APCO FIRE SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS
questions and answers
FIRE TETRAHEDRON✔✔4 factors necessary for fire: HEAT + FUEL + OXYGEN
and a CHEMICAL CHAIN REACTION
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION✔✔Chief, Support Staff, Payroll
COMMUNICATION DIVISION✔✔Call takers/ Dispatcher
FIRE PREVENTION + INVESTIGATION✔✔Building inspectors, Arson
Investigators, Public Education
OPERATIONS✔✔Captain, Driver, Firefighter
TECHNICAL OPERATIONS✔✔High Angle, HAZMAT, Confined Space Rescue
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE✔✔Mechanics, Electricians
TRAINING + SAFETY✔✔Training Officer
EMTs, Paramedics✔✔Emergency Medical Service
CLASS A FIRE✔✔Ordinary Combustibles (eg. wood, paper) Suppress via H20
Fires are fought✔✔from the "unburned to the burned"
, Fires are fought from "inside" structures as opposed to outside of
them✔✔TRUE
Ventilation✔✔Technique used to remove heated smoke/gas from a burning
building. Can remove explosive smoke and has concentrations which allows for
advancement of hose lines into effective positions for fire extinguishments.
PPV (Positive Pressure Ventilation)✔✔process of using fans to force air into a
structure and force heat/gasses out
Under Control✔✔generally indicates the fire is no longer spreading, however
there may still be fire present.
Staging Area✔✔Temporary location near the incident where additional
equipment is being directed to assemble for further instructions and
organizations.
Knock-down✔✔to reduce flame and heat to prevent danger of further
extension of fire.
9 Classes of what exist?✔✔Hazardous Materials
Acute✔✔all of a sudden
Chronic✔✔over the duration of time
North American Guide that identifies hazardous materials✔✔ERG Emergency
Response Guide
questions and answers
FIRE TETRAHEDRON✔✔4 factors necessary for fire: HEAT + FUEL + OXYGEN
and a CHEMICAL CHAIN REACTION
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION✔✔Chief, Support Staff, Payroll
COMMUNICATION DIVISION✔✔Call takers/ Dispatcher
FIRE PREVENTION + INVESTIGATION✔✔Building inspectors, Arson
Investigators, Public Education
OPERATIONS✔✔Captain, Driver, Firefighter
TECHNICAL OPERATIONS✔✔High Angle, HAZMAT, Confined Space Rescue
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE✔✔Mechanics, Electricians
TRAINING + SAFETY✔✔Training Officer
EMTs, Paramedics✔✔Emergency Medical Service
CLASS A FIRE✔✔Ordinary Combustibles (eg. wood, paper) Suppress via H20
Fires are fought✔✔from the "unburned to the burned"
, Fires are fought from "inside" structures as opposed to outside of
them✔✔TRUE
Ventilation✔✔Technique used to remove heated smoke/gas from a burning
building. Can remove explosive smoke and has concentrations which allows for
advancement of hose lines into effective positions for fire extinguishments.
PPV (Positive Pressure Ventilation)✔✔process of using fans to force air into a
structure and force heat/gasses out
Under Control✔✔generally indicates the fire is no longer spreading, however
there may still be fire present.
Staging Area✔✔Temporary location near the incident where additional
equipment is being directed to assemble for further instructions and
organizations.
Knock-down✔✔to reduce flame and heat to prevent danger of further
extension of fire.
9 Classes of what exist?✔✔Hazardous Materials
Acute✔✔all of a sudden
Chronic✔✔over the duration of time
North American Guide that identifies hazardous materials✔✔ERG Emergency
Response Guide
