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Ladder Ops Flashcards

1
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Weight or equipment added during a remodel

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Additional dead load

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2
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Metal conduit used to protect electrical wiring

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Armored cable

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3
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A force that passes through the center of an object

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Axial load

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4
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Decorative wood with a routed bead, usually located in 30’s style buildings

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Bead board

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5
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Opening in masonry or frame walls to support roof or floor beams. May be restrained or unrestrained

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Beam pocket

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6
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Horizontal member used to support vertically applied loads across an opening

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Beam

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7
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Usually a wood member closing the gap between trusses on the outside bearing walls

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Birdstop/ frieze board

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8
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Course or courses reinforced with rebar and filled with grout, usually ties top of walls and holds ledger bolt and saddles for beams that support roof structures holding top plate in which trusses are nailed

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Bondbeam

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9
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Beam or column constructed of lumber, forming a hollow “box” spanning openings or columns

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Boxbeam

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10
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Outside strengthening column in a masonry or concrete building

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Butress

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11
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Hollow area in a block

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Cell

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12
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Ceramic components used to secure electrical wiring in the 30’s style buildings

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Ceramic insulators

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13
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Concealed space used to run electric, ductwork, and plumbing in a structure

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Chase

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14
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Concrete masonry unit/ cinder block

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CMU

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15
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Horizontal connecting member connecting roof rafters in conventional framing

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Collar tie

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16
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A vertical supporting member designed to carry a compressive load

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Column

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17
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A force that pushes together

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Compression

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18
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Refers to a row of brick or block

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Course

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19
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Small in-roof structures used to deflect water, usually hiding a concealed space

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Crickets

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20
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Weight of the building itself and any equipment permanently attached

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Deadload

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21
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Attic vent located on the roof where louvers are vertical to the roof pitch

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Dormer vent

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22
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A load that is applied off center

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Eccentric loads

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23
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Enclosed area of overhang creating a concealed space

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Exterior soffits

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24
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Beams with an angle cut away from the supporting wall or column designed to fail early in fire situation to prevent wall collapse usually in unreinforced masonry buildings, but still used today

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Fire cut beam

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25
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Formed metal used to seal roof coverings

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Flashing

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26
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A truss designed to support itself and trusses from an additional section of the building

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Girder truss

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27
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Metal plate with stamped gang nail used to connect wood in lightweight trusses

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Gusset plate

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28
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Ends of blocks

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Head

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29
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Beam spanning an opening in a frame building

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Header

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30
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Sudden load delivered to a structure. ie jumping onto a roof

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Impact load

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31
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Enclosed area creating a concealed space usually over cabinets, hallways, and bathrooms

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Interior soffits

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32
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Vertical supporting member running from ridge to beam to interior bearing wall in conventional framing

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Kingpost

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33
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Brick layed perpendicular to the wall structure in unreinforced masonry used for wall strengthening

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Kingsrow

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34
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Wood member attached to exterior walls for hanging roofs and floors

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Ledger

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35
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Reinforcing steel spanning an opening in a masonry building

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Lintel

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36
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Any load other than dead load; water, snow, machinery, firefighters

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Live load

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37
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Supporting members for rake overhang on a gable roof

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Lookouts/barge rafters

38
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Dividing panels in a window

39
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Vertical and horizontal space in a wall, usually associated with apartments, used for sound deadening and utility placement

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Party wall/sound wall

40
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Any memebr running at a ninety degree angle to the main supporting roof member

41
Q

Inside strengthening column in a masonry or concrete building usually supporting a roof member

42
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14” drywall with holes attached to interior walls and ceilings covered with plaster. Used in 50’s style buildings

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Plaster board

43
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Steel cables in poured concrete capable of being tensioned after the concrete has cured(floors, high rise floors)

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Post tension concrete

44
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Tension applied to reinforcing steel before concrete is poured( bridge beams)

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Pre tension concrete

45
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Poured, preformed metal panels used as a sub base for lightweight floors and roof systems

46
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Vertical supporting member between ridge and outside bearing wall in conventional framing

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Queen post

47
Q

Roof overhang running from the fascia to the ridge

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Rake/barge

48
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Steel reinforcing bar for concrete and masonry, whose system for measuring diameter is based on eighths. I.e. #4 rebar = 4/8” or 1/2”

49
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Concrete with reinforcing steel

