Fire Fighting Fundamentals

Question 0

What is the primary duty of a fire fighter?

Answer 0

Saving lives

Question 1

What is fire composition/ triangle?

Answer 1

Oxygen
Heat
Fuel

Question 2

What is the secondary responsibility of a fire fighter?

Answer 2

Extinguish fires, limit aircraft damage, ship board, airfield equipment, and or structures

Question 3

How many classes if fire are there?

Answer 3

Four

Question 4

What is a class A fire?

Answer 4

Combustible materials ie paper, wood, fibrous materials

Question 5

Class B fire?

Answer 5

Flammable liquids

Question 6

Class C fire?

Answer 6

Electrical fire

Question 7

Class D fire?

Answer 7

Combustible metals like magnesium and titanium

Question 8

What is used to fight class A fire?

Answer 8

Water

Aqueous filim forming foam afff

Question 9

What is used to extinguish class B fire?

Answer 9

Aqueous film forming foam, halon 1211, purple k powder, carbine dioxide

Question 10

What is used for an energized class c fire?

Answer 10

Co2, halon, pkp, h2o in fog pattern min distance of 4 ft

Question 11

What is used to fight a class D fire?

Answer 11

Large quantities of h2o at a safe distance

Question 12

What percent afff is approved for naval use?

Answer 12

3% 6%

6% for shipboard use

Question 13

Halon 1211 is primarily used for what kind of fire?

Answer 13

Class C fire

Question 14

Carbon dioxide is primarily for what class of fires?

Answer 14

Class B and C

Question 15

Pkp potassium bicarbonate is primarily used for?

Answer 15

Class B fires