BEFO final Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Performs forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation, salvage and overhaul, and utilities control and provides access to upper levels of a structure? - ️️truck (ladder) company establishes codes, standards, guidelines, and recommended practices for the prevention and control of fire - ️️National Fire Protection Association what is the mission of the fire service - ️️save lives, property and environment what is the ideal span of control - ️️3-7 under one supervisor The formal line of authority, responsibility, and communication within an organization. - ️️chain of command Basic unit of fire fighting operations - ️️company what does a company consist of - ️️apparatus, firefighters, and an officer multiple companies within a response area - ️️battalion or response district performs fire suppression duties - ️️engine company searches for and removes victims - ️️rescue company Extinguishes ground cover or grass fires and protects structures in areas close to fields and woodlands - ️️brush company standard operating procedures - ️️SOPs What is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities - ️️Cardiovascular disease common respiratory diseases - ️️COPD, asthma, lung cancer, etc what are the 3 zones of an incident scene - ️️Hot zone, warm zone, and cold zone What are the 3 types of accountability - ️️Passport System, SCBA Tag system, computer based Electrical field that radiates outward from where the current enters the ground - ️️ground gradientSeparate telecommunications or dispatch centers that the fire department, EMS, or law enforcement agency operates - ️️Emergency service specific telecommunications center central location that takes all emergency calls and routes the calls to the scene - ️️Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) who regulates all radio communication in the United States - ️️Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Radios used in fixed locations such as fire stations, telecommunications centers, training centers, or administrative offices are referred to as: - ️️Base station radios common radio limitations - ️️distance, physical barriers, dead zones, interference, ambient noise building type which provides the highest level of fire protection, made of concrete and steel - ️️Type 1 (fire resistive) building type which is composed of materials that won't contribute to fire development or spread, commonly with open web joists - ️️Type 2 (noncombustible) building type commonly found in mercantile, business, and residential structures. Usually has void spaces. - ️️Type 3 (ordinary construction) Building type which is made of large dimensioned lumber or laminated wood - ️️Type 4 (heavy timber) Building type commonly known as wood frame, load bearing walls are composed entirely of wood - ️️Type 5 (wood frame) A factory assembled residence built in units or sections that are transported to a permanent site and erected on a foundation. - ️️manufactured home Home assembled on site consisting of constructed panels made of foam insulation sandwiched between sheets of plywood. - ️️panelized homes potential energy available for release in the combustion process - ️️heat of combustion The quantity of heat required to change the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celcius - ️️4.2 joulesreactions that emit energy as they occur - ️️exothermic reaction reactions that absorb energy as they occur - ️️endothermic reaction off gassing chemical change in solids - ️️vaporization