D/O Aerial Key terms

Question 1

Fire fighting vehicle equipped with a hydraulically operated ladder, elevating platform, or other similar device for the purpose of placing personnel and/or water streams in elevated positions.

Answer 1

Aerial apparatus

Question 2

General term used to describe the hydraulically operated ladder or elevating platform attached to a specifically designed fire apparatus.

Answer 2

Aerial Device

Question 3

Power-operated ladder usually employing hydraulics, that is mounted on a special truck chassis.

Answer 3

Aerial Ladder

Question 4

Trailer equipped with steerable rear wheels.

Answer 4

Tiller Trailer

Question 5

Assembly of bracing bars or rods in triangular shapes that form a rigid framework for the aerial device.

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Aerial Ladder Truss

Question 6

Extendable section of ground extension or aerial ladder. Also known as?

Answer 6

Fly Section

Question 7

Device that transfers the center of gravity of an apparatus and prevents it from tipping as the aerial device, hydraulic lifting boom, gin pole, or A-frame is extended away from the centerline of the chassis. Also known as

Answer 7

Stabilizer or outrigger or Stabilizing Jack

Question 8

Three way valve on a fire department aerial apparatus that directs oil to either stabilizer control valves or the aerial device control valves. Also known as

Answer 8

Selector Valve
Diverter Valve

Question 9

Hydraulic cylinders used to lift the aerial device from its bed to a working position. Also known as?

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Hoisting Cylinder/ Elevation Cylinder or Lift Cylinder.

Question 10

In a hydraulic cylinder, the pivoting end of the piston rod that is connected to the anchor ear by the heel.

Answer 10

Trunnion

Question 11

Aerial ladder apparatus that consists of a tractor power unit and trailer (tiller)section that contains the aerial ladder, ground ladders, and equipment storage areas. the trailer section is steered independently of the tractor by the tiller operator.

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Tractor- Drawn Aerial Apparatus (TDA)

Question 12

Driver/Operator of the trailer section of a tractor-tiller aerial ladder apparatus. Also Known as

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Tiller Operator/ Tillerman

Question 13

Work platform attached to the end of an articulating or telescoping aerial device.

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Elevating Platform

Question 14

Power-operated ladder, usually employing hydraulics, with a passenger-carrying device attached to the end of the ladder.

Answer 14

Aerial Ladder Platform

Question 15

An elevating platform equipped with piping systems and nozzles for elevated master stream operations. Telescoping aerial devices are not meant to be climbed and are equipped with a small ladder that is to be used only for escape from the platform in emergency sitsuations.

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Telescoping Aerial Platform

Question 16

Aerial Device that consist of two or more booms that are attached with hinges and operate in a folding manner. A passenger-carrying platform is attached to the working end of the device.

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Articulation Aerial Platform

Question 17

A 4-inch metal plate that runs around the bottom edge of any railing on a balcony or elevated walkway to prevent someone’s foot from slipping off. Also know as ___________.

Answer 17

Kickplate

Question 18

A mechanically applied rivet used in the construction of some aerial devices; ____ ____ can only be removed by drilling.

Answer 18

Huck Bolt

Question 19

Aerial device primarily intended for deploying an elevated master stream; not generally intended for climbing operations. Also known as?

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Water Tower/ Elevating Master Stream Device.

Question 20

Apparatus that serves as an engine and as a ladder truck; equipped with a fire pump, water tank, ground ladders, hose bed, and aerial device.

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Quint

Question 21

Prevent Fluid from flowing backward through a component and act as a safety feature in the event that a leak develops in the system.

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Check Valve

Question 22

Limit the pressure built up in the system, thus preventing damage due to overpressurization.

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Relief Valve

Question 23

Prevent unintentional or undesirable motion of the device from its established postion.

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Counterbalance Valve

Question 24

Graphical or tabular description of the load that can be distributed on an aerial device based on factors such as extension, elevation, stabilizer set-up, wind water flow, and ice-load.

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Load Chart

Question 25

Loads that involve motion: includes the forces arising from wind, moving vehicles, earthquakes, vibration, falling objects, or the addition of a moving load force to an aerial device or structure. Also known as Dynamic Load.

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Shock Loading

Question 26

Slowly extending and retracting the aerial device to remove accumulated ice.

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Ice Shrugging

Question 27

This device has the ability to reach out, down, and under the surface on which

Answer 27

Three- Boom