CAL FIRE FAE Exam Questions And Answers

A service - ANS 90 Days B service - ANS 6,000 miles or 6 months C service - ANS 24,000 miles or 12 months Tank test interval - ANS 5 years ME-101 - ANS Daily Equipment report Atmospheric pressure at sea level - ANS 14.7 psi Minimum GPM for master stream - ANS 375 Minimum fire flow for 1500 sq ft house - ANS 150 gpm Gallons in a cubic ft - ANS 7.5 Weight of water per gallon - ANS 8.33 PSI of head pressure per building floor - ANS 5 Nozzle pressure for tips - ANS 50psi Nozzle pressure for combi nozzle - ANS 100 psi Stages of fire development - ANS Incipient, growth, fully developed, decay Ladders are to be inspected - ANS Monthly and after each use How far from hazard should warning flagging be placed - ANS 25 ft Azmith declination in CA - ANS 16 Sq miles in a township - ANS 36 Determining your location from two known landmarks - ANS Resection Township lines run - ANS East and west The top left section of a township is what number - ANS 6 Layman's 5 size up components - ANS Facts, probabilities, own situation, decisions, plan of operation. How many sq for can a crew member cut in an hour - ANS 180 4 calculation factors for crew production - ANS Grass - 3 Light brush- 6 Heavy brush - 9 Very heavy brush - 12 Mobile attack rate - ANS 100ft per minute Water tender turnaround calculations - ANS 15 min fill up 2 min per paved rd 4 min per mile unpaved When does low air alarm sound - ANS 33% Common denominators on tragedy fires - ANS Relatively small fires or deceptively quiet areas of larger fires. Light flashy fuels. Unexpected shift in wind direction/speed When fire responds to topographic conditions and runs uphill Safety zone size - ANS 32 sq ft per person. 4 times flame height Minimum tread depth - ANS 4/32 4 types of adverse action - ANS Suspension, reduction, demotion, dismissal Extended attack fire - ANS Fire contained in 1st period controlled by 2nd Wind speed air ops will likely be halted - ANS 30mph Chains in a mile - ANS 80 Acres in a square mile - ANS 640 acres ME 101 - ANS Daily vehicle inspection report ME 15 - ANS Demob inspection ME14 - ANS Faulty equipment report Direction tankers fly - ANS Counter clockwise Modern wood frame construction technique that builds one floor at a time and inserts a plate between each floor as a fire stop. - ANS Platform frame First signs of oxygen deficiency - ANS Increased respiratory rate and impaired muscular coordination Oxygen deficient atmospheres have less than ____% - ANS 19.5% Extinguishing agents safe for use on energized electrical - ANS CO2 and dry chem Extinguishing agent for combustible metals - ANS Dry powder Psi for testing fire hose - ANS 45 - 50 ICS term grouping resources by geographical location - ANS Division In kernmantle rope the kern is ___% Of it's strength - ANS 75% SLICERS - ANS Size up Location Identify and control Cool from safest location Extinguish Fire Rescue Salvage Tank capacity for type 1, 2 and 3 engines - ANS Type 1 - 300 Type 2 - 300 Type 3 - 500 Minimum pump flow for type 1, 2 and 3 engines - ANS Type 1 - 1000 Type 2 - 500 Type 3 - 150 Minimum hose or type 1 - ANS 2 1/2 1200 1 1/2 500 Minimum hose type 2 - ANS 2 1/2 1000 1 1/2 500 Minimum hose for type 3 - ANS 1 1/2 1000 1'. 500