Engine Company Ops

Question 1

Pull pass or stop short how many addresses

Answer 1

2 addresses

Question 2

Small, wall mounted safe that holds building keys for retrieval by fd,ems and police during emergency situations.

Answer 2

Knox box

Question 3

Occurs when all surface and objects within a space have been heated to their ignition temp and simultaneously combust.

Answer 3

Flashover

Question 4

Can take place at the point between growth and fully developed stages of a fire

Answer 4

Flashover

Question 5

Is an explosion that occurs when oxygen enters an oxygen-deficient smoldering fire.

Answer 5

Backdraft

Question 6

Conditions typically exist during a fire’s decay stage, after the fire compartment had consumed all available oxygen

Answer 6

Backdraft

Question 7

Takes places when pressure from the fire area pushes heated gases into uninvolved areas, causing flames to present in layers of smoke

Answer 7

Rollover

Question 8

Occurs when fire gases separate into layers according to temp.

Answer 8

Stratification

Question 9

Gases with the highest temperatures move to the top layers, and the cooler gases move to the bottom layers.

Answer 9

Thermal layering or thermal balance

Question 10

Amount of energy the fire releases over time.

Answer 10

Heat release rate

Question 11

RECEO VS

Answer 11

Rescue, exposure, confinement, extinguishment, overhaul, ventilation, salvage.

Question 12

VSP

Answer 12

Victim Survivability Profiling

Question 13

Enables a fire to sustain combustion

Answer 13

Oxygen

Question 14

Includes any combustible material in the form of solid, a flammable liquid or a gas

Answer 14

Fuel

Question 15

It is needed to raise the fuel to its ignition temperature

Answer 15

Heat

Question 16

Occurs when the other three elements are present in their necessary conditions

Answer 16

Chain reaction

Question 17

Begins when heat, oxygen, and a fuel source combine and have a chemical reaction resulting in fire…..also known as what

Answer 17

Incipient stage
“Ignition”

Question 18

Occurs as fire increases in size from areas if small flames to flames encompassing an entire compartment

Answer 18

Growth stage

Question 19

Fire envelopes the entire compartment, involving all contents in fire.

Answer 19

Fully developed stage

Question 20

Begins when the available oxygen can no longer support combustion.

Answer 20

Decay stage

Question 21

Include man made materials such as plastics, synthetics, polyurethane, and polyester.

Answer 21

Modern materials

Question 22

Consist of natural materials such as cotton, wicker, solid wood and dimensional lumber.

Answer 22

Legacy or traditional materials

Question 23

Refers to a collection of airborne particulates and gases entrain and mix into.

Answer 23

Smoke

Question 24

What is smoke filled with

Answer 24

Carbon and carbon monoxide

Question 25

Indicates the amount of fuel that is “off-gassing” within a given space.

Answer 25

Volume

Question 26

Refers to the thickness of the emission and how much fuel is laden in the smoke

Answer 26

Smoke density

Question 27

Refers to how difficult it is to see through the smoke

Answer 27

Optical density

Question 28

Involves a systematic look at the entire fire scene to ensure no further traces of fire exist.

Answer 28

Overhaul

Question 29

Represents the primary focus of any incident

Answer 29

Rescue

Question 30

Often overlooked. Becomes necessary in larger fires when lacking on scene resources makes extinguishment impossible.

Answer 30

Confinement

Question 31

Can represent one of the most dangerous and important tasks firefighters perform.

Answer 31

Ventilation

Question 32

Before any ventilation takes place, the ventilation team must answer the following questions:

Answer 32

What is the fires location?
What is the current ventilation status?
Will adding additional ventilation openings affect fire conditions?
Where is the hoseline?

Question 33

What is salvage

Answer 33

Property conservation

Question 34

Taking direct action to mitigate a problem

Answer 34

Offensive mode

Question 35

To prevent damage to the area around a structure, officer deploy this strategy when they have decided a building cannot be saved.

Answer 35

Defensive mode

Question 36

Sets the foundation for incident management

Answer 36

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