Definitions Quiz Pumping Flashcards
1._____________________ — Sliding and loss of control caused by applying a vehicles gas pedal too quickly.
- Acceleration Skid
2._____________________— Preservice tests on fire apparatus or equipment, performed at the factory or after delivery, to assure the purchaser that the apparatus or equipment meets bid specifications.
- Acceptance Testing
3._____________________— Sharp or severe; having a rapid onset and short duration.
- Acute
4._____________________— Introduction of air into a foam solution to create bubbles that result in finished foam.
- Aeration
5._____________________— 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.
- Aerial Apparatus
6.____________________— General term used to describe the hydraulically operated ladder or elevating platform attached to a specially designed fire apparatus.
- Aerial Device
7.___________________ — Power-operated ladder, usually employing hydraulics, that is mounted on a special truck chassis.
- Aerial Ladder
8.___________________ — Assembly of bracing bars or rods in triangular shapes that form a rigid framework for the aerial device.
- Aerial Ladder Truss
9.___________________ — Braking system that uses compressed air to hold off a spring brake (parking brake) and applies air pressure to a service brake for vehicle stopping.
- Air-Actuated Braking System
10.___________________ — Series of tests used to ensure the serviceability of an air braking system. Tests include air loss, air compressor buildup, air warning, and emergency parking brake activation.
- Air Brake Test
11.___________________ — Process of dropping water, short-term fire retardant, or long-term fire retardant from an air tanker or helicopter onto a wildland fire.
- Air Drop
12.__________________________________— Aqueous film forming foam that is designed for use with polar solvent fuels. See Aqueous Film Forming Foam and Foam Concentrate.
- Alcohol-Resistant Aqueous Film Forming Foam Concentrate (AR-AFFF)
13.___________________ — A coordinated approach to a wide variety of incidents; all responders use a similar, coordinated approach with a common set of authorities, protections, and resources.
- All Hazard Concept
14.___________________ — Geographic position of a location or object in relation to sea level. The location may be either above, below, or at sea level.
- Altitude
15.___________________ — Gauge that indicates both the amount of electrical current being drawn from and provided to the vehicle’s battery.
- Ammeter
16.___________________ — Point from which a fire line is begun; usually a natural or man-made barrier that prevents fire spread and the possibility of the crew being “flanked” while constructing the fire line. Examples include lakes, ponds, streams, roads, earlier burns, rockslides, and cliffs.
- Anchor Point
17.___________________— An electronic system that monitors wheel spin. When braking and a wheel are sensed to begin locking up, the brake on that wheel is temporarily released to prevent skidding.
- Anti-Lock Braking System
18.___________________ — Categorization and description of apparatus commonly exchanged in disasters via mutual aid by capacity and/or capability.
- Apparatus Typing
19.___________________ — Minimum amount of foam solution that must be applied to an unignited fire, spill, or spill fire to either control vapor emission or extinguish the fire; measured per minute per square foot (or square meter) of area to be covered.
- Application Rate
20.___________________ — Synthetic foam concentrate that, when combined with water, can form a complete vapor barrier over fuel spills and fires and is a highly effective extinguishing and blanketing agent on hydrocarbon fuels. Also known as light water.
Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)
21.___________________________ — Apparatus-mounted foam proportioner in which a small quantity of water is diverted from the apparatus pump through an inline proportioner; there it picks up the foam concentrate and carries it to the intake side of the pump. It is the most common apparatus-mounted foam proportioner service.
- Around-the-Pump Proportioner
22.______________________ — Aerial device that consists 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.
- Articulating Aerial Platform
23.______________________ — Term used in National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) standards to describe incidents that have a likelihood of causing critical incident stress.
- Atypically Stressful Event
24._______________ — Tool for boring (drilling) holes in floors and other solid barriers including ice.
- Auger
25.__________________ — Cleaning a fire pump or piping by flowing water through it in the opposite direction of normal flow.
- Back Flushing
26.__________________ — Pressure loss or gain created by changes in elevation between the nozzle and pump.
- Back Pressure
27.__________________ — Intermediate partial bulkhead that reduces the surge effect in a partially loaded liquid tank.
- Baffle
28.__________________ — Location at which the primary Incident Management Logistics functions are coordinated and administered; the Incident Command Post may be co-located with the base. There is only one base per incident.
- Base
29.__________________ — Fire department organizational subdivision consisting of several fire service companies in a designated geographic area. A __________ is usually the first organizational level above individual companies or stations.
- Battalion
30.__________________ — Production of foam solution by adding an appropriate amount of foam concentrate to a water tank before application; the resulting solution must be used or discarded following the incident.
