Exam 1 Flashcards
A “Minor Injury” is an injury determined by the on duty medical officer. A minor injury does not require the member to be granted the remainder of the tour or be granted a medical leave. Examples of minor injuries include all of the following except?
A: Small abrasions
B: Sprains, with minor swelling
C: Mild conjunctivitis
D: Lacerations, not requiring sutures
B-
Safety Bulletins 7 2.1.3
“Flashover” is the transition in the development of a compartment fire when surfaces exposed to thermal radiation from fire gases in excess of ____ degrees Fahrenheit reach ignition temperature more or less simultaneously.
A: 1000
B: 1100
C: 500
D: 2100
B-
FFP Ventilation Glossary
Units are designated with a letter suffix when assigned a specific task at an incident. From the list below, choose the most correct letter suffix for the FireIce unit
A: E310F
B: E52S
C: E292I
D: L39I
C-
Communications ch 2 page-37
A. FAST Unit
B. Communications Unit
D. There are no Ladder companies designated as the FireIce Unit
*K - (NEW) Division Task Force
Answer the following question according to Chief Dunn new book (Collapse of Burning Buildings 2nd edition). Which is the most dangerous time for a wood floor to collapse?
A: During the growth stage
B: During the free burning stage
C: During the decay stage
D: Anytime during a fire
C-
Dunn also says at the end of a fire after the fire has been extinguished. Don’t get this confused with modern and renovated buildings using lightweight construction. In this situation Dunn says these floors will collapse during the early stages of fire….Both of these examples are in Dunn ch 6
The first arriving Engine at a collapse would be taking appropriate action in all choices below except?
A: At times it may be necessary for the first arriving Engine to take a position within the block for use of the apparatus master stream for fire control or exposure protection.
B: Stretch 1 3/4” handline of sufficient length to cover the entire site.
C: Consider stretching 3½” line to supply a tower ladder.
D: Members will remain together as a unit unless otherwise ordered by the IC.
B-
Stretch a 2½” handline of sufficient length to cover the entire site.
Collapse 7.2
At an Active Shooter incident, FDNY members shall operate inside which zone when requested by the NYPD for life saving intervention
A: Hot Zone
B: Warm Zone
C: Cold Zone
D: Support Zone
B-
This operation must be approved by a FDNY DC, unless the NYPD IC requests entry for immediate life-saving medical intervention. In such cases, a FDNY Citywide Command Chief must be immediately notified via dispatcher
ERP add 3A 7.5
A knowledgeable Captain would know that bowstring truss roofs may only support ___% of the load they were originally designed to hold.
A: 58%
B: 60%
C: 40%
D: 90%
C-
Taxpayer 3.3.3 B
Updated calculations have revealed that bowstring truss roofs may only support 40% of the load they were originally designed to hold.
In an underground chemical attack, which Company/Team is responsible for Evacuation to Gross Decon?
A: 2nd arriving Ladder/Team 2
B: 2nd arriving Ladder/Team 1
C: 1st arriving Ladder/Team 2
D: 1st arriving Ladder/Team 1
B-
Explanation: A-Site Access Control C- Back-up to 1st Ladder/Team 1 D- Evacuation and Hazard Assessment ERP add 2 6.5
FDNY units should inspect all spare cylinders (depots, High-Rise Units, company and reserve apparatus) for FULL pressure (4500psi) when?
A: weekly on Mondays
B: monthly on Mondays
C: weekly on Saturdays
D: monthly on Saturdays
A-
Stored cylinders found below FULL should be tagged and returned to the Mask Service Unit for further inspection.
