202.18 Tire Fires

Question 1

The average passenger car holds how many gallons of oil?

Answer 1

2.5

Question 2

Tire fires present the same potential threat to the environment as an incident involving what ?

Answer 2

oil tanker or a railroad tank car carrying haz mat substances.

Question 3

Tire fire toxins can be absorbed into the body how?

Answer 3

through the skin, mucus membranes and respiratory system

Question 4

Company officers should familiarize their crew with all scrap tire piles located where?

Answer 4

within their area of response

Question 5

It is recommended that major tire fires be handled as what type of incidents?

Answer 5

Haz mat

Question 6

If it is determined that a tire pile is on fire, what kind of assignment will be dispatched?

Answer 6

A hazardous 2-1

Question 7

Upon arrival of a tire fire, the initial company officer must determine the stage of combustion the tire pile is in. What are the stages of combustion?

Answer 7

Incipient, Free Burning and smoldering

Question 8

What stage of a tire fire begins with a point of ignition?

Answer 8

Incipient

Question 9

During what stage of a tire fire would you see the fire spread quickly with a dramatic increase in smoke and heat?

Answer 9

Free burning stage

Question 10

If the tire fire is in the free burning or smoldering stage, what is the most immediate concern?

Answer 10

life safety of firefighters and the community.

Question 11

What is the best personal protection during a tire fire?

Answer 11

Having awareness of the hazards involved in a tire fire

Question 12

What type of gloves should be worn to give added protection from contact with the contaminated water, oil and mud?

Answer 12

Surgical

Question 13

TRUE/FALSE: Smoldering tires are not as toxic as tires in a free burning state.

Answer 13

FALSE

Question 14

What are your “firefighting” options when it comes to fighting a tire fire?

Answer 14

Burn it, Bury it, or drown it

Question 15

What firefighting option/strategy could be employed in areas that minimal water supply or in areas that are densely populated?

Answer 15

The BURY IT strategy

Question 16

To determine the release of pyrolitic oil, you should check where?

Answer 16

check down gradient from the pile for contamination

Question 17

What will be the result of trying to drown out a tire fire?

Answer 17

An inordinate amount of water run-off combined with pyrolitic oil.

Question 18

The use of foam would best be employed on what type of tire fires?

Answer 18

Small tire fires or when the fire is in the incipient stage.

Question 19

Clean up on tire fires will, in all probability, be done by who?

Answer 19

an appropriate environmental protection agency