Chapter 1

Question 1

3 factors the fire service is losing that allow us to perform interior operations

Answer 1

Safety
Sufficient time for suppression
Time for a relevant building size up

Question 2

3 primary factors that cause FF death and injury

Answer 2

It falls on you
You fall into it
Flashover

Question 3

3 Things that reduce FF safety in new construction

Answer 3

Lower material Mass
Engineered shapes for structural elements
Better insulation

Question 4

What’s the most important non emergency function we can do?

Answer 4

Training

Question 5

When does the foreground clock start?

Answer 5

When the first due apparatus sets the parking brake and we go to work

Question 6

What does a working knowledge of building construction provide?

Answer 6

Ability to size up and

The foundation for a safe, effective and timely operation

Question 7

Clark County, Nevada

Answer 7

Engineered wood- I joists
TIC showed nothing
Degradation was convected Heat

Question 8

What can cause and I joist to fail?

Answer 8

Heat alone

Question 9

What 2 things does the author think should be included in the size up?

Answer 9

The type of building construction

How long the building has been exposed to fire and heat

Question 10

The passage of time is________and fire is _____

Answer 10

Constant, Dynamic

Question 11

What is responsible for creating most loads?

Answer 11

Gravity

Question 12

Dead Load

Answer 12

The weight of the building itself and permanent attachments

Question 13

Live Load

Answer 13

Any load other than Dead load, transient in nature

Impacting or static

Question 14

concentric load

Distributed load

Answer 14

Applied to a small area

Spread over a large area

Question 15

Impact load and example

Answer 15

Moving or sudden load, wind, large crowds , fire stream

Question 16

Repeated load

Answer 16

Transient or intermittent, people on an escalator

Question 17

Static load

Answer 17

Constant, rarely moves

Question 18

Suspended load

Answer 18

Hanging load

Question 19

Wind/snow load

Answer 19

Atmospheric load

Question 20

What types of load are a fire team making a cut on a pitched roof while working from a roof ladder?

Answer 20

Live, Impact, and distributed

Question 21

3 ways loads are imposed

Answer 21

Axial- through the center

Eccentric-off center

Torsion- causes material to twist

Question 22

Imposed loads, cause ________, and _________ cause ________

Answer 22

Stresses, stresses, forces

Question 23

3 primary forces

Answer 23

Compression- flatten or crush

Tension- pull apart or stretch

Shear-causes material to tear or slide apart

Question 24

How are most loads delivered? What are 2 exceptions?

Answer 24

Compression

Guy wires and tower antennas- tension and shear