Evolving Fireground Ch1 Flashcards
1.) _____ is the study of how fire, starts, spreads, and develops
a. Fire Dynamics
2.) ______ is exactly what it sounds like the way that fire reacts and behaves to its environments
a. Fire Behavior
3.) The upper explosive limit (UEL) can be described as the;
a. Rich
4.) The lower explosive limit can be described as the:
a. Lean
5.) Legacy fire development is related to-
a. Fuel limited fires
6.) Modern fire development relates to –
a. Ventilation limited fires
7.) Dated definitions of backdraft describes it as an event that only occurs at temps of ____ or higher
a. 1600
8.) A backdraft most commonly occurs in _____, ______, or any other void space
a. Attic spaces, Knee walls
9.) Updated definition of backdraft can be found in NFPA _____
a. 921
10.) Interrupting a flow path involves tactics that are ______ and sometimes _______
a. Innovative, counterintuitive
11.) With todays structure fires time between tactical ventilation and flashover could be as little as ___ minutes, compared to ___ minutes in a traditional fire
a. 2, 8
12.) Smoke ____, _____, ____, and _____ are essential components to understanding fire behavior.
a. Volume, velocity, density, color
