Firefighting Fundamentals

Question 0

What is the secondary duty of the firefighter?

Answer 0

Extinguish fires/limit damage

Question 1

What is the primary duty of the firefighter?

Answer 1

To save lives

Question 2

What does the fire triangle consist of?

Answer 2

Heat, fuel and oxygen

Question 3

What is the fourth element of the fire tetrahedron?

Answer 3

Chemical chain reaction

Question 4

What are the classes of fire?

Answer 4

A, B, C, D

Question 5

What is an alpha fire?

Answer 5

Combustible materials that produce ash.

Question 6

How do you extinguish a class a fire?

Answer 6

H20

AFFF

Question 7

What is a B fire?

Answer 7

Flammable liquids

Question 8

How is a class B fire extinguished?

Answer 8

AFFF
Halon 1211
PKP
CO2

Question 9

What is a class C fire?

Answer 9

Electrical fire

Question 10

How do you extinguish a class C fire?

Answer 10

CO2
Halon 1211
PKP
H2O fog

Question 11

What is a class D fire?

Answer 11

Combustible metals such as magnesium and titanium

Question 12

How are class D fires extinguished?

Answer 12

H20 in large quantities

Jettison

Question 13

What is Halon 1211 and how does it work?

Answer 13

Bromochlorodifluormethane.

Inhibits the chemical chain reaction of the combustion process

Question 14

What percentage of AFFF concentrate is approved for naval use?

Answer 14

3 and 6

Question 15

What is PKP and how does it extinguish fires?

Answer 15

Potassium bicarbonate.

Breaks the combustion chain.

Question 16

How does CO2 extinguish fires?

Answer 16

Displaces oxygen