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Chapters 4-6 Flashcards

1
Q

_____ is directly proportional to the probability of injury or death for emergency responders or the civilian population.

A

The commanding officer’s ability to manage safety concerns

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2
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Who is directly responsible for monitoring and assessing potentially hazardous and unsafe conditions and developing appropriate measures for assuring personnel safety?

A

Incident command

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3
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___ is an attitude.

A

Safety

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4
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What NFPA Sets the standard on fire department operational safety And health program Question mark

A

NFPA 1500

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5
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What NFPA sets the standard for fire department safety officer?

A

NFPA 1521

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6
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What NFPA says the standard on fire department infection control program

A

NFPA 1581

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7
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What NFPA sets the standard on live fire training evolutions

A

NFPA 1403

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8
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What OSHA regulation is set for occupational safety and health standards

A

OSHA 29 CFR 1910

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9
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What is the minimum equipment that should be included in the fire departments sogs in relation to personal protective equipment

A

Turnouts,
Helmets gloves and hoods,
Scba,
Personal alert devices

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10
Q

Unprotected steel members weekend at about _____degrees and are unable to support their own weight at ____ degrees

A

1,100 degrees
1,500 degrees

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11
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Who does the ASO- HM report directly to

A

The incident safety officer and advises the Hazmat group supervisor

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12
Q

According to recent NFPA data what is the most common types of injuries suffered by firefighters?

A

Strains, sprains, and muscle damage

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13
Q

What percentage of total injuries were attributed to overexertion year over year?

A

30% in rows to 50% in 2009

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14
Q

What is the leading cause of death among firefighters?

A

Heart attacks often brought on by stress and overexertion

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15
Q

What is the second leading cause of death amongst firefighters

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Internal trauma and most often caused by being struck with or coming in contact with the foreign object usually on the fire ground

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16
Q

What percentage of firefighter deaths half of our responding to and returning from alarms?

A

20 to 25%

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17
Q

What two types of buildings continue to be in the top four building types involved in firefighter fatalities?

A

Vacants and residential structures

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18
Q

Vacant buildings have accounted for approximately what percentage of firefighter deaths?

A

14%

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19
Q

What is the most tragic statistic in regards to firefighter deaths and injury?

A

13% of firefighters are killed during training

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20
Q

According to niosh what are the top five causes contributing to the fatalities on the fire ground

A

Lack of incident command
Inadequate risk assessment
Lack of accountability
Inadequate Communications
Lack of sogs

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21
Q

The OSHA respiratory protection standard is also known as what?

A

The two end, two out rule

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22
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How many states do not enforce OSHA safety standards?

A

23

23
Q

What is the minimum number of personnel that should be assigned to ric?

A

Two personnel

24
Q

What NFPA regulation requires the Assembly of at least four Personnel before beginning into your operations?

A

NFPA 1500

25
Q

What NFPA sets the standard on comprehensive occupational Medical program for fire departments?

A

NFPA 1582

26
Q

What NFPA sets the standard on health related fitness programs for fire department members?

A

NFPA 1583

27
Q

What NFPA requirement sets the standard on the rehabilitation process for members during Emergency Operations and training exercises

A

NFPA 1584

28
Q

Per NFPA 1584 Cruz must self rehab for at least how many minutes following 20 minutes of intense work or depletion of 130 minute SCBA cylinder?

A

10 minutes

29
Q

What is the textbook answer for the manageable span of control?

A

Five to seven

30
Q

What form of accountability system is taught at the National Fire Academy and used throughout the command and control curriculum?

A

Point of use accountability

31
Q

The use and maintenance of personal alert Safety Systems devices are covered in detail in what nfpa?

A

NFPA 1500

32
Q

What NFPA is the standard on personal alert safety systems?

A

NFPA 1982

33
Q

What is considered to be the best known and most controversial documents regarding firefighter safety of republished?

A

NFPA 1500

34
Q

Which NFPA standard addresses Personnel accountability systems

A

NFPA 1561

35
Q

The proactive Gathering of data before an incident occurs?

A

Pre-planning

36
Q

____ is simply planning and follows the basic steps of planning and Gathering of information and analyzing that information and then developing a proposed course of action based off of that analysis and developing a post incident plan.

A

Pre-incident preparation (PIP)

37
Q

Incident priorities are always____ and must be the building blocks of pip regardless of occupancy or incident type

A

The same.

38
Q

A _____ of firefighters safety should always be part of PIP.

A

Risk to benefit analysis

39
Q

What are the three basic ways to design a fire protection into a structure?

A

Installing automatic sprinkler systems, fire doors and other built-in protections
Proper Storage
Compartmentalization

40
Q

Under normal conditions, a building more than_____away is not considered an exposure

A

30 ft

41
Q

In fire restrictive Construction members will withstand normal fire conditions for a minimum of?

A

3hrs

42
Q

Ordinary construction is sometimes referred to as?

A

Main Street USA

43
Q

The older buildings of ordinary construction are often called _____ because the owner would live on the second floor and operate a business on the first floor?

A

Taxpayer

44
Q

The bearing walls in ordinary construction typically range from?

A

8 to 12 in thick

45
Q

In older construction, components of the truss system are nailed together using what?

A

10 and 16 penny nails

46
Q

These buildings are built in an off-site Factory and transported to the building lot.

A

Modular buildings

47
Q

Rather than prefabricate large components of the structure the factory Cuts all the building materials to design specifications and then move them to the lot to be assembled.

A

Precut buildings

48
Q

According to the United States fire Administration National Fire data center what percentage of all fire deaths occur in residential occupancies?

A

80%

49
Q

The very walls in a single family dwelling are generally constructed in what two basic materials

A

Masonry

50
Q

According to the United States fire Administration statistics, civilian deaths occur at the highest rate in?

A

Rooming, boarding, and lodging facilities

51
Q

The typical construction types for single-family dwellings are?

A

Wood frame, ordinary, steel frame

52
Q

The typical construction types for single-family dwellings are?

A

Wood frame, ordinary, steel frame

53
Q

True or false. Primary ventilation at a dwelling fire should be concentrated on, and be in support of, fire confinement and extinguishment.

A

False

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