Residential Fires

Question 1

What three components are necessary for a fire?

Answer 1

Fuel, Heat, Oxygen

Question 2

Flammability

Answer 2

how easily and fast something burns

Question 3

____ are the highest fire fatality in the world

Answer 3

residential fires

Question 4

residential fires are more common in what SES?

Answer 4

lower SES

Question 5

there is an increase in residential fires on what day?

Answer 5

thanksgiving

Question 6

in 28% of fatalities fire started by what?

Answer 6

cigarettes

Question 7

fires happen mainly in what house areas?

Answer 7

bedroom and living room

Question 8

Gas fueled stovetops have higher risk in residential fires and what else?

Answer 8

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Question 9

what area is the leading place of origin for residential fires?

Answer 9

kitchen

Question 10

asphyxia due to oxygen deficiency

Answer 10

smoke inhalation

Question 11

fire can pull out extra oxygen and can lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. called the Silent Killer

Answer 11

asphyxia due to carbon monoxide

Question 12

burns in the upper airway, lungs can additionally melt and you can drown from your pleural fluid.

Answer 12

what is thermal damage?

Question 13

toxins produced from wood and plastic, are materials that are used in the building

Answer 13

smoke poisoning

Question 14

what is a first degree burn?

Answer 14

superficial, sunburn

Question 15

what is a second-degree burn?

Answer 15

partial thickness, dermal layer, blisters, skin turns white

Question 16

what is a third-degree burn?

Answer 16

Full thickness, all the way to the bone, charred leathery skin, skin grafts almost always necessary

Question 17

flame burns

Answer 17

contact with an open flame

Question 18

contact burn

Answer 18

contact with a hot object

Question 19

scalds

Answer 19

contact with a hot liquid

Question 20

electrical burn

Answer 20

heat damage in tissue

Question 21

flash burns

Answer 21

brief exposure to intense radiation

Question 22

steam burn

Answer 22

contact with steam

Question 23

what is the single most effective way to save lives in residential fires?

Answer 23

education

Question 24

education in residential fires

Answer 24

learning how to react, recognize hazards, make escape plan, drills

Question 25

engineering in residential fires

Answer 25

smoke detectors

Question 26

PASS

Answer 26

Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep

Question 27

what is the flammable fabrics act?

Answer 27

reduce flammability in material for clothing

Question 28

what percent of residential fires result in a fatality?

Answer 28

80%

Question 29

heat cant work without what?

Answer 29

oxygen

Question 30

__% of fire deaths and __% of fire injuries are directly related to age.

Answer 30

45%, 25%

Question 31

males are __ times more likely to die in a residential fire compared to females

Answer 31

1.5 times

Question 32

what percent of people killed in residential fires have some type of hearing disability prior to the fire>

Answer 32

28%

Question 33

what percent of residential fire deaths involve alcohol use?

Answer 33

40-50%

Question 34

what percent of fire injury/deaths are related to smoke inhalation?

Answer 34

25%

Question 35

what kills 2 times more people than actual burns?

Answer 35

smoke inhalation

Question 36

every __ out of 5 people are asleep when burned/killed

Answer 36

2

Question 37

what percent of nonfatal victims were injured fighting the fire or rescuing someone from it?

Answer 37

40%