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What is a Class Alpha fire?

And what is the preferred way to extinguish it?

A

Combustible materials

Water/ CO2

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What is a Class Bravo fire?

What is the preferred agent way to extinguish?

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Flammable liquids

AFFF

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What is a class Charlie fire?

What is the preferred agent to extinguish?

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Electrical

CO2

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What is a class delta fire?

What is the preferred agent to extinguish?

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Burning metal

Water mist/ jettison

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What is overhaul?

A

Use thermal imager to resurvey space and look for residual hot spots or fires

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How do you overhaul a class A fire?

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Use a rake or solid stream

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How do you overhaul a class B fire?

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Use AFFF or PKP

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How do you overhaul a class C fire?

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Use CO2, ensure affected equipment is no longer energized

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How do you overhaul a class D fire?

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Use cooling agents (water mist, CO2)

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How do you overhaul a main space fire?

A

Assessment team walks all levels of space

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What do you do when a weapon is on fire?

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The priority is cool the weapon, request additional hose team to combat the casualty.

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What do you do when there is a fire in a CBR environment?

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Priority is the fire, hose team dresses out in firefighting gear

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13
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What does SCBA stand for?

A

SELF-Contained breathing Apparatus

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What are 2 sizes of the SCBA?

What is it pressurized at?

A

30 min, 45 min

4500

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15
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Who wears 30 min bottle?

A

Investigators and electricians

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What is the thermal imager onboard called?

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K-90 Talisman

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Who uses the K-90 talisman and what can it read and what can it not see thru?

A

Team leader
Heat signatures
Aqueous materials

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How many patterns on a vari-nozzle? And what are the patterns

A 
4 
Wide V 
Narrow V
Solid stream
Flush
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What is wide V used for?

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Used has a heat shield and water fog

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What is narrow v used for?

A

Standard firefighting pattern

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21
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What is solid stream used for?

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Used for overhaul

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22
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What is flush used for?

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To get debris out of nozzle

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What is p-100 rated at and what is it used for and runs on?

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100 GPM @ 83 PSI

used for dewatering

Runs on JP-5

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What are 2 types of portable educators?

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Peri-jet, S type

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What is in a Peri-jet and what can it pass?
Inner ring with 6 jets Pass small objects
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What is active dewatering?
Dewatering while the casualty is still being fought
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Where are the main drainage eductors?
Aux 1/ MER 1/ MER 2
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Where can main drainage dewater to?
Shaft alley using cross connects
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Where is the secondary drainage? Where can it dewater to?
3 GEN, Aft steering Only in specific space
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What do you use to set smoke boundary?
Smoke curtain/smoke blanket
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What is the box fan rated at for desmoking space? How is it operated?
3200 cubic feet per min Electrically
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What is the ram fan rated at? How is it operated?
2000 cubic feet per min Water operated
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What can you use to direct smoke with the Ram fan?
Elephant trunks
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What must the ram fan be when operating?
Grounded
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How do you align the main drainage eductors?
Discharge, Fire main, suction
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How do you secure main drainage eductors?
Suction, fire main, discharge
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How do you control a crack in a pipe?
Drill 1/4 inch hole on each end of crack
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What is jubilee patch psi
100 psi
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Does the flow need to be secured when putting on jubilee patch?
No
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What is soft patch psi?
150
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What does EWARP stand for?
Emergency Water Activated Repair Patch
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What is the EWARP PSI?
150
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What can't the EWARP be used on?
Fuel or potable water
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What is the soak and cure time for EWARP?
20-30 second soak, 30 min cure time
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Where is halon on the ship?
Aux 1, MER 1, MER 2, 3 GEN, Hazmat, Paint locker, all modules (GTGs, GTMS)
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What is the time delay for halon in unmanned space?
30 sec +/- 5 sec
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What is the time delay for halon in a manned space?
60 sec +\- 10 sec
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What is halon activated by?
5 lb Co2 bottle
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What does AFFF stand for?
Aqueous Film Forming Foam
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How many AFFF stations are there and where are they located?
2 FWD BY GYM AFT BY CCS
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What is AFFF concentrated at?
94% Sea water 6% AFFF
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How long can AFFF station run for?
10 minutes
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What does AFFF smell like?
Rotten Eggs
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What does EEBD stand for?
Emergency escape breathing device
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How long does EEBD last?
10 min
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What does the plungers do when halon runs through them?
Shuts down ventilation and activates audio and visual alarms
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Can you fight a fire with EEBD? What is EEBD used for?
No only for egress
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What are three ways to verify EEBD is safe to use?
Ball bearing on tamper seal, shelf life, gauge is green.
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What are light blue EEBD used for?
Training
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How many Decon stations are there? Where are they located?
2 Fwd by sess Aft by STBD helio hanger
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Where is M-9 and M-8 paper posted on?
Bulkheads
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What does IPDS stand for?
Improved point detection system
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What does IPDS do?
Continuously samples external air
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What happens when IPDS detects biological agent?
Sound chemical alarm
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What does JBPDS stand for?
Joint biological point detection System
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What does JBPDS do?
Continuously sample external air
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What happens when when JBPDS detects?
Sound chemical alarm
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What does CPS stand for?
Collective Protection System
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What does CPS do?
Filters external air, and pressurizes inside the ship to keep contaminates outside
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What does VCHT stand for?
Vacuum, Collection, Holding, Transfer
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Where is VCHT located?
Fwd under berthing 2, aft in shaft alley
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What are the two VCHT tanks?
Grey water (PWT) drains and sinks Waste (black water) toilets
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What is VCHT doing while venting?
Discharging foam
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What are the 3 modes of VCHT?
Inport/ at sea/ transit
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How is VCHT discharged in port?
Connects to waste barge, and discharges to pier through risers
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How is VCHT discharged at sea?
More than 3 NM from land. Discharges over the side.
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How and when is VCHT discharged in transit?
During Sea & anchor, RHIB ops, and anchored (without barge). All waste collects in tanks, no black water discharge
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What can you flush down the toilets?
Ship supplied toilet pAper, and human waste
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Components of the Fire tetrahedron?
Heat, Oxygen, Fuel, Chemical Chain Reaction
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What are the 4 components of soft patch?
Wedge, oakum, rubber, Marline
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What type of gas mask and cannister we use for CBR?
MCU-2P gas mask | C2 cannister with mayo threading

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