Brooklyn 1 Flashcards
When facing a building fire with a burning EIFS, a 2 ½” handline equipped with the cockloft nozzle can be used to apply water to the exterior when fire is above the reach of ground-based streams. All statements below are correct regarding this tactic except?
A: One tip of the cockloft nozzle should be capped with a 1 ½” shut off.
B: The cockloft nozzle operated upward on the exterior of the building can provide a vertical reach of up to three floors.
C: The nozzle should be extended approximately 3 feet from the window sill.
D: The nozzle should be operated at a slight angle toward the building.
B: The cockloft nozzle operated upward on the exterior of the building can provide a vertical reach of up to three floors.
The cockloft nozzle operated upward on the exterior of the building can provide a vertical reach of up to TWO floors.
AUC 362 3.2
In order to remove a facility from the CFRD matrix, the company officer shall ensure that the facility meets all the following requirements except?
A: On duty personnel trained at the EMT level or higher
B: Trained personnel are able to provide oxygen to the patient
C: On duty personnel are trained in the use of a of a defibrillator, and all the necessary equipment is available to the trained personnel
D: All equipment and appropriately trained personnel are available during all hours of operation
A: On duty personnel trained at the EMT level or higher
On duty personnel trained in CPR
Complete a request for removal of medical facility from CFR-D response matrix (CD-202) electronically using the eCIDS application
Communications ch 4 add 1 sec 2
Weather is the controlling factor affecting the severity and incidence of brush fires. Serious brush fire conditions occur when all of the following weather conditions are present except?
A: Little or no rainfall for the preceding three or more days.
B: High humidity.
C: The longer the period without rain the greater the hazard.
D: Winds in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour.
B: High humidity.
Low humidity.
AUC 151 3.2.1
During a class trip to the firehouse you describe to the children what an ERS Alarm Box is and how it works. Overseeing this class trip is the administrative battalion chief. The chief corrected you in which choice? A: The ERS alarm box has both police and fire channels
B: To activate, you need to lift handle and push button
C: After the push button is depressed, a series of beeps or ring-backs is audible for approximately 20 feet from the alarm box
D: The caller should stand approximately 3 feet from the speaking grid and speak slowly and clearly
D: The caller should stand approximately 3 feet from the speaking grid and speak slowly and clearly
The caller should stand approximately 1 foot from the speaking grid and speak slowly and clearly
Communications ch 1 sec 1.2
In an effort to help reduce damage caused by the forcing of machine room doors, New York City Transit (NYCT) has begun installing locks on these doors throughout the Transit system for FDNY use in an emergency. Of the following choices, which is incorrect?
A: Units encountering rooms equipped with these locks shall use a 1620 key to access the room.
B: Doors equipped with these locks can be identified by the white NCYT logo affixed to the door.
C: If a door equipped with this type of lock is forced, units are to forward a report to the Chief of Operations and notify PTSU via email with the Box Number, Station Name and Room Number along with the particulars of the incident.
D: These locks can be found on elevator and escalator machine room doors in the NYCT system.
B: Doors equipped with these locks can be identified by the white NCYT logo affixed to the door.
Doors equipped with these locks can be identified by the red colored lockset and firefighter’s helmet symbol affixed to the door.
AUC 207 Add 21
As a newly promoted officer, you must take basic precautions in order to keep your FFs and civilians safe, especially at a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) fire or emergency. The basic precautions for you to take at a LPG tractor trailer fire is to keep everyone back not actually engaged in the incident how many feet from the front/rear/sides of the tractor trailer?
A: 500 feet from the sides and 1000 feet from the front and rear
B: 400 feet from the sides and 800 feet from front and rear
C: 250 feet from the sides and 500 feet from the front and rear
D: 300 feet from the sides and 600 feet from the front and rear
A: 500 feet from the sides and 1000 feet from the front and rear
Haz-Mat ch 1 sec 1.3.3
When encountering a displaced pet at the scene of a fire, members shall protect/secure the pet with a responsible party (owner, neighbor, building representative, NYPD, etc.) if possible. If reunification with the owner is not possible, the FDNY IC shall?
A: Contact the Animal Care Center (ACC) through the respective borough dispatcher.
B: Contact the local pound directly via cell phone.
C: Leave the animal at the premises, if safe to do so.
D: Designate a unit to bring the animal back to company quarters pending reclamation by the owner, with proper identification.
A: Contact the Animal Care Center (ACC) through the respective borough dispatcher.
AUC 361 2.1
While air monitoring using the MSA Altair Digital Gas Meter, the meter will emit a vibrating pulse and flashing green LED light every _________ seconds to alert the user that the meter is operating?
A: 5
B: 10
C: 20
D: 25
E: 30
E: 30
The MSA Altair Digital Gas Meter has been issued to all Engines and Ladder Companies. The meter is calibrated to methane, the major component of natural gas. Although capable of detecting other combustible gases, the readings might not be accurate, therefore, this meter should only be used to detect methane/natural gas
The Altair is to be used in conjunction with the Sensit Combustible Gas detector (Emergency Procedures add 5 sec 4)
Emergency Procedures Natural Gas add 2 sec 2.3
The Fire Department has strict guidelines for when Department members encounter Emotionally Disturbed Persons (EDP). Of the following choices, which is incorrect?
