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Community Risk Reduction Flashcards

1
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In what four ways will you be expected to contribute to community risk reduction in your community through the fire department?

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  • Conducting fire and life safety surveys of private dwellings
  • Presenting fire and life safety messages to the public
  • Leading fire stations tours
  • Conducting pre-incident planning surveys
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True or false, fire and emergency services are not responsible for people who only visit their immediate response area. They are only responsible for those who have a permanent address within their IRA.

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False, they are responsible for anyone that is within their IRA.

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What are the two major benefits of the FIre and life safety programs?

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  • Educate and empower people in the community

- build good relations between firefighters and members of the community.

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When you are attending a fire and life safety program and a member fo the public approaches you with a complaint/issue/suggestion how must you behave and how can you best help them?

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  • Listen carefully to best understand the nature of the interaction
  • Remain calm, positive, and polite.
  • Be familiar with the full range of services available to citizens from the fire department so that you can resolve of redirect them.
  • If you are uncertain of how to help them or where they can go to find the help they need, direct them to a superior.
  • Document the interaction
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True or false, all businesses in most jurisdictions are required to undergo an inspection of compliance to fire and safety codes.

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True

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True or false, Single family homes are required to pass periodic fire and life safety inspections in most jurisdictions?

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False, in most jurisdictions they are not required to have periodic inspections.

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What is the most common cause of residential fires in North America?

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Cooking equipment

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True or false, according to the CDC, fire are the third most common cause of accidental deaths in the US.

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False, they are the fifth

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What are some unsafe activities that home owners might exibit during a fire and life safety survey?

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  • Poor housekeeping
  • Hoarding combustible materials
  • Open burning
  • Improper use of electricity
  • Careless use of flammable and combustible liquids
  • Unsafe smoking materials
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True or false, when conducting a fire and life safety survey at single family homes, if any violations are found the surveyor must fine the owners for non-compliance.

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False, the purpose of a fire and life safety survey is to educate the public of fire and life safety and not to punish them for their ignorance.

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What causes more water damage; sprinkler systems or fire suppression activities?

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Fire suppression activities

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Are you allowed to conduct a home survey by yourself?

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No, there should be at least two firefighters at all surveys

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Why is it important to have a lesson plan or lesson outline before presenting a topic?

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Otherwise some information may be lost.

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What are the four catagories of fire and life safety messages?

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  • Prevent
  • Prepare
  • Protect
  • Persuade
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Give a few examples of what a preventative fire and life safety message is.

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  • Keep matches away from young children
  • Correct any fire and burn hazards in the kitchen
  • Keep children and pets 3 feet away from the oven
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Give a few examples of what a prepare fire and life safety messafe is.

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  • Install a home fire sprinkler system
  • Install smoke alarms
  • Become familiar with the different sounds your smoke and CO alarms make.
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Give a few examples of what a protect fire and life safety message is.

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  • Crawl low under smoke
  • Get out fast, stay out
  • Call 9-1-1 after escaping
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Give a few examples of what a persuade fire and life safety message is.

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  • Encourage outside smoking only
  • Install, test, and maintain residential smoke alarms.
  • Attend public fireworks displays and avoid personal use of fireworks.
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Why should you never enter a class room with young childrn in it in full PPE including SCBA and facepiece?

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It scares them, if you want to demostrate what full PPE looks like, put it on one piece at a time where they can see.

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List some things that you should never do in front of young children because it will frighten them?

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  • Activate fire alarm or PASS device without first giving them a warning and telling them to cover their ears
  • Tell them stories about burning homes, pets, toys etc
  • Show them pictures of burned items
  • Wear contaminated PPE
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21
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Are the public allowed to ask for a tour of the fire station at any point?

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Yes, and if you are not busy you are allowed to give them one, but you have to let everyone in the station know that you are giving a tour.

22
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Are visitors to the fire station allowed to wear the safety equipment of a firefighter?

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They should not wear the equipment of a firefighter as it may be contaminated, but a seperate set of safety equipment can be used for the tour.

23
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What are the benefits to conducting a pre-incident survey of hugh risk locations?

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  • Faster fire location determination
  • Faster at locating occupants
  • Faster identification of hazards
  • Increased safety for firefighters and occupants
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What details do firefighters document when performing a pre-incident survey?

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  • Construction type
  • Floor plan
  • Contents and fuel load
  • Occupency type
  • HAZMAT storage
  • Fire detection and suppression systems
  • Any obstructions to the structure
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What are the main purposes of pre-incident surveys?

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  • To familiarize firefighters with the structures in their districts
  • Visualize tactics for specific, high hazard structure
  • Develop new tactics as structures change in style
  • Determine if occupants require special care
26
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True or false, a pre-incident plan is not allowed to be a surprise visit.

