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2017 FireFighting S&T (Blue book) > Ch.2 > Flashcards

Ch.2 Flashcards

1
Q

Fire Fighter safety and health has always been an important concern for responders and IC, but has really surfaced as a priority in the last ______ years.

A

25 years

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2
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Just _______ of fire fighter injuries occur on the fire ground.

A

less than half

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3
Q

________ of the the deaths occur on the fire ground.

A

1/3

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4
Q

One of major impacts on fire ground safety and health initiative was publication of __________

A

NFPA 1500

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5
Q

________ established the 2 in 2 out rule.

A

OSHA

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6
Q

There are _______ Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives:

A

16

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7
Q

On March 10th and 11th, more than ______ individuals assembled in Tampa, Florida to focus on how to prevent line-of-duty deaths, at first ever National Fire Fighter Life Safety Summit.

A

200

*2 day event

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8
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_________ hosted to National Fire Fighting Life Safety Summit.

A

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

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9
Q

NFFF and USFA have established the objectives of reducing the fatality rate by ______________ within 5 years and by _______ by 2014

A
  • 25% within 5 years

- 50% by 2014

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10
Q

Of the 16 Fire Fighter Life Safety Initiatives, ______ have a direct relationship to fire ground strategies and tactics.

A

7

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11
Q

Three incident priorities:

A
  • life safety
  • incident stabilization
  • property conservation
  • Life Safety is always number 1 priority
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12
Q

Risk Assessment is based on philosophy:

A
  • take greater risk to save a lot
  • take little risk to save little
  • take no risk to save what is already lost
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13
Q

Almost ______ of firefighting injuries occur on the fire ground.

A

Almost half

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14
Q

__________ publishes annual reports on both occupational injuries and deaths in the fire service, since 1974.

A

NFPA

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15
Q

__________ is a report on all fire fighter deaths and includes analysis of the fatalities in terms of type of duty, cause of death, age group comparisons, and population served comparisons.

A

NFPA Death Survey

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16
Q

__________ is not an actual survey of all departments, but a sample used to project the national fire fighter injury experience.

A

NFPA Injury Survey

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17
Q

Both, NFPA death survey and NFPA Injury Survey are published annually in _______________

A

NFPA’s Fire Journal magazine

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18
Q

_________ oversees the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)

A

United States Fire Administration (USFA)

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19
Q

One problem with the system is that NFIRS is a ____________

A

voluntary system

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20
Q

Organizations that publish reports:

A
  • NFPA
  • USFA
  • IAFF
  • OSHA
  • NIOSH
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21
Q
  • Since 1960, has produced an annual fire fighting death and injury survey.
  • Report is more in depth and provides information on lost-time injuries and exposure to infectious diseases.
  • Data is gathered from career FD with affiliation which limits study
A

IAFF

22
Q

________ is an agency within the Department of Labor

A

OSHA

23
Q

OSHA’s regulations are applicable to ______ public departments and ______ private departments.

A
  • many public

- ALL private

24
Q

There are approx. ______ fire fighters in the U.S.
______ career/paid
______ volunteers

A
  • 1.2 million
  • 210,000 carrer/paid
  • 1 million volunteer
25
Q

The NFPA and USFA estimate that on average, ____ FF die in the line of duty each year.

A

105

26
Q

In 1998 ______ funded NIOSH to conduct independent investigations of fire fighter line of duty deaths.

A

Congress

27
Q

NIOSH began a project in _____ in which it investigates fire fighter line of duty deaths.

A

1997

28
Q

NIOSH began project called ________________, that was funded in 1998. This used a ____ part integrated plan.

A
  • Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program.
  • 5 part plan
29
Q

________ are formed at some level of government by an governmental agency and have the force of law.

A

Regulations

30
Q

Sometimes called, consensus standards, do not have the weight of law unless adopted by AHJ.

A

Standards

31
Q

The entire collection of federal regulations is contained within the ______ titles of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

A

50 titles

32
Q

The regulations that have an impact on fire ground operations are primarily those regulations found in ______________

A

Title 29 CFR

*Is the OSHA regulations

33
Q

Whether a public fire department is required to comply with OSHA standards depends on whether the state is on of _____ OSHA states.

A

25

34
Q

Published documents that do not mandate compliance are known as ____________

A

Consensus Standards

*When group of professionals with specific expertise come together and agree on how it is to be done.

35
Q

__________ is a standards-making group. It has no enforcement authority or power; its standards are considered advisory.

A

NFPA

36
Q

Standard that has been adopted by both local and state governments as part of fire prevention program:

A

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code

37
Q

Respiratory Protection, requires respirators be provided by employer when necessary. Regulation also sets standards of air quality and SCBA maintenance programs:

A

OSHA Title 29

38
Q

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 applies to __________, industrial fire departments, and private or contractual fire departments. Only for those that perform interior structural firefighting. The regulation specifically excludes airport crash fire rescue and wild land firefighting operations.

A

Fire Brigades

39
Q 
NFPA 1500-
NFPA 1521-
NFPA 1561-
NFPA 1584-
NFPA 1021-
NFPA 1403-
A

NFPA 1500- Occupational Safety and Health Program
NFPA 1521- Safety Officer
NFPA 1561- Incident Management System
NFPA 1584- Rehabilitation
NFPA 1021- Fire Officer Professional Qualifications
NFPA 1403- Live Fire Training Evolutions

40
Q

Consensus Standards, because professional with expertise come together to agree on minimal level of performance, tend to become ___________

A

Standard of care

41
Q

Standard of care is not a static concept but instead is very ____________

A

dynamic

42
Q

PPE for response to fires can be broken down into 3 subject areas:

A
  1. Design and Purchasing (NFPA 1900)
  2. Use
  3. Care and Maintenance
43
Q

Types of fire-ground accountability:

A
  • passport system (velcro tag)
  • 2 dimensional bar code
  • card and clip attached to large ring
44
Q

_________ are responsible for the accountability of any area of the incident from a specific point of entry.

A

accountability officer

45
Q 
Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study
Performed test-
Minutes to get to Ready State-
Average total time inside building-
Average Total rescue time-
A

Performed tests- 200
Minutes to get to ready state- 2.5 min
Average total time inside building- 12.33 min
Average Total rescue time- 21 min

46
Q

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study
From fire fighter in distress signal to RIC entry it was:
To make contact with downed fire fighter:

A
  • 3.03 min

- 5.82 min

47
Q

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study

Found that it took ______ FF to rescue 1 downed fire fighter.

A

12

48
Q

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study

____ in _____ RIC members will also get into some type of trouble.

A

1 in 5 ric members

49
Q

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study

Found that a SCBA bottle rated at 3000psi contained _______ of air

A

18.7 mins plus/minus 30%

50
Q

The relationship between fire fighter safety and strategy and tactics can be traced to the __________

A

incident priorities

51
Q

Trained personnel within a business or industrial site for firefighting and emergency response:

A

Fire Brigade

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