Fire Behavior
Product of combustion is an aerosol comprised of gases, vapor, and solid particulates
What is smoke?
Not Suitable for Class C, Class D or Class K fuels
What is Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)?
Rope never used for life safety rescue
What is a utility rope?
Common building material also is known as drywall or Sheetrock
What is Gypsum?
One radio transmits and another receives
What is a simplex system?
Product of combustion binds with hemoglobin preventing oxygen distribution in the body
What is Carbon Monoxide?
Portable fire extinguisher classification used on energized electrical equipment
What is Class C?
Closed-loop knot
What is a figure-eight on a bight?
Roof with a slight slope toward the outer edge to facilitate drainage
What is a flat roof?
Used to distinguish physical frequencies or channels in conventional systems
What is a talk group?
Unburned fuel gases that contact a source of ignition
What is a smoke explosion?
Extinguishing method works by reducing materials below the ignition temperature
What is cooling?
Knot that forms a single loop that will not constrict
What is a bowline knot?
Part of the roof that is made of sheathing, roof planks or slabs and purlins
What are decks?
Example of internal communications
What are dispatch transmissions?
A substance that is chemically the same, but has changed in size, shape, or appearance
What is a physical change?
Extinguishing method that works bu forming an oxygen-excluding soapy foam surface
What is saponification?
Knot that is primarily used on life safety rope to tie ropes of equal diameter together
What is a figure-eight bend?
Type of moveable window that has two or more sashes, one of which moves horizontally within the window frame
What is a horizontal sliding window?
External communication that begins with an alert to stations, apparatus, or individuals
What is dispatching emergency services?
The reaction that emits energy as it occurs
What is an exothermic?
NFPA standard that requires portable fire extinguishers be inspected at least once a year
What is NFPA 10?
NFPA standard that regulates requirements for life safety rope
What is NFPA 1983?
Type of wall that are most difficult to force entry into or escaping an area
What is a fire wall?
Minimum requirement for receiving, processing, and dispatching emergency responders
What is NFPA 1221?