TB SCBA 3.2.12
Choose the most correct statement when it comes to Tower Ladder Operations
A: The TL intercommunication (intercom) is the most effective means of communication between basket and pedestal
B: Detailed members can operate on pedestal even if they are not assigned to a TL
C: No member shall operate in the basket unless he or she is wearing the installed safety belt or a life belt or Personal Harness which is secured to a substantial part of basket. If this is too confining, it is possible to provide working room by forming a loop, 10 feet in diameter, in a LSR around a substantial part of the basket using a bowline to secure the loop, then hook the life belt or Personal Harness onto this loop
D: The TL basket can reach points 20 feet below grade
A-
B. must be assigned to TL or school trained LCC to operate on pedestal
C. 1 foot in diameter
D. 10 feet
Ladders 6 TL Pages 6, 8, 14
At a vacant building fire, the IC may implement an interior attack after a risk assessment has been performed based on all of the following factors except?
A: Current structural stability of the building
B: Verification of safe access to fire area
C: Size and location of the fire
D: Any suspected life hazard
D-
Any KNOWN life hazard
Vacants 1.1.3
Choose the most correct comment made about steam at a recent study group
A: Steam is invisible. The white mist seen is the condensate that forms when steam cools
B: A high pressure steam leak will not hamper communications
C: A ruptured steam pipe will not cause the release of asbestos since all asbestos was required to be removed
D: FFs shall only enter a Con-Ed steam generating plant without an escort for life saving purposes
A-
B. will make communications difficult
C. will cause the release of asbestos (haz-mat incident)
D. never enter a Con Ed steam generating plant without Con Ed personnel
Emergency Procedures Steam pages 1 and 2
Tool assignments/positions vary greatly depending on the location of the fire at an Old Law Tenement, especially at top floor fires. From the choices listed below, choose the most correct tool assignment/position
A: LCC does not have to remain on turntable even when members have entered the building by Aerial ladder and are in precarious positions such as a floor over a heavy fire
B: For top floor fires, the 1st OV is to take saw in place of hook
C: For a top floor fire, the 1st Roof FF shall take halligan tool, 6 foot halligan hook, and saw to the roof of fire building
D: For top floor fire, the 1st Can FF should take two 6 foot hooks in lieu of the pressurized water extinguisher
B-
A Should remain on turntable
C halligan tool, 6 foot halligan hook, and LSR
D 2nd Can FF
Ladders 3 tenements pages 9, 13, 24
According to the Citywide Incident Management System (CIMS), all of the following are considered “core competencies” of the FDNY except?
A: Pre-hospital emergency medical care
B: CBRN/Haz-Mat Life Safety Operations
C: Structural evacuation
D: Arson investigation (major case)
D-
CIMS states that the core competencies of the FDNY are:
1. Fire suppression
2. Pre-hospital emergency medical care
3. Search and rescue
4. Structural evacuation
5. CBRN/Haz-Mat Life Safety Operations and mass decontamination
6. Arson investigation (cause and origin)
AUC 276 2.1
Properly trained officers should know when they require a replacement KO Curtain they should contact?
A: Their administrative Battalion
B: Their administrative Division
C: The Division of Technical Services
D: The Rope Unit at the Fire Academy
B-
TB Tools 2 6.3
The “Recommended Pump Discharge Pressure” for a fire on the 45th floor of a high rise office building is?
A: 150 psi
B: 300 psi
C: 350 psi
D: 400 psi
C-
Engine 9.3.12
Fire Floor Recommended Pump Discharge Pressure 1 – 10 150 psi 11 – 20 200 psi 21 – 30 250 psi 31 – 40 300 psi 41 – 50 350 psi 51 – 60 400 psi 61 – 70 450 psi 71 – 80 500 psi 81 – 90 550 psi 91 – 100 600 psi 101 – 110 650 psi
All of the following are the correct tool assignments/positions at a flat roof Private Dwelling fire except?
