Engine Ops/Line placement Flashcards
Your engine company arrives first at a fully involved brownstone fire. Where should you order your handline stretched?
into the fire building
when ordered to stretch the second handine at a fully involved brownstone fire. Where should the officer instruct the firefighters to stretch this line?
into the fire building
can the second line be brought to the floor above in a HRO
no
For a fully involved row frame with fire in both exposures, the first arriving engine should stretch a 3 ½” supply line for a tower ladder, and stretch the first hand line to?
through the front door of the fire building
At the scene of a possible chemical suicide incident, a charged hoseline should be stretched with a fog nozzle attached. This line should be used primarily for?
decon
At a store fire in a taxpayer, to which position should the 2nd hand line be stretched to?
into the store involved…first two lines into the store involved
Stretching a 2 ½” hoseline should be considered for all but which situation below?
Select one:
a. A heavy fire on the top floor in a larger style private dwelling such as a Queen Anne
b. A fully involved private dwelling
c. A wind impacted fire in a private dwelling
A. it is considered for heavy fire on the first floor of a larger type PD such as a queen anne
can a company officer order a line operated into the cellar window of a PD
yes chief or company officer if they are the IC
An engine company stretching the 1st handine for a fire in the choir loft of a place of worship should stretch?
2 1/2 through the door that provides the quickest access
When supplying water to a standpipe system at a fire on the 50th floor of a 60 story high rise office building, the recommended discharge pressure is _______.
350
1-10=150
11-20=200
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n cellar and sub-cellar fires in Cast-Iron and Mill Loft buildings, if the building is supplied by a sprinkler system servicing the fire area, which engine should ensure a supply line is stretched to feed the system?
second engine
The cockloft nozzle is to be supplied by a _______ handline. The discharge rate of this nozzle is approximately _______ gpm.
1 3/4 and 125 gpm
The supply inlet of the Blitzfire monitor is _________. It should not be operated at more than _______ psi inlet pressure with any type of solid stream or fog nozzle.
2 1/2 and 175 psi
The Purple K Dry Chemical Extinguisher has a discharge range of ___________feet and a discharge time of ___________ seconds.
19-20 ft and 11 seconds
Supplied by a 2 ½” hoseline, the high rise nozzle will produce flows of 200-250 gpm at _____ psi nozzle pressure with water flowing.
50 psi
