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*Flash Point ✔Correct Answer-Minimum temperature vapours will ignite momentsrily with outside
ignition source
*Fire Point ✔Correct Answer-Minimum temperature vapours will ignite and continually burn with
outside ignition source
*Ignition Temperature ✔Correct Answer-Minimum temperature vapours will ignite and continually
burn without outside ignition source
*Spontaneous Combustion ✔Correct Answer-Chemical reaction which creates its own internal
heat through decomposition/decaying
*Flammable Range ✔Correct Answer-Percentage of vapours that mix with the air and within
specific range causes fire
*Burning Speed ✔Correct Answer-Speed at which materials burn or how fast a flame will travel
across a material
*Thermal Value ✔Correct Answer-Value given to the amount of heat energy released when a
material burns.
*Reactivity ✔Correct Answer-Materials tendency to react when it comes into contact with other
materials.
*Conduction ✔Correct Answer-Any heat travelling through a solid. (Heat Transfer)
*Convection ✔Correct Answer-Heat transferred by movement of heated liquids or gasses. (Air
Current)
*Radiation ✔Correct Answer-Heat moving through air. (Electromagnetic waves)
*Statistically, where do the most fires occur? ✔Correct Answer-Engine Room
*What is the cause of most fires in the galley? ✔Correct Answer-Hood Vent
*Inerting ✔Correct Answer-Displacing oxygen with other gasses
*Ionization Detector ✔Correct Answer-Radioactive particles breaking through electrical plating
*Photoelectric Detector ✔Correct Answer-Smoke breaks through light beam
What are the 4 components of the fire tetrahedron? ✔Correct Answer-Oxygen, heat, fuel,
chemical chain reaction
*What percentage of oxygen does fire need? ✔Correct Answer-At least 15%