DC Flashcards
What are the three types of heat transfer?
Conduction, Convection and Radiation
Which heat transfer is the transfer of heat through an object like metal?
Conduction
Which type of heat transfer is the transfer of heat through a motion of gases or liquids?
Gases are lighter than air and will rise, gases will become hot enough to ignite other fuels in its path
Convection
Which heat transfer is the transfer of heat across a gap? (feel heat without touching the flame)
Radiation
What is spontaneous combustion?
It’s a type of combustion which occurs by self heating, an increase in temperature due to exothermic internal reactions followed by thermal runaway and finally auto ignition.
What is an ALPHA Fire?
A alpha fire is a fire that leaves embers, an ash. Like wood or paper products. It has white grey smoke. Extinguishing agent is water or AFFF. Overhaul method is to break up embers with straight stream water from various nozzle.
What is a BRAVO Fire?
A bravo Fire is a flammable liquids fire. It has black smoke. Preferred extinguishing agent is AFFF, could also use PKP or CO2. The overhaul method is to cool the fuel source.
What is a CHARLIE Fire?
It’s an energized electrical fire (arching and sparking). The smoke is blue in color. Secure the power source. Extinguishing agent is CO2, or water fog from 4’ away with short bursts. Overhaul method is get rid of the electrical item.
What is a DELTA Fire?
A delta fire is combustible metals. The color of smoke varies. Extinguishing method is water in quantity from a safe distance, Sand or jettison over the side. The overhaul method is get rid of the object.
What are the different types of extinguishing agents?
Water, CO2, AFFF, PKP or APC
What is a straight stream of water as an extinguishing agent used for?
Applied to the seat of the fire at a great distance, it cools and breaks up burning material.
What is a narrow angle (30 degree) pattern used for?
Pattern removes heat, water shield for personnel.
What is the wide angle (90 degree ) pattern used for?
Pattern creates a protective shield for firefighters. Too much water creates steam which absorbs heat and displaces oxygen. Don’t put more than 1” on deck, what you put in you need to take out of the space.
What is CO2?
It’s a colorless and odorless has which is heavier than air. CO2 displaces oxygen. It’s stored under pressure in a liquid state, when released it turns into a gas. Doesn’t cool a fire. Can be used as a re-flash watch fire extinguishing agent.
What is AFFF?
It’s a mixture of water (97 percent)and foam (3 percent). Mixed with an inline inductor from a 5 gallon jug or by fixed system. It floats on top of liquid fuels, forms a vapor barrier.
What is PKP?
It’s non toxic, does not prevent a re-flash. It interrupts the chemical chain reaction of the fire. Does not displace O2 or remove heat.
What is APC?
It’s used to extinguish cooking oil and grease fires. It creates a foam barrier. Fixed systems are manually or automatically activated, 42 percent potassium carbonate and 58 percent water.
Casualty Communication system is made up of what systems?
SPP, 1MC, KITE and IVCS
What is IVCS?
Integrated Voice Communications System
What are the 2 sound powered phone circuits on board the KIMBALL?
X1JC - DC
JP - Gun Control
Where are the 7 JP Jacks?
57MM GCR 57MM Mag Foc’sel SRBOC Deck CIWS Deck CIWS Control Room MK 160 Operator Station
Where are the 14 SPP jacks?
Pilot House Comm Center Ops Center FWD Repair Locker FWD AFFF Station DCC/ECR AMMR Aft Repair Locker Steering Gear STBD Steering Gear Port Aux Machinery Room FMMR
What is the traffic pattern for a ship?
Up and forward on STBD side
Down and aft on the Port side
When and where is a sounding party established?
During war conditions
What is required for entry into a space that has been GFE certified?
Must have a safety observer and a SCBA standing by
What fires should not be fought by using a straight stream?
A class Bravo and class Charlie Fire
What is a danger tag?
It’s red in color and prohibits operational use of equipment that could jeopardize the safety of personnel or endanger equipment systems and components.
What should you do if a CO2 system was discharged in a compartment to extinguish a fire?
There is a 15-30 minute cool down period prior to reentry into that compartment, must be certified by a GFE before it is safe for personnel.
What is a caution tag?
It’s yellow in color, it’s used when precautionary information and temporary special instructions are to be followed when operating equipment with a yellow tag.
What is Hot Work?
Is any work that produces a spark, flame or temp above 400 degrees.
When shall a fire watch be set and maintained?
Until hot work is complete, must remain on scene for 30 minutes after work is complete or until work is cool to the touch, which ever takes longer
What is the proper PPE for a fire watch?
Flash hood, flash Jersey, anti flash gloves, steel toed boots, cutting goggles (min shade 5) or welding goggles (min shade 10) and some type of fire extinguisher. If more than 1 watch, a portable radio is recommended.
What are the most dangerous compartments onboard?
Aft steering, JP-5, Engine room, MSD room, Paint locker, Incinerator room and Confined spaces
What do you do with a charged fire hose?
Always maintain positive control and never pick it up by the bail.
What pIping is colored red?
Fire main
What Piping is colored red and green striped?
AFFF
What Piping is colored red and light blue striped?
AFFF Concentrate
What Piping is colored dark blue?
Potable water
What Piping Is colored that light blue and green striped?
Chill water
What Piping is colored yellow?
Fuel oil/gas
What piping is colored black and yellow striped?
Lube oil
What piping is colored dark purple?
Refrigerants
What piping is colored tan?
LP Air
What piping is colored dark green?
Salt water
What piping is colored gold?
Sewage
What piping is colored purple?
JP-5
What piping is colored orange?
Hydraulic Fluid
What must be done prior to hot work being conducted?
