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To ensure that aerial driver/operators are prepared to perform lifts, bends, and other
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strenuous activities, they must obtain a periodic medical examination in accordance with:
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- Verified ANS ✔✔ - NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and
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Health Program
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Hydraulic System - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Provides power for operating the various
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components needed to stabilize the apparatus and extend the aerial device
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Communication System - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Permits firefighters at the tip of the aerial j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j.



device to communicate with the driver/operator at the turntable control station
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Cable System - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Extends the third, fourth, and fifth sections of the aerial
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device
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Water Delivery System - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Includes the pre-paid aerial ladder waterway,
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detachable ladder pipe system, elevating waterway system, and the water tower system
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Breathing System - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Allows one or more firefighters operating at the tip
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of the aerial device to breathe clean air without donning a SCBA
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Mounted Special System - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Includes the electrical power generation
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equipment, scene lighting, and hydraulic extrication tool systems
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A ladder's fly section is best described as the: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Second and
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subsequent sections that extend beyond the base or bed section
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Hydraulic System - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Elevates the aerial device from its stowed position
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Cables, slides, and rollers - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Used to extend the third and fourth
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sections on an aerial device
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Turntable - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Provides continuous rotation on a horizontal plane
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Control Pedestal - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Positioned on the turntable to the side of the aerial
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device so that the operator has a clear view of the tip and workers on the device
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Stabilizers - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Deployed anytime the aerial device will be raised from its
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bed and prevents the apparatus from leaning or tipping over
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, Identify three types of ground ladders an aerial device MUST have: - Verified ANS ✔✔ -
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Extension ladders, folding ladders, and roof ladders
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Characteristics of an aerial apparatus can be compared to: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - An j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j.



individual personality--each apparatus may perform, react, and handle differently
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What should you do when approaching an intersection? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Make eye
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contact with other drivers to make sure that they see you
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When is one situation warning devices should be turned on? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - When
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the apparatus needs to negotiate slow-moving traffic
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What are the four basic categories of an aerial apparatus? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Aerial
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ladder apparatus, elevating platform apparatus, water towers, quints
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The sledgehammer carried on the aerial apparatus is an example of: - Verified ANS ✔✔ -
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Forcible entry equipment
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A water tower is best described as a: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Telescoping or articulating
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aerial device whose primary function is to deploy a master stream
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Driver/operators must be capable of: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Performing rigorous activities j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j.



while setting up the aerial apparatus
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Where would you find levers on the aerial apparatus the control extension, rotation, and
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elevation? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - The control pedestal
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Fixed breathing air systems: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Allow firefighters to breather clean air
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without donning SCBA
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Determine if the gauges in an aerial apparatus are functioning properly by: - Verified ANS
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✔✔ - Starting the engine and making sure that the gauges move into their normal
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operative ranges
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The total stopping distance is: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - The sum of the driver/operator's
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reaction distance and the aerial apparatus's braking distance
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What are three conditions that could cause you to lose control of an aerial apparatus? -
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Verified ANS ✔✔ - Liquid surge within the water tank, traveling at 50 mph around a turn,
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and wet, icy roadways
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Centrifugal force is greater when driving: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Large vehicles j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j. j.




The hoisting cylinder's function is best described as: - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Elevating the
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aerial device from its stowed position
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