BC Quiz 2

Question 1

01. Which Engine must ensure a hose line is stretched to feed the sprinkler system siamese at a taxpayer cockloft fire?
Select one:
a. First Engine
b. Fourth Engine
c. Third Engine
d. Second Engine

Answer 1

(TP 7.3.5 B)

The correct answer is: Third Engine

Question 2

2. The second engine may stretch a backup line, at a taxpayer cellar fire with a sprinkler system, if staffing and conditions permit?
   Select one:
   a. Only if the backup line is urgently needed. In this case, the 3rd engine would then ensure the sprinkler is supplied.
   b. Only after they have supplied the sprinkler system

Answer 2

(TP 7.2.3 B)

The correct answer is: Only after they have supplied the sprinkler system

Question 3

3. At a taxpayer store fire during business hours, the first hose line should be stretched?
   Select one:
   a. Through broken store front windows
   b. Through the store entry / exit door

Answer 3

(TP 7.3.1A)

The correct answer is: Through broken store front windows

Question 4

4. At a taxpayer store fire during business hours, the second hose line should be stretched?
   Select one:
   a. To the store on fire with the first line
   b. To the most severely exposed store

Answer 4

(TP 7.3.1 B)

The correct answer is: To the store on fire with the first line

Question 5

05. At taxpayer cockloft fires, the IC \_\_\_\_\_\_ order a handline with a cockloft nozzle into the interior to knockdown the fire in the cockloft?
Select one:
a. Should not
b. Shall
c. May, only if absolutely necessary
d. May, if necessary

Answer 5

(TP 7.3.3 B)

The correct answer is: Shall

Question 6

6. The last resort at taxpayer cockloft fires is?
   Select one:
   a. Cutting a trench
   b. Use of cellar pipes, distributors or the NY bent tip from the roof
   c. Operating hose lines directly into roof openings
   d. Use of a tower ladder pipe, multiversal and deckpipe streams
   Feedback

Answer 6

(TP 7.3.3 D, F, I)

The correct answer is: Use of a tower ladder pipe, multiversal and deckpipe streams

Question 7

7. The second engine may stretch a backup line, at a taxpayer store fire with a sprinkler system, if staffing and conditions permit?
   Select one:
   a. Only after they have supplied the sprinkler system
   b. Only if the backup line is urgently needed. In this case, the 3rd engine would then ensure the sprinkler is supplied.

Answer 7

(TP 7.3.5 A)

The correct answer is: Only after they have supplied the sprinkler system

Question 8

8. E-99 arrives first at a taxpayer cockloft fire in a pizzeria that has control of the cockloft, is blowing through the roof and seriously threatening to extend to an H-type building. Which action(s) below were they correct to take?
   Select one or more:
   a. Stretch the first line into the pizzeria to knock down the main body of fire
   b. Utilize In-Line Pumping to position their deckpipe
   c. Position the engine for use of their deckpipe
   d. Stretch the first line into the H-type

Answer 8

(TP 7.3.5 B)
The correct answers are: Stretch the first line into the H-type, Position the engine for use of their deckpipe, Utilize In-Line Pumping to position their deckpipe

Question 9

9. E-98 arrives second at a taxpayer cockloft fire in a pizzeria that has control of the cockloft, is blowing through the roof and seriously threatening to extend to an H-type building. They would be correct to first?
   Select one:
   a. Assist the first Engine with the initial line
   b. Immediately stretch a second line if staffing and conditions permit

Answer 9

(TP 7.3.5 B)

The correct answer is: Assist the first Engine with the initial line

Question 10

10. Tower Ladders should be positioned in front of taxpayers in preference to conventional aerial ladder apparatus.
    Select one:
    a. Agree
    b. Disagree

Answer 10

(TP 8.1.19)

The correct answer is: Agree

Question 11

11. At taxpayer cellar fires, it would be incorrect to state?
    Select one:
    a. When cutting the first floor for a cellar fire, do not cut until a hose line is in position
    b. If smoke shows in many stores and there is high heat conditions on the first floor with no visible flame, suspect a cellar fire
    c. Smoke ejectors can be placed over holes cut in floors
    d. When cutting the first floor for a cellar fire, always open up directly over the main area of involvement