Must be inspected and gas frees by a GFE and certified safe for hot work and personnel. OOD, EOW and EO must sign hot work/GF chit, copies of the chit must be posted at the Quarter deck and outside the space where hot work is taking place.
What are the Abandon ship fundamentals?
- Do not panic
- Write down all info passed over 1MC on to the back of your hand
- Muster at life raft station with Gumby suit and whatever your to provide
- Ensure you are fully clothed and covered
- Leave the ship to the raft from the windward side of the ship at the lowest point if possible
- Enter water feet first
- Once in the raft, account for personnel, tend to the injured and inventory all equipment
- Tie rafts together to make a larger target for planes to spot you.
What is the water discipline for when you abandon ship?
- Drink before you abandon ship
- Drink no water the first day
- Drink a pint of water (16 Oz) the next day
- Never Drink seawater or urine
What are the fire pumps on the KIMBALL rated at?
They rare electric motor driven and is rated at 1000 gallons per minute (GPM) at 125 psi
Where is the #1 fire pump located at?
Bow thruster room
Where is the #2 fire pump located?
AMR
Where is the #3 fire pump located?
FMMR
Where is the #4 fire pump located?
AMMR
Where is the #5 fire pump located?
Aft Pump Room
How many fire pumps are on the KIMBALL?
5
How many fire stations are on the KIMBALL?
98
What equipment will you find at the fire stations on board the KIMBALL?
- 2 50’ length of 1 1/2” or 1 3/4” hose (always 1 1/2” connections)
- 2 vari nozzles
- 2 Spanner wrenches
The fire main system can supply water to what other systems via cross connects?
- Dewatering eductors
- AFFF system
- Wash down counter measures (WDCM)
- Tank fill connections (ballast manifold)
- Emergency AUX seawater supply
Where is DCC located?
It’s collocates with ECR
What type of fire main system does the KIMBALL have?
It’s a single main, dry riser system that can be divided into 2 systems using the zebra isolation valve located in crew stateroom (2-36-8-L)
What are the installed systems on board the KIMBALL?
- Fire main system
- Drainage system (eductors)
- AFFF system
- CO2 system
- Galley hood (APC) system
- FM200 (HFP) system
- Water mist system
What are the Damage Control features of the KIMBALL?
- DCC, Repair II, Repair III
- Installed systems
- Portable DC equipment
- DC closures, sensors and alarms
How long is the battery back up for IVCS?
60 minutes
What are the KITE phone locations?
CIC, CO cabin, Fantail, Helo pad portside, DCC, Bridge, Helo Central, Fueling deck and the Main Control CGMCS console
How long is the KITE battery backup?
About 1 hour after lights go out
What are the 3 1MC locations on the KIMBALL?
Bridge, DCC/ECR, Quarter deck portable station
What alarms come over the 1MC?
General, Collision, Chemical, Emergency Response and Helo Crash on deck
Where can 1MC pipes be made from?
Bridge, quarter deck, forward vestibule, aft vestibule and DCC
What are message blanks used for?
It’s for standard communication from the RLL to the OSL and from the RLL to DCC
How long does an EEBD last for?
Is a 10 minute escape breathing device
What are the 4 principles of investigation?
Cautiously, throughly, report and repeat
True or False
Investigators always work alone
False
Investigators always work in pairs
Who on the fire team carries the thermal imager?
The ATL
What is the backbone of the ship called?
Keel
What is a keel?
It’s the backbone of the ship, it doesn’t extend below the ship’s bottom. It’s usual shape is that of an I beam.
What direction do longitudinal frames run?
They run parallel to the keel.
What are the frames from the turn of the bilge up the sides called?
Stringers
The forward end of the keel is extended upward and is called what?
The stem
The part of the stem that’s above the waterline is called?
The prow
The forward edge of the stem is called?
The cutwater
The aft end of the keel has a similar extension called what?
Sternpost
Hull plates are fastened to the frame work in longitudinal rows called what?
Strakes
The keel forms which strake?
The center strake
What are floors called?
Decks
Vertical walls are called what?
Bulkheads
What is a QAWTD?
Quick Acting Water Tight Door
What is the purpose of QAWTD’s?
They are for routine passage and access, egress into the superstructure from all weather decks, main passageways or manned spaces.
What is the purpose of individually dogged doors?
WTD’s are either 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 dogged doors. They provide access/egress to compartments that are not high usage spaces. 10 dog doors are normally found below the waterline in order to maintain a higher degree of watertight integrity.
What is the purpose of a raised water tight hatch?
They are installed in interior/exterior areas where rapid access/egress is not required and usually found in a low traffic area and offset in a corner of a passageway or compartment, usually for on loading/off loading stores and as access for heavy equipment.
What is the purpose of a raised water tight hatch with scuttle?
They are installed in the interior and exterior areas where rapid access/egress are required. Usually found above berthing areas, unmanned spaces and all deck levels requiring rapid access/egress.
What is material condition x-ray?
X-ray is set when the ship is in almost no danger of attack or natural hazard, in a well protected harbor or secured at home base, as well as in fair weather or during normal working hours. All closures and fittings classified x-Ray, even when logged open, must remain closed when they are not in actual operation.
What are the Engineering main spaces?
- AUX Machinery Room (AMR)
- Forward Main Machinery Room (FMMR)
- Aft Main Machinery Room (AMMR)
- GEN 3 SSDG Room
- Incinerator Room
- JP 5 Pump Room
What is material condition Yoke?
It will be set outside the normal workday in port and prior to getting underway. Yoke is checked at 1900 import and u/w. Any discrepancies will be checked against the DC Closure Log.
True or False
William is a condition of readiness.
