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What is jurisdiction is California primarily under? correct answers Federal
What is the minimum diameter hose size for wildland, WUI, and vehicle fires? correct answers 1
1/2 inch
What is the minimum diameter hose size for structure fires? correct answers 1 3/4 inch
What does the first S in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Survival
What does the F in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Fire environment
What does the A in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Access
What does the C in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Construction/ Clearance
What does the T in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Time contraints
What does the second S in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Stay or go
How often are you supposed to get fit tested? correct answers Annually
How many components does smoke have and what are they? correct answers 3
Vapor, particles, and toxic gases
What is the first step in cleaning an SCBA correct answers Rinse with hose water
What does the P in PASS stand for? correct answers Personal
What does the A in PASS stand for? correct answers Alert
What does the first S in PASS stand for? correct answers Safety
What does the second S in PASS stand for? correct answers System
What does the PASS device do? correct answers Alerts when a firefighter is motionless for a set
time
What is the percent rate for an SCBA? correct answers 90 PSI
What gases are most commonly produces in residential and commercial fires? correct answers
Hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and phosgene
What are the characteristics of carbon monoxide? correct answers Colorless, odorless, and
poisonous
, Where does phosgene come from? correct answers Fires at textile factories, houses, metalwork,
or burning freon
What is hydrogen cyanide? correct answers A toxic gas produced by the combustion of materials
containing cyanide.
Which type of breathing apparatus recycles the user's exhaled air? correct answers Closed-
Circuit
What does endothermic mean? correct answers Absorbs heat
What does exothermic mean? correct answers Releases heat
Meaning of ignition point? correct answers The minimum temperature at which a substance will
burn.
Flame point correct answers The lowest temperature at which a liquid produces enough vapor to
sustain a continuous fire.
What is vapor density? correct answers The weight of a vapor compared to air.
What is the vapor density of air? correct answers 1
When does backdraft occur? correct answers When gases become heated above their ignition
temperature.
What are the components of the fire triangle? correct answers Fuel, heat, and oxygen
What are the components of a fire tetrahedron? correct answers Fuel, heat, oxygen, and chemical
reaction
What is the combusting form of matter for fuel? correct answers Vapor
What is another term for flammability limits? correct answers Explosive limits
Describe type 1 construction correct answers Fire resistive
Describe type 2 construction correct answers Noncombustibles
Describe type 3 construction correct answers Ordinary/Masonry
Describe type 4 construction correct answers Heavy Timber
Describe type 5 construction correct answers Wood Frame
What is jurisdiction is California primarily under? correct answers Federal
What is the minimum diameter hose size for wildland, WUI, and vehicle fires? correct answers 1
1/2 inch
What is the minimum diameter hose size for structure fires? correct answers 1 3/4 inch
What does the first S in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Survival
What does the F in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Fire environment
What does the A in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Access
What does the C in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Construction/ Clearance
What does the T in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Time contraints
What does the second S in S-FACTS stand for? correct answers Stay or go
How often are you supposed to get fit tested? correct answers Annually
How many components does smoke have and what are they? correct answers 3
Vapor, particles, and toxic gases
What is the first step in cleaning an SCBA correct answers Rinse with hose water
What does the P in PASS stand for? correct answers Personal
What does the A in PASS stand for? correct answers Alert
What does the first S in PASS stand for? correct answers Safety
What does the second S in PASS stand for? correct answers System
What does the PASS device do? correct answers Alerts when a firefighter is motionless for a set
time
What is the percent rate for an SCBA? correct answers 90 PSI
What gases are most commonly produces in residential and commercial fires? correct answers
Hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and phosgene
What are the characteristics of carbon monoxide? correct answers Colorless, odorless, and
poisonous
, Where does phosgene come from? correct answers Fires at textile factories, houses, metalwork,
or burning freon
What is hydrogen cyanide? correct answers A toxic gas produced by the combustion of materials
containing cyanide.
Which type of breathing apparatus recycles the user's exhaled air? correct answers Closed-
Circuit
What does endothermic mean? correct answers Absorbs heat
What does exothermic mean? correct answers Releases heat
Meaning of ignition point? correct answers The minimum temperature at which a substance will
burn.
Flame point correct answers The lowest temperature at which a liquid produces enough vapor to
sustain a continuous fire.
What is vapor density? correct answers The weight of a vapor compared to air.
What is the vapor density of air? correct answers 1
When does backdraft occur? correct answers When gases become heated above their ignition
temperature.
What are the components of the fire triangle? correct answers Fuel, heat, and oxygen
What are the components of a fire tetrahedron? correct answers Fuel, heat, oxygen, and chemical
reaction
What is the combusting form of matter for fuel? correct answers Vapor
What is another term for flammability limits? correct answers Explosive limits
Describe type 1 construction correct answers Fire resistive
Describe type 2 construction correct answers Noncombustibles
Describe type 3 construction correct answers Ordinary/Masonry
Describe type 4 construction correct answers Heavy Timber
Describe type 5 construction correct answers Wood Frame
