Fire knowledge Flashcards
At what temperature does steel begin to fail
600-900 F begins to weaken 1,000 expands, 1,100 Fails
What it called when concrete begins to crack from heat impingement
Spalding
Concrete walls are poured every how many feet?
Typically every 6 feet
How to connect to FDC if the female couplings are broken?
- Turn the connecting counter clockwise 6 1/2 times and then turn into FDC clockwise.
- Use Siamese to be able to connect
Power lines, give details on how to determine power or media cable?
The higher the power line the more watts. The top lines can have up to 20k watts. The lower the line the less watts. Media cables are usually black with a box, follow the cable and you will see it go into a house or box. The media cables sit low.
Large metal cables attached to post and then to the ground. Ground wires
When do you go to North Broward?
Level 1-2 and if you are north of Commercial with a trauma. Broward North- take i-95 and off Sample Rd.
Blue hydrant
Green
Red
Orange
Give hydrant GPM for each
Blue= 1500 or greater gpm
Green= 1000 - 1499 gpm
Orange= 500-1000 gpm
Red= 500 gpm
Hose company and type
Key Hose ECO 10
- Brand and percentage of AFFF?
- What solution is resistant to alcohol and why isn’t AFFF resistant to alcohol?
Fire Ade 3%
97 parts water and 3% solution
- AR- AFFF Alcohol resistant aqueous film forming foam. Does not allow the vapors from the polar solvent (alcohol) to break down the barrier if AFFF is used.
What does FLIR stand for?
Forward looking infrared
K65 @Q87
K40 @ Q9
Length between trusses?
24 inches
24ft ladder info
- Ensure pawls are locked
- aluminum frame
- electrical conductive
- heat sensors at the heels, tips and center.
- if exposed to heat the ladder needs to be taken out of service.
- 24ft ladder really extends 18ft at the proper climbing angle
- 2 story building is about 16 feet to the bottom of the window sill. Leaving 2ft into the window.
Command structure
Chief- creates objective
Captain- develops strategy
FF- carry’s the tactics
