Random Flashcards
Can anyone call a mayday
Yes
Where do you flush when catching a hydrant
Furthest away side
How long until full alarm on PASS
30 seconds
Where does rehab set up in a high rise
One floor below staging
How do you sector a building
By floor
What do you do if your hood is damaged
Tell the captain
What is code 1
Police now!!
Who is resonsible for knowing the limitations / spec of a flash hood
The user
Rated weight of a Bangor ladder
750 lbs
Distance between defibrillator pads?
Minimum 1 inch apart
Immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) Co?
100ppm or greater
Know the CO levels for 8 hour work week
25ppm
Working distance of 4x4 24” cribbing?
16” (3.5 overlap)
When to use a hose clamp except
Can be used to prevent charging the hose bed during a forward lay from a hydrant
Allow replacement of a burst section of hose without stopping water supply
Allow extension of a charged hoseline without stopping water supply
can not control hydrant pressure
When to flush tank of apparatus
First Saturday of every month
How long to vigorously rub/ stimulate neonate after they are born
30 seconds
Max distance between pumper and aerial when charging 100mm hose
30m
How many conditions to match before administering naloxone (6)
suspected opioid toxicity
over 12
Unresponsive
Resp depression
SPO< 92%
Inability to be adequately ventilated
Ladder placements
Top of window for ventilation
Bottom of window sill fro rescue
3-5 rungs in for firefighter entry
What is the Stack effect?
Natural movement of air in and out of a structure, caused by pressure differences in the atmosphere outside the structure compared to within
Stack effect in summer
upper floors will be sucking in air from the outside, lower floors will be pushing cool air out creating negative pressure at the top REVERSE STACK EFFECT (air goes up)
Stack effect in the winter
Negative pressure created at the bottom, cold air rushes in and travels upwards, pushing warm air from the top out
Tic can’t see through
Walls
Glass
water
K-tool is used for
pulling locks