DOD Driver/Operator Aerial
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The Aerial ladder is the most common type of aerial apparatus operated in North
America? True or False - ANSWER✅✅ True
Aerial ladders are primarily used for? - ANSWER✅✅ Ventilation, rescue, elevated
master stream application, and gaining access to upper levels of an emergency scene.
Includes the pre-piped aerial ladder waterway, detachable ladder pipe system,
elevating waterway system, and the water tower system - ANSWER✅✅ water
delivery system
Extends the third, fourth, and fifth sections of the aerial device - ANSWER✅✅ cable
system
, Includes the electrical power generation equipment, scene lighting, and hydraulic
extrication tool systems - ANSWER✅✅ mounted special system
Provides power for operating the various components needed to stabilize the
apparatus and extend the aerial device - ANSWER✅✅ Hydraulic system
Allows one or more firefighters operating at the tip of the aerial device to breathe
clean air without donning a SCBA - ANSWER✅✅ Breathing system
Permits firefighters at the tip of the aerial device to communicate with the
driver/operator at the turntable control station - ANSWER✅✅ Communication
system
The two most common materials for construction of aerial ladders are? -
ANSWER✅✅ heat-treated aluminum alloy and steel.
A ladder's fly section is best described as _______ ? - ANSWER✅✅ The second and
subsequent sections that extend beyond the base or bed section.
Provides continuous rotation on a horizontal plane - ANSWER✅✅ turntable
Positioned on the turntable to the side of the aerial device so that the operator has
a clear view of the tip and workers on the device - ANSWER✅✅ Control pedestal
Deployed anytime the aerial device will be raised from its bed and prevents the
apparatus from leaning or tipping over - ANSWER✅✅ Stabilizers
Elevates the aerial device from its stowed position - ANSWER✅✅ Hoisting cylinders
Used to extend the third and fourth sections on an aerial device - ANSWER✅✅
Cables, slides, and rollers
Identify the three types of ground ladders an aerial apparatus MUST have? -
ANSWER✅✅ Extension ladders, Folding ladders, and Roof ladders
Characteristics of an aerial apparatus can be compared to ___ - ANSWER✅✅ an
individual personality ---- each apparatus may perform, react, and handle differently.
The most important criteria for determining who will become a diver/operator
should be - ANSWER✅✅ Skill and ability with fire fighting apparatus
Fixed breathing air systems allow what - ANSWER✅✅ Firefighters to breathe clean
air without donning SCBA
A hoisting cylinder's function is best described as: - ANSWER✅✅ elevating the
aerial device from its stowed position
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The Aerial ladder is the most common type of aerial apparatus operated in North
America? True or False - ANSWER✅✅ True
Aerial ladders are primarily used for? - ANSWER✅✅ Ventilation, rescue, elevated
master stream application, and gaining access to upper levels of an emergency scene.
Includes the pre-piped aerial ladder waterway, detachable ladder pipe system,
elevating waterway system, and the water tower system - ANSWER✅✅ water
delivery system
Extends the third, fourth, and fifth sections of the aerial device - ANSWER✅✅ cable
system
, Includes the electrical power generation equipment, scene lighting, and hydraulic
extrication tool systems - ANSWER✅✅ mounted special system
Provides power for operating the various components needed to stabilize the
apparatus and extend the aerial device - ANSWER✅✅ Hydraulic system
Allows one or more firefighters operating at the tip of the aerial device to breathe
clean air without donning a SCBA - ANSWER✅✅ Breathing system
Permits firefighters at the tip of the aerial device to communicate with the
driver/operator at the turntable control station - ANSWER✅✅ Communication
system
The two most common materials for construction of aerial ladders are? -
ANSWER✅✅ heat-treated aluminum alloy and steel.
A ladder's fly section is best described as _______ ? - ANSWER✅✅ The second and
subsequent sections that extend beyond the base or bed section.
Provides continuous rotation on a horizontal plane - ANSWER✅✅ turntable
Positioned on the turntable to the side of the aerial device so that the operator has
a clear view of the tip and workers on the device - ANSWER✅✅ Control pedestal
Deployed anytime the aerial device will be raised from its bed and prevents the
apparatus from leaning or tipping over - ANSWER✅✅ Stabilizers
Elevates the aerial device from its stowed position - ANSWER✅✅ Hoisting cylinders
Used to extend the third and fourth sections on an aerial device - ANSWER✅✅
Cables, slides, and rollers
Identify the three types of ground ladders an aerial apparatus MUST have? -
ANSWER✅✅ Extension ladders, Folding ladders, and Roof ladders
Characteristics of an aerial apparatus can be compared to ___ - ANSWER✅✅ an
individual personality ---- each apparatus may perform, react, and handle differently.
The most important criteria for determining who will become a diver/operator
should be - ANSWER✅✅ Skill and ability with fire fighting apparatus
Fixed breathing air systems allow what - ANSWER✅✅ Firefighters to breathe clean
air without donning SCBA
A hoisting cylinder's function is best described as: - ANSWER✅✅ elevating the
aerial device from its stowed position
