Exam 6 Flashcards
Which chemical agent has a clear to pale yellow color and an odor of musky hay?
A: Phosgene
B: Chlorine
C: Sulfur mustard
D: VX
A: Phosgene
Know your colors and odors
Haz-Mat ERP add 2 page 20
The IC was incorrect in which action below upon arrival at a buckeye pipeline incident?
A: Verify that the isolation and search phases have been carried out.
B: Request that the Field Communications Unit respond.
C: Upon confirmation of a confirmed leak, transmit a second alarm for the originally reported leak location.
D: Consider calling additional foam units over and above those assigned on the first alarm by use of 10-86 signal.
C: Upon confirmation of a confirmed leak, transmit a second alarm for the originally reported leak location.
Upon confirmation of a confirmed leak, transmit a second alarm for the “street box nearest the leak location”.
AUC 149 7.3.1-7.3.4
You just received the portable citywide radio from the administrative division due to the apparatus radio being OOS. In reference to the portable citywide radio, all of the following should be adhered to except?
A: Once received, the company officer shall perform an operational check by requesting a 10-11 radio test count from their respective borough dispatcher
B: During a response, the affected unit will use the citywide radio in lieu of the non-operating apparatus radio for all communications to the borough dispatcher until the apparatus radio is repaired
C: Once 10-84 at an incident, the portable citywide radio must be carried/worn by the company officer to effectively communicate with the borough dispatcher
D: If a response is received while awaiting the arrival of the portable citywide radio, the officer shall notify the dispatcher that the unit is responding without an operating apparatus radio. The dispatcher will then ensure that an additional unit (nearest available Engine or Ladder) with an operating apparatus radio is dispatched to the same alarm
C: Once 10-84 at an incident, the portable citywide radio must be carried/worn by the company officer to effectively communicate with the borough dispatcher
The portable citywide radio is not to be carried/worn by the company officer; it shall remain in the front cab of the apparatus and serve as a communication link from the unit to the borough dispatcher
Comm ch 8 sec 8.14
When a rowframe fire is of a multiple alarm proportion, the strategy is correctly indicated in all choices below except?
A: Set up a perimeter of lines consisting usually of heavy caliber streams in the front and the rear, with 1 ¾” lines flanking the sides of the fire and moving toward the center of the fire.
B: As hand lines reach the center of the fire, the outside lines shall be directed into the buildings in which the companies are operating.
C: Once charged handlines are in position, ceilings must be pulled to expose and extinguish the fire in the common cockloft. When possible, this should take place after the cockloft is vented from above.
D: To cut off fire that is traveling in the cockloft toward the exposures, it may be necessary to skip a building in order to get ahead of the fire.
B: As hand lines reach the center of the fire, the outside lines shall be directed into the buildings in which the companies are operating.
As hand lines reach the center of the fire, the outside lines must not be directed into the buildings in which the companies are operating.
RowFrames 7.7-7.9
All of the following Emergency Roll Call procedures are correct except?
A: The member conducting the emergency roll call will be known as the Roll Call Officer (RCO)
B: All Battalion and Division vehicles have pads of pre-printed Emergency Roll Call forms
C: If weather is an issue, the RCO and assisting member will have to take a position in a dry area, such as an apparatus cab or battalion vehicle
D: The RCO and member assisting and filling out the pre-printed form, should be in an area close to the command post
D: The RCO and member assisting and filling out the pre-printed form, should be in an area close to the command post
Away from the command post. This will reduce radio feedback, thereby putting the roll call team in a better position to hear and talk over the HT roll call frequency
Comm ch 9 add 2 page 3
The severity of clutter shall be communicated at a fire operation. Of the following, which is the only acceptable term?
A: Collyer’s Mansion
B: Minimum Clutter
C: Maximum Clutter
D: Medium Clutter
D: Medium Clutter
Acceptable terms are “Light Clutter”, “Medium Clutter” and “Heavy Clutter”. The term “Collyer’s Mansion” shall no longer be used.
Safety Bulletin 92 2.3
During a recent company drill being supervised by the BC, you made the following statements in reference to the NYCHA key FOBS. The BC corrected you in which statement?
A: Key FOBS have been issued to all FDNY units and provide access to all NYCHA buildings
B: Should the key FOB fail to unlock the door, then the door can be forced using forcibly entry tools
C: Should the building lose electrical power, the electromagnetic lock will deactivate, but the door will remain locked by the crash bar lock. A special key will be needed to unlock the door from outside the building
D: If the key FOB is lost or damaged, the OOD shall call the 24 hour NYCHA Emergency number: Should the key FOB fail to unlock the door, then the door can be forced using forcibly entry tools
C: Should the building lose electrical power, the electromagnetic lock will deactivate, but the door will remain locked by the crash bar lock. A special key will be needed to unlock the door from outside the building
D: If the key FOB is lost or damaged, the OOD shall call the 24 hour NYCHA Emergency number
B: Should the key FOB fail to unlock the door, then the door can be forced using forcibly entry tools
Should the key FOB fail to unlock the door, it can be unlocked remotely by NYCHA security. This can be done by calling the 24 hour NYCHA emergency number
FFPs MDs add 4
At an operation where foam is required, an experienced officer should know that a first alarm assignment of three Engines and two Ladders should have enough containers of foam to provide approximately ______ minutes of finished firefighting foam at a 3% setting on the eductor with the aerating foam nozzle.
