Fires Flashcards
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What is the triangle of fire?
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Fuel
Heat
Oxygen
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Q
What are the classification of fire type?
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Class A - solid materials, usually organic. Extinguish with water.
Class B - liquids or liquefiable solids (miscible, mix with water, or don’t mix). Extinguish with foam, CO2 or powder.
Class C - Gases or liquefied gases. Foam or dry powder, or cooling container.
Class D - metals. extinguish under guidance. Often violent reaction with water.
Electrical fires are not a class of their own, but can cause a fire in the other categories, which have to be dealt once safe to do so.
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Q
Methods of extinguishing a fire?
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Smothering
Starving
Cooling
3
Q
What is a fire curve? What are the 4 phases of a standard ventilated fire curve?
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4
Q
Smoke movement. What types? What effects them?
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