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Chap 18 Special Fires Flashcards

1
Q

Levels of Haz Mat Training Levels

A
  • First Responder Awareness
  • First Responder Operational
  • Haz Mat Technician (Can plug, patch, or otherwise stop the release of haz substance)
  • Haz Mat Specialist
  • On-scene Incident Commander (must have 24 hours training first responder operational level)
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2
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The department of transportation classifies haz mat in how many classes?

A

9

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3
Q

Class 1 Haz mat?

How many subdivisions?

A

Explosives

6 subdivisions

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4
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To explode with sudden violence.

A

Detonate

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5
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To burn rapidly, which in reality can be considered a low explosive, occurs more slowly than detonation

A

Deflagrate

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6
Q

Class 2 Haz Mat?

How many Subdivisions?

A

Gases

3 classes :

  1. 1 Flammable
  2. 2 Non flammable gases
  3. 3 Poisonous Gases
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7
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In terms of gases, the weight of air equals what?

A

1, gases are either lighter or heavier

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8
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Class 3 Haz mat?

A

Flammable and combustible liquids

Includes Gasoline

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9
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Class 4 Haz Mat

how many classes?

A

Flammable solids, spontaneously combustible and dangerous when wet materials

3 classes ^

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10
Q

An example of a Class 4 Haz mat that are water reactive

A

Calcium Carbide

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11
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Class 5 Haz Mat ?

How many classes?

A

Oxidixing substances and organic peroxides

2 classes:

  1. 1 Oxidizers
  2. 2 Organic Peroxides
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Class 6 Haz mat?

How many classes?

A

Poisonous or Toxic and infectious substance

2 classes

  1. 1 Poisons
  2. 2 Infectious Materials
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13
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Class 7 Haz Mat

A

Radioactive Materials

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14
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Class 8 Haz Mat

A

Corrosive Materials

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15
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Corrosive materials are either or ?

A

Acids or bases

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16
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Class 9 Haz mat

A

Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials/Products, Substances or Organisms

17
Q

To ensure the highest level of fire fighter safety in a hazmat incident, what must be done?

A

Proper product identification and then notification of the haz mat team is necessary.

18
Q

To provide safety for the fire fighter, what should first responders do before the product is identified?

A

Not take offensive action

19
Q

Three levels of risk associated with Haz mat incidents ?

A
  • Low risk
  • Calculated Risk
  • Unacceptable Risk
20
Q

Low Risk Category is based of what Four assumptions

A
  1. hazards are known and not expected to increase
  2. Appropriate PPE
  3. Responders are Trained for task
  4. High Probability of a safe and successful outcome
21
Q

The most valuable resource when fighting shipboard fires?

A

Fire control place (FCP)

22
Q

What is a Fire Control Plan (FCP)?

A

A prefire plan carried aboard ships defining all information, such as ship layout and presences of hazardous materials, pertinent to fire response.

23
Q

Component Terms to Ship Terms:

  1. Walls
  2. Floors
  3. Ceilings
  4. Windows
  5. Doors
A
  1. Bulkheads
  2. Platforms or decks
  3. Overheads
  4. Portholes
  5. Hatches
24
Q

In Haz Mat response, Confinement is often referred to as what kind of actions?

What methods do they include?

A

Defensive Actions

Damming, Diking and Retention

25
Q

Voltage of some electric locomotives?

A

25000-50000 volts

26
Q

These containers can be shipped by sea and then land without ever having to off load the cargo?

A

Intermodal Equipment

27
Q

Some of the largest evacuations in history have been from what?

A

Rail Incidents

28
Q

Another name for high octane aviation gasoline used in Aircrafts?

A

Avgas

29
Q

Jet Engines and turboprop engines use a commercial high grade kerosene fuel known as?

A

Jet A

30
Q

Color Coding for Aircraft Tubing?

Red

Yellow

Blue and Yellow

Orange

Green

Brown

A
  • Fuel-Red
  • Lubrication-Yellow
  • Hydraulic-Blue and Yellow
  • Compressed Gas-Orange
  • Breathing Air-Green
  • Fire Protection-Brown
31
Q

Why should Firefighters uses caution when opening the planes door?

A

Doing so may cause the emergency chute to deploy?

32
Q

An issue with bulk storage tanks, as water is applied to the fuel, it sinks to the bottom of the container because of the waters higher density having little effect on extinguishing the flame but rapidly vaporizing into steam causing it to expand the volume. This causing fuel above to spill out.

A

Boilover

33
Q

What must firefighters do during electrical substation fires?

A

Wait until fully certain that the power as been shut down

34
Q

What is spilled during Electrical Substation?

A

Mineral oil

35
Q

A very important concern with electrical transformers fires is that underground vault explosions can do what?

A

Catapult manhole covers more than 100 feet into the air.

36
Q

What advantage do fire fighters have with bulk storage facilities?

A

They are fixed and allow for preplanning

37
Q

After electrical fire at substation, generally the remaining fire is what class?

A

Class B

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