Damage Control Flashcards
What is a Class Alpha fire?
And what is the preferred way to extinguish it?
Combustible materials
Water/ CO2
What is a Class Bravo fire?
What is the preferred agent way to extinguish?
Flammable liquids
AFFF
What is a class Charlie fire?
What is the preferred agent to extinguish?
Electrical
CO2
What is a class delta fire?
What is the preferred agent to extinguish?
Burning metal
Water mist/ jettison
What is overhaul?
Use thermal imager to resurvey space and look for residual hot spots or fires
How do you overhaul a class A fire?
Use a rake or solid stream
How do you overhaul a class B fire?
Use AFFF or PKP
How do you overhaul a class C fire?
Use CO2, ensure affected equipment is no longer energized
How do you overhaul a class D fire?
Use cooling agents (water mist, CO2)
How do you overhaul a main space fire?
Assessment team walks all levels of space
What do you do when a weapon is on fire?
The priority is cool the weapon, request additional hose team to combat the casualty.
What do you do when there is a fire in a CBR environment?
Priority is the fire, hose team dresses out in firefighting gear
What does SCBA stand for?
SELF-Contained breathing Apparatus
What are 2 sizes of the SCBA?
What is it pressurized at?
30 min, 45 min
4500
Who wears 30 min bottle?
Investigators and electricians
What is the thermal imager onboard called?
K-90 Talisman
Who uses the K-90 talisman and what can it read and what can it not see thru?
Team leader
Heat signatures
Aqueous materials
How many patterns on a vari-nozzle? And what are the patterns
4 Wide V Narrow V Solid stream Flush
What is wide V used for?
Used has a heat shield and water fog
What is narrow v used for?
Standard firefighting pattern
What is solid stream used for?
Used for overhaul
What is flush used for?
To get debris out of nozzle
What is p-100 rated at and what is it used for and runs on?
100 GPM @ 83 PSI
used for dewatering
Runs on JP-5
What are 2 types of portable educators?
Peri-jet, S type
What is in a Peri-jet and what can it pass?
Inner ring with 6 jets
Pass small objects
What is active dewatering?
Dewatering while the casualty is still being fought
Where are the main drainage eductors?
Aux 1/ MER 1/ MER 2
Where can main drainage dewater to?
Shaft alley using cross connects
Where is the secondary drainage?
Where can it dewater to?
3 GEN, Aft steering
Only in specific space
What do you use to set smoke boundary?
Smoke curtain/smoke blanket
What is the box fan rated at for desmoking space?
How is it operated?
3200 cubic feet per min
Electrically
What is the ram fan rated at?
How is it operated?
2000 cubic feet per min
Water operated
What can you use to direct smoke with the Ram fan?
Elephant trunks
What must the ram fan be when operating?
Grounded
How do you align the main drainage eductors?
Discharge, Fire main, suction
How do you secure main drainage eductors?
Suction, fire main, discharge
How do you control a crack in a pipe?
Drill 1/4 inch hole on each end of crack
What is jubilee patch psi
100 psi
Does the flow need to be secured when putting on jubilee patch?
No
What is soft patch psi?
150
What does EWARP stand for?
Emergency Water Activated Repair Patch
What is the EWARP PSI?
150
What can’t the EWARP be used on?
Fuel or potable water
What is the soak and cure time for EWARP?
20-30 second soak, 30 min cure time
Where is halon on the ship?
Aux 1, MER 1, MER 2, 3 GEN, Hazmat, Paint locker, all modules (GTGs, GTMS)
What is the time delay for halon in unmanned space?
30 sec +/- 5 sec
What is the time delay for halon in a manned space?
60 sec +- 10 sec
What is halon activated by?
5 lb Co2 bottle
What does AFFF stand for?
Aqueous Film Forming Foam
How many AFFF stations are there and where are they located?
2
FWD BY GYM
AFT BY CCS
What is AFFF concentrated at?
94% Sea water
6% AFFF
How long can AFFF station run for?
10 minutes
What does AFFF smell like?
Rotten Eggs
What does EEBD stand for?
Emergency escape breathing device
How long does EEBD last?
10 min
What does the plungers do when halon runs through them?
Shuts down ventilation and activates audio and visual alarms
Can you fight a fire with EEBD?
What is EEBD used for?
No only for egress
What are three ways to verify EEBD is safe to use?
Ball bearing on tamper seal, shelf life, gauge is green.
What are light blue EEBD used for?
Training
How many Decon stations are there? Where are they located?
2
Fwd by sess
Aft by STBD helio hanger
Where is M-9 and M-8 paper posted on?
Bulkheads
What does IPDS stand for?
Improved point detection system
What does IPDS do?
Continuously samples external air
What happens when IPDS detects biological agent?
Sound chemical alarm
What does JBPDS stand for?
Joint biological point detection System
What does JBPDS do?
Continuously sample external air
What happens when when JBPDS detects?
Sound chemical alarm
What does CPS stand for?
Collective Protection System
What does CPS do?
Filters external air, and pressurizes inside the ship to keep contaminates outside
What does VCHT stand for?
Vacuum, Collection, Holding, Transfer
Where is VCHT located?
Fwd under berthing 2, aft in shaft alley
What are the two VCHT tanks?
Grey water (PWT) drains and sinks
Waste (black water) toilets
What is VCHT doing while venting?
Discharging foam
What are the 3 modes of VCHT?
Inport/ at sea/ transit
How is VCHT discharged in port?
Connects to waste barge, and discharges to pier through risers
How is VCHT discharged at sea?
More than 3 NM from land. Discharges over the side.
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
What can you flush down the toilets?
Ship supplied toilet pAper, and human waste
Components of the Fire tetrahedron?
Heat, Oxygen, Fuel, Chemical Chain Reaction
What are the 4 components of soft patch?
Wedge, oakum, rubber, Marline
What type of gas mask and cannister we use for CBR?
MCU-2P gas mask
C2 cannister with mayo threading