False
It is not a condition of readiness.
What method should you use when digging a water tight hatch (not quick acting)?
You should begin on the non hinge side and work in a crisscross pattern.
When attempting to access a hatch suspected of flooding, what should you do?
Always loosen the dogs on the hinge side, that way you can listen for air escaping or water trickling out.
What is the DC Closure Log?
It provides an accurate, up to date record f the ship’s current material condition or readiness and any material condition violations kept on the quarterdeck in port and on the bridge while u/w and in DCC during GE or GQ conditions.
What information needs to be entered into the DC Closure log?
Name, rank, division, number, type and classification of fitting, reason for opening, time of action, length of time the fitting is expected to be open, time closed.
When shall battle dress be worn?
Shall be worn at all times during GQ and GE (non Machinery space fires)
What is the max distance on the fire finder?
Max detection distance is 15’ with a 2 1/2 inch wide angle and will detect temps above 200 degrees.
What is happening when you hear the fire finder ticking?
It is doing a self check for proper operation.
Can your ODU blouse with sleeves down be used in place of a flash jersey?
Yes it can
On your SCBA mask, the night finder shows 4 green lights, what does that mean?
That your oxygen supply is between 76-100%
On your SCBA mask your night finder is showing 3 green lights, what does that mean?
That your oxygen supply is between 51-75%
On your SCBA mask the night finder is showing 2 flashing yellow lights, what does that mean?
That your oxygen supply is between 26-51%
On your SCBA mask the night finder has 1 flashing red light, what does that mean?
That your oxygen supply is between 0-25%
What is the capacity of a SBCA tank?
It holds 66 cubic feet of air at 4500 psi which is roughly 45 minutes of air for the wearer.
A tank with less than __________ psi should not be put in the storage rank, it should be refilled.
4000
When does the SCBA Audi alarm activate?
When the tank level gets below 25% time left
How shall the legs of your pants be worn during battle dress?
Bloused or tucked into your socks
How long will the fire finder work if it shows full green?
3 hrs
How long will the fire finder work if it shows 75% green?
2.5 hrs
How long will the fire finder work if it shows 50% yellow?
1.5 hrs
How long will the fire finder work if it shows 25% red?
3/4 of an hr
What if your fire finder is flashing red, how much operation time is left?
5 minutes
What are the parts of the fire tetrahedron?
- fuel
- heat
- oxygen
- uninhibited chemical chain reaction
What oxygen content is needed for a fire to smolder?
Greater than 3%
What oxygen content is needed for flaming combustion?
Greater than 15%
What happens if you remove one of the four sides of the fire tetrahedron?
The fire goes out
How long should the Rapid Response team stay on scene?
They remain on scene till all the information about the casualty is passed along to the OSL or the investigators, then they can be relieved.
Who is the most effective and valuable member of a repair party?
Is one who can step into any role
How much oxygen does an oxygen tank hold?
27 liters
What is something a RLL should always do?
They should always anticipate the gear required for the casualty at hand and have it ready to deliver to the scene
What does a pressure demand type regulator do?
It forces air into the face piece at all times. Keeps out harmful atmosphere should the face piece not be air tight
What does a demand type regulator do?
It does not maintain a positive pressure inside the face piece. The user must inhale to draw fresh air from the regulator.
What does a duel purpose regulator do?
Allows an airline to be used as an alternative source of air
What are the KITE alarms?
- General Alarm
- Collision Alarm
- Chemical Alarm
- Helo Crash Alarm
What does the General Alarm sound like on the KITE?
It’s a single pulsating tone at 100 pulses per minute
What does the Collision Alarm sound like on the KITE?
It cycles 3 high pitch beeps at 100 cycles per minute
What does the Chemical Alarm sound like on the KITE?
It’s a continuous and steady high pitch tone
What does the Helo Crash Alarm sound like on the KITE?
It’s an alternating tone from high pitch to low pitch, like an ambulance
On the KIMBALL, what are the hydra radios?
They are the hand held radios
What is the life cycle of a fire?
- Growth
- Rollover
- Flashover
- Fully Developed
- Decay
- Backdraft
What is going on during the growth cycle of a fire?
The temp is low, fire is localized in the vicinity of its origin
What is going on during the rollover cycle of a fire?
Formation of flame front of burning gases across the overhead of the space
What is going on during the flashover cycle of a fire?
Sudden spread of flame to all remaining combustibles in the fire space
What is going on during the fully developed cycle of a fire?
All combustibles in the space are burning. Burning is limited only by the amount of oxygen available. Space may be too hot, require indirect attack
What is going on during the decay cycle of a fire?
Fire consumes all available fuel, combustion slows (decays) and dies out
What is going on during the backdraft cycle of a fire?
If a fire self extinguishes because of lack of oxygen, flammable materials will be present in the space at or above their ignition temp. If fresh air is introduced into the space, the 3 sides of the fire tetrahedron are present again and the fire will re-ignite, possibly explosively
What piping is colored light blue?
Feed Water
What is an Acid?
Any corrosive having a pH of less than 7
What is a Base?
Any corrosive, caustic or alkali having a pH greater than 7
What is Battle Dress?
The uniform worn by crewman consisting of a long sleeve shirt, flash hood, anti-flash gloves, and helmet if available. Battle dress is donned to protect personnel from transient high temps that may occur from the use of high explosive weapons and from being burned in a fire.
What is a buffer zone?
The area between the inner and outer smoke boundaries established for a Class B fire in a Machinery space.
What are bulkheads?
Vertical walls, which run both transversely and longitudinally and divide the interior of a ship into compartments
What is a bus bar?
