FIRE AND LIFE EDUCATOR LATEST COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔____ is the scientific measurement of how much heat is available for transfer to a
human skin. - ✔✔Heat flu
✔✔What are some of the negative physical effects during fire that visible smoke
produces? - ✔✔Reduced Visibility
Irritation and toxicity caused by inhaling smoke particles
Emotional effects, causing fear
✔✔____ is the primary culprit in fire deaths. - ✔✔Carbon monoxide
✔✔___ poisoning alone accounts for about half of all fire deaths. - ✔✔Carbon monoxide
✔✔_________ is what the fire and life safety educator does by developing and sharing
safety skills and information. - ✔✔Changing human behavior
✔✔In 1982 Dr. John Keating wrote an article called ___ which identified the four
elements to panic behavior? - ✔✔The Myth of Panic
,✔✔Dr. John Keating's four elements to panic behavior are: - ✔✔A hope for escape
even with closing escape routes
Contagious behavior, especially if key noted by leaders of a group affected by fire.
Aggressive concern by the individual for his or her own safety as opposed to concern
for others in the same fire.
Irrational, illogical response to the fire situation
✔✔What are the 6 basic techniques people use to decide what to do in a fire? -
✔✔Threat recognition
Validation
Definition
Evaluation
Commitment
Reassessment
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define threat
recognition? - ✔✔Something isn't right and people hope the threat is false
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
validation? - ✔✔Unsure on how serious a threat is
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define definition
? - ✔✔People ask themselves, what do they know about the threat
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
evaluation ? - ✔✔People decide whether to fight or flight
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
commitment ? - ✔✔People begin to act on the decision made during evaluation
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
reassessment ? - ✔✔If the action does not appear to work, the people will reassess
✔✔Smoke detectors are required to have a sound level output of at least ____ decibels
at ___ feet. - ✔✔85
10
✔✔Homes need __ smoke detector on each level of the residence, outside each
sleeping area. - ✔✔1
✔✔Estimated 92% of households in the U.S. have smoke detectors, however about ___
% of those households have nonoperational smoke detectors. - ✔✔20
,✔✔What accounts for almost all of the nonoperational detectors? - ✔✔Dead, missing,
or disconnected batteries
✔✔Products of combustion can be detected by this smoke detector by using tiny
amounts of radioactive materials, when the smoke enters the chamber they it attaches
itself to the electrically charged molecules which sets this type of detector off> -
✔✔Ionization smoke detector
✔✔This detector responds to most fires; however it responds faster to flaming fires than
to smoldering fires. - ✔✔Ionization smoke detector
✔✔This detector is sometimes called the visible products of combustion detector and it
uses a photoelectric cell coupled with a light source. It performs in 2 ways with beam
application and refractory application - ✔✔Photoelectric smoke detector
✔✔____ detectors are fixed temperature detectors and rate of rise detectors. - ✔✔Heat
✔✔______ detectors are generally restricted to high hazard areas such as transformer
vaults. - ✔✔Flame
✔✔What are the 3 kinds of exit lighting and signs? - ✔✔Exit Lighting
Emergency Lighting
Exit Signs
✔✔_______are a frequent topic for presentations for both the general public and in the
workplace. - ✔✔Portable extinguishers
✔✔Matching extinguishers to ____ are extremely important. - ✔✔Hazard
✔✔A ____ is a combination of the fuel involved and the hazard of the occupancy. -
✔✔Hazard
✔✔What class of fire involves wood and paper and uses water based, multipurpose and
dry chemicals to extinguisher? - ✔✔Class A
✔✔What class of fire involves flammable liquids and uses carbon dioxide, dry chemical,
AFFF, and halon extinguishers? - ✔✔Class B
✔✔What class of fire involves charged electrical equipment and uses carbon dioxide,
dry chemical, and halon extinguishers? - ✔✔Class C
✔✔What class of fire involves combustible metals and uses dry powder extinguishers? -
✔✔Class D
, ✔✔When advising the public about what type of portable fire extinguisher to choose the
fire educator will emphasize what to key points? - ✔✔Match the extinguisher to the fuel
Match the extinguisher to the hazard
✔✔What are the key messages that should be remembered after purchasing a fire
extinguisher? - ✔✔Know how to use the extinguisher
Know when to use it
Know whether the extinguisher needs annual maintenance or replacement after use
✔✔What are the 3 major types of burns? - ✔✔Thermal
Chemical
Electrical
✔✔What type of burns affects only the skins outer layer, the epidermis which is like a
sunburn but does not blister or scar? - ✔✔1st Degree
✔✔What type of burns extends to the dermis, second layer of skin, will blister and can
be very painful and may even scar? - ✔✔2nd Degree
✔✔What type of burns are serious injuries in which the skin is too damaged to heal due
to all 3 layers of the skin being burned away? - ✔✔3rd Degree
✔✔Physicians use the ____ to calculate the percent of body surface area burned in
adults and children. - ✔✔Rule of Nines
✔✔NFPA ___ placard is a marking symbol for hazardous materials. - ✔✔704
✔✔NFPA 704 identifies what three kinds of hazards associated with the hazardous
materials? - ✔✔Blue - Health
Red - Flammability
Yellow - Reactivity
White - Represents a specialized hazard that might be with the product like the use of
no water
✔✔In the NFPA 704 the severity of a hazard is given by a number with 0 indicating
_____ and 4 indicating _____. - ✔✔No hazard
Severe hazard
✔✔___ is sometimes called " the art of accomplishing organizational objectives through
and with people. - ✔✔Management
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔____ is the scientific measurement of how much heat is available for transfer to a
human skin. - ✔✔Heat flu
✔✔What are some of the negative physical effects during fire that visible smoke
produces? - ✔✔Reduced Visibility
Irritation and toxicity caused by inhaling smoke particles
Emotional effects, causing fear
✔✔____ is the primary culprit in fire deaths. - ✔✔Carbon monoxide
✔✔___ poisoning alone accounts for about half of all fire deaths. - ✔✔Carbon monoxide
✔✔_________ is what the fire and life safety educator does by developing and sharing
safety skills and information. - ✔✔Changing human behavior
✔✔In 1982 Dr. John Keating wrote an article called ___ which identified the four
elements to panic behavior? - ✔✔The Myth of Panic
,✔✔Dr. John Keating's four elements to panic behavior are: - ✔✔A hope for escape
even with closing escape routes
Contagious behavior, especially if key noted by leaders of a group affected by fire.
