Chapter 7: Apparatus Equipped with a Fire Pump Flashcards
This is the fire apparatus industry trade group:
Fire Apparatus Manufacturer’s Association (FAMA)
What is the definition of an engine nicknamed a wagon?
Commonly applied to the second piece of a two piece engine company whose specific duty is to lay supply lines to the attack pumper
What is the definition of an engine nicknamed a triple?
A west coast term, short for triple-combination pumper (An apparatus that carries hose, water, and a fire pump)
What is the definition of an engine nicknamed a pipeline?
A mid-Atlantic term for a pumper equipped with large diameter supply hose
What is the definition of an engine nicknamed a squad?
A primarily east coast term for a pumper that carries additional rescue, forcible entry, or salvage equipment above and beyond what a standard pumper would carry. A rescue pumper.
The main purpose of the fire department pumper is to:
Provide water at an adequate pressure to produce and effective fire stream from a nozzle.
The minimum pump capacity for a vehicle to be considered a fire department pumper is ___ gpm:
750 gpm
Standard pumps larger than 750 gpm typically increase in increments of ___ gpm?
250 gpm
Municipal fire departments pumpers rarely have pump capacities exceeding ____ gpm:
2,000 gpm
It is common for industrial fire pumpers to have pump capacities in excess of ____ gpm:
3,000 gpm
To be considered a fire department pumper, a vehicle must have an on-board water tank capacity of at least ___ gallons:
300 gallons
Most fire department pumpers have water tank capacities ranging between:
500 gallons and 1,000 gallons
What are the 2 types of chassis fire trucks are built on?
Custom or commercial chassis
The primary advantage of using a custom chassis for a pumper is:
The chassis is designed for the harsh conditions under which emergency vehicles operate
The primary disadvantage of using a custom chassis for a pumper is:
Considerably more expensive than commercial chassis
Some fire departments prefer to place pumpers on commercial chassis because of their:
Lower purchase cost and readily availability of replacement parts at the local level
What are the 2 types of initial attack fire apparatus?
Minipumper and Midipumper
The primary difference between the 2 types of initial attack fire apparatus is:
Size and capabilities
All initial attack apparatus are constructed on this type of chassis?
Commercial chassis
What is a “mini-maxi” group?
When you couple a minipumper with a small quint
NFPA requires all initial fire attack apparatus to have a minimum pump capacity of ____ gpm:
250 gpm
Most minipumpers have fire pumps with a capacity no larger than ____ gpm, although some 1 ton vehicles have pumps rated up to _____ gpm:
500 gpm;
1,000 gpm
This type of initial fire attack apparatus are most often mounted on 1 ton or 1 1/2 ton chassis:
Minipumper
NFPA requires minipumpers to carry at least ___ gallons of water on board?
200 gallons
The main differences between a minipumper and midipumper are:
Size;
Pump capacity;
Amount of equipment carried
Midipumpers are built on a chassis usually over ______ pounds gross vehicle weight:
12,000 gross vehicle weight
Wildland fire apparatus should be equipped with the ability to:
Pump and roll
The smallest of wildland apparatus carry less than ____ gallons of water and have pump capacities less than ___ gpm:
Less than 100 gallons;
Less than 100 gpm
More and more wildland fire apparatus are constructed on these these types of chassis:
Pick-up truck style 1 ton of 1 1/2 ton chassis
The pick-up truck style wildland trucks commonly carry ____ to ____ gallons of water and have pump capacities ranging from ______ to _____ gpm:
200 to 400 gallons;
100 to 500 gpms
A growing practice is to equip wildland apparatus with this to aid in attacking fires and protecting exposures:
Class A foam
For agencies that operate withing the NIMS or FIRESCOPE incident management system, wildland fire apparatus are categorized by:
Capability (Apparatus typing)
NFPA standards strictly prohibit this action when when considering ways to fight fire from a wildland apparatus:
Riding outside of the cab
This is the preferred method of delivering water to wildland fire apparatus beyond the reach of a fixed water supply system, long hose lay, or a reliable static water supply source:
Water shuttle
To be considered a fire department tanker, the apparatus must have a water tank with a capacity of at least ____ gallons:
At least 1,000 gallons
To be considered a fire department tanker, the tanker must have a minimum of ___ cubic feet of compartment storage space:
20 cubic feet
If a tanker is equipped with a fire or transfer pump, it must have at a minimum of ___ feet of soft intake or ___ feet of hard intake hose with a strainer:
15 feet;
20 feet
If a tanker is equipped with a fire or transfer pump, it must have at a minimum ___ feet of 1 1/2, 1 3/4, 2 inch fire hose and ___ combination spray nozzles capable of flowing at least ___ gpm:
400 feet;
2;
95 gpm
Pumper-tankers and square side tankers with T-shaped water tanks on a single rear-axle chassis should carry no more than _____ gallons of water:
1,500 gpm
Single rear-axle chassis equipped with elliptical water tanks should be limited to about _____ gallons of water:
2,000 gallons of water
Tankers with a tandem rear-axle are generally limited to about ______ gallons of water:
4,000 gallons of water
Departments that desire to transport more than 4,000 gallons of water on a single vehicle will need to use a:
Tractor-trailer
What factors must be considered when a fire department determines the type and size of tanker it wishes to operate?
- Terrain it will be used on;
- Bridge Weight Limits;
- Budgetary Constraints;
- Compatibility with mutual aid tankers
Water shuttles flow more easily when:
Tankers of similar size are used
Pumper-Tankers are:
Tankers with large fire pumps used as attack apparatus
Pumper-tankers may carry as much as _____ gallons of water:
3,000 gallons
A quint is an apparatus equipped with these 5 things?
- Aerial Device
- Ground Ladders
- Fire Pump
- Water tank
- Fire hose
In order to be considered a true quint, the fire pump must be able to produce ___ gpm:
1,000 gpm
Quints must have a water tank capacity of at least ____ gallons:
300 gallons
NFPA requires the smaller pumps on small quints (Not considered a full quint) to provide water at a pressure of ___ psi:
150 psi
Aircraft Rescue and firefighting apparatus are formerly known as:
Crash, fire, rescue vehicles (CFR)
Additional requirements for airports and ARFF vehicles based at airports in the US are found in these regulations:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Airports outside of the US follow requirements set forth by the:
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
What are the 3 general classifications of ARFF apparatus?
- Major firefighting vehicles;
- Rapid intervention vehicles;
- Combined agent vehicles
This ARFF apparatus is considered the largest land based fire apparatus with pumping capacities up to ____ gpm, and carry as much as ____ gallons of water and ____ gallons of foam concentrate:
Major fire fighting vehicles;
2,000 gpm;
6,000 gallons of water;
600 gallons of foam concentrate
ARFF Rapid Intervention Vehicle apparatus have pump capacities of ____ gpm or less and carry no more than ____ gallons of water:
1,250 gpm;
1,500 gallons of water
These ARFF apparatus are designed to arrive on scene quickly and knock down or extinguish smaller fires, may or may not be equipped with a fire pump, foam system, and water tank, and have a variety of pressurized extinguishing agents:
Combined agents vehicles
What are 3 of the pressurized extinguishing agents that ARFF Combined Agents Vehicles carry?
Dry Chemical;
Halogenated agents;
Premixed foam/water agent