A: Units encountering possibly emotionally disturbed persons who are exhibiting bizarre behavior at an incident shall immediately notify the dispatcher to request 10-48 for “PD REQUIRED”.
B: Where persons are threatening to jump from a window ledge, bridge, etc., the primary concern shall be for the safety of persons using sidewalks, streets, and roadways below.
C: No overt action shall be taken by any member that might cause the person to carry out the suicide threat and no attempts to forcibly restrain the person shall be made unless there is a direct threat of physical harm to members of the Department.
D: Absent clear indications of fire or other imminent danger of a type which mandates immediate Fire Department actions, forcible entry will be delayed until arrival of police personnel, and then done only at police request.
A: Units encountering possibly emotionally disturbed persons who are exhibiting bizarre behavior at an incident shall immediately notify the dispatcher to request 10-48 for “PD REQUIRED”.
Units encountering possibly emotionally disturbed persons who are exhibiting bizarre behavior at an incident shall immediately notify the dispatcher to request 10-47 for “POSSIBLE EDP.”
AUC 271
At a Taxpayer that is protected by a sprinkler systems, who ensures the sprinkler system is supplied if the fire is in the cellar?
A: 1st Engine
B: 2nd Engine
C: 3rd Engine
D: Satellite Engine
C: 3rd Engine
Same for store and cockloft fires
Taxpayers pages 44, 47, and 48
Of the following units, all have been trained in, and issued, the Blitzfire Oscillating Monitor except?
A: Foam Tanker Engine Companies
B: Haz-Mat Technician Engine Companies
C: Haz-Mat Company 1
D: Hi-Rise Units
D: Hi-Rise Units
Also….Satellite Engine Companies carry this monitor
TB Tools 38 9.1
There is one 4 FF Engine Company and one Ladder Company on scene for a fire on the 1st floor of a 2 1/2 sty Class 4 peaked roof private dwelling. According to the OSHA requirement, the two members who will comprise the safety team until other units arrive can be found in which choice?
A: ECC and LCC FFs
B: ECC and Control FFs
C: Control and OV FFs
D: Control and Roof FFs
E: Control and LCC FFs
E: Control and LCC FFs
This is the same for 5 FF Engine with a Ladder Company
MMID ch 1 sec 5
KNOW THIS PAGE
Of the following safety precautions listed when using the Hydra Ram, which is incorrect?
A: Use full firefighting gear with eye shields down or safety goggles when operating Hydra Ram.
B: Never strike the Hydra Ram with a tool to gain a purchase.
C: Once the Hydra Ram reaches its maximum opening of 5 inches and resistance is felt, pump slowly but deliberately to avoid rupturing the seal.
D: Any excessive pumping may cause the piston to over-extend and rupture the seal, resulting in loss of fluid under pressure.
C: Once the Hydra Ram reaches its maximum opening of 5 inches and resistance is felt, pump slowly but deliberately to avoid rupturing the seal.
Once the Hydra Ram reaches its maximum opening of 4 inches and resistance is felt, discontinue pumping. If the 4-inch opening is not enough, retract the piston and place an axe head or other substantial spacer flat on the door to provide additional opening distance.
TB Tools 26 4
Fire and smoke venting from a window(s) in a certain way may be an indicator if wind is impacting the fire area. All of the following are indicators of a wind impacted fire except?
A: Fire and smoke venting outwards and upwards from window
B: Fire and smoke venting downward from window
C: Fire and smoke venting horizontally from window
D: Fire and smoke pulsing from window
A: Fire and smoke venting outwards and upwards from window
Fire and smoke should be venting outwards and upwards….B, C, D, are indicators that fire conditions may be wind impacted. Any unusual ventilation profile must be immediately communicated to the Ladder Company Officer inside the fire area to be vented and the IC
FFP Ventilation page 5
Hybrid vehicles offer many challenges to firefighting forces. Of the following choices, which is incorrect?
A: NEVER cut any high voltage cables which are usually color-coded to warn of their potential danger. On most hybrid vehicles, the high voltage cables are color-coded ORANGE. Although some cables are color-coded BLUE.
B: Many hybrid vehicles use a keyless start system. Make sure the ignition is OFF and the key or key fob is at least 15 feet away from the vehicle.
C: Always chock the vehicle, put transmission in park, shut off ignition, remove key, and engage the parking brake.
D: Make sure the READY light is on. This will reduce the shock hazard should you come into direct contact with any uninsulated electrical components.
D: Make sure the READY light is on. This will reduce the shock hazard should you come into direct contact with any uninsulated electrical components.
Make sure the READY light is NOT on. If the power is on, the high voltage system is live and poses a shock hazard should you come into direct contact with any of its uninsulated electricalcomponents (such as the inverter under the hood).
Note: A) Avoid contact with these cables unless the high voltage battery in the back of the vehicle has first been disconnected.
TB Fires 8 11.6 C
Company officers shall require members driving the apparatus to observe certain rules such as, maintaining safe control of apparatus; maintaining a low rate of speed when traveling through congested areas; proceeding past a steady red signal, a flashing red signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for operation; when turning corners no apparatus should be driven in excess of _______ mph.
A: 5
B: 10
C: 15
D: 20
C: 15
Regs ch 11 sec 11.1.17