A: The 2nd Roof FF shall take the 6 foot halligan hook and LSR when there will be a delay in laddering the rear of the building due to attached exposures
B: The 2nd Roof FF shall take the 6 foot halligan hook and saw to the roof
C: 1st OV shall assist 1st LCC with rescues in front. If no rescues, then immediately make their way to the rear to check for life hazard
D: 1st LCC to operate in front of building. No operations in front of building then team up with 2nd LCC prior to entry and search
A-
1st Roof FF
PDs Ch 4
In the company journal, which page(s) is/are ruled and indexed to record company drills?
A: 494
B: 500 running backwards to 498
C: 497 running backwards to 495
D: 504
C-
The column headings should be: Date; Training Subject; Conducted By; Groups on Duty.
B. Chief’s visits
A. Bn Depot (mask cylinders)
Company Journal 3.1-3.3
The Inspector General’s responsibilities include all of the following except?
A: Corruption
B: Criminal
C: Confrontations (serious) with civilians
D: Conflicts of Interest
C-
This is BITS
AUC 268A 1.1
Immediate notification to BITS: On-duty possession/use drugs or alcohol Fight between brothers Serious confrontation with Civilians Dangerous misuse of Dept vehicle Confrontation btw members of other Dept
A knowledgeable Lieutenant made the following four statements regarding pole-mounted Con Ed transformers. In which choice was he incorrect?
A: Con Edison does not test pole mounted transformers for PCB content.
B: Almost all of Con Edison’s overhead transformers are not, or were not, designed to be PCB liquid filled. They are mineral oil transformers.
C: Due to past storage and/or servicing practices some of these transformers have become PCB contaminated, i.e., 50-499 PPM PCB. None will be PCB Transformers (500 PPM or greater).
D: All new transformers being installed by Con Edison as replacements for existing ones and/or new installations are non-PCB transformers.
C-
A small percentage of these transformers have attained levels of 500 PPM PCB or greater which classifies them as PCB transformers.
AUC 180 Ref 2
When all units are in position at a working fire in a HRFPMD with two serviceable elevators, these elevators are expected to be found in the standby mode on which two floors?
A: Lobby and one floor below the fire floor
B: Lobby and two floors below the fire floor
C: Lobby and the Fire Floor
D: Lobby and three floors below the fire floor
MDs 6.4.8
B-
6.4.8
After all units are in position, and two elevators are available and serviceable, maintain one elevator on standby in the lobby and one two floors below the fire. This would allow the transport of members required for relief and/or transport of injured members or civilians down to the lobby.
Which unit upon arrival at a HRFPMD fire is responsible to ensure that the elevators are recalled and searched
A: First arriving Ladder
B: Second arriving Ladder
C: Third arriving Ladder
D: Second arriving Engine
Multiple dwellings 6.4.2……
B-
first ladder shall recall the elevators
the second ladder shall ensure that the elevators are recalled and searched
the IC must ensure that the elevators are recalled, searched, and controlled early in the operation
The Lobby Control Unit is dispatched upon the transmission of signal 10-76. The Lobby Control Unit duties can be found in all of the following choices except?
A: Operates on the Command channel
B: Assume control of elevators and provide operators
C: Ensure that all elevators are recalled and searched
D: Establish controls to account for personnel exiting and entering the elevators
E: Provide resources to transport personnel to upper floors as required
A-
Tactical channel
ICS Ch 2 add 4
The original layout of the interior rooms of Brownstone buildings are correctly described in all of the choices below except?
A: The first floor (basement) was composed of a kitchen in the rear with a dining room in the front, and an interior stairway to the second floor (parlor) and cellar. There is also a large closet.
B: The second floor (parlor) contained the front and rear parlor rooms, a hall, bedroom in the rear and the main entrance to the building. This is the only floor with two means of egress to the outside.
C: The third and fourth floors contained two bedrooms each, with hall rooms in the front and the rear, off the stairway. These may have been bedrooms or bathrooms.
D: There may be small bedrooms on the upper floors having their only entrance from the hall. These rooms can be found in the front or the rear.
B-
The first floor (basement) is the only floor with two means of egress to the outside.
Brownstones 2.1.2