Aggressive concern by the individual for his or her own safety as opposed to concern
for others in the same fire.
Irrational, illogical response to the fire situation
✔✔What are the 6 basic techniques people use to decide what to do in a fire? -
✔✔Threat recognition
Validation
Definition
Evaluation
Commitment
Reassessment
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define threat
recognition? - ✔✔Something isn't right and people hope the threat is false
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
validation? - ✔✔Unsure on how serious a threat is
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define definition
? - ✔✔People ask themselves, what do they know about the threat
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
evaluation ? - ✔✔People decide whether to fight or flight
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
commitment ? - ✔✔People begin to act on the decision made during evaluation
✔✔In the 6 basic techniques people use to decided what to do in a fire define
reassessment ? - ✔✔If the action does not appear to work, the people will reassess
✔✔Smoke detectors are required to have a sound level output of at least ____ decibels
at ___ feet. - ✔✔85
10
✔✔Homes need __ smoke detector on each level of the residence, outside each
sleeping area. - ✔✔1
✔✔Estimated 92% of households in the U.S. have smoke detectors, however about ___
% of those households have nonoperational smoke detectors. - ✔✔20
,✔✔What accounts for almost all of the nonoperational detectors? - ✔✔Dead, missing,
or disconnected batteries
✔✔Products of combustion can be detected by this smoke detector by using tiny
amounts of radioactive materials, when the smoke enters the chamber they it attaches
itself to the electrically charged molecules which sets this type of detector off> -
✔✔Ionization smoke detector
✔✔This detector responds to most fires; however it responds faster to flaming fires than
to smoldering fires. - ✔✔Ionization smoke detector
✔✔This detector is sometimes called the visible products of combustion detector and it
uses a photoelectric cell coupled with a light source. It performs in 2 ways with beam
application and refractory application - ✔✔Photoelectric smoke detector
✔✔____ detectors are fixed temperature detectors and rate of rise detectors. - ✔✔Heat
✔✔______ detectors are generally restricted to high hazard areas such as transformer
vaults. - ✔✔Flame
✔✔What are the 3 kinds of exit lighting and signs? - ✔✔Exit Lighting
Emergency Lighting
Exit Signs
✔✔_______are a frequent topic for presentations for both the general public and in the
workplace. - ✔✔Portable extinguishers
✔✔Matching extinguishers to ____ are extremely important. - ✔✔Hazard
✔✔A ____ is a combination of the fuel involved and the hazard of the occupancy. -
✔✔Hazard
✔✔What class of fire involves wood and paper and uses water based, multipurpose and
dry chemicals to extinguisher? - ✔✔Class A
✔✔What class of fire involves flammable liquids and uses carbon dioxide, dry chemical,
AFFF, and halon extinguishers? - ✔✔Class B
✔✔What class of fire involves charged electrical equipment and uses carbon dioxide,
dry chemical, and halon extinguishers? - ✔✔Class C
✔✔What class of fire involves combustible metals and uses dry powder extinguishers? -
✔✔Class D
, ✔✔When advising the public about what type of portable fire extinguisher to choose the
fire educator will emphasize what to key points? - ✔✔Match the extinguisher to the fuel
Match the extinguisher to the hazard
✔✔What are the key messages that should be remembered after purchasing a fire
extinguisher? - ✔✔Know how to use the extinguisher
Know when to use it
Know whether the extinguisher needs annual maintenance or replacement after use
✔✔What are the 3 major types of burns? - ✔✔Thermal
Chemical
Electrical
✔✔What type of burns affects only the skins outer layer, the epidermis which is like a
sunburn but does not blister or scar? - ✔✔1st Degree
✔✔What type of burns extends to the dermis, second layer of skin, will blister and can
be very painful and may even scar? - ✔✔2nd Degree
✔✔What type of burns are serious injuries in which the skin is too damaged to heal due
to all 3 layers of the skin being burned away? - ✔✔3rd Degree
✔✔Physicians use the ____ to calculate the percent of body surface area burned in
adults and children. - ✔✔Rule of Nines
✔✔NFPA ___ placard is a marking symbol for hazardous materials. - ✔✔704
✔✔NFPA 704 identifies what three kinds of hazards associated with the hazardous
materials? - ✔✔Blue - Health
Red - Flammability
Yellow - Reactivity
White - Represents a specialized hazard that might be with the product like the use of
no water
✔✔In the NFPA 704 the severity of a hazard is given by a number with 0 indicating
_____ and 4 indicating _____. - ✔✔No hazard
Severe hazard
✔✔___ is sometimes called " the art of accomplishing organizational objectives through
and with people. - ✔✔Management