Answer 11

(TP 8.2.1 B, H, I ,K) Incorrect Choice - When cutting the first floor for a cellar fire, opening up directly over the main area of involvement may not always be practical
The correct answer is: When cutting the first floor for a cellar fire, always open up directly over the main area of involvement

Question 12

12. At which fires must ventilation of the taxpayer store by removal of show windows be done only when ordered by the IC and only when a charged line is in position?
Select one:
a. Both cellar and store fires 
b. Store fires only
c. Cellar fires only

Answer 12

(TP 8.2.2 A, 8.3.1 E, 8.3.3 A3)

The correct answer is: Store fires only

Question 13

13. The first and second roof firefighters should each place a portable ladder to the roof of a 1-story taxpayer, and they should both bring a portable saw to the roof at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?
Select one or more:
a. Cockloft fires 
b. Cellar fires 
c. Store fires

Answer 13

(TP 8.2.2 A2, B2—8.3.3 A2, B2) (Only the second roof FF brings saw at cellar fire)
The correct answers are: Store fires, Cockloft fires

Question 14

14. The second tower ladder to arrive at a fire in a taxpayer that faces two streets should place their Tower Ladder considering which thought?
    Select one:
    a. The first consideration is to insure the entire front of the building is covered by Tower Ladders before covering the other street front
    b. The first consideration is the uncovered street
    Feedback
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Answer 14

(TP 8.2.2 A4, 8.3.2 A4)
The correct answer is: The first consideration is to insure the entire front of the building is covered by Tower Ladders before covering the other street front

Question 15

15. The practicality of trenching a taxpayer roof depends on which factors? (More than one correct)

Select one or more:

a. Volume of fire
b. Ceiling type
c. Ceiling height
d. Size of the roof

Answer 15

(TP 8.3.2 D)

The correct answers are: Size of the roof, Volume of fire, Ceiling height, Ceiling type

Question 16

16. Ladder companies, other than first or second arriving on the initial alarm, should report into taxpayer fires with?
    Select one:
    a. 12 and 15 foot hooks, in addition to their normal tool complement
    b. 12 and 15 foot hooks, in lieu of their normal tool complement
    c. 10 and 12 foot hooks, in lieu of their normal tool complement
    d. 10 and 12 foot hooks, in addition to their normal tool complement

Answer 16

(TP 8.4.4)

The correct answer is: 10 and 12 foot hooks, in addition to their normal tool complement

Question 17

17. Regarding operations at two-story taxpayers, it is incorrect to state that?
    Select one:
    a. A tower ladder should be placed to the roof
    b. If the second floor has large unobstructed areas, the ceiling beams may span greater distances, the cocklofts may be deeper, and the ceilings may be higher
    c. A large hall on the second floor may mean roof girders and a deep cockloft
    d. The second floor must be completely laddered utilizing portable ladders

Answer 17

(TP 9.1.2, 9.1.7, 9.2.1, 9.2.3) (Incorrect Choice - Aerial Ladder to the Roof)
The correct answer is: A tower ladder should be placed to the roof

Question 18

18. At vacant building fires, the life hazard and safety of members operating is the?
Select one:
a. Paramount concern 
b. Most important consideration
Feedback

Answer 18

(Vacants 1.1.3)

The correct answer is: Paramount concern

Question 19

19. At vacant building fires, the IC may implement an interior attack after a risk assessment based on which factor(s)? (More than one correct)

Select one or more:

a. Any known life hazard
b. Size of the fire
c. Location of the fire
d. Verification of safe access to the fire
e. Current structural stability

Answer 19

(Vacants 1.1.3)

The correct answers are: Current structural stability, Any known life hazard, Size of the fire, Location of the fire, Verification of safe access to the fire

Question 20

20. Exterior operations are the primary tactical consideration at large and / or advanced fires in vacant buildings under _________?
    Select one:
    a. Almost all circumstances, except the IC may only vary should an extreme exposure protection issue develop
    b. Almost all circumstances, except the IC may only vary should a life hazard issue develop
    c. All circumstances, no variations permitted
    d. Almost all circumstances, except the IC may vary should a life hazard or an extreme exposure protection issue develop

Answer 20

(Vacants 1.1.3)
The correct answer is: Almost all circumstances, except the IC may vary should a life hazard or an extreme exposure protection issue develop