Firefighting Fundamentals

Question 0

Secondary responsibility of a firefighter?

Answer 0

To extinguish the fires and limit the damage to the aircraft, shipboard, airfield installed equipment, and or airfield structures.

Question 1

Primary duty of a firefighter?

Answer 1

Saving lives

Question 2

Fire triangle includes?

Answer 2

Heat
Fuel
Oxygen

Question 3

What has the fire triangle been replaced in the fire fighting and protection industry by?

Answer 3

The fire tetrahedron

Question 4

What has research in the past 30 years indicated?

Answer 4

The presence of a 4th critical element which is the chemical chain reaction that takes place in a fire and allows the fire to both sustain itself and grow.

Question 5

Fires are divided into how many classes?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

Occur in combustible materials that produce an ash such as burning wood, cloth, and fibrous materials?

Answer 6

Class Alpha fires

Question 7

Occur with flammable liquid substances such as gasoline, jet fuel, oil, and other petroleum based products?

Answer 7

Class bravo fires

Question 8

Are energized electrical fires that are attacked by using non-conductive agents?

Answer 8

Class Charlie fires

Question 9

Combustible metals such as magnesium and titanium?

Answer 9

Class delta fires

Question 10

Use H2O in large quantities in high velocity fog to extinguish?

Answer 10

Class Delta

Question 11

Use AFFF, Halon 1211, Purple K Powder, and Carbon Dioxide to extinguish?

Answer 11

Class Bravo

Question 12

Use Energized - CO2, Halon, PKP, and H2O in fog patterns

Deenergized - treat as a Class Alpha, Bravo, or Delta fire?

Answer 12

Class Charlie

Question 13

Used H2O OR AFFF to extinguish?

Answer 13

Class Alpha

Question 14

Consists primarily of synthetic fluorocarbon surfactant. Three percent and six percent are approved for naval use?

Answer 14

AFFF

Question 15

Not generally considered to be a suitable agent for use in combating large aircraft fuel fires without addition of either foam agents or surfactants?

Answer 15

H20

Question 16

Intended primarily for use on class B and C fires; however it is affective in class A fires. Colorless and faintly sweet smelling?

Answer 16

Halon 1211

Question 17

Intended for primary use on class B and C fires; a colorless odorless gas that is appox. One and one-half times heavier than air?

Answer 17

Carbon dioxide portable extinguishing units

Question 18

Intended primarily for use on class B fires. It’s principle chemical is a dry chemical that extinguishes flames by breaking the combustion chain, and does not have cooling capabilities?

Answer 18

Potassium Bicarbonate (PKP)

Question 19

Also known as Bromochloridfluoromethane?

Answer 19

Halon 1211