FIREFIGHTER 1 SET COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Rollover - ✔✔The ignition of unburned fire gases at the top of the compartment
✔✔Smoke explosion - ✔✔When unburned fuel gases contact an ignition source
✔✔212 degrees - ✔✔Water is converted to steam at:
✔✔Mobile fill stations - ✔✔Which type of fill station is designed to refill SCBAs at
emergency incidents?
✔✔True - ✔✔True or false: All energy can change from one type to another.
✔✔14 percent - ✔✔In ambient temperatures, materials can ignite at oxygen
concentrations as low as:
✔✔Masonry - ✔✔Brick, stone, concrete
✔✔1000 degrees - ✔✔Steel fails at what temperature?
✔✔National Fire Protection Association - ✔✔What organization formed in 1896
develops codes and standards to ensure fire and life safety for the public?
✔✔Moisture content - ✔✔Green wood has a high:
✔✔Aluminum - ✔✔What metal will be affected by heat more rapidly than steel?
✔✔Revolving - ✔✔What type of door design can prevent movement of hose or
equipment into a building?
✔✔2000 degrees - ✔✔Fire shelters are rated to approximately what temperature?
, ✔✔Personal alert safety system - ✔✔PASS stands for
✔✔Ordinary combustibles - ✔✔Class A
✔✔Liquids and gases - ✔✔Class B
✔✔Electrical equipment - ✔✔Class C
✔✔Combustible Metals - ✔✔Class D
✔✔Kitchen - ✔✔Class K
✔✔Class D - ✔✔Dry powder extinguisher is used on what type of fire ONLY
✔✔1983 - ✔✔NFPA for rope
✔✔Leeward - ✔✔Which windows are opened first during ventilation?
✔✔4-6 feet - ✔✔How far should a blower be from a door during ventilation
✔✔NFPA 1932 - ✔✔Standard on Use, Maintenance, and Service Testing of In-Service
Fire Department Ground Ladders
✔✔bed section - ✔✔Lowest and widest section of an extension ladder; while the ladder
is being raised or lowered, this section always maintains contact with the ground or
other supporting surface.
✔✔fly section - ✔✔Upper section(s) of extension or some combination ladders; the
section that moves.
✔✔Metal - ✔✔least expensive construction material for ladders
✔✔300 degrees - ✔✔Heat sensor on ladders is preset to
✔✔115 feet - ✔✔To comply with NFPA 1901, aerial apparatus must carry a minimum of
how many feet of ground ladders?
✔✔Monthly - ✔✔How often should ladders be inspected (besides after every use)?
✔✔straight finish - ✔✔last section of hose arranged loosely back and forth across the
top of the hose load
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Rollover - ✔✔The ignition of unburned fire gases at the top of the compartment
✔✔Smoke explosion - ✔✔When unburned fuel gases contact an ignition source
✔✔212 degrees - ✔✔Water is converted to steam at:
✔✔Mobile fill stations - ✔✔Which type of fill station is designed to refill SCBAs at
emergency incidents?
✔✔True - ✔✔True or false: All energy can change from one type to another.
✔✔14 percent - ✔✔In ambient temperatures, materials can ignite at oxygen
concentrations as low as:
✔✔Masonry - ✔✔Brick, stone, concrete
✔✔1000 degrees - ✔✔Steel fails at what temperature?
✔✔National Fire Protection Association - ✔✔What organization formed in 1896
develops codes and standards to ensure fire and life safety for the public?
✔✔Moisture content - ✔✔Green wood has a high:
✔✔Aluminum - ✔✔What metal will be affected by heat more rapidly than steel?
✔✔Revolving - ✔✔What type of door design can prevent movement of hose or
equipment into a building?
✔✔2000 degrees - ✔✔Fire shelters are rated to approximately what temperature?
, ✔✔Personal alert safety system - ✔✔PASS stands for
✔✔Ordinary combustibles - ✔✔Class A
✔✔Liquids and gases - ✔✔Class B
✔✔Electrical equipment - ✔✔Class C
✔✔Combustible Metals - ✔✔Class D
✔✔Kitchen - ✔✔Class K
✔✔Class D - ✔✔Dry powder extinguisher is used on what type of fire ONLY
✔✔1983 - ✔✔NFPA for rope
✔✔Leeward - ✔✔Which windows are opened first during ventilation?
✔✔4-6 feet - ✔✔How far should a blower be from a door during ventilation
✔✔NFPA 1932 - ✔✔Standard on Use, Maintenance, and Service Testing of In-Service
Fire Department Ground Ladders
✔✔bed section - ✔✔Lowest and widest section of an extension ladder; while the ladder
is being raised or lowered, this section always maintains contact with the ground or
other supporting surface.
✔✔fly section - ✔✔Upper section(s) of extension or some combination ladders; the
section that moves.
✔✔Metal - ✔✔least expensive construction material for ladders
✔✔300 degrees - ✔✔Heat sensor on ladders is preset to
✔✔115 feet - ✔✔To comply with NFPA 1901, aerial apparatus must carry a minimum of
how many feet of ground ladders?
✔✔Monthly - ✔✔How often should ladders be inspected (besides after every use)?
✔✔straight finish - ✔✔last section of hose arranged loosely back and forth across the
top of the hose load
