Basic DC Flashcards
Fire Triangle
Oxygen, Fuel, Heat
Fire Tetrahedron
Oxygen, Fuel, Heat, Chemical Chain Reaction
Alpha Fire
Leaves ash, materials like wood, paper, cloth etc.
Best agent for alpha fire
Water
Bravo Fire
Burning flammable liquid, fuels, paints, solvents, etc.
Best agent for bravo fire
AFFF Aqueous Film Forming Foam
Charlie Fire
Electrical Fire
Best agent for charlie fire
CO2
Delta Fire
Burning metals
Best agent for delta fire
Mass amounts of water
NFTI battery and backup pack
Battery - 4.85 hours
Backup - 10 AA, 3 hours
NFTI Purpose
Allow team leader to see hotspots
NFTI Image
White - Hot
Black - Cool
Condition 3 DC
Flying Squad handles casualty
Condition 2 DC
Flying squad unable to handle casualty
One or more repair lockers are manned
Condition 1 DC
Condition 2 DC unable to combat casualty, whole ship needs to combat casualty, man all lockers and Battle Dress Stations
Rapid Response Team
5 members, Fire Marshal, 2 Electricians, 2 Rapid Responders
Repair 7B
Responsible for the island
If DCC goes down what is back up DCC?
Repair locker 3
Fire watch
watch stander for any person doing hot work
After hot work the watch stander will stay for 30 minutesor until cool to the touch
Assure hot work site is free of flammable materials
What is needed for fire watch?
Shade 5 goggles, a type of fire bottle, fire retardant clothing, flash gear
Hot work chits
Must be turned in prior to 1200 the day prior, so the fire marshal can inspect the space, chit can be picked up the next morning at fire marshal office
If you lose comms with hot work operator
All hot work must be ceased
Material Condition X-Ray
Set when the ship is in no danger of attack, all fittings classified x ray should be closed at all times
Material Condition Yoke
Set and maintained at sea, in port outside normal working hours, both x ray and yoke closures and fittings are secured
Material Condition Zebra
Set during General Quarters, all x ray yoke and zebra fittings are secured
Circle X Ray and Circle Yoke
Opened without special permission, secured after passing through
Circle Zebra
Facilitate feeding crew and allow use of sanitary spaces in extended periods
Dog Zebra
Required to be secured when in condition zebra, secured during darken ship
William
Open during all material conditions, sexured only to control damage or affect repairs
Circle William
Fittings that access ventilation, always open and operating, secured only to prevent damage spread or for cbr attacks
DC Closure log
log all fittings open in violation of material condition, CO regulates maximum number of violations, Normally Kept in DCC
Fittings cannot be logged open for more than
24 hours
Out Of Commission (OOC) Log
JSN and any status on the fitting should be updated
Darken Ship Bill
White lights not visible, turn on red lights, Dog Zebra set and maintained, Navigation lights out, Report to DCC to sign
Maximum effective range of a 15 lbs CO2 extinguisher
4-6 feet
18 lbs PKP extinguisher range and time
19 feet for 10 seconds
27 lbs PKP extinguisher range and time
21 feet for 11 seconds
28 lbs AFFF Extinguisher pressure, range, time
100 psi charged with ships air, 70 degrees, 15 feet for 55 to 65 seconds
Fire Hose Sizes and length
1 1/2 inches, 2 1/2 inches, 4 inches
50 feet sections
Vari Nozzle settings
Wide V, Narrow V, Stream, Flush
Flow rate of hoses
95 gpm within ship, 125 for outside ship
Portable Exothermic Cutting Unit
PECU, used for cutting through decks and bulkheads, (Jaws of life)
Portable fan types and uses
Used to ventilate when unsafe to use ship systems
Electric Box Fan amd RAMFAN 2000
Electric box fan
110 V fan regulated at 3200 cubic feet per minute (CFM)
RAMFAN 2000
Runs on pressurized water regulated at 2000 CFM
Fixed CO2 hose reel
Located at fantail, truman only has one
how many fire pumps and types
22 fire pumps, 18 electric and 4 steam
Rated at 2000 gpm
Two types of eductors
Peri Jet and S type
Peri Jet Eductor
2 1/2 inch pressure supply, 4 inch discharge
S type eductor
1 1/2 inch supply, 2 1/2 inch discharge
Halon 1301
12 stations cover 13 spaces
Range guard fire extinguishing system
Specifically designed to protect deep fat and dougnut fryers, 9 locations for system, all galleys
AFFF concentration
94 percent water 6 percent concentrate
AFFF stations
the truman has 20 and each is supplied by 600 gallon tanks
AFFF reserve tanks
Truman has 2 3500 gallon reserve tanks
JDIAL for DCC
7911