DC Flashcards
Class “A” Fire
Indication & burnables:
White smoke anything ash producing
Paper, clothes, fiberous textiles, human
Class “A” fire
Agents:
Primary FM
Secondary CO2 on small fires
Class “B” Fire
Indication & burnables:
Black smoke
JP5
Lube oil
Hydraulic Fluid
Class “B” Fire
Agents:
AFFF
PKP
HALON 1301
Class “C” Fire
Indication & burnables:
Arcs and sparks, white smoke
Energized electrical equipment
Class “C” fire
Agents:
Primary CO2
Secondary FM
Class “D” Fire
Indication & burnables:
Combustible metals at 1400 degrees
Magnesium, titanium, powdered aluminum
Class “D” fire
Agents:
Jettison
Fire Triangle
Heat
Oxygen
Fuel
Fire tetrahedron:
Heat
Oxygen
Fuel
Chemical chain reaction
Stage of fire:
Growth
Fully developed
Flash over
Decay
Fire Fighting Equipment:
Standard firefighting hose:
50 ft
1.5” and 2.5”
known as cotta. Jacket
Fire Fighting Equipment:
P-100
100 GPM
83 psi with 20ft suction
Firefighting/Dewatering
2.75 hours of operation
JP5/Dfm
Fire Fighting Equipment:
PECU
Used to access difficult spaces/rescue personal
Battery powered
Oxygen driven
PECU stands for?
Portable
Exothermic
Cutting
Unit
Fire Fighting Equipment:
Vari-Nozzle Patterns:
Wide & Narrows fog
Solid stream
95 gpm inside ship
125 gpm outside ship
Fire Fighting Equipment:
NFTI
k90 talisman
Can’t see through glass
NFTI stands for?
Navy
Firefighting
Thermal
Imager
2 types of battery for NFTI:
Rechargeable 4.85 hours
AA BATTERY 3.05 hours
Fire extinguisher:
PKP 2 types:
18 Lb
19ft
10 secs
27 lb
21ft
11 sec
PKP stands for?
Potassium bicarbonate
Fire extinguisher:
CO2
15lbs
4-6ft
45 seconds
Fire extinguisher:
AFFF
2.5 gals
15ft
55-65 sec
CO2 stands for?
Carbon Dioxide
AFFF stands for?
Aqueous
Film
Forming
Foam
SCBA stands for?
Self
Contained
Breathing
Apparatus
SCBA
Type of Bottles:
Carbon Fiber are grey
SCBA
2 sized bottles:
30min bottle
45min bottle
SCBA 30min bottles is for?
investigator
Gas free engineers
electricians
SCBA 45min bottles are for?
scene leaders
team leaders
nozzleman
access man
hose men
plug man
SCBA are rated at?
4500 psi (grade D air)
SCBA Minimum operating pressure?
4000 PSI
SCBA stages?
1st stage regulator reduces the psi down to 100 psi
2nd stage regulator reduces the psi down to.05 psi
SCBA
5 total lights for the heads up display (HUD):
2 Green: 75-100%
1 Green: 50-75%
1 Amber: 25-50%
1 Red: 0-25%
1 red circle: low battery
Ways to De-smoke:
Portable
Natural
Installed
Cari Nozzle technique
DESMOKE
Equipment:
Box Fan
Ram Fan
Desmoke
Box fan characteristics:
Rated at 3200 CFM
115v
Smoke curtains and door bar in tandem with fan
WSOA stands for?
Water
Smoke
Overboard
Apparatus
Desmoke
Ram Fan characteristic:
2000 CFM at 150 psi
Firemain
Grounded
Use with trunk to direct toxins and smoke overboard.
AFFF
Rati:
94% Seawater
6% AFFF Concentrate
AFFF
Operations:
Push buttons (remote)
SOPV
AFFF
how many total station?
20 station
All on 2nd deck
10 starboard (odd)
10 port (even)
AFFF
Tanks:
600 gallons
90/10 coppe/nickel
2 reserve tanks
AFFF
Reserve tank location?
FWD HB1 port side above FWD O2N2
AFT HB3 STBD above AFT O2N2
3500 gallons
AFFF
Pump:
Injection pump
Proportion pump
Transfer pump
AFFF
Injection Pump Characteristics:
Sends AFFF to the flight deck
Stations 1,2,11 & 12 are injection only
AFFF
Proportioner pump characteristics:
Sends AFFF everywhere else throughout the ship
Hanger bay sprinklers
Weapons elevation
Pump rm 1,2 & 3
AFFF
Transfer pump characteristics:
1 inboard of AFFF #6
2 Outboard of AFFF #13
360 GPM