Firefighter 1 & 2
what is the fire triangle? - answer oxygen, fuel, and heat
what is the fire tetrahedron? - answer oxygen, fuel, heat, and a self-sustained chemical
chain reaction
what is potential energy? - answer stored energy possessed by an object that can be
released in the future to perform work
what is kinetic energy? - answer the energy possessed by a moving object
what is the british thermal unit (BTU)? - answer the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree fahrenheit
what is NFPA 1971 - answer standard on protective ensembles for structural fire fighting
and proximity fire fighting
what is ANSI standard Z87.1 - answer practice for occupational and educational eye
and face protection
what are the three components of a turnout coat? - answer outer shell, moisture barrier,
and thermal barrier
what does DRD stand for? - answer drag rescue device
what does IDLH stand for? - answer immediately dangerous to life and health
what are four common respiratory hazards associated with fires and other
emergencies? - answer oxygen deficiency, elevated temperatures, smoke, and toxic
atmospheres
what does PPE stand for? - answer personal protective equipment
according to NFPA 1971, full PPE consists of the following? - answer helmet, hood,
coat, pants, gloves, and boots
the following PPE is not part of NFPA 1971 but required by NFPA 1500? - answer eye
protection, hearing protection, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), and personal
alert safety system (PASS)
what are the four basic SCBA componets? - answer harness assembly, air cylinder
assembly, regulator assembly, and face piece assembly
air cylinders must be stamped or labeled with the dates of? - answer manufacture, and
hydrostatic test
, Firefighter 1 & 2
according to both the u.s. department of transportation and transport canada, steel and
aluminum air cylinders must be tested every __ years and composite air cylinders every
__ years? - answer 5 and 3
what is a class B fire? - answer flammable and combustible liquids, gases, and greases
such as alcohol, cooking oils, gasoline, lubricating oils, and liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG)
what is a class C fire? - answer class A or class B fires created by electrical energy
what is a class D fire? - answer combustible metals and alloys such as lithium,
magnesium, potassium, and sodium
what is a fire extinguisher? - answer a portable fire fighting device designed to combat
incipient fires
every fire extinguisher extinguishes fire by at least one of the following mechanisms? -
answer smothering, cooling, chain breaking, and saponification
what is NFPA 10? - answer standard for portable fire extinguishers
what is a class A fire? - answer ordinary combustibles such as textiles, paper, plastic,
rubber, and wood
what is a class K fire? - answer combustible cooking oils
what does AFFF stand for? - answer aqueous film forming foam
what is the PASS method for a fire extinguisher? - answer pull, aim, squeeze, and
sweep
what is ventilation? - answer the systematic removal of heated air, smoke, and fire
gases from a burning building and replacing them with cooler air
what is conduction? - answer the transfer of heat within a body or to another body by
direct contact
what three mechanisms can heat be transferred from one body to another? - answer
conduction, convection, and radiation
what is convection? - answer the transfer of heat energy by the movement of heated
fluids or gases, usually in an upward direction
what is radiation? - answer the transmission or transfer of heat energy from one body to
another body at a lower temperature through intervening space by electromagnetic
waves, such as infrared thermal waves, radio, or x-rays.
what is the fire triangle? - answer oxygen, fuel, and heat
what is the fire tetrahedron? - answer oxygen, fuel, heat, and a self-sustained chemical
chain reaction
what is potential energy? - answer stored energy possessed by an object that can be
released in the future to perform work
what is kinetic energy? - answer the energy possessed by a moving object
what is the british thermal unit (BTU)? - answer the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree fahrenheit
what is NFPA 1971 - answer standard on protective ensembles for structural fire fighting
and proximity fire fighting
what is ANSI standard Z87.1 - answer practice for occupational and educational eye
and face protection
what are the three components of a turnout coat? - answer outer shell, moisture barrier,
and thermal barrier
what does DRD stand for? - answer drag rescue device
what does IDLH stand for? - answer immediately dangerous to life and health
what are four common respiratory hazards associated with fires and other
emergencies? - answer oxygen deficiency, elevated temperatures, smoke, and toxic
atmospheres
what does PPE stand for? - answer personal protective equipment
according to NFPA 1971, full PPE consists of the following? - answer helmet, hood,
coat, pants, gloves, and boots
the following PPE is not part of NFPA 1971 but required by NFPA 1500? - answer eye
protection, hearing protection, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), and personal
alert safety system (PASS)
what are the four basic SCBA componets? - answer harness assembly, air cylinder
assembly, regulator assembly, and face piece assembly
air cylinders must be stamped or labeled with the dates of? - answer manufacture, and
hydrostatic test
, Firefighter 1 & 2
according to both the u.s. department of transportation and transport canada, steel and
aluminum air cylinders must be tested every __ years and composite air cylinders every
__ years? - answer 5 and 3
what is a class B fire? - answer flammable and combustible liquids, gases, and greases
such as alcohol, cooking oils, gasoline, lubricating oils, and liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG)
what is a class C fire? - answer class A or class B fires created by electrical energy
what is a class D fire? - answer combustible metals and alloys such as lithium,
magnesium, potassium, and sodium
what is a fire extinguisher? - answer a portable fire fighting device designed to combat
incipient fires
every fire extinguisher extinguishes fire by at least one of the following mechanisms? -
answer smothering, cooling, chain breaking, and saponification
what is NFPA 10? - answer standard for portable fire extinguishers
what is a class A fire? - answer ordinary combustibles such as textiles, paper, plastic,
rubber, and wood
what is a class K fire? - answer combustible cooking oils
what does AFFF stand for? - answer aqueous film forming foam
what is the PASS method for a fire extinguisher? - answer pull, aim, squeeze, and
sweep
what is ventilation? - answer the systematic removal of heated air, smoke, and fire
gases from a burning building and replacing them with cooler air
what is conduction? - answer the transfer of heat within a body or to another body by
direct contact
what three mechanisms can heat be transferred from one body to another? - answer
conduction, convection, and radiation
what is convection? - answer the transfer of heat energy by the movement of heated
fluids or gases, usually in an upward direction
what is radiation? - answer the transmission or transfer of heat energy from one body to
another body at a lower temperature through intervening space by electromagnetic
waves, such as infrared thermal waves, radio, or x-rays.
