Chapters 4-6 Flashcards
_____ is directly proportional to the probability of injury or death for emergency responders or the civilian population.
The commanding officer’s ability to manage safety concerns
Who is directly responsible for monitoring and assessing potentially hazardous and unsafe conditions and developing appropriate measures for assuring personnel safety?
Incident command
___ is an attitude.
Safety
What NFPA Sets the standard on fire department operational safety And health program Question mark
NFPA 1500
What NFPA sets the standard for fire department safety officer?
NFPA 1521
What NFPA says the standard on fire department infection control program
NFPA 1581
What NFPA sets the standard on live fire training evolutions
NFPA 1403
What OSHA regulation is set for occupational safety and health standards
OSHA 29 CFR 1910
What is the minimum equipment that should be included in the fire departments sogs in relation to personal protective equipment
Turnouts,
Helmets gloves and hoods,
Scba,
Personal alert devices
Unprotected steel members weekend at about _____degrees and are unable to support their own weight at ____ degrees
1,100 degrees
1,500 degrees
Who does the ASO- HM report directly to
The incident safety officer and advises the Hazmat group supervisor
According to recent NFPA data what is the most common types of injuries suffered by firefighters?
Strains, sprains, and muscle damage
What percentage of total injuries were attributed to overexertion year over year?
30% in rows to 50% in 2009
What is the leading cause of death among firefighters?
Heart attacks often brought on by stress and overexertion
What is the second leading cause of death amongst firefighters
Internal trauma and most often caused by being struck with or coming in contact with the foreign object usually on the fire ground
What percentage of firefighter deaths half of our responding to and returning from alarms?
20 to 25%
What two types of buildings continue to be in the top four building types involved in firefighter fatalities?
Vacants and residential structures
Vacant buildings have accounted for approximately what percentage of firefighter deaths?
14%
What is the most tragic statistic in regards to firefighter deaths and injury?
13% of firefighters are killed during training
According to niosh what are the top five causes contributing to the fatalities on the fire ground
Lack of incident command
Inadequate risk assessment
Lack of accountability
Inadequate Communications
Lack of sogs
The OSHA respiratory protection standard is also known as what?
The two end, two out rule
How many states do not enforce OSHA safety standards?
23
What is the minimum number of personnel that should be assigned to ric?
Two personnel
What NFPA regulation requires the Assembly of at least four Personnel before beginning into your operations?
NFPA 1500
What NFPA sets the standard on comprehensive occupational Medical program for fire departments?
NFPA 1582
What NFPA sets the standard on health related fitness programs for fire department members?
NFPA 1583
What NFPA requirement sets the standard on the rehabilitation process for members during Emergency Operations and training exercises
NFPA 1584
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?
10 minutes
What is the textbook answer for the manageable span of control?
Five to seven
What form of accountability system is taught at the National Fire Academy and used throughout the command and control curriculum?
Point of use accountability
The use and maintenance of personal alert Safety Systems devices are covered in detail in what nfpa?
NFPA 1500
What NFPA is the standard on personal alert safety systems?
NFPA 1982
What is considered to be the best known and most controversial documents regarding firefighter safety of republished?
NFPA 1500
Which NFPA standard addresses Personnel accountability systems
NFPA 1561
The proactive Gathering of data before an incident occurs?
Pre-planning
____ 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.
Pre-incident preparation (PIP)
Incident priorities are always____ and must be the building blocks of pip regardless of occupancy or incident type
The same.
A _____ of firefighters safety should always be part of PIP.
Risk to benefit analysis
What are the three basic ways to design a fire protection into a structure?
Installing automatic sprinkler systems, fire doors and other built-in protections
Proper Storage
Compartmentalization
Under normal conditions, a building more than_____away is not considered an exposure
30 ft
In fire restrictive Construction members will withstand normal fire conditions for a minimum of?
3hrs
Ordinary construction is sometimes referred to as?
Main Street USA
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?
Taxpayer
The bearing walls in ordinary construction typically range from?
8 to 12 in thick
In older construction, components of the truss system are nailed together using what?
10 and 16 penny nails
These buildings are built in an off-site Factory and transported to the building lot.
Modular buildings
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.
Precut buildings
According to the United States fire Administration National Fire data center what percentage of all fire deaths occur in residential occupancies?
80%
The very walls in a single family dwelling are generally constructed in what two basic materials
Masonry
According to the United States fire Administration statistics, civilian deaths occur at the highest rate in?
Rooming, boarding, and lodging facilities
The typical construction types for single-family dwellings are?
Wood frame, ordinary, steel frame
The typical construction types for single-family dwellings are?
Wood frame, ordinary, steel frame
True or false. Primary ventilation at a dwelling fire should be concentrated on, and be in support of, fire confinement and extinguishment.
False
