1 Introduction Flashcards
The three major tactical priorities on the fire ground
Life safety
Extinguishment
Property conservation
What is required to start the combustion process
Oxygen, fuel, and heat
The fire tetrahedron is made up of what parts
Fuel, oxygen, heat, chemical reaction
What are the four ways heat travels
Convection, radiation, conduction, direct flame contact
Convection is?
The travel of heat through the motion of heated matter, the motion of smoke hot air and heated gases
What is radiation
Radiation is the travel heat through space
What is conduction
The travel of heat through a solid body, as conducted two beams pipes walls and floors
When heated to 1000°F a 100 foot section of steel beam will expand how far
9 inches
Conduction through exposed steel supports may cause them to expand causing what
Failure or collapse of the supporting walls at the end
Flashover is
The ignition of combustibles in an area heated by convection radiation or combination of the two
Size up
Basis on which engine company operations are carried out
Incident management system
An organized system of roles, responsibilities, and standard operating guidelines used to manage emergency operations
Convection cycle
Heat transfer by circulation with a medium such as gas or liquid
The basic unit of a fire department
Engine company
T/F the 3 tactical priorities are merely guidelines and could be completed in any order.
Life safety, extinguishing, and property conservation
False they are merely guidelines and can be completed in any order
