Week 1

Question 1

when a civilian states they are being harassed by another civilian, what does the officer do and who does he forward the report too?

Answer 1

Request PD, places the unit OOS, report goes to chief of operations

Question 2

When you come across a child who should not be returned to parents for safety reasons. What do you do?

Answer 2

Company OOS, request PD, FDNY Ems supervisor, and ambulance. ambulance does the report.

Question 3

Who are you?

E76L, E76Y, E76C, E76S?

Answer 3

E76L = lobby control unit
E76Y = systems control unit
E76C = CFR
E76S = communications unit

Question 4

What suffix does the chief who is the staging area manager have?

Answer 4

P Ex. B11P

Question 5

Which is not correct for CIDS:
A- 4 lines 40 characters each
B- abbreviations shall be used
C- use a dash to split words at end of lines
D-All official street addresses do not need cids for a building

Answer 5

C- do not split words at the end of a line.

*if official adress is 100-110 amsterdam ave but only 110 is posted, officer can determine that only 110 needs CIDS

Question 6

T or F

taxpayers built prior to 1920 may have a decorative metal cornice that can be removed to provide access to the cockloft

Answer 6

True

Question 7

In taxpayers, cast iron columns are unpredictable and fail on the average in about ____min

Answer 7

30 min

Question 8

In taxpayers, which 2 areas are particularly vulnerable to backdrafts?
a-cocklofts
b- cellars
c- storage areas
d- cornices

Answer 8

B/C cellar and storage areas

Question 9

T or F Taxpayers
The presence of smoke and the force of it issuing from cornices, scuttles, skylights, windows, doors or other openings may give some indication of the fire location and its severity.

Answer 9

true

Question 10

T or F Taxpayers
An alternative to roof venting, is the use of a hose stream from a distance or flanking position, which is immediately discharged when the fire area is opened-up. This may be just as effective as roof ventilation.

Answer 10

F, is not as effective as roof ventilation

Question 11

T or F Taxpayer
A trench cut can be used as a ventilation hole when there are other ventilation holes AND it is not practical to cut a trench when fire has involved a major portion of the cockloft.

Answer 11

TRUE

*dont use trench as only vent hole

Question 12

What size hole for a vent hole in a taxpayer, and how many saws and how many members to cut it?

Answer 12

8x8 hole, 2 saws and 4 members

Question 13

T or F LSR

when repacking the rope you come across a kink, so you take the rope OOS

Answer 13

false, remove the kink

Question 14

LSR is going out of service. Who do you send the report to?

Answer 14

Chief of Safety

Question 15

T or F training rope

The training rope is 100ft, and can be used a max of 200 times (100 on each end)

Answer 15

True

Question 16

T or F

People, equipment, and apparatus leaving the initial exclusion zone must be decontaminated.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

T or F

CPC ladder companies can operate in the exclusion zone when technical companies are monitoring the environment.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T or F
you are outside your administrative area and come across a vacant building that is not marked. You leave it and notify the admin company so they can mark it.

Answer 18

False, you can mark a vacant outside your admin area

Question 19

What is the depth of the cockloft in the following buildings?
a- H-type
b- taxpayer
c- brownstone
d- rowframe

Answer 19

a-up to 4ft
b-4” to more then 6’
c-2-3ft
d- 1ft up to tall enough to stand in

Question 20

for an “open house” how long will the firehouse be open to the public?

Answer 20

2 hours

*operation sidewalk is 1hr

Question 21

Suspicious activity form
where do you send it?
where in firehouse do you store it?

Answer 21

send it to BFI and call BFI

do not keep copies in firehouse

Question 22

CIDS

when submitting an immediate cids do you call, fax, email, etc..?

Answer 22

submit online and call admin BC

Question 23

What is a CL2LW?

Answer 23

A fire-protected structure constructed using metal “C” joist or steel bar joist.

Question 24

What is a CL3LW?

Answer 24

A non fire proof structure renovated or repaired using any type of structural light weight materials

Question 25

What is a CL4LW?

Answer 25

Wood frame structure constructed using any time of structural lightweight materials

Question 26

t or f

wooden bowstring truss may only support 60% of the land they were originally designed to.

Answer 26

False, 40%

Question 27

taxpayers

unprotected open web steel joists may collapse after only ___min.

Answer 27

5-10 minutes

Question 28

how much can the LSR shrink?

Answer 28

8-10ft

Question 29

inflatable soft landing mat
t or f
used to a maximum height of 3 stories, can be used on the apron, only used at firehouse, zipper at exhaust port must be in the full open position

Answer 29

TRUE

Question 30

NFPA diamond

what is the blue, red, yellow, white section?

Answer 30

blue - health hazards
red - flammability
yellow - reactivity
white - special hazards