NFPA 1002 Driver/Operator

Question 1

Duties of a driver operator

Answer 1

• Safely operate apparatus
• Operate equipment
• Inspect / maintain apparatus & equipment

Question 2

MDH is what size

Answer 2

2.5”-3” (64mm-77mm)

Question 3

When your apparatus starts to skid, you do…

Answer 3

• Stay off your brakes

- Steer where you want to go

Question 4

SDH is what size

Answer 4

1”-2” (25mm-50mm)

Question 5

Hydrants have what kind of valve

Answer 5

Gate valve

Question 6

In what order do you shut down a relay operation

Answer 6

From the attack pumper, to the supply pumper

Question 7

Exhaust brakes work how

Answer 7

Shutter valve behind the turbo. The valve closes and creates back pressure when run back through the engine

Question 8

A fire pump’s capacity is established how

Answer 8

From a draft

Question 9

Expansion ratio of a high expansion foam, and what its used for

Answer 9

200:1 - 1000:1, it is used for confined space firefighting

Question 10

Define: Foam

Answer 10

A stable mass of small air filled bubbles

Question 11

How much do you add for residual when calculating an attack pumpers calculated flow

Answer 11

140 kpa (make it easy and remember 150 kpa)

Question 12

What allows an additional pump to be added to a relay operation

Answer 12

A relay valve

Question 13

A dump tube should be flowed at less than…

Answer 13

100 GPM (400 L/min)

Question 14

Water 0-100 degrees C is what state

Answer 14

Liquid

Question 15

Typical fog nozzle kpa

Answer 15

700 kpa (100 psi)

Question 16

NPDP PPS stands for what

Answer 16

Net pump discharge pressure, from a positive pressure source

Question 17

A hydrant painted red flows

Answer 17

500 GPM or less

Question 18

Where does NPDP come into play

Answer 18

Its the amount of pressure created by the pump after receiving pressure from a positive pressure source (hydrant or another engine).

Question 19

Define: Brake fade

Answer 19

Using the brakes to the point of heating up, and becoming ineffective

Question 20

What does a primer pump do

Answer 20

Pumps the air out of a pump

Question 21

Elevation loss is about how much

Answer 21

10 kpa per meter

30 kpa per story

Question 22

Level 2 staging requires what

Answer 22

A staging officer

Question 23

Class A foams are used on

Answer 23

Ordinary combustables

Question 24

Foams ability to minimize fuel pick up is called what

Answer 24

Resistance

Question 25

NFPA 1901 requires wheel chocks to be able to hold the fire apparatus on ____ grade while the tranny is in neutral

Answer 25

20% grade

Question 26

Large diameter intake connections use what type of valve

Answer 26

Butterfly valve

Question 27

On scene, fire apparatus are classified in what two categories

Answer 27

Working & Parked

Question 28

All apparatus are operated in two ways

Answer 28

Emergency response & on scene operations

Question 29

Define: Miscible

Answer 29

Readily mixes with water

Question 30

Class B foams are used on

Answer 30

• Flammable liquids
• Hydrocarbons
• Polar solvents

Question 31

The formula to figure out PDP is

Answer 31

PDP = NP + FL

Question 32

Elevation pressure is approx how much per meter

Answer 32

10 kpa

Question 33

Huge water lifts (drafting) what do what to your discharge abilities

Answer 33

Decrease

Question 34

Electromagnetic retarders work how

Answer 34

They create and opposing magnetic field around the drive shaft which in turn slows how fast the drive shaft is spinning, slowing the vehicle.

Question 35

Another name for the 50% test

Answer 35

250 psi test (1723 kpa)

Question 36

What is the final product of mixing water, foam concentrate, air, and mechanical agitation

Answer 36

“Finished foam”