Blue Book Chapter Two Flashcards
What percentage of FF injuries occur on the fire ground?
Less than half
Who requires the two in two out rule? NIOSH OSHA NFPA NFA
OSHA
___ FF Life Safety Initiatives were created when?
16 Initiatives
March 10/11, 2004 in Tampa, FL
National FF Life Safety Summit
Who hosted the National FF Life Safety Summit?
The National Fallen FF Foundation in cooperation with the USFA.
Of the 16 Life Safety Initiatives, ____ have a direct relationship with fire-ground strategies and tactics.
7
The relationship between FF safety and strategy and tactics can be traced to ____.
Incident priorities.
___ publishes annual reports on both injuries and deaths in the fire service.
NFPA since 1974 in the “Fire Journal” Magazine
The injury survey is just a sample survey
_____ oversees NFIRS.
USFA
Since 1960, ___ has produced an annual FF death and injury survey.
IAFF
More in-depth with lost time injuries and exposures
____ is a part of the Dept of Labor.
OSHA
The FF Fatality and Investigation and Prevention Program was instituted by ___ in what year?
How many parts does this plan consist of?
NIOSH
1997
5-part plan
How many US FF’s are there?
1.2 million
210,000 career/paid
How many titles are in the Code of Federal Regulations?
50
What is the title for OSHA regulations?
Title 29 CFR
How many OSHA states and territories are there?
25
A discussion on PPE for response to fires can be broken down into three subject areas __ __ __.
- Design and Purchasing
- Use
- Care and Maintenance
___ FD performed 200 RIT scenarios, what were the statistics?
Phoenix FD
2.5 minutes to get ready
total time inside 12.33 minutes
Average total rescue time of 21 minutes
The Phoenix FD RIT scenarios states it took how many FF’s to rescue a downed FF?
Their SCBA’s lasted how long?
12FF to rescue 1
1 in 5 RIC members will get into trouble
3000psi bottle lasts 18.7 minutes