- Batch Mixing
31.__________________ — Nontelescoping section of pipe, usually 3 or 3 1⁄2 inches in diameter, attached to the underside of the bed section of the aerial ladder for the purpose of deploying an elevated master stream.
- Bed Ladder Pipe
32.__________________ — Capable of being broken down into innocuous products by the actions of living things, such as microorganisms.
- Biodegrade
33.__________________ — Process of releasing a liquid or gas under pressure, such as releasing air from the regulator or cylinder of a self-contained breathing apparatus; or allowing air to escape from a hoseline before or during operations.
- Bleed
34.__________________ — Attack a fire aggressively from the exterior with a large diameter (2 1⁄2-inch or larger) fire stream.
- Blitz Attack
35.__________________ — Comprehensive method of infection control in which every patient is assumed to be infected; personal protective equipment is worn to prevent exposure to bodily fluids and bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
- Body Substance Isolation
36.________________ — Two-piece aerial apparatus stabilization device consisting of an extension arm that extends directly out from the vehicle and a lifting jack that ex-tends from the end of the extension arm to the ground. Also known as H-Jack or H-stabilizers.
- Box Stabilizer
37.________________ — Loss of braking function that occurs due to excessive use of the brakes.
- Brake Fade
38.________________ — Distance the vehicle travels from the time the brakes are applied until it comes to a complete stop.
- Braking Distance
39._______________ — Ability of a foam blanket to resist direct flame impingement such as in a partially extinguished petroleum fire.
- Burnback resistance
40.________________ — Cancer-producing substance.
- Carcinogen
41.________________ — Condition in which vacuum pockets form, due to localized regions of low pressure at the vanes in the impeller of a centrifugal pump causing vibrations, loss of efficiency, and possibly damage to the impeller.
- Cavitation
42.________________ — Pump with one or more impellers that rotate and utilize centrifugal force to move the water. Most modern fire pumps are of this type.
- Centrifugal Pump
43._______________ — Order of rank and authority in the fire and emergency services.
- Chain of Command
44._______________ — Applying grease and other lubricants to specific parts of a chassis to reduce wear, noise, and binding.
- Chassis Lubrication
45._______________ — Automatic valve that permits liquid flow in only one direction. For example, the inline valve that prevents water from flowing into a foam concentrate container when the nozzle is turned off or there is a kink in the hoseline.
- Check Valves
46.________________ — Long-term and reoccurring.
- Chronic
47._______________________________________ — Term for several diseases that result in obstructive problems in the airways.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
48.__________________— Water storage receptacle that is usually underground and may be supplied by a well or rainwater runoff.
- Cistern
49.__________________ — Hinged valve that permits the flow of water in one direction only.
- Clapper Valves
50.__________________ — Inspection method in which the driver or inspector starts at one point of the apparatus and continues in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction inspecting the entire apparatus.
- Circle or Walk-Around Method
51.___________________— Foam specially designed for use on Class A combustibles. Class A foams, hydrocarbon-based surfactants are essentially wetting agents that reduce the surface tension of water and allow it to soak into combustible materials more easily than plain water. Class A foams are becoming increasingly popular for use in wildland and structural fire fighting. Also known as Class A Foam.
- Class A Foam Concentrate
52.___________________ — Foam fire suppression agent designed for use on ignited or unignited Class B flammable or combustible liquids. Also known as Class B Foam.
- Class B Foam Concentrate
53.____________________ — Safe area outside of the warm zone where equipment and personnel are not expected to become contaminated and special protective clothing is not re-quired; the Incident Command Post and other support functions are typically located in this zone.
- Cold Zone
54.____________________ — Area beneath a wall in which the wall is likely to land if it loses structural integrity.
- Collapse Zone
55.____________________— A driver’s license that is issued to individuals who demonstrate competence inspecting and driving vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Rating of 26,001 pounds or more.
- Commercial Drivers’ License (CDL)
56.___________________ — Basic fire fighting organizational unit consisting of firefighters and apparatus; headed by a company officer.
- Company
57._________________________ — Generic term used to describe a high-energy foam-generation system consisting of a water pump, a foam proportioning system, and an air compressor (or other air source) that injects air into the foam solution before it enters a hoseline.
- Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS)
58.___________________— The shared assumptions, beliefs, and values of a group or organization.
- Culture
59._______________ — Operating a hydraulic pump without allowing flow through the system, which generates tremendous heat and pressure and can damage components.
