Academy Book Flashcards
Who founded Rural Metro Fire Department
Lou Witzman
When was Rural Metro founded
1948
How is Rural Metro funded
Annual subscription fees
Who is the chief of Rural Metro
Chief Soul
What will result in immediate dismissal from the academy
Cheating, lying, or stealing
What are the tactical priorities
Life safety
Incident stabilization
Property conservation
What are the tactical benchmarks
Primary all clear
Secondary all clear
Fire control
Loss stopped
What are the ways of a fire attack
Direct
Indirect
Combination
Search and rescue priorities
People in immediate danger or fire area
Largest number of people in fire area
Remainder of people in the fire area
People in immediate exposures
What does ventilation help
Helps with viability
Removes superheated products of combustion and smoke
Cools the fire
Helps prevent flashover and backdraft
Four types of ventilation
Positive pressure
Horizontal
Vertical
Hydraulic
S.L.I.C.E. - R.S
Size up
Locate fire
Identify and control flow path
Cool the space from the safest location
Extinguish fire
Rescue
Salvage
VEIS
Vent
Enter
Isolate
Search
Four phases of fire
Incipient
Growth
Fully developed
Decay
What is fire?
A chemical chain reaction that requires fuel, oxygen, and a heat source
What is combustion?
Rapid, self sustaining oxidation process that releases heat and light
Flashover
When all contents of a room releases superheated gases that ignites simultaneously
Rollover
Where flames move through or across unburned gases
Warning of a flashover
Building construction
Type 1: fire resistant
Type 2: non combustible
Type 3: ordinary
Type 4: heavy timber
Type 5: wood frame
Sizes of hose with couplings
4 in - storz
2 1/2 in - 2 1/2 in
1 3/4 in - 1 1/2 in
Cross lay and how it’s loaded
200 ft of 1 3/4 in with an automatic fog nozzle
Triple loaded
Front jump line and how it’s loaded
100 ft of 1 3/4 in with an automatic fog nozzle
Triple loaded but can be flat loaded
Shopping mall
Glendale load:
200 ft of 2 1/2 in with a gated wye (2 1/2 in female into two 1 1/2 in male)
High rise pack:
100 ft of 1 3/4 in with an automatic fog nozzle
2 1/2 in to 1 1/2 in reducer and a spanner wrench
Unmanned monitor load
200 ft of 4 in with an 1 3/8th nozzle
How is the hose bed loaded
Flat loaded
