Chapter 15 Flashcards
Question: Which of type of rope dose the fire service mostly use, static or dynamic?
Static
Question: Nylon, polypropylene, and polyester are examples of rope made from what type of materials?
Synthetic or Man-made
Question: ____ Strength is defined as the breaking strength of a rope when a load is applied along the direction of the length.
Tensile
Question: What part of the rope do you use in your dominant hand?
Working End
Question What is the amount of force a rope is capable of withstanding called?
Tensile Strength
Question: What type of rope has evenly distributed strength through out its core
Braid on braid
Question: What is the term called when you use the sense of touch to feel for any differences or abnormality in the rope?
Tactiley
Question: What knot is best suited to tie two different diameter rope together?
Becket bend
Question: What knot is best suited to tie two ropes of the same diameter together?
Square knot
Question: From what floor should tools begin to be hoisted up instead of carried?
3rd
Question: would you use Natural material rope or synthetic rope as life safety rope?
synthetic
Question: At ECFA what is the Gas/oil ratio we use for our premix?
50:1
Question: Out of the WORKING END, STANDING PART, and RUNNING END which is the end of the rope utilized to tie the knot?
Working end
Question: According to NFPA 1983 the two categories of life safety rope are light use and _________use.
general.
Question: this category of rope has no stretch or no give under tension?
static
Question: what are the three “easy’s” of knot tying that we must remember at EFCA?
easy to tie, easy to untie, easy to identify
Question: at EFCA, a life-safety line for a two person rescue must have _______ pounds of tensile strength?
9000
Question: The ______ is the only knot that is recommended for use to form a length of webbing into a load-bearing loop.
Water knot
Question: If washing rope in a washing machine, only a ______ machine should be used.
Front-loading
Question: When cleaning natural fiber rope, do not use water, because they lose approximately _____ % of strength when wet and never regain it.
50
Question: Polypropylene and polyethylene ropes have the advantage that _____ has no effect on their strength.
Water
Question: A light use (one person) rope must have a minimum tensile strength of how many pounds?
4500
QUESTION: ANYTHING ON THE LADDERS NEST IS ___ ROPE?
UTILITY
QUESTION: WHEN TALKING ABOUT KERNMANTLE ROPE, ____ % STRENGTH COMES FROM THE KERN AND ___% FROM THE MANTLE?
75 AND 25
QUESTION: A KNOT IS CONSIDERED UN - FINISHED UNTIL A _____ KNOT IS DONE UNDERNEATH?
SAFETY
QUESTION: WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE PARTS OF A ROPE, THE _____ _____ IS IN BETWEEN THE WORKING END AND THE RUNNING END?
STANDING PART
Question: What is one of the most important and routinely used tools in the fire service?
Rope
Question: What is the most common type of construction for natural fiber ropes?
Laid or Twisted
Question: _______ a knot is the practice of making sure that all parts of the knot are lying in the proper orientation to the other parts.
Dressing
Question: What type of knot can you use to tie a safety knot?
overhand knot OR double fisherman’s knot
Question: When should you remove a life safety rope from service if it has been damaged?
immediately
Question: When hoisting hoselines, what part of the nozzle must be controlled at all times?
the bale
Question: According to the lecture, what are the three things knots need to be?
easy to tie, easy to untie and easy to identify
Question: Name one of the most common methods of storing life safety rope?
Bagged or Coiled
Question: What are the three key things about knots at ECFA?
1) Easy to tie 2) Easy to untie 3) Easy to identify or ID
Question: what is 1 of the most important & routinely used tools in the fire service?
rope
Question: name 1 of materials of natural rope?
manila, sisal, cotton
Question: how much safety rope is in the locker in the kitchen?
2 x 600ft bags
Question: what are the 2 operations of rope?
utility and life safety
Question: _________ _________ lines are dedicated solely to the purpose of constructing lines for supporting people during rescue, firefighting, or other emergency operations.
Life Safety
Question: Although it was a mainstay of fire service knots for years, synthetic fiber ropes have greatly reduced the utilization of the ____________ knot.
Bowline
Question: Almost every department has a knot that the agency recognizes as the best knot to be used as a ____________ knot. It can be used on oneself, a patient or an unconscious patient.
Rescue