A strip or bar of copper, brass or aluminum that conducts electricity within a switchboard, distribution board, substation, battery bank or other electrical apparatus. It’s main purpose is to consume the electricity, not to function as a structural member.
What is caustic?
A corrosive having a pH greater than 7
What is CIRCLE WILLIAM classification?
It’s indicated by a black letter W within a black circle. CIRCLE WILLIAM fittings are access and ventilation fittings that may be open and operating regardless of the material condition of readiness. These fittings are required to be closed only to prevent damage or for CBR defense.
What are CIRCLE X-RAY and CIRCLE YOKE classifications?
Designated by a black letter X or Y within a black circle. These classifications are assigned to fittings that may be opened without special permission by personnel proceeding to or from battle stations, as required for routine inspection, or for access to vital spaces. These classifications also apply to limited system isolation valves that are routinely operated. These fittings are reckoned immediately after each use.
What is CIRCLE ZEBRA classification?
Designated by a red letter Z within a red circle. In situations where the ship has material condition ZEBRA set for extended periods of time, the CO may authorize CIRCLE ZEBRA closures and fittings to facilitate the feeding of the crew and to allow the use of selected sanitary spaces.
What’s a combustible liquid?
A liquid having a flash point at or above 100 PF
What’s a CCOL?
Compartment Check Off List
A checklist that provides an itemized list and location of all DC classified fittings for a compartment. The CCOL is used by personnel responsible for the setting of material conditions of readiness.
What are compartments?
The spaces within a ship
What is a compound rupture?
A rupture with protruding edges, a rupture in fittings, mangled pipes, and similar piping damage.
What is a compressed gas?
Material, which may or may not be HM in itself, which is stored in pressurized containers.
What is corrosive material?
Any HM that will cause severe tissue damage by chemical action or materially damage surfaces or cause a fire when in contact with organic material or certain other chemicals.
What’s a DC Closure Log?
A record of the status of damage control classified closures and fittings.
What are decks?
The floors of a ship that divide the ship into layers and provide additional hull strength and protection for internal spaces. The lower surface of each deck forms the overhead of the compartment below.
What is designation WILLIAM?
Certain fittings, indicated by a black letter W, which serve vital piping and ventilation systems. Even though they have specific DC value, WILLIAM fittings are not required to be closed when setting and material condition readiness, that is WILLIAM fittings may be open and operating regardless of the material condition of readiness set.
What is disposal?
Means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters.
What is Dog ZEBRA classification?
Indicated by a red letter Z enclosed in a black letter D. Dog ZEBRA closures and fittings are required to be closed when material condition ZEBRA is set or during periods of darken ship, when the established material condition of readiness is YOKE.
What’s an Eductor?
It’s a Jet type pump that contains no moving parts.
What is a EEBD?
Emergency Escape Breathing Device
A compact life support apparatus designed to provide 10 minutes of breathable oxygen to the wearer in a smoke filled and/or toxic environment, which allows personnel time to escape. The EEBD is used for escape only and is not to be used for firefighting or rescue.
What’s an elbow rupture?
A rupture with no protruding edges, located on a curved section of pipe.
What is explosive material?
A chemical, or a mixture of chemicals, which undergoes a rapid chemical change (with or without an outside supply of oxygen) liberating large quantities of energy in the form of black, light, or hot garage. Incendiary materials and certain fuels and oxidizes which can be made to undergo a similar chemical change are also explosive materials.
What are fire boundaries?
They help prevent the spread of a fire.
What’s a flammable liquid?
A liquid with a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit and having a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 lbs/sq inch
What is flashpoint?
The minimum temp at which the vapors given off from a material will support combustion provided an ignition source.
What are flooding boundaries?
They help prevent the ship from taking on more water, with a subsequent loss of buoyancy and stability. Flooding boundaries help avoid progressive flooding and collapsing bulkheads.
What are frames?
Frames, running parallel to the keel, are known as longitudinal frames. From the turn of the bulge up the sides, they are called stringers. The network of floors and longitudinal members components resembles a honeycomb and is known as cellular construction, which greatly strengthens the bottom.
What is Fume?
Very small particles (1 micrometer or less) formed by the condensation of volatilized solids, usually metals.
What is a Gas?
A material that under normal conditions of temp and pressures (20 degrees Celsius and 760mmHg, respectfully) tends to occupy an enclosed space uniformly.
What is the General Emergency Bill?
Heads of department assign qualified personnel within their departments to appropriate emergency stations and post such assignments on the division WQSB. Division Officers assign qualified personnel to duties and stations as required by the ship’s bulls and ensure that such assignments are posted on the divisional WQSB.
What is General Quarters?
The maximum degree of readiness of the ship. All combat systems, engineering systems and communications systems are activated and readied for use. Every person is assigned a particular watch station. Installed systems are aligned so that vital systems are segregated and are capable of performing at maximum capability; semi vital systems are maintained in operation; and non vital systems are secured. The maximum closure condition for the ship is invoked.
What is Hazardous Materisls?
Any material that, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment. In the case of ship’s, this includes used excess HM. Any material that is required to have a MSDS is a hazardous Material.
What is the Hazardous Material Control and Management (HMC$M) and the Hazardous Material Information System (HMIS)?
A computer based information system distributed navy wide on compact disc read only memory which provides right to know information found in the MSDS written by the manufacture for HM used throughout the DOD.
What is hull playing?
Hull playing is fastened to the framework in longitudinal rows, called strakes. The keel forms the center strake. The strakes are lettered beginning with A-strake on either side of the keel and extending up to the main deck.
What is Hazardous Waste (HW)?
A solid waste or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical properties meets the definition of HW in 40 CFR 261.3. The term solid waste includes liquid, semi-solid or contained gaseous material.
