202.16 Car Fires

Question 0

Apparatus should be placed ________ and _________ of the incident if possible.

Answer 0

Upwind

Uphill

Question 1

The minimum level of protection for firefighters is ________ and the minimum hose size hoseline is _______.

Answer 1

Full protective clothing breathing air from SCBA

1 1/2’

Question 2

When patients are trapped in the vehicle, first water should be applied where?

Answer 2

To protect the patients and permit rescue

Question 3

When rescue is not a factor, where should the first water be applied?

Answer 3

To extinguish the fire or cool down the area around any fuel tanks

Question 4

If vapors escaping from storage tank relief valve have ignited, allow the LPG/LNG to burn while _______.

Answer 4

Protrcting exposures and cooling the tank

Question 5

While disconnecting a car battery, what cable do you cut first?

Answer 5

Ground cable (negative)

Question 6

What may be used as an improvised standpipe at incidents on elevated freeways or parking garages?

Answer 6

Ladder companies

Question 7

If vapors escaping from the storage tank relief valve having ignited, you should what?

Answer 7

Allow the LPG/LPN twoto burn while protecting exposures and cooling the tank

Question 8

Energy absorbing bumper assemblies have been known to travel how many feet?

Answer 8

25 feet

Question 9

Well sealed interiors of modern vehicles present the potential for what?

Answer 9

Backdraft