Chapter 3

Question 1

What is the end goal of fire attack?

Answer 1

To apply water as rapidly as possible to the products burning.

Question 2

What does the application of water do?

Answer 2

When done appropriately, will stop forward progress and the spread of fire within the bldg and to adjacent structures.

Question 3

Who typically chooses the appropriate manner to initiate fire attack (application of water)?

Answer 3

The first arriving CO followed by the IC

Question 4

You WILL NOT be successful in fire attack without an ___ ___ of fire behavior and bldg construction

Answer 4

Intimate knowledge

Question 5

Who said “The most effective and practical methods of extinguishing fire involving ordinary combustibles is by cooling the involved and exposed combustibles to a degree lower than their ignition temperatures”?

Answer 5

Lloyd Layman

Question 6

FD’s responded to an estimated ___ fires in one and two family homes and apartments in 2016. Resulting in ____ deaths, ____ injuries, and ___ billion in property loss

Answer 6

352,000
2,735
10,750
$5.7

Question 7

The statistics for FF LODD’S also reported the ___ FF’s were killed while advancing a hoseline conducting a fire attack in 2011

Answer 7

14

Question 8

The nozzle must be flowing ___ ___

Answer 8

Significant water

Question 9

If you are flowing water properly you will be ___ ___ and taking the volatile ___ away

Answer 9

Reducing temperatures
Energy

Question 10

Upon receiving the call for a fire in your district, you should immediately begin to gain a ___ ___ of the home type

Answer 10

Visual picture

Question 11

Estimate the ___ of the home, which may lead you to the ___ challenges that face you

Answer 11

Age
Construction

Question 12

You should have an idea of what you are responding to if you are familiar with your district through ___ ___

Answer 12

Prefire planning

Question 13

Who is in a unique position to obtain valuable information and needs to know what information to relay

Answer 13

The dispatcher

Question 14

___ ___ data is one key piece of information that every dispatch center should have readily available

Answer 14

Water supply

Question 15

2 modes of fire attack

Answer 15

Offensive and defensive

Question 16

The definition of modes is usually focused on where you started ___ ___ from and not necessarily where you ended

Answer 16

Flowing water

Question 17

Many dept’s across the country utilize a blitz attack. While this mode doesn’t fit into the offensive or defensive categories, it was and continues to be widely accepted as an ___ ___

Answer 17

Offensive attack

Question 18

The ___ ___ is a rapid attack utilizing ___ ___ and a prepiped deck gun or portable monitor

Answer 18

Blitz attack
Tank water

Question 19

Todays ___ ___, which has created a lot of debate, is simply a variation of the blitz attack

Answer 19

Transitional attack

Question 20

The transitional attack SHOULD be seen as an ___ of ___

Answer 20

Action
Opportunity

Question 21

Put water on the fire as quickly as possible by…

Answer 21

Whatever means necessary

Question 22

Our decisions should be based on our goals to…

Answer 22

Protect lives and property

Question 23

If fire is showing from a window directly in front of you…

Answer 23

Use the reach of the stream to knock down the fire

Question 24

The urban fire problem of ___ porches and ___ ___ siding has moved to the suburbs in the forms of wood decks and vinyl siding

Answer 24

Rear
Asphalt exterior

Question 25

In exterior fires, the conditions on the interior are not indicative of the fire conditions occurring in the ___ or one the ___ ___ of the structure

Answer 25

Attic
Exterior siding

Question 26

Attacking from the ___ side is NOT always the best ___ of ___

Answer 26

Unburned
Plan
Attack

Question 27

Forcing the front door is..

Answer 27

ventilation

Question 28

If you add air to the fire and dont apply water in the appropriate time frame,

Answer 28

the fire gets larger and safety decereases

Question 29

The time of onset of FF intenability until flashover was less than..

Answer 29

10 seconds

Question 30

on commercial and high-rise fires, sometimes the ___ ___ used on the structure may burn up before the fire reaches the interior

Answer 30

claddin material

Question 31

who wrote “Little Drops of Water: 50 years later”

Answer 31

Lt. Andrew A Fredricks

Question 32

while solid streams are preferrable, ___ ___ may be substituted, provided that fire flows are not compromised

Answer 32

straight streams

Question 33

attack from the ___ ___ and the quickly apply a second hoseline to the interior to protect occupants

Answer 33

burned side

Question 34

it doesn’t matter how you achieve the goal of extinguishment, it must be done in the…

Answer 34

fastest and most efficient way possible

Question 35

it appears that a straight stream or solid stream is the best stream of choice because we’ve learned that its difficult to..

Answer 35

push the fire with water

Question 36

fire gases CAN be pushed and moved by ___ from a hose stream

Answer 36

air

Question 37

___ ___ CAN push steam and gases when used incorrectly

Answer 37

fog streams

Question 38

when placing a stream through a ___ it could overcome the exhaust of the fire and change the ___ ___

Answer 38

window
flow path

Question 39

some of the assumptions that happen in the fire service and that lead to the creation of ___ and ___ are due to personal interpretations of the FF safety research

Answer 39

policies
decisions

Question 40

nothing should be deemed ___ or ___ with regard to the dynamic fireground

Answer 40

always
never

Question 41

movement of the ___ is critical because of the ___ entrainment that can be created by rapidly moving or whipping the nozzle around

Answer 41

nozzle
air

Question 42

studies have shown that even a smooth bore nozzle when moved rapidly in a circular fashion creates approx. ___ cfm of air movement

Answer 42

6000

Question 43

nozzle movement should be ___ ___ shape toward the top of the wall, across the ceiling, and toward the opposite side top of the wall

Answer 43

half moon

Question 44

the purpose the of the half moon is to not disrupt the ___ ___ or thermal balance and still coat the upper surfaces above ff’s heads

Answer 44

neutral plane

Question 45

the ideal water droplet size for gas cooling is..

Answer 45

0.33mm

Question 46

water vaporized in the hot gas layer absorbs energy from the ___ ___

Answer 46

hot gases

Question 47

straight stream is better for..

Answer 47

energy consumption, air movement, reach, and penetration

Question 48

when flowing water into a window, that decision needs to be based on..

Answer 48

time

Question 49

it is critical to use a ___ ___ to allow the exit of steam from the window. do not use a ___ ___

Answer 49

straight stream
fog pattern

Question 50

using a fog pattern during an exterior attack can create more ___ on the ___

Answer 50

steam
interior

Question 51

proper technique for exterior attack..

Answer 51

use straight stream at a steep angle
keep stream close to sill and aimed at ceiling
apply short bursts of water recog smoke cond.

Question 52

fires on the exterior of a bldg should be extinguished before or simultaneously to the ___ ___ entering the bldg

Answer 52

attack crew

Question 53

the modern construction materials used on bldg exteriors have a much greater ___ then materials used in the past

Answer 53

HRR

Question 54

fires that being on the ___ will transition to ___ fires if extinguishment does not occur quickly, and often happens prior to our arrival

Answer 54

exterior
interior

Question 55

once the fire transitions to the interior you must start attacking this fire from the ___ and flowing water by the ___ of travel that the fire transitioned inside

Answer 55

outside
direction

Question 56

an attic space also includes the concealed spaces behind the ___ ___

Answer 56

knee walls

Question 57

cape cod style homes have ___ or ___ attic spaces

Answer 57

3
more

Question 58

if the attic space eaves can be accessed with the hose stream from the exterior,…

Answer 58

that is where we should start flowing water

Question 59

what is fast water?

Answer 59

getting water on the fire as quickly as possible