What is Incompatible HM/HW?
Materials that react with each other to produce undesirable products. Mixing incompatible HM can produce heat, or pressure, fire, or explosion, or toxic or irritating effects, or flammable dust, mists, fumes, or gases.
What is a Keel?
It’s the backbone of the ship. The keel does not extend below the ship’s bottom. It’s usual shape is that of an I beam. All other members components used in construction the hull is attached, either directly or indirectly, to the keel.
What’s the Man Overboard Bill?
Division Officers assign personnel from each watch section to duties in the man overboard bill and post all assignments on the WQSB.
What is Material Condition of Readiness?
The degree of access and system closure in effect at any given time. The securing of access fittings or systems limits the extent of damage that could occur to a ship. For damage control purposes, cutters have three main material conditions of readiness; X-RAY, YOKE and ZEBRA.
What is Material Condition X-RAY?
Provides the least amount of protection. It is set when the ship is in almost no danger of attack or natural hazard, in a well protected harbor or secured at home base, and in fair weather or during normal working hours.
What is Material Condition YOKE?
Provides more protection that Condition X-RAY. It is set and maintained at sea during peacetime and in port during wartime. It is also maintained in port during peacetime outside of normal working hours.
What is Material Condition ZEBRA?
Set before leaving or entering port during wartime. It is also set immediately, without further orders, when manning general quarters (GQ) stations. Also, condition ZEBRA is set to isolate and control fires and flooding when the ship is not at GQ stations.
What is Modified Material Condition ZEBRA?
Provides a higher survivability stance than Condition YZoKE, is less restrictive that ZEBRA, and more readily allows the accomplishment of certain operational requirements. Set by the CO.
What is a MSDS?
Written and printed data concerning a HM prepared by the manufacture of the HM in accordance with paragraph (g) of 29 CFR 1910.1200 - Hazard Communication.
What is OSHA?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor.
What is a Oxidizer?
Any material that readily yields oxygen to support combustion.
What is a P-100 Portable Pump?
A Diesel engine driven centrifugal pump assembly, used aboard ship for firefighting and dewatering.
What is a primary fire boundary?
The bulkheads, deck, and overhead closets to and surrounding the fire.
What’s a primary smoke boundary?
The smoke boundary nearest the fire is designated as the primary smoke boundary and normally coincides with the primary fire boundary.
What is the Rescue of Survivors Bill?
Division Officers assign qualified personnel from each watch section to duties and responsibilities for equipment. In assigning personnel, they consider the possibility that the rescue of survivors detail may be called away while the ship is at General Quarters. Division Officers post assignments to duty on the WQSB.
What is a secondary fire boundary?
The secondary fire boundaries are designated at the next bulkhead, deck, and overhead outside the primary fire boundary. The secondary fire boundaries are set if the fire spreads past the primary fire boundary.
What is a secondary smoke boundary?
A second smoke boundary that is located farther away from the fire.
What is a severed rupture?
A section of pipe that has been completely separated.
What is the Shore Fire Control Party Bill?
Division Officers assign qualified personnel and post all assignments on the WQSB. Division Officers also ensure personnel are equipped with the basic equipment.
What is a simple rupture?
A rupture with no protruding edges, located on a straight section of pipe.
What is Toxic Material?
A substance which when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin in sufficient amounts can produce harmful effects such as changes in living tissue, impairment of of the central nervous system, severe illness or, in extreme cases, death.
What is the Unit Bill?
Sets forth policy assigning personnel to duties or stations for executing specific evolutions or accomplishing certain functions.
What is the Visit and Search, Boarding and Salvage, and Prize Crew Bill?
Division Officers post all assignments required by the bill on the division WQSB and ensure that designated division personnel participate in required training and equip themselves with the basic equipment.
What’s the WQSB?
The CO’s summary of personnel assignments of personnel to duties and stations specific within each of the units bills.
What is an accessman?
The accessman opens doors, hatches, and scuttles and clears routes as necessary to provide access to the fire when directing by the scene leader. He may use forcible entry equipment such as dogging wrenches, pry bars, bolt cutters, or exothermic torch.
What is Aqueous Potassium Carbonate (APC K2CO3) Extinguishing System?
Used on board ships for extinguishing burning cooking oil and grease in deep fat fryers and galley ventilation exhaust ducts.
What is AFFF?
A surfactant produced by mixing water with AFFF concentrate, either by a fixed, balanced pressure foam proportioning unit, or with an inline eductor used with a hose line and vari nozzle.
What is APC?
Is used for extinguishing burning cooking oil and grease fires. APC generates a soap like froth that excludes air from the surface of the grease or oil to extinguish the fire.
What’s an attack team?
One or two fully manned hoses, IAW NWP 62-1
What is auto-ignition/self-ignition point?
The lowest temp at which a substance must be heated to give off vapors that burn without the application of a spark or flame.
What is backdraft?
An explosion that results from combining fresh air with hot flammable gases that have reached their auto ignition temps. Large volumes of carbon monoxide and other fire gases can be generated by incomplete combustion in closed spaces.
What is a buffer zone?
The area between the inner and outer smoke boundaries established for a Class B fire in a Machinery space.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
An inert has used in firefighting operations to smother fires.
What’s a Class A fire?
Involves wood and wood products, cloth, textiles and fibrous materials, and paper and paper products.
What’s a Class B fire?
Involves flammable and combustible liquids such as gasoline, diesel fuel (F-76), jet fuels, hydraulic fluid and lube oil.
What’s a Class C Fire?
An energized electrical fire.
What’s a Class D Fire?
Involves combustible metals such as magnesium and titanium.
What’s Conduction?
