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Company officer Chapter 10 Flashcards

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NFPA 12

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Standard on carbon dioxide extinguishing systems

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What systems protect commercial cooking operations?

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Wet Chem systems

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NFPA 17

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Standard on dry Chem extinguishing systems

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What is the term used to describe the resistance of a building to collapse or to total involvement and fire

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Fire resistance

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The rate of water needed to control the fire is called what

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Theoretical fire flow

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The term protected, when applied to construction materials, means what?

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Protected from the effects of fire by encasement

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Common method of fire spread type one construction

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Window to window or through vertical openings

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Two subtypes of type 2 construction

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A protected less than type one

B no protection

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A 50 foot long steel beam heated uniformly over its length from 72° to 972° will expand by how much

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3.9 inches

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What measurement provides the ability to measure energy as an extensible property that explains what was happening

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Heat release rate

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NFPA 30

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Standard on flammable and combustible liquids

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NFPA 30B

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Code for the manufacture and storage of aerosol products

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NFPA 13

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Sprinkler systems

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NFPA 13 D

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Installation of sprinkler systems in one and two family dwellings and manufactured homes

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NFPA 13 R

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Installation of sprinkler systems and residential occupancies up to and including four stories in height

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HMMP

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Hazardous material management plan

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16
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Ordinary temperature rated heads operate between what two temperatures

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135 170

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17
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What systems protect commercial cooking operations

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Wet chemical

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NFPA 12

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Standard on carbon dioxide extinguishing systems

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NFPA 17

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Dry Chem extinguishing systems

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NFPA 74 placard system

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Blue health
Red flammability
Yellow instability

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Fire officers should make it a habit to observe what investigate when they appear to be closed

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Exterior supply valves

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Firewalls are what

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Structurally independent and separate buildings

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23
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Steel looses half its strength at what temperature

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900

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Type two construction

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Noncombustible

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What is the term used to describe the resistance of a building to collapse or to total involvement and fire

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Fire resistance

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This is the difference between the operating temperature of a fire detection device such as the sprinkler head and the actual air temperature when the device activated

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Thermal lag

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27
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Combustible voids, as well as closets, not exceeding what square footage and bathrooms not exceeding what square footage are not required to be sprinkled

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24 & 55

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28
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The total building area exempted from sprinkler protection has been estimated as high as what percent

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67

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Wet pipe systems are installed for indoor temperatures that can be maintained at what temperature

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40°F

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What systems are sometimes used were freezing is expected

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Dry systems

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The ratio of air pressure to water pressure at which the valve will open in a sprinkler system is called what

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Differential

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What are dry systems in which the water supply valve is opened on a signal from detection devices such as a heat or smoke detector

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Pre-action

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What systems are installed an extra hazard occupancies where there is the possibility of a flash fire fire growth so rapid the response of a standard sprinkler system is too slow

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Deluge

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What is required for all water-based fire extinguishing systems and standpipe systems with the exception of the limited area sprinkler systems of less then ______heads and NFPA 13 the sprinkler systems

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20

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35
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These are chemical compounds that contain carbon and one or more elements from the halogen series

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Halogenated extinguishing agents

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What is used in total flooding systems that this charge quantity sufficient to create up to 10% concentration in the areas protected

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Halon 1301

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37
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Halogenated agent suppress fires by interrupting the chemical chain reaction and will not extinguish what class materials

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Class a

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38
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Wonder what government act was halon 1211 and 1301 banned

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Clean air act January 1, 1994

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39
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Which is a highly effective extinguishing agent on class B and C fires

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CO2

40
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CO2 in what concentrations will render persons unconscious almost immediately

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Greater than 9%

41
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NFPA 72

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Fire alarm code

42
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Air handling units over what CFM must automatically shut down upon activation of a duct smoke detector installed upstream from the air handler

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2000

43
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When fire rises and Stratifies with in an enclosed space it is called what

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Thermal stratification

44
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Firefighter survival time in the event of a flashover is how long

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10 seconds

45
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NFPA 1403

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Standard live fire training evolutions

46
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Which is the most forceful of all fire related events

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Backdraft

47
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What does fire safety concept tree show

A

The relationship between fire prevention activities and fire damage control strategies

