Evolving Fireground Ch3 Flashcards
1) You will not be successful in fire attack without intimate knowledge of _____ and ____
a. Fire behavior, building construction
2) Fire departments responded to an estimated ____ fires in one and two family homes and apartments in 2016
a. 352,000
3) These fires resulted in ____ deaths ____ injuries and ____ in property loss
a. 2,735 / 10,750 / $5.7 billion
4) Cooking accounted for ____ percent of fires in one and two family building but accounted for ____ percent in all other types of residential fires
a. 33%, 68%
5) ____ firefighters were killed advancing a hoseline in 2011
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6) ______ is on key piece of information every dispatch center should have readily available
a. Water supply data
7) In many experiments from the onset of firefighter untenability until flashover was less than ___ seconds
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8) In 2000 Firefighter FDNY Lt Andrew A Fredricks wrote a two part series titled _____
a. Little Drops of Water: 50 Years Later
9) It is important to note that fog streams have more _____ of air behind them when compared to a strait stream
a. Cubic feet per minute (CFM)
10) Nothing should be deemed as ___ or ____ with regards to the dynamic fireground
a. Always, never
11) Studies show that even a smooth bore nozzle when moved in a circular fashion creates approximately ____ of air movement
a. 6,000 CFM
12) The ideal water droplet size for gas cooling is ____
a. .33 mm
13) Strait stream is better for ____, _____, ____, and _____
a. Energy consumption, air movement, reach, penetration
14) A cape cod style home can have up to ___ or more attic spaces
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