Bx Test 2 Flashcards
The incident of brush fires is usually greatest during which time of year?
A: Summer season
B: Spring and Summer seasons
C: Summer and Fall seasons
D: Spring and Fall seasons
D
Explanation:
In anticipation of this problem, Brush Fire Units (BFUs) assigned to Staten island Borough Command are staffed independently on 9X6 tours, from March 17th through April 30th and October 17th through November 30th
AUC 151 sec 3.1
You are working a 9X6 tour in E200 and are assigned as “E200S” to a fire in a high rise office building. You would be correct to assume you will be operating as a?
A: Systems Control Unit
B: Communications Unit
C: Satellite Unit
D: Decon Engine
B
Explanation:
Comm Ch 2 p37
The service life of a SCBA air cylinder can be found in which choice?
A: 5 years
B: 10 years
C: 15 years
D: 20 years
C
Explanation:
The date of manufacture is listed on the SCOTT label by month and year. The service life of an air cylinder is 15 years. If a manufacture date is greater than 15 years, the cylinder must be removed from service, bled down, tagged, and returned to MSU
Training Bulletins SCBA sec 3.2.3
First alarm units are operating at a fully involved brownstone building with fire reported in exposure 2, a similar attached brownstone. Which of the following hoselines was deployed correctly?
A: The second line was stretched to exposure 2.
B: The third line was stretched to supply TL.
C: The third line was stretched to exposure 2.
D: The second hoseline was stretched through an exposure to the rear yard of the fire building
C
Explanation:
First line: Advanced into fire building.
Second line: Advanced into fire building as back-up hoseline.
Third line may be:
1) Advanced into fire building.
2) IF FIRE REPORTED IN EXPOSURE, stretched to that exposure.
3) IF NO FIRE REPORTED IN THE EXPOSURES, stretched through an exposure to the rear yard of the fire building.
Brownstone 3.4
There are a lot of items used for Logistic support found at the emergency exits nearest the under-river tubes. Which item listed below is NOT specifically found at or near this location?
A: Emergency Evacuation Devices.
B: Blue Light
C: Standpipe Section Valves
D: Standpipe Siameses
B
Explanation:
UNDER RIVER RAIL OPERATIONS
A – Correct – EED’s are located at the base of emergency exit stairs nearest the under-river tubes. 9A-9C 2.7.2
B – Incorrect – Not listed - Blue Lights are found near the emergency power removal boxes, approximately 600 feet apart 2.9.4
C – Correct – Standpipe section valves are often found at the base of emergency exits & every 600 feet in the tube. 2.7.1 figure 8A
D – Correct – Siameses are usually located at the emergency exits closest to the river. 2.7.1.
The only correct procedure when using the Vehicle Recovery Strap can be found in which choice?
A: The Vehicle Recovery Strap is only to be used on Department and Civilian vehicles when stuck in deep snow
B: The Vehicle Recovery Strap can be used to remove Engine or Ladder apparatus when stuck in deep snow
C: If the stuck vehicle is an ambulance with a patient, recovery may be attempted as long as the patient is not Critical
D: The Vehicle Recovery Strap shall never be attached to the front or rear bumper
D
Explanation:
Training Bulletins Apparatus C-2 add 3
A- Department vehicles…sec 1.1
B- Shall not exceed 20,000 lbs….Battalion vehicles and ambulances are under 20,000 lbs …Engine and Ladder exceed this amount…..sec 2.2 and 2.3
C- Patient shall be offloaded to a secondary ambulance prior to vehicle recovery use..sec 5.5.note
D- 3.1
At a chemical attack in a subway station, the second arriving Ladder “team 1” is assigned which duty?
A: Back-Up
B: Evacuation and Hazard Assessment
C: Evacuation to Gross Decon
D: Site Access Control
C
Explanation:
ERP Add 2 6.5
The correct size of a cockloft in a Brownstone with a flat roof can be found in which choice?
A: Approximately 1’ to 2’ in height and pitched towards the rear of the building
B: Approximately 2’ to 3’ in height and pitched towards the rear of the building
C: Approximately 3’ to 4’ in height and pitched towards the front
D: Approximately 4’ to 6’ in height and pitched towards the rear
B
Explanation:
Brownstones sec 2.2.18
Your engine company is taking up from the scene of a CFR response where you treated an elderly male for shortness of breath. As you’re about to leave the scene, the patients daughter approaches you and states that $500 is missing from her dresser drawer. You then take the following actions. Which one is incorrect?
A: You immediately direct your members to search the premises from which the $500 is reported missing.
B: While your members are searching, you obtain from the complainant the information required on the form BF-26.
