The person in overall command and responsible for all activities.
What is the incident commander?
100
When hose is laid from the water source to the fire.
What is a forward lay?
100
A rapid, thorough search done to locate victims as soon as possible.
What is a primary search?
100
This is what PASS means
What is Personal Alert Safety System?
100
SCBA's should always be used in IDLH enviroments. This is what IDLH stands for
What is Immediate Danger to Life and Health?
200
Answers directly to the incident commander and has the authority to shut down all operations when conditions merit.
What is a the safety officer?
200
Occurs when the flow of water in a hose line is stopped suddenly resulting in a water surge.
What is water hammer?
200
Call a Mayday and activate pass device.
What should a firefighter do when they become trapped or injuried?
200
This NFPA standard governs Structural Firefighting ensembles.
What is NFPA 1971?
200
This type of SCBA uses a constant supply of air in order to pressurize the face piece, keeping toxic gases from entering.
What is positive Pressure?
300
Responsible for providing equipment, materials, and services needed to support the incident.
What is logistics?
300
The type of stream resulting from the use of a smoothbore nozzle.
When is a solid stream?
300
Providing additional support to key places between a vehicle and the ground to prevent furthter movement.
What is stabilization (stabilizing the vehice)?
300
Proximity Firefighting Ensembles are most often associated with this specialized firefighting.
What is ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting)?
300
This type of environment has an oxygen concerntration below 19.5%
What is oxygen-deficient environment?
400
The number of personnel one person can manage.
What is span of control?
400
The most common type of foam proportioner that can be connected at any point in the hose lay.
What is an in-line foam eductor??
400
Using a spring-loaded center punch or stricking with a sharp point at the lower corner.
How do you remove tempered glass from side and rear windows?
400
Departmental SOG's state that each Structural Firefighting Ensemble shall be washed at least this frequency regardless of whether or not it was soiled at an incident.
What is Bi-Annually?
400
The 2002 edition of NFPA 1981 mandated the use of these visual signals that signify the available amount of air remaining in the air cylinder.
What is a HUD (Heads Up Display)?
500
The type of command used when the incident is multi-jurisdictional and there may be more than one incident commander.
What is unified command?
500
Used to acheive maximum water surface for heat aborption and is composed of very fine water droplets.
What is a fog stream?
500
The pattern of collapse when outer walls remain standing and the floors or roof fail in the middle leaving voids on both sides of the collapse.
What is a V-shaped collapse?
500
Coats manufactured after March 1, 2007 are required to be outfitted with this life safety implement which enables one firefighter to be dragged by another firefighter would they become incapacitated.
What is a DRD (Drag Rescue Device)?
500
This agency regulates compressed gas cylinders, including SCBA clyinders, in the United States.
What is the USDOT (United Stated Department Of Transportation?