Engine Company Ops Flashcards

(36 cards)

1
Q

Pull pass or stop short how many addresses

A

2 addresses

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2
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Small, wall mounted safe that holds building keys for retrieval by fd,ems and police during emergency situations.

A

Knox box

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3
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Occurs when all surface and objects within a space have been heated to their ignition temp and simultaneously combust.

A

Flashover

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4
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Can take place at the point between growth and fully developed stages of a fire

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Flashover

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5
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Is an explosion that occurs when oxygen enters an oxygen-deficient smoldering fire.

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Backdraft

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6
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Conditions typically exist during a fire’s decay stage, after the fire compartment had consumed all available oxygen

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Backdraft

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7
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Takes places when pressure from the fire area pushes heated gases into uninvolved areas, causing flames to present in layers of smoke

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Rollover

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8
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Occurs when fire gases separate into layers according to temp.

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Stratification

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9
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Gases with the highest temperatures move to the top layers, and the cooler gases move to the bottom layers.

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Thermal layering or thermal balance

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10
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Amount of energy the fire releases over time.

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Heat release rate

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11
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RECEO VS

A

Rescue, exposure, confinement, extinguishment, overhaul, ventilation, salvage.

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12
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VSP

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Victim Survivability Profiling

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13
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Enables a fire to sustain combustion

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Oxygen

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14
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Includes any combustible material in the form of solid, a flammable liquid or a gas

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Fuel

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15
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It is needed to raise the fuel to its ignition temperature

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Heat

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16
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Occurs when the other three elements are present in their necessary conditions

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Chain reaction

17
Q

Begins when heat, oxygen, and a fuel source combine and have a chemical reaction resulting in fire…..also known as what

A

Incipient stage
“Ignition”

18
Q

Occurs as fire increases in size from areas if small flames to flames encompassing an entire compartment

19
Q

Fire envelopes the entire compartment, involving all contents in fire.

A

Fully developed stage

20
Q

Begins when the available oxygen can no longer support combustion.

21
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Include man made materials such as plastics, synthetics, polyurethane, and polyester.

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Modern materials

22
Q

Consist of natural materials such as cotton, wicker, solid wood and dimensional lumber.

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Legacy or traditional materials

23
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Refers to a collection of airborne particulates and gases entrain and mix into.

24
Q

What is smoke filled with

A

Carbon and carbon monoxide

25
Indicates the amount of fuel that is "off-gassing" within a given space.
Volume
26
Refers to the thickness of the emission and how much fuel is laden in the smoke
Smoke density
27
Refers to how difficult it is to see through the smoke
Optical density
28
Involves a systematic look at the entire fire scene to ensure no further traces of fire exist.
Overhaul
29
Represents the primary focus of any incident
Rescue
30
Often overlooked. Becomes necessary in larger fires when lacking on scene resources makes extinguishment impossible.
Confinement
31
Can represent one of the most dangerous and important tasks firefighters perform.
Ventilation
32
Before any ventilation takes place, the ventilation team must answer the following questions:
What is the fires location? What is the current ventilation status? Will adding additional ventilation openings affect fire conditions? Where is the hoseline?
33
What is salvage
Property conservation
34
Taking direct action to mitigate a problem
Offensive mode
35
To prevent damage to the area around a structure, officer deploy this strategy when they have decided a building cannot be saved.
Defensive mode
36
Sets the foundation for incident management
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