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Reinforced concrete

50
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Wood member running along ridge that roof rafters tie into in conventional framing

51
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Horizontal member usually nailed to wall members. Usually in balloon type framing for attaching roof or floor structures

52
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Insulated electrical wire with outer plastic sheath used since early 50’s

53
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Method of measuring roof angle by relation of rise to run i.e. 5/12 pitch = 5” of rise for every 12” of horizontal distance

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Roof pitch

54
Q

Lightweight truss where the bottom chord pitches up, forming a vaulted interior ceiling

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Scissor truss

55
Q

Opening in exterior walls or parapets for removing water off of roofs

56
Q

Split wood shingle in varying dimension and thickness used for roof covering

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Shake shingles

57
Q

Structural component of a roof with horizontal louvers for attic ventilation usually in 30’s style buildings

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Shed dormer

58
Q

Plywood or osb plased on frame buildings for lateral support under siding or stucco

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Sheer panel

59
Q

A force that tends to break materials by sliding past each other

60
Q

Flashing on asphalt shingle roofs to limit water damage to wood fascia

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Shingle mold

61
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Wood member with overlapping ends used in siding and overhangs

62
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Horizontal wood member running on bottom of wall panel

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Sill plate

63
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Window where bottom window panel slides vertically

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Single hung window

64
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1x4 slats used as a roof sheeting on 30’s style buildings. Laid with a 4” gap between slats. Used in conjunction with wood shingles.

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Skip sheathing

65
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Window where the window casing is steel and window panels crank out on hinges

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Steelcase window

66
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Plywood siding with decorative vertical grooves to imitate wood siding

67
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A force that pulls material apart

68
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Steel rod used to keep walls and trusses from spreading

69
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Truss joist I-beam. Lightweight wood I-beam composed of laminated top and bottom chord with webbing of plywood or OSB used for roof rafter and floor joists

70
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Method of nailing wood together at an angle

71
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Horizontal wood member running on top of wall panel

72
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A load that is applied in a twisting motion

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Torsional load

73
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Manufactured component based on a principle of compression and tension composing the roof system

74
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Wood member with interlocking tongue and groove used for added strength and rigidity also for decoration

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Tongue and groove

75
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Coupling used to connect tie rods to apply tension

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Turnbuckle

76
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Concrete without any reinforcing steel

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Unreinforced concrete

77
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Center section of block

78
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Wire mesh attached to interior walls and ceilings covered in plaster. Used in early 40’s-50’s style buildings

79
Q

Sawn wood shingle in uniform dimension and thickness used for roof covering

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Wood shingle

80
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Wood strips attached to interior walls and ceilings covered in plaster. Used in 30’s style buildings

81
Q

Window where the window panel slides horizontally

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X O window/ slider window

82
Q

Buildings can be basically divided into four styles:

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Masonry
Frame
Metal
Concrete

83
Q

The cave creek dam was built in_____

84
Q

_________ is one of the most useful tools in accurate size up. Pre-fire planning allows fire crews to view a building (or large yard, dump, etc.) at the most advantageous time-when it is not on fire.

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Pre-fire planning

85
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The importance of ________ camnot be stressed enough in successful fire ground operations and accurate size up activities!

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Pre-fire planning

86
Q

While placement of a ladder truck will not vary greatly between offensive and defensive operations, ________ will.

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Ladder company functions

87
Q

If the fire is contained to the attic and the interior of the structure is clear, maximum conversion in the attic space can be accomplished by keeping the attic intact and using a ________________. Vertical ventilation is not initially recommended.

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Penetrating nozzle, or by making a hole with a 1 1/2 “ nozzle into the ceiling

88
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When positioning on a fire wall, it is important to spot the apparatus parallel with the building, preferably with the turntable ____________

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As closely centered with the fire wall as possible

89
Q

When conducting rescue operations from elevated places, such as apartment buildings, hotels, etc. priority in ladder apparatus placement is given to the _________ not _________

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Rescue effort first, fire suppression activities

90
Q

Metal clad buildings should not be __________ vented

A

Vertically

91
Q

_______ roofs are 4x8 panels comprised of a compressed cooler pad type material laid over panelized roofs or bar type trusses

92
Q

A 10x10 foot area 2 inches deep with water adds an additional ________ of water to the structure

PFD Captains Test (10 decks)

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