The transfer of heat through a body or from one body to another by direct physical contact.
What’s Convection?
The transfer of heat through the motion of circulating gases or liquids. Heat is transferred by Convection through the motion of smoke, hot air and heated gases produced by a fire.
What is Direct Fire Attack?
A method of attacking a fire in which firefighters advance into the immediate fire area and supple the extinguishing agent directly onto the seat of the fire to extinguish the fire or spray a water fog (fog attack) into the hot gas layer over the seat of the fire to gain control.
What’s a double bottom?
Double bottom is the bottom area of the cutter or cargo block.
What is the Exhaust Ventilation System?
Exhaust air from ventilated compartments and remove stale air from areas served with air conditioning recirculation systems.
What is Fire Out?
All visible flames have been extinguished. Smoldering fires may still be present.
What’s a fire plug?
The valve at the fire hose station.
What is Flash Point?
The temp at which a fuel continues to burn after it has been ignited. The fire point is usually a few degrees higher than the flash point.
What are fire pumps?
They provide water to the fire main system for firefighters to use when fighting shipboard fires. They are usually installed in separated locations along the length of the ship. Fire pumps are located below the waterline to provide a minimum positive static head of three feet under all conditions of load and a list of up to 15 degrees.
What is a fire station?
Location of a fire plug and associated equipment. A fire hose station is commonly referred to as either a fire station or fire plug. Branches of the fire main system supply water to fire hose stations throughout the Cutter.
What’s the fire tetrahedron?
Describes the four essential elements needed to have a fire they are; oxygen, fuel, temperature and an uninhibited chemical chain reaction, is needed for flames to exist.
What is Fire Under Control?
When one or more hose teams are making progress advancing on a fire and the fire is contained in a single area within the compartment.
What is a Fire Zone Boundary?
A bulkhead or deck designed to limit the passage of flame and smoke, confine a fire within a zone, and provide protected staging areas for fire parties.
What’s the firefighting system?
It’s composed of fire pumps, fire main, fire station, fire hoses, Y gates, spanner wrenches and vari nozzles.
What’s the fire main system?
It receives water pumped from the sea and distributes this water to fire plugs, sprinkling systems, flushing systems, machinery cooling systems, wash down systems, and other systems as required. The fire main system is used to primarily to supply the fire plug and the sprinkling system; the other uses of the system are secondary.
What is flashover?
The transition from a growing fire to a fully developed fire in which all combustible items in the compartment are involved in fire.
What is flash point?
The lowest temp at which a flammable substance gives off vapors that burn when a flame or spark is applied.
Whats a flooding boundary?
A boundary set to enable a ship to maintain water tight integrity and survive underwater damage.
What is a disable link?
A meltable link that once triggered the cable tension activating the APC fire extinguisher system.
What is GPM?
Gallons per minute
What is Heat Strain?
The body’s reaction to heat stress. The reaction may be local, such as a burn, or generalize, such as an increase in core (inner) body temp.
What is Heat Stress?
It is subjecting the body to higher than normal temperatures. Heat Stress may be caused by a high temperature environment or by wearing clothing; such as a fire fighters ensemble, that impedes the body’s normal cooling.
What’s a hoseman?
The hoseman assists in hose handling, pass communications, and maintain the smoke curtain, if deployed.
What is a hot surface?
For fire hazard precautions for piping systems containing flammable/combustible liquids, NSTM Chapter 505 defines a hot surface as 650 degrees for lubrication oilman hydraulic oil systems and 400 degrees for all other flammable/combustible liquids.
What’s an indirect fire attack?
A method of attacking a fire in which firefighters outside the fire area discharge water fog into the area through a cracked open door or a bulkhead or overhead penetration.
What’s a proportioner?
Permanently installed proportioners used to mix seawater and AFFF concentrate to produce an AFFF solution for combating fires. Locations very depending on design and class of ships that have AFFF installed systems.
What’s a lever control head?
It controls the automatic or manual discharge of the cylinder assembly.
What is Lithium?
A highly reactive combustible metal.
What’s a Machinery space?
Main and auxiliary machinery spaces which contain any of the following installed firefighting systems; oil fires boilers, internal combustion engines, gas turbines or steam turbines.
What is magnesium?
A highly reactive combustible metal.
What’s a major conflagration?
As defined by NTTP 3-20.31, a major conflagration is and Fire or explosion that is such a size as to be beyond the control of the repair parties and that may be a threat to the survival of the ship. It will normally require the ship to go to Condition I, GQ, to provide additional Manning to the repair parties. When an event involves both a major conflagration and a mass casualty, as may occur from a weapons hit, it is normally referred to as a major conflagration/mass casualty. A Machinery space fire is normally not a major conflagration unless it progresses beyond the capability of the ship’s repair parties.
What is a manned hose?
It’s a single fire hose manned with a nozzleman and a hoseman
HUD
Heads Up Display
What does Halon 1301 decomposes when exposed to flames or hot surfaces above 900 degrees?
Hydrogen fluoride and hydrogen bromide
What does HFP FM200/HFP decomposes when exposed to flames or hot surfaces above 1300 degrees?
Hydrogen fluoride acid gas
Doing a short discharge of Halon 1301/HFP FM200/HFP , about 10 seconds, does what for the compartment?
Will keep thermal decomposition products well below lethal concentrations
Halon 1301/HFP FM200/HFP has a 30 second delay when discharged, why is that?
Gives individuals time to evacuate the space as well as gives time for ventilation to be secured prior to discharge.
What are the procedures for opening up a watertight door when flooded?
