nomex Hood
Ropes strength can be reduced from sharp angles, knots, and bends by this percentage
50%
Single ladder equipped with folding hooks on one end
Roof Ladder
This can occur when Oxygen is introduced into an Oxygen Starved Atmosphere
Backdraft
This Type of Wood-Framed Construction consists of studs in exterior walls extending from the basement or foundation, to the roof. Often allows fires to spread undetected
Balloon Frame Construction
This device provides an audible means by which a lost, trapped, or incapacitated firefighter can be located
Personal Alert Safety System or PASS device
This Rope is designed for any use except rescue; can be used to hoist equipment, secure unstable objects, or cordon off an area
Utility Rope
The desired angle of inclination that the ladder should be placed for climbing
What is 75 degrees?
An Excessive Buildup of Heat, where Flames Fully Involve an Entire Area or Surface, can cause this
Flashover
Known as a trip hazard at night, this low Type of Wall is at the edge of some roofs, masking the true height of the building
Parapet Wall
This NFPA Standard governs Structural Firefighting ensembles
NFPA 1971
Daily Double
Perform a Figure Eight Knot
Operating distance between Ground Ladders and Power Lines?
Ten Feet
What are the four stages of fire development
What is incipient, growth, fully developed, decay