Chapter 4 - Positioning Apparatus

Question 1

A fire department pumper’s primary function on the fireground is ____________ or _______________.

Answer 1

To provide water directly for fire streams

To support other pumpers or aerial apparatus

Question 2

_______ is the first tactical priority at any incident.

Answer 2

Life Safety

Question 3

Apparatus personnel should maintain a collapse zone of at least ___________ the height of any building determines likely to collapse.

Answer 3

one and one half

Question 4

Depending on the incident, apparatus, equipment, and personnel operating within ___ feet of the base of a high-rise fire may beed to be protected from falling glass and debris.

Answer 4

200 ft

Question 5

If a building is less than five floors tall, the attack pumper is positioned on the side of the street ____ to the building and aerial apparatus are placed _______ of the pumpers.

Answer 5

Closest

Outboard

Question 6

In cases where the fire building is greater than five floors, the attack pumper take the ______ position to allow the aerial apparatus maximum reach to the building.

Answer 6

Outside

Question 7

The preferred type of hose for hydrant connection is __________.

Answer 7

Large Diameter Intake Hose

Question 8

A good way to minimize the chance of the intak ehose kinking is to put a _________ twist in the hose when making the connection between the hydrant and pumper.

Answer 8

Counterclockwise

Question 9

A _________ operation may be required when it is necessary to supply a high-rise sprinkler or standpipe system.

Answer 9

Tandem Pumping.

Question 10

In tandem pumping operations apparatus may be located up to ___ feet apart.

Answer 10

300 ft

Question 11

__________ is generally used to increase the volume of water available at a fire scene, __________ is most often undertaken to increase water pressure.

Answer 11

Relay pumping

Tandem Pumping

Question 12

The boundary between wildland and structural development, often referred to as the ______________, is a challenging environment for fire fighting operations.

Answer 12

Wildland/Urban Interface

Question 13

The hot zone (also called ________, _________, or ______) is the area closest to the release of material.

Answer 13

Restricted, Exclusion, Red Zone

Question 14

The warm zone (also called the ______ or _____) is the area abutting the hot zone and extending to the border of the cold zone.

Answer 14

Limited Access or Yellow Zone

Question 15

The cold zone (also called the _______ or _______) surrounds the warm zone and is the area where all incident support functions are conducted.

Answer 15

Support or Green Zone