Strategic & Tactical Considerations on the Fire ground Questions and Answers
Methods of heat transfer -Conduction
- -Convection
- -Radiation
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Conduction Heat is transferred by conduction through contact of materials
Convection Heat that is conducted by a gas or liquid.
Heat form a fire is radiated in all directions, including back toward the fire, w
Radiation
helps accelerate the chain reaction process.
-Ignition
-Growth
Stages of fire -Flashover
-Fully developed
-Decay
A fire in a structure during this stage Fuel-limited/controlled
(growth) is called ______________________, not
because fuel is absent but because it is
not involved in the fire yet, and the
smoke and hot gases are spreading
along the ceiling to all of the open rooms
in the building.
, Strategic & Tactical Considerations on the Fire ground Questions and Answers
As the burning increases, the oxygen Ventilation-limited/controlled.
within the structure is consumed and the
layer of smoke reaches the burning
materials. This is still the growth stage,
but the fire becomes __________________________.
Needed fire flow equation Fire flow= length X width divided by 3 (multiply total by number of floors)
_______ % of the required fire floor for the 25
fire floor should be added as exposure
protection for each exposed floor about
the fire floor to a maximum of five interior
exposures
Five "Seeing Habits" for driving apparatus -Aim High in Steering
- -Get the Big Picture
- -Keep Your Eyes Moving
- -Leave Yourself an Out
- -Make Sure They See You
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ICS is the result of a federally funded FIRESCOPE
project called ________________
is a group of resources, having common communications and a leader, that
Task Force
be pre-established and sent to an incident, or formed at an incident.
, Strategic & Tactical Considerations on the Fire ground Questions and Answers
is specified combinations of the same kind and type of resources, with comm
Strike team
communications and a leader.
The ICS has five major functional areas: -Command
- -Operations
- -Planning
- -Logistics
- -Finance/Administration
-
The US Department of Homeland 911
Security was created after which event?
How many incident types are there? 5 (5 being the smallest incident and 1 being the highest incident)
To ensure that departmental response capabilities are maintained and
authoritative information is disseminated to the general public. The EOC allo
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
field commanders to focus on the incident scene while the EOC staff is
responsible for handling coordination and support endeavors.
The four organizational structures for an -Major management activities
EOX can be based upon: -Incident command system
- -Emergency support function
- -Multi-agency coordinating group
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Methods of heat transfer -Conduction
- -Convection
- -Radiation
-
Conduction Heat is transferred by conduction through contact of materials
Convection Heat that is conducted by a gas or liquid.
Heat form a fire is radiated in all directions, including back toward the fire, w
Radiation
helps accelerate the chain reaction process.
-Ignition
-Growth
Stages of fire -Flashover
-Fully developed
-Decay
A fire in a structure during this stage Fuel-limited/controlled
(growth) is called ______________________, not
because fuel is absent but because it is
not involved in the fire yet, and the
smoke and hot gases are spreading
along the ceiling to all of the open rooms
in the building.
, Strategic & Tactical Considerations on the Fire ground Questions and Answers
As the burning increases, the oxygen Ventilation-limited/controlled.
within the structure is consumed and the
layer of smoke reaches the burning
materials. This is still the growth stage,
but the fire becomes __________________________.
Needed fire flow equation Fire flow= length X width divided by 3 (multiply total by number of floors)
_______ % of the required fire floor for the 25
fire floor should be added as exposure
protection for each exposed floor about
the fire floor to a maximum of five interior
exposures
Five "Seeing Habits" for driving apparatus -Aim High in Steering
- -Get the Big Picture
- -Keep Your Eyes Moving
- -Leave Yourself an Out
- -Make Sure They See You
-
ICS is the result of a federally funded FIRESCOPE
project called ________________
is a group of resources, having common communications and a leader, that
Task Force
be pre-established and sent to an incident, or formed at an incident.
, Strategic & Tactical Considerations on the Fire ground Questions and Answers
is specified combinations of the same kind and type of resources, with comm
Strike team
communications and a leader.
The ICS has five major functional areas: -Command
- -Operations
- -Planning
- -Logistics
- -Finance/Administration
-
The US Department of Homeland 911
Security was created after which event?
How many incident types are there? 5 (5 being the smallest incident and 1 being the highest incident)
To ensure that departmental response capabilities are maintained and
authoritative information is disseminated to the general public. The EOC allo
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
field commanders to focus on the incident scene while the EOC staff is
responsible for handling coordination and support endeavors.
The four organizational structures for an -Major management activities
EOX can be based upon: -Incident command system
- -Emergency support function
- -Multi-agency coordinating group
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