- take a sounding of the compartment suspected of being flooded
- slowly back off the cap for the sounding tube, listen for air escaping or water trickles out, secure the cap
- Tap on the bulkhead with a hammer and listen to a change in sound
- slowly back off the dogs on the hinge side of the door, if flooded, water should trickle out past the gasket
- for QAWTD, slowly loosen the handle which will allow air or water to escape, tighten wheel and close door
Is a straight stream effective against Class B and Class C fires?
No, a solid stream is not appropriate for this class of fires
What will a straight stream of water do to a Class B Fire?
It will cause the fire to spread or could break the AFFF foam barrier.
What will a straight stream do against a Class C Fire?
The straight stream on energized equipment may lead to a shock hazard and the accumulated water can also lead to electrical shock to personnel fighting the fire
What are your Material Conditions of Readiness?
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra
What does ATC stand for?
Air Test Cap
What does DDV stand for?
Deck Drain Valve
What does COV stand for?
Cut Out Valve
What does FP stand for?
Fire Plug
What does WTD stand for?
Water Tight Door
What does WTH stand for?
Water Tight Hatch
What does WTS stand for?
Water Tight Scuttle
If DCC is not manned, who must give permission prior to breaking material condition that is set?
From the OOD
Where is the DC Closure log kept in port?
Quarterdeck
Where is the DC Closure log kept while underway?
Bridge
Where is the DC Closure log kept during GE or GQ conditions?
DCC
What do you report when reporting a casualty?
Give location (compartment number and name), describe casualty (fire:class and extent, flooding:extent and rate and cause, approximate frame number of damage), action taken if any and who is making the report and phone number
What are your initial actions for fire?
- Attempt to extinguish using portable extinguishers and fixed systems
- clear space and back out. Be sure to isolate the space by closing all accesses
- if possible remove all combustibles from the area, fake out fire hoses, set fire and smoke boundaries
What are your initial actions for flooding?
- If practicable take action to lessen the flooding/damage
- back out, being sure to isolate the space (close all accesses)
What are your initial actions for a toxic gas leak?
- if practicable take action to secure the leak (close the nearest valve in the system on the supply side)
- back out being sure to isolate the space by closing all accesses
What are your initial actions to reporting to GE/GQ stations?
- follow traffic patterns (right side to the sea)
When investigation underwater penetration, how far out should you investigate?
It’s important to extend this investigation to every compartment, any part that lies within 50 feet of the point of impact. If any damage is found, the investigation gets extended further out.
When are sounding details established in each repair party?
During war conditions
What is the cool down period after CO2 has been discharged into a space?
15-30 minutes, before re-entering the space. Space must be certified as GAS FREE by a GFE before it’s safe for personnel
What must be completed prior to entering a void or a sealed compartment?
Must be tested by a GFE and indicate in writing that the space is safe to enter and entry requirements have been met. Must be tested for toxic vapors, sufficient oxygen and explosive gases. Every person who enters these spaces after certification must have a safety observer with a SCBA standing by outside the space
True or false
Never use a solid stream of water while fighting class Bravo and class Charlie fires
True
Class C it will act as a conductor and could electrocute the hose team
Class B it could cause splattering and spread the fire over a larger area
What are the most dangerous compartments on board?
- AFT Steering
- JP 5
- Engine Room
- MSD Space
- Paint Locker
- Incinerator
- Confined Spaces
When is a hose considered charged?
A hose is considered charged when the fireplug is opened and the hose has water available to the nozzle
How long must a fire watch remain on-scene after the hot work has been completed?
Shall be maintained for 30 minutes or until work is cool to the touch, which ever lasts longer
What is your fire watch safety gear?
- flash hood
- flash jersey
- anti flash gloves
- steel toed boots
- cutting googles shade 5 minimum
- or welding googles shade 10 minimum
- portable fire extinguisher
What are the Procedures that need to be completed prior to hot work?
- space shall be inspected
- gas freed by a GFE
- certified safe for hot work and personnel
- the OOD, EOW, EO must sign the Hot work/GF chits
- chit copies must be posted at the quarterdeck and outside the space
What are your abandon ship fundamentals?
- don’t panic
- write down all info passed by the 1MC on the back of your hand
- mister at life raft station with Gumby suit and the gear your required to bring
- ensure you’re fully clothed
- leave the ship to the raft from the windward side at the lowest point if possible
- when entering water always enter feet first
- once in the life raft, account for personnel, tend to injured and inventory all equipment
- tie rafts together to make a larger target for aircraft
- water discipline
What is water discipline while in the life raft?
- drink water prior to entering raft
- drink no water the first day
- drink a pint (16oz) a day after the first day
- never drink seawater or urine
What’s the basic rule while using a SPP and you didn’t understand the message that was sent?
Say “request you say again your last”
How often should you initiate periodic phone checks after damage has been sustained?
At a minimum every 60 seconds
If you loose communication, what do you do?
Contact DCC to identify lost circuit and direct repair
What is a pumpkin line?
It’s an orange SPP line which can be routed as needed, even through watertight doors. Each end has a jack on it.
True or false
A pumpkin line can be used to link X40J boxes to create a new circuit
True
Can a pumpkin line alone be used for short distances?
Yes they can
What is X40J?
A casualty circuit with permanent riser cables and Jack box assemblies on both the port and stbd sides of the ship
Where can pipes be made from?
- bridge
- quarterdeck
- forward vestibule
- aft vestibule
- DCC
What alarms can be sounded over the 1MC?
- General alarm
- Collision alarm
- Chemical alarm
- Emergency Response alarm
- Helo Crash on deck alarm
3 1MC station on the cutter are located where?
- bridge
- DCC/ECR
- Quarterdeck portable station
How long is the battery backup on the KITE?