C: If it is alleged that the property was taken by a fire department employee, the Inspector General must be notified.
D: If the $500 is not found, but it is not alleged that it was not taken by a fire department employee, you direct the complainant to notify the Police Department.
B
Explanation:
B. IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT FOUND, AND THE COMPLAINANT ALLEGES THAT THE PROPERTY WAS AT THE SCENE PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, the IC must obtain from the complainant, information required on form BF-26.
Regulations Ch 11: 11.3.16
During which of the following scenarios is the Engine Company operating within department guidelines while on CFR-D responses?
A: ESU is operating at a pedestrian struck when Engine 1 arrives at the location. After a brief exchange, no assistance is needed from the company, so the officer enters 10-91 and goes 10-8 prior to the arrival of EMS.
B: ESU is operating at a man-under when Engine 2 arrives at the location. After a brief exchange, assistance is required so the Engine officer assumes medical authority until the arrival of EMS.
C: ESU arrives at a car accident after the arrival of Engine 3. After a brief exchange, the ESU EMT’s insist on assuming patient care. The Engine Officer refuses and retains medical authority until the arrival of EMS.
D: ESU arrives at the scene of a Cardiac Arrest after the arrival of Engine 4 and despite not having a SAED, insists on assuming patient care. The Engine officer agrees and turns over patient care to the ESU EMT’s prior to the arrival of EMS.
A
Explanation:
CFRD CHAPTER 2
A – Correct 4.13
B – Incorrect – 4.13 – If assistance is required, ESU EMT’s shall have medical authority at the scene until the arrival of an ambulance.
C – Incorrect – 4.13.1 – If the ESU EMT’s assumes the role of higher level pre-hospital care provider and assumes responsibility for patient care, the company shall release the patient to ESU.
D – Incorrect – 4.13.1 – If ESU is not equipped with a SAED, the CFRD unit shall retain patient care responsibilities as per the regional coordination of Pre-hospital resources protocols.
Officers should be aware that the “primary” Interoperability Channel to be used with cooperating agencies in the NY region is?
A: UTAC 42D
B: UCALL40D
C: UTAC41D
D: UCALL43D
A
Explanation:
Comm 14 Add 4 2.1
All units assigned portable dewatering pumps shall ensure that such pumps are placed on the apparatus, in the space previously determined for this purpose, how many hours prior to the storms predicted impact?
A: 48 hours
B: 24 hours
C: 12 hours
D: 6 hours
A
Explanation:
AUC 159 sec 5.2.3
You’re a company officer conducting a drill with your members on the proper placement of portable ladders. After one of your members places a ladder to the roof a 3-story MD, you estimate the distance from the base of the ladder to the top of its support to be approximately 24 feet. In order to obtain the proper 75-degree angle you should direct this member to place the base of the ladder ___ feet from the vertical plane.
A: 4
B: 6
C: 8
D: 12
B
Explanation:
A simple formula to obtain a 75-degree angle is to place the base of the ladder at a distance from the vertical plane equal to 1/4 the total working length of the ladder.
The working length is the distance from the base of the ladder to the top of its support.
36’/4 = 9’
Portable Ladders 7.3
The third arriving engine company has a list of responsibilities upon arrival at a collapse operation. Which choice below is the only responsibility specifically assigned to the 3rd Engine?
A: Supervise Apparatus Placement
B: Ensure a 3½ supply line is stretched to the first tower ladder.
C: Assist in the removal of lightly buried victims.
D: Assist in performing a scene survey.
C
Explanation:
COLLAPSE OPERATIONS
A – Second arriving Engine 7.3
B – Second Arriving Engine 7.3
C – Correct – 7.4
D – First Arriving Ladder Company 7.5
MM
After an identity appears on the LCD display, a Pak-tracker receiver can then be locked onto the PASS signal of an individual SCBA and used as a tracking device to find a member in distress. It is important to understand that a Pak-Tracker receiver can lock onto how many SCBA(s) at a time?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 5
D: 10
A
Explanation:
Training Bulletins SCBA add 8 sec 5.4
A placard on the number “6” on it would indicate which hazardous material?
A: Flammable liquid
B: Radioactive
C: Corrosive
D: Poison
D
Explanation:
Acronym: Every Good Fire-Lieutenant’s Standard Operating Procedure Requires Coordinated Methods.
1. Explosives
2. Gases (compressed)
3. Flammable Liquids
4. Solids (flammable)
5. Oxidizers
6. Poisons
7. Radioactive
8. Corrosives
9. Misc. Dangerous Goods
HM 2 2.1