Exam Solution Manual for Fire Investigation Specialist
NFPA 10 - Answers Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
NFPA 13 - Answers Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
NFPA 14 - Answers Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems
NFPA 101 - Answers Life Saety Code
NFPA 1033 - Answers The national professional qualification stand for anyone serving as a fire
investigator
NFPA 921 - Answers Establishes guidelines and recommendations for the safe and systematic
investigation or analysis of fire and explosion incidents.
deductive reasoning - Answers testing a hypothesis can be done in different ways, but in the fire
investigation field, it most often relies on?
cognitive testing - Answers The use of a person's thinking skills and judgment to evaluate the empirical
data and challenge a hypothesis based on data and scientific knowledge.
Basic methods of Fire Investigation - Answers 1. Receive the assignment
2. Prepare for the investigation
3. Conduct the investigation
4. Collect and preserve evidence
5. Analyze the incident
6. Draw conclusions
7. Report
administrative review - Answers Usually carried out within your organization to ensure the product
meets the organization's procedures, such as for content as outlined in the organization's procedures
manual, grammar, and spelling.
technical review - Answers critique of your work and findings
exothermic reaction - Answers reaction or process that releases energy in the form of heat
endothermic reaction - Answers reaction that absorbs or uses energy
plume - Answers the column of hot gases, flames, and smoke rising above a fire; also called convection
column, thermal updraft, or thermal column
, chemical reaction - Answers Oxidation is a _________________in which an element combines with
oxygen, resulting in loss of electrons.
ceiling jet - Answers When the plume reaches the ceiling of a room, the movement of the fire gases
parallel to the ceiling is known as a
conduction - Answers occurs when solid objects are heated, and energy is transferred from hotter to
cooler areas through direct contact
convection - Answers when heat is absored from heated gases or liquids by cooler objects or materials
radiation - Answers the transfer of heat via electromagnetic waves
fuel load - Answers total quantity of combustible contents of a building, space, or fire area, including
interior finish and trim, expressed in heat units or the equivalent weight in wood
fuel items - Answers any articles that are capable of burning
fuel package - Answers collection or array of fuel items in close proximtiy with one another such that
flames can spread throughout the array
spot-type detector - Answers protects a certain square footage area
line-type detector - Answers runs along a continuous route throughout an area
duct smoke detector - Answers many commercial air distribution systems to sample the air as it moves
areas of demarcation - Answers areas in which the fire damage or effects are similar in magnitude or
characteristics
lines of demarcation - Answers the borders defining the differences in fire effects on materials between
the affected area and adjacent, less-affected areas
fire effects - Answers changes in or on a material as a result of the fire
fire pattern - Answers visible or measurable changes in or on a material as a result of the fire
spalling - Answers chipping or pitting of concreate or masonry surfaces
crazing - Answers When hot glass is rapidly cooled, usually with water, the colling can produce
___________, a complicated pattern of short cracks that can be either straight or crescent shaped and
can extend through the entire thickness of the glass.
beveling - Answers fire pattern that indicates fire direction on wood wall studs
the bevel - Answers (angled side) points toward the general source of the heat
NFPA 10 - Answers Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
NFPA 13 - Answers Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
NFPA 14 - Answers Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems
NFPA 101 - Answers Life Saety Code
NFPA 1033 - Answers The national professional qualification stand for anyone serving as a fire
investigator
NFPA 921 - Answers Establishes guidelines and recommendations for the safe and systematic
investigation or analysis of fire and explosion incidents.
deductive reasoning - Answers testing a hypothesis can be done in different ways, but in the fire
investigation field, it most often relies on?
cognitive testing - Answers The use of a person's thinking skills and judgment to evaluate the empirical
data and challenge a hypothesis based on data and scientific knowledge.
Basic methods of Fire Investigation - Answers 1. Receive the assignment
2. Prepare for the investigation
3. Conduct the investigation
4. Collect and preserve evidence
5. Analyze the incident
6. Draw conclusions
7. Report
administrative review - Answers Usually carried out within your organization to ensure the product
meets the organization's procedures, such as for content as outlined in the organization's procedures
manual, grammar, and spelling.
technical review - Answers critique of your work and findings
exothermic reaction - Answers reaction or process that releases energy in the form of heat
endothermic reaction - Answers reaction that absorbs or uses energy
plume - Answers the column of hot gases, flames, and smoke rising above a fire; also called convection
column, thermal updraft, or thermal column
, chemical reaction - Answers Oxidation is a _________________in which an element combines with
oxygen, resulting in loss of electrons.
ceiling jet - Answers When the plume reaches the ceiling of a room, the movement of the fire gases
parallel to the ceiling is known as a
conduction - Answers occurs when solid objects are heated, and energy is transferred from hotter to
cooler areas through direct contact
convection - Answers when heat is absored from heated gases or liquids by cooler objects or materials
radiation - Answers the transfer of heat via electromagnetic waves
fuel load - Answers total quantity of combustible contents of a building, space, or fire area, including
interior finish and trim, expressed in heat units or the equivalent weight in wood
fuel items - Answers any articles that are capable of burning
fuel package - Answers collection or array of fuel items in close proximtiy with one another such that
flames can spread throughout the array
spot-type detector - Answers protects a certain square footage area
line-type detector - Answers runs along a continuous route throughout an area
duct smoke detector - Answers many commercial air distribution systems to sample the air as it moves
areas of demarcation - Answers areas in which the fire damage or effects are similar in magnitude or
characteristics
lines of demarcation - Answers the borders defining the differences in fire effects on materials between
the affected area and adjacent, less-affected areas
fire effects - Answers changes in or on a material as a result of the fire
fire pattern - Answers visible or measurable changes in or on a material as a result of the fire
spalling - Answers chipping or pitting of concreate or masonry surfaces
crazing - Answers When hot glass is rapidly cooled, usually with water, the colling can produce
___________, a complicated pattern of short cracks that can be either straight or crescent shaped and
can extend through the entire thickness of the glass.
beveling - Answers fire pattern that indicates fire direction on wood wall studs
the bevel - Answers (angled side) points toward the general source of the heat