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True

27
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Is it better to start a pre-incident survey from the top floor or the bottom floor?

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It doesn’t matter as long as you cover all the floors. Some people prefer to strat on the roof to get a better sense of the structure.

28
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What is the FACP?

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Fire Alarm Control Panel - Contains the electronics that control and monitor thr fire alarm system.

29
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How many power supplies provide energy to the alarm systems?

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Two

30
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Explain the difference between an automatic and a manual initiating device.

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An initiating station is something that activates the alarms system to the presence of smoke or CO. They can be manually operatated such as can be found in schools, or automatic as is found in most homes.

31
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What is a fire command center in large structures?

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The area in which all of the fire related technology is stored to be conveniently monitor at the same time.

32
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What are local alarm systems?

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Alarm systems that do not automatically alert the fire department of an incident

33
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What are the three kinds of local alarm systems?

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  • Noncoded
  • Zoned
  • Adressible
34
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What are the three kinds of Supervising Station Alarm Systems?

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-Propriety Alarm Systems - Protect large commercial and indistrial buildings
-Central Station Alarm Systems - Contracted services monitor for alerts and contact the fire department.
Remote Receiving Systems - Connected directly to the telecommunications center.

35
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Do manual pull stations need to be red and white?

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Yes

36
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What are the two kinds of heat detectors?

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Fixed-Temperature

Rate-of-Rise - Activated if the temperature in a room increases by more than 7 degrees C in 1 min.

37
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What are the two kinds of Smoke detectors and how do they work?

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  • Photoelectric smoke detectors detect the visible part of smoke and are usually quicker at detecting all fires than Ionization smoke detectors.
  • Ionization Smole detectors detects particles that are too small for the human eye to see.
37
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What are the two kinds of Smoke detectors and how do they work?

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  • Photoelectric smoke detectors detect the visible part of smoke and are usually quicker at detecting all fires than Ionization smoke detectors.
  • Ionization Smole detectors detects particles that are too small for the human eye to see.
38
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What are some of the disadvantages of using a flame detector?

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They can be activated by bright sunlight or a match.

39
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List all the types of sprinkler deflectors.

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  • Upright
  • Pendant
  • Sidewall
  • Concealed
  • Flush
  • Recessed
  • In-Rack
40
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What is the minimum psi that a sprinkler system must be able to support?

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15 psi

41
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If you have to connect an apparatus to the FDC on a structure with a sprinkler system, what is the minimum discharge capacity of the apparatus be?

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4000 Liters per minute

42
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Explain ther difference between a wet and dry pipe sprinkler system.

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A wet-pipe sprinkler system is one where the pipes are always full of pressurized water. They are only used in locations that never experience freezing conditions.

A dry-pipe sprinkler system is one that is kept free of water until the fire alarm activates the release of the water. These are slower at extinguishing fires as all the air in the pipes must be pushed out of the pipes before the water can be released.

43
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Explain what a deluge sprinkler system is.

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It is not constantly filed with pressurized water, rather it is empty. The nozzles are constantly open. These types of sprinklers are designed to spray large quantities of water.

44
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What is the difference between a deluge sprinkler system and a Preaction Sprinkler system?

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Preaction systems are also dry systems, but only the valves that are needed to opened will be opened once a fire is detected.

45
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True or false, you can have sprinkler systems with extinguishing agents other than water, such as; Wet Chemical, Dry Chemical, Co2, Clean Agent, Foam.

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True

46
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WHich is more effective at fire control, Standpipes or sprinklers?

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Sprinklers

47
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What are the three classes of standpipe systems?

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  • Class 1 are designed for firefighter use only. They provide a 2.5 inch hose connection.
  • Class 2 is sometimes called a house line. It can be used by trained building occupants or firefighters. It has a 1.5 inch hose and nozzle.
  • Class 3 is a combination of classes 1 and 2. It has a 1.5 inch hose and a 2.5 inch connection for firefighters.
48
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What is a Smoke Management System?

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It removed smoke and controls its spread through the use of fans and air pressure. It does this to protect property damage and life safety by protecting exits.

49
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Why are maps of structures so important to pre incidenet planning?

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They show the building construction, fire protection systems, occupancy, fuel loads, special hazards, and other details that could be important to firefighter and occupant safety.

50
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What are the five E’s for a good delivery of the fire and life safety initiatives?

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  • Education
  • Enforcement
  • Economic incentives
  • Engineering education
  • Emergency response
51
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What causes more more accidents, unsafe behaviour or unsafe conditions?

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Unsafe behaviour is responsible for 96% of accidents.

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