- Deadheading
60.________________ — Chemical change in which a substance breaks down into two or more simpler substances. Result of oxygen acting on a material that result in a change in the material’s composition; oxidation occurs slowly, sometimes resulting in the rusting of metals.
- Decomposition
61.________________ — Exterior fire attack that is limited to controlling the spread of a fire, with an emphasis on exposure protection. Also known as Defensive Fire Attack.
- Defensive attack
62.___________________ — Height a column of water may be lifted in sufficient quantity to provide a reliable fire flow. Lift may be raised through a hard suction hose to a pump, taking into consideration the atmospheric pressure and friction loss within the hard suction hose; dependable lift is usually considered to be 14.7 feet (4.48 m).
- Dependable lift
63.____________________ — Device designed to remove diesel particulate matter or soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine.
- Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF)
64.____________________ — Part of an overall water supply system that receives the water from the pumping station and delivers it throughout the area to be served.
- Distribution System
- _________________— Process of acquiring water from a static source and transferring it into a pump that is above the source’s level; atmospheric pressure on the water surface forces the water into the pump where a partial vacuum was created.
- Drafting
66._________________— Fire hydrant that has its operating valve at the water main rather than in the barrel of the hydrant. When operating properly, there is no water in the barrel of the hydrant when it is not in use. These hydrants are used in areas where freezing may occur.
- Dry-Barrel Hydrant
- ________________ — Permanently installed pipe that has pumper suction connections installed at static water sources to speed drafting operations.
- Dry Hydrant
68._________________ — Operation where a strong hydrant is used to supply two pumpers by connecting the pumpers intake-to-intake. The second pumper receives the excess water not being pumped by the first pumper, which is directly connected to the water supply source.
- Dual Pumping
- ________________ — Driver/operators drive with “due regard” for the safety of others using the highways. State vehicle codes provide and give special privileges to the operators or emergency vehicles; however, this does not relieve the operator from the duty and responsibility to drive with “due regard” for the safety of others.
- Due regard
- _______________ — Secured hoseline that is used to handle excess water during a relay operation.
- Dump Line
71.________________ — Location approved for water shuttle apparatus to discharge their water for other apparatus to draw during incident operations.
- Dump Site
- ___________________ — Loads that involve motion. They include the forces arising from wind, moving vehicles, earthquakes, vibration, or falling objects, as well as the addition of a moving load force to an aerial device or structure. Also known as Shock Loading.
- Dynamic Load
- _______________ — Process used to mix foam concentrate with water in a nozzle or proportioner; concentrate is drawn into the water stream by the Venturi method.
- Eduction
- ___________________ — (1) Portable proportioning device that injects a liquid, such as foam concentrate, into the water flowing through a hoseline or pipe. (2) Venturi device that uses water pressure to draw foam concentrate into a water stream for mixing; also enables a pump to draw water from an auxiliary source.
- Eductor
75.___________________— Work platform attached to the end of an articulating or telescoping aerial device.
- Elevating Platform
- __________________— Height of a point above sea level or some other reference point. Elevation Pressure — Gain or loss of pressure in a hose-line due to a change in elevation. Also known as Elevation Loss.
- Elevation
77._____________________— Any device that uses the engine and transmission to impede the forward motion of the motor vehicle by compression of the engine.
- Engine Compression Brake
- ______________________— Location at which tankers/tenders will be loaded during a water shuttle operation.
- Fill Site
79._______________________— Foam concentrate that combines the qualities of fluoroprotein foam with those of aqueous film forming foam.
- Film Forming Fluoroprotein Foam (FFFP)
80.______________________ — Vessel or watercraft designed and constructed for the purpose of fighting fires; provides a specified level of pumping capacity and personnel for the extinguishment of fires in the marine environment. Also known as Marine Unit.
- Fire Boat
81._____________________ — Point at which the fire department can connect into a sprinkler or stand-pipe system to boost the water pressure and flow in the system. This connection consists of a clappered siamese with two or more 2 1⁄2-inch intakes or one large-diameter (4-inch or larger) intake.
- Fire Department Connection (FDC)
82._____________________ — Protective footwear meeting the design requirements of NFPA®, OSHA, and CAN/CSA Z195-02 (R2008).
- Fire Fighting Boots
83.________________________ — Procedure used to determine the rate of water flow available for fire fighting at various points within the distribution system.
- Fire Flow Testing
84._______________________ — Mechanical device installed in a discharge line that senses the amount of water flowing and provides a readout in units of gallons per minute or (liters per minute).
- Flowmeter
85._______________________ — Extendable section of ground extension or aerial ladder. Also known as Fly.
