Chapter 2 • Prefire Planning

Question 1

Act of preparing to manage an incident at a particular location or a particular type of incident before an incident occurs.

Answer 1

Preincident Planning

Question 2

Assessment of a facility or location made before an emergency occurs, in order to prepare for an appropriate emergency response.

Answer 2

Preincident Survey

Question 3

Architectural drawing showing the overall project layout of building areas, driveways, fences, fire hydrants, and landscape features for a given plot of land; view is from directly above.

Answer 3

Plot plan

Question 4

Noncombustible barriers or dividers hung from the ceiling in large open areas that are designed to minimize the mushrooming effect of heat and smoke and impede the flow of heat.

Answer 4

Draft Curtains

Question 5

Plastic that softens with an increase of temperature and hardens with a decrease of temperature but does not undergo any chemical change. Synthetic material made from the polymerization of organic compounds that become soft when heated and hard when cooled.

Answer 5

Thermoplastic