FIREFIGHTER 2 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔V shaped collapse - ✔✔outer walls in tact and middle fails
✔✔lean to collapse - ✔✔one wall fails, opposite wall holds up
✔✔a frame collapse - ✔✔center wall holds while outer walls fail
✔✔Cantilever collapse - ✔✔least stable
✔✔2 categlories of hazards during a structural collapse - ✔✔1 physical
2 enviremental
✔✔physical collapse hazard (5) - ✔✔1 debris
2 exposed wiring and rebar
3 confines spaces
4 heights
4 secondary collapse
✔✔enviremental hazard (5) - ✔✔1 fire
2 noise
3 darkness
4 weather
5 utilities
✔✔OSHA defines confines space as having the 3 following characteristics - ✔✔1 large
enough to enter
2 limited or restricted means of entering and exiting
3 not designed for continuous occupancy
✔✔firefighters without specific confined space rescue trai I g are usually limited to
performing what? - ✔✔non entry rescues and support functions outside the space
✔✔electrical equipment should be what? - ✔✔intrinsically safe
, ✔✔OATH method - ✔✔O-1 tug- OK
A- 2 tugs- ADVANCE
T- 3 tugs- TAKE UP SLACK
H- 4 tugs- HELP
✔✔5 water rescue operations - ✔✔IDSSS
ice
dive
surface
surf
swift water
✔✔rescues - ✔✔victims is alive and may be saved
✔✔recoveries - ✔✔victim is likely dead and recovering a body
✔✔what 3 instances should personnel wear flotation devices - ✔✔1 entering water
2 within 10 ft of water edge
3 riding in water craft
✔✔firefighters assisting rescue team may wear ____ for warmth, but should not
approach the water edge because? - ✔✔PPE
ppe can quickly become water logged and cause the ff to sink
✔✔safety guideline when assisting in trench rescue - ✔✔ladders should be 3 ft above
the top of the trench
✔✔where are manual stop switches on escalators - ✔✔located on nearby wall or on the
hand rail support at the top or bottom
✔✔whenever rescuers respond to any situation involving electricity, they should always
do the following (2) - ✔✔1 assume all electrical lines are energized
2 call for power provider to respi d and standby till they arrive
✔✔ a ff2 is trained to coordinate ff1 and ff2 personnel while what? - ✔✔working under
the supervision of a company officer
✔✔duty of a ff2 - ✔✔coordinate an interior attack line at a structure fire
✔✔NFPA 1962 provides guidance for? - ✔✔testing fire hose
✔✔hose service tests are performed? (3) - ✔✔1 annually
2 after repairs
3 after a vehicle has ran over the hose
✔✔V shaped collapse - ✔✔outer walls in tact and middle fails
✔✔lean to collapse - ✔✔one wall fails, opposite wall holds up
✔✔a frame collapse - ✔✔center wall holds while outer walls fail
✔✔Cantilever collapse - ✔✔least stable
✔✔2 categlories of hazards during a structural collapse - ✔✔1 physical
2 enviremental
✔✔physical collapse hazard (5) - ✔✔1 debris
2 exposed wiring and rebar
3 confines spaces
4 heights
4 secondary collapse
✔✔enviremental hazard (5) - ✔✔1 fire
2 noise
3 darkness
4 weather
5 utilities
✔✔OSHA defines confines space as having the 3 following characteristics - ✔✔1 large
enough to enter
2 limited or restricted means of entering and exiting
3 not designed for continuous occupancy
✔✔firefighters without specific confined space rescue trai I g are usually limited to
performing what? - ✔✔non entry rescues and support functions outside the space
✔✔electrical equipment should be what? - ✔✔intrinsically safe
, ✔✔OATH method - ✔✔O-1 tug- OK
A- 2 tugs- ADVANCE
T- 3 tugs- TAKE UP SLACK
H- 4 tugs- HELP
✔✔5 water rescue operations - ✔✔IDSSS
ice
dive
surface
surf
swift water
✔✔rescues - ✔✔victims is alive and may be saved
✔✔recoveries - ✔✔victim is likely dead and recovering a body
✔✔what 3 instances should personnel wear flotation devices - ✔✔1 entering water
2 within 10 ft of water edge
3 riding in water craft
✔✔firefighters assisting rescue team may wear ____ for warmth, but should not
approach the water edge because? - ✔✔PPE
ppe can quickly become water logged and cause the ff to sink
✔✔safety guideline when assisting in trench rescue - ✔✔ladders should be 3 ft above
the top of the trench
✔✔where are manual stop switches on escalators - ✔✔located on nearby wall or on the
hand rail support at the top or bottom
✔✔whenever rescuers respond to any situation involving electricity, they should always
do the following (2) - ✔✔1 assume all electrical lines are energized
2 call for power provider to respi d and standby till they arrive
✔✔ a ff2 is trained to coordinate ff1 and ff2 personnel while what? - ✔✔working under
the supervision of a company officer
✔✔duty of a ff2 - ✔✔coordinate an interior attack line at a structure fire
✔✔NFPA 1962 provides guidance for? - ✔✔testing fire hose
✔✔hose service tests are performed? (3) - ✔✔1 annually
2 after repairs
3 after a vehicle has ran over the hose
