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ISO stands for ✔Correct Answer-Insurance Services Office
The US has the ✔Correct Answer-highest fire death rate of highly industrialized countries
The ____ is used in many countries, but has been slowly accepted by the US fire service ✔Correct
Answer-metric measuring system (SI)
Today we find ____ of household furnis hings are made of plastic ✔Correct Answer-40 - 50%
Infrared imaging can be used to ✔Correct Answer-seek out heated locations in the building
including body heat of people
What years have been called the decade of conflagrations ✔Correct Answer-1900 -1910
infrared imaging is important to the fire service because ✔Correct Answer-it can help find trapped
people and hidden fires
global positioning system, once perfected, may be used by the fire service to ✔Correct Answer-
locate the nearest fire apparatus
the Emergency Response Technology Advisory Group was established by ✔Correct Answer-FEMA
the SI system was approved for use in the US in ✔Correct Answer-1970
10/8/1871, two fires burned out of control ✔Correct Answer-Great Chicago Fire and a wildfire in
Wisconsin
The National Board of Fire Underwriters was formed in an effort to ✔Correct Answer-Get the
Chicago City Council to enforce fire ordinances
Fire departments in the United States spend on the average ____ of their total fire department
budget for fire prevention work ✔Correct Answer-3 - 5%
NIMS stands for ✔Correct Answer-National Incident Management System
The San Francisco conflagration was described as the "double scourge" because of broken
✔Correct Answer-Gas mains and water mains
Ultrafine water mist was developed in response to ✔Correct Answer-The banning of halogenated
systems
In 1968, the fire service leaders met in ________ to develop recommendations to improve the U.S.
fire service ✔Correct Answer-Racine
In the America Burning report, many recommendations were identified as needing improvement;
however, only _____ recommendations were addressed ✔Correct Answer-Two
, The pattern of conflagrations is ✔Correct Answer-Has been experienced since the first colonists
settled America.
The terrorist attack on 9/11 awoke us to the fact that ✔Correct Answer-Not all fire and safety
problems in high-rise buildings are solved
All matter is made up of either pure substances or mixtures ✔Correct Answer-True
What type of reaction is a fire ✔Correct Answer-Exothermic
The three basic parts of an atom are ___, ___ & _____? ✔Correct Answer-Neutron, Proton,
Electron
A PH reading of 7 means the substance is ✔Correct Answer-neutral
A change in a substance in which an entirely new substance is formed in the process best defines
✔Correct Answer-Chemical change
Are Carbon Dioxide vapors lighter or heavier than air ✔Correct Answer-They are heavier than air
If the vapor density of air is one, what is the vapor density of butane ✔Correct Answer-Less than
one
Charles' law states that ✔Correct Answer-A gas will contract or expand in direct proportion to an
increase or decrease in temperature
A BLEVE occurs when ✔Correct Answer-The pressure inside the tanks exceed the pressure valve
limit and the container ruptures
The atomic number is equal to the number of _____ revolving about the nucleus of the atom
✔Correct Answer-Electrons
In order to have a BLEVE, what cant happen ✔Correct Answer-Flammability
Water boils at what temperature ✔Correct Answer-212
Flashover may occur during which phase of fire ✔Correct Answer-Growth
A stoichiometric reaction is ✔Correct Answer-A balanced reaction, where all the fuel is consumed
Give an example of a high order explosive ✔Correct Answer-C-4
Cryogenic Liquids have a boiling point below ____degrees Fahrenheit ✔Correct Answer--150
Fire fighters need to know that a yellow flame indicates ✔Correct Answer-Carbon monoxide is
being produced
During the incipient phase of combustion, the oxygen level in a room would normally be ✔Correct
Answer-21%