Fire Behavior
This piece of equipment protects a firefighter's head when fighting fire.
What is a helmet?
Stored pressure water fire extinguishers are designed to fight this class of fire.
What is Class A
This person makes sure a building is safe for people to occupy.
Who is a Fire Prevention Inspector?
This tool is used to move water from the pump to the nozzle.
What is a fire hose?
The Written, Physical Agility and Oral Interview.
What are the three parts of the entry level exam.
This apparatus has a tank, hose and pump.
What is a Fire Engine?
This "life giving gas" must be present for combustion to occur.
What is oxygen?
This equipment protects firefighters face and lungs from heat, smoke, and other toxic products of combustion, and airborne contaminants
What is SCBA
This will happen if water is applied to a metal fire.
What is the fire will flame up and intensify
This person determines cause and origin.
Who is a Fire Investigator?
The Truck company may use this gas powered tool to cut a hole in the roof for ventilation.
What is a chain saw?
This person is the leader of the ENTIRE fire department.
Who is the Fire Chief?
This apparatus has several tools including several ladders.
What is a Fire Truck?
Conduction, convection and radiation.
What are the three types of heat transfer?
This piece of equipment is used to communicate information from one firefighter to another or a group of firefighters.
What is a portable radio?
This person accepts calls from the public to report emergencies.
Who is a Public Safety Dispatcher?
This tool may be used to cut open a car to rescue a trapped victim. Also part of a famous fish movie.
What is the "Jaws of Life"?
This person is responsible for driving the fire apparatus.
Who is the Engineer?
This apparatus transports the sick and injured to the hospital.
What is an ambulance?
Incipient, growth, fully developed and decay.
What are the four phases of fire?
This PPE is used to protect a firefighter's hands when firefighting or providing medical care.
What are gloves?
what types are there?
You may not know this one!
The acronym P.A.S.S. stands for
What is Pull pin, Aim nozzle, Squeeze handles, Sweep nozzle back and forth
This person makes sure fire engines and ambulances are running properly and ready to respond.
Who is a Fire Mechanic?
This equipment is used to remove smoke in a building.
What is a ventilation fan?
The building where the Fire Chief and other Administrative staff are located.
What is Fire Headquarters?
This apparatus responds to chemical leaks.
What is the Hazardous Materials Unit?
The term describes when the temperature in a compartment results in the simultaneous ignition of all combustible contents in the space
What is Flashover?
This PPE can help you see through the smoke.
What is a Thermal Imaging Camera or TIC?
A class of fire involving gasoline or oil.
What is a Class B fire.
This person approves plans to build new buildings in the City.
Who is a Plans Checker or FM?
This equipment is used to access and rescue people from higher elevations.
What is a ladder?
All members assigned to a single apparatus are considered a.........
This apparatus responds to incidents at the airport.
What is an ARFF?