VOCAB Ifsta pump operator Flashcards
1
Q
Deadheading
A
Operating a hydraulic pump without allowing flow through the system
generates high amounts of heat and pressure
2
Q
GFCI
A
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
Device designed to protect against electrical shock.
3
Q
Hoisting Cylinder
A
Hydraulics cylinders used to lift the aerial device
4
Q
Stabilizer shoe
A
Metal plate attached to the bottom end of the ladder truck stabilizers. also known as Boot or Foot
5
Q
Ancillary Ladder
A
Small Ladder attached to an elevating platform to be used as an escape route from a tower bucket
6
Q
Bourdon Tubbe
A
Part of a pressure gauge that has a curved, flat tube that changes its curvature as pressure changes
7
Q
Cable Hanger
A
Device used to test the structural strength of aerial ladders
8
Q
Mars Light
A
Single-Beam oscillating warning light
