State Test Fire Fighter Questions and Answers All Correct

State Test Fire Fighter Questions and Answers All Correct Electrical cords are equipped with twist locks to? - ANSWER Provide safe and secure connection Most common type of SCBA in fire service - ANSWER Open Circuit Exhalation is vented into the atmosphere When rescuing a down Fire Fighter with properly functioning respiratory protection. - ANSWER Do not dislodge face piece When cutting a hole for vertical ventilation. - ANSWER avoid cutting main structural support Cut one large hole rather than multiple smaller holes Who decided if utilities should be secured? - ANSWER Incident Commander and Incident Safety Officer To clean hose coupling and swivel? - ANSWER Soapy water and work coupling back and forth Proper way to rescue out of a window? - ANSWER Two in the structure, one on the ladder, and one on the ground Water shuttling is recommended for distances greater than - ANSWER a half mile Exposure to heat will cause - ANSWER thermal damage When oxygen concentrations fall below 18 percent. - ANSWER the body speeds up the rate of respirations If you have to take off your SCBA. - ANSWER Always drag it behind you and do not remove the face piece. When applying a hose clamp. - ANSWER place 20 feet behind the apparatus or 5 feet behind a coupling When operating in low visibility and giving in to excitement. - ANSWER Reduces your ability to think and react quickly Protect papers in a furnace - ANSWER Immediately close the damper Signs a roof is unsafe.. - ANSWER Melting asphalt Spongy roof Smoke coming from roof flame coming from roof Hydrocarbon fuels such as crude oil, fuel oil, gasoline, benzene, naphtha, jet fuel and kerosene are all - ANSWER Petroleum based and float on water Besides cutting what can a flat-headed axe be used for? - ANSWER Striking Why should fires involving flammable gases not be extinguished before the source is shut off? - ANSWER Unburned vapors are heavier than air and form pools of gas in lower areas and may ignite To open a plaster ceiling.. - ANSWER Break the plaster and pull the lath When is a indirect method used in a wildland fire? - ANSWER When its too hot for a direct attack Rapid deceleration of water? - ANSWER water hammer Which foam gives lower extinguishment times on structural and wildland fires - ANSWER Class A foam Which sprinkler system valve is located in a remote part of the system? - ANSWER Inspector test valve