A: 15
B: 17
C: 21
D: 30
B: 17
A first alarm assignment of three Engines and two Ladders should provide 13 five-gallon containers of foam which is a total of 65 gallons of AR-AFFF foam concentrate. This will provide approximately 17 minutes of finished firefighting foam at a 3% setting on the eductor with the aerating foam nozzle. At 3% the eductor will be consuming 3.75 gallons of foam concentrate per minute.
TB Foam 7.2
Choose the most correct signal to give initially upon arrival of an airborne irritant incident, such as pepper spray, mace or a mace-like substance
A: 10-27
B: 10-31
C: 10-33-1
D: 10-80
D: 10-80
Transmit the initial 10-80 signal to alert incoming units to proceed with caution to avoid entering a contaminated area
Haz-Mat 17 sec 2.5
According to the FDNY’s “Firefighting Procedures - Ventilation” bulletin, you would be most correct to know that all horizontal ventilation tactics, whether Ventilation for Extinguishment or Ventilation for Search, require communication with, and coordination by?
A: the first arriving Ladder Company Officer
B: the second arriving Ladder Company Officer
C: the Engine Company Officer operating inside the fire area to be vented.
D: the Ladder Company Officer operating inside the fire area to be vented.
D: the Ladder Company Officer operating inside the fire area to be vented
Vent 7.1
Gas emergencies can pose great risk to FDNY members and the civilians we protect. This is why members should know that all of the following gas emergency points are correct except?
A: Peck vents are normally found on low pressure systems
B: Regulators are usually located before the gas meter on high and medium pressure systems to reduce incoming gas pressure to ¼ psi
C: Most gas shutoffs are of the ¼ turn variety and can easily be shut off using the fork end of a Halligan tool, vice grips, or pliers to turn the wing cock valve ¼ turn counter-clockwise
D: FDNY members shall not operate street valves
A: Peck vents are normally found on low pressure systems
High pressure systems
EP Natural gas emergencies and fires pages 4, 5, and 11
The air supply of a member in distress needs to be assessed whether the member is conscious or unconscious. Removing the member from the IDLH is critical for survival and assuring that the distressed member has an adequate supply of air is the next priority. A member will suffer brain damage without air in?
A: one to two minutes
B: two to three minutes
C: four to six minutes
D: six to ten minutes
C: four to six minutes
In six to ten minutes a member will move towards clinical death
MMID Ch 3 7.1
In order to assure efficient and timely stretching of the first attack handline, engine companies adhere to all of the following procedures except?
A: Unless the presence of a confirmed life hazard requires the immediate stretching of a second line, the second engine shall augment and assist the first engine
B: Both engine companies shall retain unit cohesiveness. With the exception of the first due control FF, second due engine FFs assisting in stretching the first line, should strive to maintain their position assignment on the line
C: The officers of the first and second due engines companies shall communicate with each other and with the IC
D: In one to three story structures, where the amount of hose required is four lengths or less, the need to assist on the first hoseline is not as great and engine companies are generally capable of stretching and operating individually
D: In one to three story structures, where the amount of hose required is four lengths or less, the need to assist on the first hoseline is not as great and engine companies are generally capable of stretching and operating individually
One to two stories
Eng ops ch 8 page 3
The most prevalent type of taxpayer is usually larger in area than older types, with many being one-tenant occupancies, such as supermarkets, bowling alleys, restaurants, or factories. This type was constructed when?
A: Prior to the 1920’s
B: From the 1920’s into the 1960’s
C: From 1945 to 1968
D: From the 1960’s to the present
B: From the 1920’s into the 1960’s
Taxpayer 2.3.2
You just received a run to respond to a High-Rise office building fire as a Lobby Control Unit. During your response, you remember that the Lobby Control unit’s responsibilities include all of the following except?
A: Check in with the Logistics Section Chief or IC, as appropriate
B: Establish entry/exit control at all building access points
C: Establish personnel accounting system for units entering/exiting the building
D: Ensure all elevators are recalled and searched for occupants.
E: Ensure all elevators used for fire operations are staffed with building personnel
E: Ensure all elevators used for fire operations are staffed with building personnel
Assume control of elevators and provide operators. Elevator use and operating procedures will follow FDNY procedures and IC direction
***HROB sec 6.3.2G still states recall and search all elevator cars “terminating at the lobby”. This phrase has been taken out of ICS with a recent update.
ICS ch 4 sec 2.2.3
At a fire operation, when the engine officer reports there is little or no water and the ECC sees an adequate pressure reading and an increased flow showing on the outlet flowmeter with the pumps RPMs increasing automatically, this indicates?
A: a short stretch
B: a kink
C: a burst length
D: multiple, severe kinks
C: a burst length
Eng 12 3.2