6/11 Equipment General Flashcards
Salvage covers shall be removed from apparatus and replaced with clean, dry covers at least _____.
once each two calendar months or within 24 hours when damp or dirty.
Fire-fighting ladders:
1. Wood portion - use varnish. ______ products are not to be used on wood ladders.
Polyurethane and verathane-type
Fire-fighting ladders:
2. Ladder shoes - paint with ____.
aluminum or approved color paint
Station maintenance ladders:
When new ladders are issued, their original varnish finish shall be maintained with ____.
additional protective coats of varnish
Combustible gas indicators are assigned to all _____
Battalion sedans, Fire Boats 2 and 4, and to the Fire Prevention Bureau.
Dry Chemical Extinguisher will function effectively only so long as the air pressure is between ___
125 and 175 psi.
Dry Chem : Once each month perform the above checks and then remove the extinguisher from the ___.
rack, invert it, and shake to preclude any possibility of the chemical caking
Fire station numbers and section numbers shall be stamped on the ____.
male couplings.
Soft suctions shall be stamped on the ____.
stationary part of the female coupling.
Numbers shall be stamped near ____. The numbers shall be stamped from___ with the threads on the left and hose on the right.
a lug to prevent wearing off / left to right
Stamp station number ____ then the section number. Separate the numbers by a blank space. One hundred series stations will drop the ____ i.e., 02 43 (FS 102 Section 43)
first / one
Fire Stations ____ are required to underline the numbers.
6, 9, 66, 99, 89, 68, 98, and 86
All hose shall be identified by ____. This number shall be applied lengthwise on the plain side of the hose and to the ___ of both the male and the female couplings.
station number / right
Hose, stenciling:
Apply the numbers from left to right starting ____.
six inches from the coupling
Hose, stenciling:
Use ___ stencils and ____ supplied. Hose shall be rolled so that the station number shows.
1-1/2” / special paint
2-1/2” “all-rubber” high-rise pigtails are either all ___ in color.
“BLUE” or “RED”
Yard hose couplings shall be sprayed ___. This hose shall not be used for fire fighting.
“RED”
Couplings of hose assigned to reserve apparatus shall be sprayed ____. This hose is exclusively for the reserve apparatus and should be stored separately.
yellow
Assigned salvage covers shall be identified with the station number in the ___.
corners.
The minimum diameters of the sites are to be ____ for the larger helicopters (H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4) and __ for the smaller helicopters (H-5, H-6).
100 feet / 60 feet
The landing and take off angle, if possible, should not be greater than ___.
25 degrees.
Helicopter safety precautions:
Remain at least ___ from helicopter unless otherwise assigned.
100 feet
Horizontal movement of large streams (2-1/2” or larger hose) from an aerial ladder, shall not exceed ____ in either direction from an “in-line” position with the beam and truss.
15 degrees
Small burns in the outer jacket do not constitute ___
damaged hose
Company numbers are not to be _____ into wooden handles.
cut or burned
Only ____ may be marked with metal stamps or punches by company members.
hose straps, hose couplings and spanners
3” “all-rubber” ladder pipe hose is all “____” in color.
RED
Pacific Coast Thread (PCT) shall identify them with ____ paint on the unthreaded portion of the adapter.
yellow
