Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the main purpose of a fire department pumper?

Answer 1

provide adequate water pressure for effective fire streams

Question 2

What NFPA is standard for Automotive fire apparatus

Answer 2

NFPA 1901

Question 3

what is minimum pump capacity?
minimum size tank

Answer 3

750gpm
300gal

Question 4

what is a rescue pumper

Answer 4

a fire truck with more compartment space then a standard pumper
used for rescue with more equipment

Question 5

What is CAFS and what does it do?

Answer 5

Compressed air foam system
mixes foam into the system before it ejects water to spray foam from a truck.

Question 6

What is an initial attack apparatus?

Answer 6

fire apparatus whose primary purpose is to initiate a fire attack

Question 7

what is a mini pumper and what is its primary function?

Answer 7

small fire apparatus on a truck mounted chassis.
pump less then 500gpm
primary advantage is speed and mobility(faster response time)

Question 8

what’s a midi pumper? how much are they rated to weigh?

Answer 8

medium size pumper with a gross vehicle weight of 12 thousand pounds.

Question 9

what is a water tender?

Answer 9

fills up at a water source and transports it to the truck that is attacking, either dumps it into portable tank or straight into the truck

Question 10

what is a pump and roll system? what kind of trucks is it used on? for what kind of fires

Answer 10

pump and roll system allows a truck to pump water while driving using two different engines. cant drive very fast while doing it. used on truck chassis 1 tonne trucks. COMBATTING WILDLAND.

Question 11

What is NFPA 1500

Answer 11

occupational health and safety

Question 12

NFPA 414?

Answer 12

AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FITE FIGHTING VEHICLES

Question 13

what is a quint?

Answer 13

a fire apparatus equipped with
1.fire pump
2.water tank
3. hose
4.aerial device
5. ground ladders

Question 14

what is a inverter(super important)

Answer 14

transformer that converts vehicles DC into AC

(know it goes from dc to ac)

Question 15

name some things about generators

Answer 15

super important
used to power lighting at scenes
power up equipment
portable on fire trucks
can be 110 or 220v capability

Question 16

name just one specialty fire apparatus

Answer 16

fire boat
trailer mounted fire pumps
rescue apparatus with fire pump
aerial with fire pump

Question 17

how much pressure do we lose per floor and how do we calculate that?

Answer 17

1 times the total amount of stories -1 times 5psi

Question 18

NFPA 1901

Answer 18

automotive fire apparatus

Question 19

what MUST all apparatus pumpers be equipped with?

Answer 19

in addition to a fire pump, the apparatus must be equipped with intake and discharge pump connections,pump controls and gauges, multiples hose sizes and types

Question 20

what is some common EQUIPMENT found on pumpers?

Answer 20

ground ladders
SCBA
forcible entry tools
other tools
portable water tank
medical equipment

Question 21

what is a rescue pumper?

Answer 21

designed with more compartment space then a standard fire department pumper. pretty much an ambulance and fire pumped combined

Question 22

what is apparatus typing

Answer 22

is intended to make it easier for IC to call for exactly the types of resources needed to manage an incident

Question 23

a mobile water supply apparatus must have a tank capacity of at least ______ gallons

Answer 23

1,000 gallons

Question 24

what are the two basic functions of a water supply apparatus

Answer 24

1.mobile shuttle operation
2.nurse tender

Question 25

what is a nurse tender? explain the system

Answer 25

apparatus is parked close in proximity to the fire scene. has a big tanks and the shuttle dumps water into the nurse tender who then supplies its water into the attack pumper at the scene

Question 26

what types of hoses do most wildland apparatus carry?

Answer 26

booster hose forestry hose small diameter attack hoses

Question 27

do wildland apparatus carry CAFS systems? if they do what type of foam is it? why.

Answer 27

class a foam and yes they do. its considers an ordinary combustible. grass burns easy.

Question 28

what is the most common power source used for emergency services

Answer 28

generators. electric power generators power electrical equipment at scenes

Question 29

T/F typically, vehicle mounted generators have a larger capacity then portable units

Answer 29

true

Question 30

what is a junction box?

Answer 30

used to supply power to several connections from supply source

Question 31

name 1 rescue tool on a fire apparatus

Answer 31

spreaders shears extensions rams