48
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NFPA 550

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The fire safety concept tree

49
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NFPA 25

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Inspection testing and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems

50
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NFPA 17A

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Wet chemical extinguishing systems

51
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NFPA 15

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Waterspray fixed systems of fire protection

52
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NFPA 14

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Installation of standpipes and hose systems

53
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NFPA 12A

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Standard on Halon 1301 fire extinguishing systems

54
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Generally where are standpipe connections required

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On each floor at every exit stairway and on each side of a horizontal exit

55
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Occupancy classification’s that are more hazardous have what

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More stringent construction requirements

56
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What three things will affect fire intensity and behavior (building construction)

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Types of building materials, construction methods, built in fire protection

57
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The goals of building codes can be met with a variety of ways using what? (3)

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Fire resistance rated construction, fire extinguishment systems, noncombustible building materials

58
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What are the three goals of building codes

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Maintain integrity, limit fire size, provide adequate time for occupants to escape or shelter in place

59
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Community consequences related to what

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Impact of events both during and after

60
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Property risk factors are affected by what

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Building construction, exposures, occupancy, available resources

61
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The first step in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the FD and dealing with emergencies is what

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Assessing their communities risk

62
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Life risk factors are affected by what

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Number people at risk, their danger, ability to provide for their own safety

63
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Term used when measuring the quantity of heat or energy released per unit of weight

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Heat of combustion

64
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What describes the spread of the fire through the fuel load in the structure itself

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Fire extension

65
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This uses fans or blowers to force the movement of air through the structure

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Mechanical ventilation

66
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What are the desirable properties of H2O as extinguishing agent

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Cheap, readily available, Capacity to absorb heat

67
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The quantity of heat absorbed by a substance changes from a liquid to a vapor

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Latent heat of vaporization

68
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Polystyrene BTU’s

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18,000 per pound

69
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What is the average load of fuel in a typical structure

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4 pounds per square foot

70
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What is the NFA fire flow formula

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Area in square feet divided by three

71
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How many construction type are recognized by the IBC

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Five

72
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Type one construction

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Fire resistive -structural elements are noncombustible and are protected to the highest level

73
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What is the difference between the two subtypes of type one construction

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Level of protection for the structural elements

74
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The typical strip shopping center or big box store is what type of construction

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2B

75
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Two subtypes of type III construction

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Protected and unprotected

76
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Type three construction

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Ordinary – masonry with interior elements of any approved material, combustible or noncombustible

77
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Type four beam measurements

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6 inches wide by 10 inches deep

78
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Type four columns must be how big

A

8 x 8

79
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Type four construction

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Heavy timber – exterior wall masonry interior structural elements unprotected would’ve large dimensions

80
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Type five construction

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Woodframe – entire structure wood subdivided to protected and unprotected

81
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What two things are constructed within a building in separate fire areas or block the passage of heat and smoke

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Fire barriers and fire partitions

82
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Modern building codes are for the most part what type of code

A

Performance codes

83
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Designing to the perspective provisions of the ____is the most cost-effective approach

A

IBC

84
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The total amount of combustible material with in a fire area, expressed in terms of pounds per square foot.

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Fuel load or fire load

85
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Four basic types of sprinkler systems

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Wet, dry, pre-action, deluge

86
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Buildings under construction or generally required to have at least___ standpipe, capable of flowing ____GPM within _____floor of the top of the building

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One, 500, one

87
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This is a term used to define the way fire performs or reacts in given situations

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Fire behavior

88
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What three things I needed to start fire

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Fuel, heat, oxidizer

89
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Fire tetrahedron

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Fuel, heat, oxygen, continuous chain reaction

90
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First stage of fire

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Incipient stage

91
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Second stage of fire

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Free burning stage

92
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Third stage of fire

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Smoldering stage

93
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This buyer behavior travels well in advance of the front of the actual fire

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Rollover

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This event is generally associated with rapid transition and fire behavior from localize burning of fuel to involvement of all combustibles in the enclosure. Transition can occur when upper room temperatures are between 750° and 1112°

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Flashover

95
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A term used to describe the heat absorbing capacity of a substance

A

Specific heat

96
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How much does water weigh per gallon

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8.33 lb

97
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Gasoline BTU’s

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19,000/lb

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