Quiz 2 Flashcards
Colorless, odorless, electrically nonconductive inert gas that is suitable medium for extinguishing Class B and Class C fires. (NFPA 10)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
A piece of heavy canvas with handles, which can be used to tote debris, ash, embers, and burning materials out of a structure.
Carryall
A toxic gas produced through incomplete combustion.
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Windows in a steel or wood frame that open away from the building via a crank mechanism. These windows have a side hinge.
Casement Windows
A method of piping air tanks together to allow air to be supplied to SCBA fill station using progressive selection of tanks, each with a higher pressure level. (NFPA 1901)
Cascade System
Open space within walls for wires and pipes
Chase
Foam intended for use on Class B fires. (NFPA 1901)
Class B Foam
Self-contained breathing apparatus designed to recycle the user’s exhaled air. This system removes carbon dioxide and generates fresh oxygen.
Closed-Circuit SCBA
The concealed space between the top-floor ceiling and the roof of a building.
Cockloft
A collection of permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the U. S federal government. Its 50 titles represent broad areas of interest that are governed by federal regulation. Each volume is updated annually and issued on a quarterly basis.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
A type of attack employing both direct attack and indirect attack method.
Combination Attack
a ground ladder that is capable of being used both as a stepladder and as a single or extension ladder. (NFPA 1931)
Combination Ladder
a chemical process of oxidation that occurs at a rate fast enouigh to produce heat and usually light in the form of either a glow or a flame
Combustion
a hand-operated tool used for dragging or lifting heavy objects that uses pulleys and cables or chains to multiply a pulling or lifting force.
Come Along
a foam system that combines air under pressure with foam solution to create foam. (NFPA 1901, 1906)
Compressed air foam system (CAFS)
heat transfer to another body or within a body by direct contact
Conduction
those procedures taken to keep a material, once released, in a defined or local area. (NFPA 472)
Confinement
the actions taken to keep a material in its container (e.g., stop a release of the material or reduce the amount being released.) (NFPA 472)
Containment
heat transfer by circulation within a medium such as a gas or a liquid. (NFPA 921)
Convection
the ability of a material to cause damage (on contact) to skin, eyes, or other parts of the body
Corrosivity
short lengths of timber/composite materials, usually 4”x4” and 18”x24” long that are used in various configurations to stabilize loads in place or while load is moving. (NFPA 1006)
Cribbing
non bearing walls that separate the inside and outside of the building but are not part of the support structure for the building.
Curtain Wall
consists of the weight of all materials of construction incorporated into the building including but no limited to walls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairways, built-in partitions, finishes, cladding and other similarly incorporated architectural and structural items, fixed service equipment including the weight of cranes.
Dead Load
the physical and/or chemical process of reducing and preventing the spread and effects of contaminants to people, animals, the environment, or equipment involved at hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents. (NFPA 1072)
Decontamination
actions that are intended to control a fire by limiting its spread to a defined area, avoiding the commitment of personnel and equipment to dangerous areas. (NFPA 1500)
Defensive Operation
a sprinkler system employing open sprinklers or nozzles that are attached to a piping system that is connected to a water supply through a valve that is opened by the operation of a detection system installed in the same areas as the sprinklers or the nozzles, When this valve opens, water flows into the piping system and discharges from all sprinklers or nozzles attached there to. (NFPA 13)
Deluge System
windows that have two movable panels or sashes that can move up and down.
Double-hung Windows
an arrangement of pipe permanently connected to a water source other than a piped, pressurized water supply system that provides a ready means of water supply for firefighting purposes and that utilizes the drafting (suction) capability of a fire department pump. (NFPA 1142)
Dry Hydrant
a sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers that are attached to a piping. (NFPA 13)
Dry Pipe Sprinkler System
a type of hydrant used in areas subject to freezing weather. The valve that allows water to flow into the hydrant is located underground below the frost line, and the barrel of the hydrant is normally dry.
Dry-barrel hydrant (frostproof hydrant)
a fire extinguisher that uses a powder composed of very small particles, usually sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, or ammonium phosphate based with added particulate material supplemented by special treatment to provide resistance to packing, resistance to moisture absorption (caking), and the proper flow capabilities. These fire extinguishers are rated for use on Class B and C fires, although some are also rated for Class A fires.
Dry-chemical fire extinguisher
a fire extinguisher that uses solid materials in powder or granular form to extinguish Class D combustible metal fires by crusting, smothering, or heat transferring means.
Dry-powder fire extinguisher
a short fold placed in a hose when loading it into the bed; the fold keeps the hose properly oriented and prevents the coupling from turning in the hose bed.
Dutchman
a rope generally made from synthetic materials that is designed to be elastic and stretch when loaded.
Dynamic rope
Under normal atmospheric condition each of these substances is a gas. A complex process turn them into liquids that can be stored and used for long periods of time.
Cryogens
Some corrosives and other types of chemicals are transported and stored in a vessel called _______. It is made up of glass, plastic, or steel container that holds 5 to 15 gallons of a product.
Carboy
is an adverse health effect that occurs gradually over time after long-term exposure to a hazard
Chronic Health Hazard
