308 DC TEAM LEADER, 308- TEAM LEADER UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What does a team leader do
Answer:
Brief the hose team of casualty prior to entry
Question:
2. What is NSTM 555
Answer:
The damage control bible at which (all shipboard fire fighting based on)
Question:
3. What are the four stages of fire
Answer:
growth stage, flashover, fully developed fire stage, delay stage
Question:
4. During the growth stage what occurs
Answer:
rollover
Question:
5. What is rollover
Answer:
When gasses burn in overhead
Question:
6. What do you do during a fog attack
Answer:
use wide v pattern, point nozzle at 45 degree angle, apply short fogburst from 2-
3 seconds and 2-3 second.
Question:
7. What is fog attack
Answer:
A way to fight fires
, Question:
8. What do you do during a fully developed fire
Answer:
Use indirect method (vent smoke, cool door)
Question:
9. What is the flash point
Answer:
Lowest temperature which a liquid gives off sufficient vapor
Question:
10. What is the ignition temperature
Answer:
Lowest temperature required to initiate self sustained combustion
Question:
11. How can heat be transferred
Answer:
Conduction, Radiation, Convection
Question:
12. Radiation
Answer:
Most important, hard to track, no substance involved, doesnt have to be hot (ex:
sun)
Question:
13. What are the portable extinguishers
Answer:
C02, Portable AFFF, and Pkp
Question:
14. When are you limited to 3 hoses = (150 ft)
Answer:
When going upwards when fighting a fire
Question:
15. When are you limited to 6 hoses
Answer:
When fighting a fire going downwards (300 Ft)
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What does a team leader do
Answer:
Brief the hose team of casualty prior to entry
Question:
2. What is NSTM 555
Answer:
The damage control bible at which (all shipboard fire fighting based on)
Question:
3. What are the four stages of fire
Answer:
growth stage, flashover, fully developed fire stage, delay stage
Question:
4. During the growth stage what occurs
Answer:
rollover
Question:
5. What is rollover
Answer:
When gasses burn in overhead
Question:
6. What do you do during a fog attack
Answer:
use wide v pattern, point nozzle at 45 degree angle, apply short fogburst from 2-
3 seconds and 2-3 second.
Question:
7. What is fog attack
Answer:
A way to fight fires
, Question:
8. What do you do during a fully developed fire
Answer:
Use indirect method (vent smoke, cool door)
Question:
9. What is the flash point
Answer:
Lowest temperature which a liquid gives off sufficient vapor
Question:
10. What is the ignition temperature
Answer:
Lowest temperature required to initiate self sustained combustion
Question:
11. How can heat be transferred
Answer:
Conduction, Radiation, Convection
Question:
12. Radiation
Answer:
Most important, hard to track, no substance involved, doesnt have to be hot (ex:
sun)
Question:
13. What are the portable extinguishers
Answer:
C02, Portable AFFF, and Pkp
Question:
14. When are you limited to 3 hoses = (150 ft)
Answer:
When going upwards when fighting a fire
Question:
15. When are you limited to 6 hoses
Answer:
When fighting a fire going downwards (300 Ft)