Approximately one hour after lights go out
KITE phone locations?
- CIC
- CO Cabin
- Fantail
- Helo pad port side
- DCC
- Bridge
- Helo Central
- Fueling Deck
- Main Control CGMCS Console
How long is the battery back up of IVCS?
Has a 60 minute battery backup
How long is the battery backup for the ship service telephone?
Approximately 1 hour after lights go out
Who relieves the RRT?
Only after all the information is passed to the investigators or OSL
What does the ATL carry with them?
Bullard T4N thermal imager
What are the 4 principles investigators follow?
Cautiously
Thoroughly
Report
Repeat
What is the fire finder a maximum detection distance?
It is 15 feet with a 2 1/2 inch wide angle and will detect temps above 200 degrees
What is wrong with the fire finder it it doesn’t make a noise when turned on, or is making erratic noise?
Replace the batteries
What is the battery life of the Talisman XL and the Fire Warrior Firefighting Thermal Imager?
3 hrs on a full battery
To have combustion, what is the minimum oxygen content needed?
Must be greater than 15%
What must the oxygen content be at in order for a fire to smolder?
Must be greater than 3%
Which fire will have blue smoke?
Charlie Fire
What color smoke is from an alpha fire?
White or grey
What type of fire will have black smoke?
Bravo
What does a water do to a fire?
Water removes heat
What is the 30 degree narrow pattern used for during a fire?
Removes heat, makes a water shield for personnel
What is the 90 degree wide angle pattern used for during a fire?
Creates a protective shield for fire fighters
What happens if you use too much water while fighting a fire?
Too much water crests steam which absorbs heat and displaces oxygen. Whatever u put in u have to take out. No more than 1 inch on deck
What does CO2 do to a fire?
It displaces oxygen, it’s heavier than air. Does not cool a fire but can be used for reflash watch.
What is the mixture for AFFF to water?
3% AFFF to 97% water.
What does AFFF do to a fire?
Forms a vapor barrier, cools
What does PKP do to a fire?
It interrupts the chemical chain reaction
What does APC do to a fire?
It creates a foam barrier
What is the mixture of APC to water?
42% potassium carbonate to 58% water
What are the installed systems onboard the KIMBALL?
- firemain
- drainage system (eductors)
- AFFF
- CO2
- APC
- FM200
- water mist
What are the DC locations on the DC Deck?
- DCC
- Repair 2
- Repair 3
- Repair 3 Annex
Which fire stations have 100 feet of fire hose hooked up?
Only the exterior fire stations
Via cross connects, what other systems can the fire main supply water to?
- dewatering eductors
- AFFF system
- WDCM
- tank fill connections
- emergency aux seawater supply
- magazine sprinklers
- trash handling and storage space overhead sprinklers
What is the minimum psi required to maintain an acceptable fog pattern?
60 psi
What are the two types of vari nozzles that are on the KIMBALL?
- 95 GPM
- 125 GPM
Where are the 125 GPM vari nozzles uses onboard?
They are only used on the flight deck for Helo crashes
What are the 5 manifolds that provide a shore supply for the firemain?
- port foc’sle
- stbd foc’sle
- fas deck
- stbd boat deck
- fantail
All hoses shall be stored how far off the deck?
6”
What is the procedure for rolling up a hose?
Lay the hose out, bring back the male end and stop 4 feet from the female end, roll the hose up so make end is protected
Where are the magazine sprinklers located?
- 57MM mag
- small arms mag
- CIWS mag
Who is required to grant permission to energize the magazine sprinklers?
CO or if your in port the OOD
What size are the AFFF concentration tanks onboard the KIMBALL?
Each are 225 gallons
Where are the AFFF hose reel locations?
- AMR
- FMMR
- AMMR
- port/stbd hanger
- aft boat deck
- soft hose for SSDG #3
While using an inline eductor, how long will a 5 gallon jug of AFFF last?
60 seconds
What is the mixture percentage for an inline eductor?
3% AFFF and 97% water
Which vari nozzles do you use with AFFF inline eductors?
Use the 95 GPM vari nozzles
Which compartments have AFFF sprinkling systems?
- JP 5 pump room (46gpm)
- Incinerator Room (35gpm)
- Hanger (300gpm)
- AMR Bilge (158gpm)
- FFMR (182gpm)
- AMMR (272gpm)
- Generator Room (102gpm)
What is the length of hose for the AFFF reels in the hanger or the fantail?
Each hose is 125 feet in length
What is the discharge rate for the hose reels in the hanger and the fantail?
125 GPM
Where is the cross connect MOV for the the CMWD sprinklers for the flight deck?
In stateroom 2-67-01-L but can be activated locally in the Helo Control Shack, Helo Hanger or through CGMCS
What are the nozzle capacity for the fire monitors on the CWIS deck?
450 GPM
What compartments have HFP (FM200)?
- Flammable Liquid Stores
- Hazmat Stores
- Paint Locker
Where are the pull stations located for HFP (FM200)?
Pull stations are located outside the main access (main deck)
What is created or produced when HFP (FM200)?
It produces toxic gas when exposed to open flame, effected space shall be evacuated if activated
What is HFP (FM200)?
Heptafluoropropane
What space has the CO2 system?
It’s located in the Main Gas Turbine enclosure
Where is the CO2 system activated?
It’s activated from a remote control station outside FFMR or a local pull station on the port side aft upper level of FFMR.
What happens when the CO2 system is activated?
Audio and visual alarms will activate in FFMR to inform personnel in the space
True or False
There is a primary and secondary shot of CO2 for the CO2 system
What is APC?
Aqueous Potassium Carbonate
At what temp will the APC automatically activate?
360 degrees