- Fly Section
86._______________ — Extinguishing agent formed by mixing a foam concentrate with water and aerating the solution for expansion; for use on Class A and Class B fires. Foam may be protein, fluoroprotein, film forming fluoroprotein, synthetic, aqueous film forming, high expansion, alcohol type, or alcohol-resistant type.
- Foam
87._______________________ — (1) Raw chemical compound solu-tion that is mixed with water and air to produce finished foam; may be protein, synthetic, aqueous film forming, high expansion, or alcohol types. (2) Raw foam liquid as it rests in its storage container before the introduction of water and air.
- Foam Concentrate
88.______________________ — Result of adding air to a foam solution consisting of water and foam concentrate. Expansion creates the foam bubbles that result in finished foam or foam blanket.
- Foam Expansion
89.______________________ — Device that injects the correct amount of foam concentrate into the water stream to make the foam solution.
- Foam Proportioner
90.______________________ — (1) The result of mixing the appropriate amount of foam concentrate with water; foam solution exists between the proportioner and the nozzle or aerating device that adds air to create finished foam. (2) The mixture of foam concentrate and water before the introduction of air.
- Foam Solution
91._______________ — Water stream of finely divided particles used for fire control.
- Fog Stream
92.______________ — Simple measure of weight, usually expressed in pounds or kilograms.
- Force
93.___________________— Device that permits a pumper to boost the pressure in a supply line connected to a hydrant without interrupting the water flow.
- Four-Way Hydrant Valve
94.__________________ — Amount of travel the clutch has before it be-gins to disengage the engine from the transmission.
- Free Play
95._________________ — Loss of pressure created by the turbulence of water moving against the interior walls of the hose or pipe.
- Friction Loss
96.__________________— Fire pump mounted in front of the radiator of a vehicle and powered off the crankshaft.
- Front-Mount Pump
97.___________________ — Stabilizing device that extends at an angle down and away from the chassis of an aerial fire apparatus. Also known as A-Frame, Scissor, or X-Style Stabilizer.
- Fulcrum-Type Stabilizer
98.__________________ — An inspection where a certain system or component of an apparatus is operated to ensure that it is functioning properly.
- Functional Check
99.__________________ — Superabsorbent liquid polymers capable of absorbing hundreds of times their own weight in water. These gels can be used as fire suppressants and fire retardants. Gels function by entrapping water in their structure rather than air, as is the case with fire fighting foams. Also known as Durable Agents.
- Gelling Agents
100._________________ — Theoretical safety zone that surrounds the center of gravity on an aerial apparatus.
- Gravity Circle
101.___________________ — Water supply system that utilizes lateral feeders for improved distribution.
- Grid System
102.___________________ — Maximum amount of weight that an axle system can safely carry.
- Gross Axle Weight Rating
- ___________________ — Willful and wanton disregard.
- Gross Negligence
104.____________________— Device designed to protect against electrical shock; when grounding occurs, the device opens a circuit to shut off the flow of electricity. Also known as Ground Fault Indicator (GFI) Receptacle.
- Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)
105.___________________ — Electrical field that radiates outward from where the current enters the ground; its intensity dissipates rapidly as distance increases from the point of entry.
- Ground Gradient
106.____________________— Condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury or loss; the source of a risk.
- Hazard
107.____________________ — System of barriers surrounding designated areas at emergency scenes, intended to limit the number of persons exposed to a hazard and to facilitate its mitigation. A major incident has three zones: Restricted (Hot) Zone, Limited Access (Warm) Zone, and Support (Cold) Zone.
- Hazard-Control Zones
108.__________________— Alternate term for pressure, especially pressure due to elevation. For every 1-foot increase in elevation, 0.434 psi is gained (for every 1-meter increase in elevation, 9.8 kPa is gained). Also known as Head Pressure.
- Head
109.___________________— Device that limits noise-induced hearing loss when firefighters are exposed to extremely loud environments, such as apparatus engine noise, audible warning devices, and the use of power tools and equipment.
- Hearing Protection
110.___________________ — Hydraulic cylinders used to lift the aerial device from its bed to a working position. Also known as Elevation Cylinder or Lift Cylinder.
- Hoisting Cylinder
111.___________________— Potentially hazardous area immediately surrounding the incident site; requires appropriate protective clothing and equipment and other safety precautions for entry. Typically limited to technician-level personnel.
- Hot Zone
112.____________________ — Mechanically applied rivet used in the construction of some aerial devices; huck bolts can only be removed by drilling.
- Huck Bolt
113._____________________ — Specially designed tool used to open or close a hydrant and to remove hydrant caps.
- Hydrant Wrench
