Fire Life and Safety Educator 1&2
CHAPTER 1 - -Historic Fires, Injury Prevention and Community Reduction
- _____________ is a comprehensive all-hazard unifying approach that
includes programs, actions, and services used by a community, which
prevent or reduce the impact of fire, injuries, and other disasters within a
community. - -Community risk reduction
page 29
- Any unintentional or intentional damage to the body resulting from acute
exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy or from the
absence of such essentials as heat or oxygen is known as a(n): - -injury.
page 21
- In what year were Boston, Massachusetts building codes changed to
require more fire-resistant building materials? - -1679
page 1
- The Center for Disease Control recommends that residential pools have a
fence be at least - -4 ft tall.
page 26
- The process wherein occupants become aware of a fire-related emergency
within the building and experience a variety of mental processes and actions
before and while they travel to reach a place of safety within or outside the
building is known as: - -evacuation.
page 17
- The time between the recognition of the cue that an emergency is
occurring to the moment the occupants actually begin to evacuate is known
as: - -pre-movement time.
page 20
- What is the first step of the community risk reduction process? - -Identify
risks
page 29
, - What is the term for the behavior exhibited when conditions, such as
emergency exit signs, are repeatedly encountered and occupants learn to
ignore them? - -Learned irrelevance
page 18
- What national program was introduced in 1998 with the goal of integrating
interactive injury prevention lessons with the school curriculum for children
ages 3 to 14 years? - -Risk Watch
page 24
- What type of burn is cared for by applying water to cool the area? - -
Thermal
page 27
- What year was the "Everyone Goes Home Program" and the "16 Fire
Fighter Life Safety Initiatives" created? - -2004
page 15
- Which of the following "Three Es of Prevention" is an intervention used to
change structures, products, and processes through the use of technology,
materials, construction, and environmental change? - -Engineering
page 1
- Which of the following "Three Es of Prevention" is the creation and
adoption of codes, ordinances, and requirements for compliance? - -
Enforcement
pages 1-2
- Which of the following "Three Es of Prevention" is the process of
preventing or altering specific unsafe attitudes, behaviors, and conditions? -
-Education
page 2
- Which of the following fires has the distinction of being America's worst
single building fire, with 602 fatalities? - -IroquoisTheater Fire
page 3
, - Which of the following fires was the real precursor for today's National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA) 101—Life Safety Code? - -Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory Fire
page 6
- Which of the following historical fires has its anniversary marked by Fire
Prevention Week? - -The Great Chicago Fire
page 2
- Which of the following is the leading cause of death for people between 1
and 44 years of age? - -Motor vehicle crashes
page 24
- Which of the following phases of injury prevention involves efforts focused
on stopping an injury before it occurs? - -Primary prevention
page 22
- Which of the following phases of injury prevention involves efforts
implemented to reduce the seriousness of an injury once it occurs? - -
Secondary prevention
page 22
- Which of the following phases of injury prevention involves medical
treatment and rehabilitation to reduce the disability immediately after an
injury occurs? - -Tertiary prevention
page 22
- CHAPTER 2 - -Fire Behavior, Systems and Devices and Fire Prevention
- Which form of heat transfer involves the transfer of heat through solid
objects, liquids, and gases? - -Conduction
pg 35
- Which class of fire involves combustible metals and alloys such as
magnesium, sodium, lithium, and potassium? - -Class D
page 39
, - A(n) _____________ smoke detector/alarm operates by using a light source
aimed at a light sensor within the sensing chamber to initiate an alarm when
the light source reflects or obscures smoke particles. - -photoelectric
page 53
- Which class of fire involves ordinary combustibles such as paper, cloth,
wood, plastics, and rubber? - -Class A
page 38
- Which class of fire involves energized electrical equipment? - -Class C
page 39
- Which stage of a fire is occurring when all fuel has been consumed and
there are no longer any materials to burn, and the fire begins to weaken? - -
Decay stage
page 37
- In the combustion process, heat is energy and can be chemical,
mechanical, electrical, or _____________ in origin. - -nuclear
page 35
- What is the minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off sufficient
vapor to form an ignitable mixture at the surface and "flash," but is not
sufficient to sustain combustion? - -Flash point
page 39
- A(n) _____________ smoke detector/alarm works by using a small amount of
a radioactive material that electrically charges air particles to produce a
measurable current in the sensing chamber and when smoke enters the
chamber, the flow of ions to the electrode changes and the alarm is
activated. - -ionization
page 53
- What type of gas is produced when there is incomplete combustion of
burning fossil fuels such as gasoline, wood, coal, propane, oil, and methane?
- -CO
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CHAPTER 1 - -Historic Fires, Injury Prevention and Community Reduction
- _____________ is a comprehensive all-hazard unifying approach that
includes programs, actions, and services used by a community, which
prevent or reduce the impact of fire, injuries, and other disasters within a
community. - -Community risk reduction
page 29
- Any unintentional or intentional damage to the body resulting from acute
exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy or from the
absence of such essentials as heat or oxygen is known as a(n): - -injury.
page 21
- In what year were Boston, Massachusetts building codes changed to
require more fire-resistant building materials? - -1679
page 1
- The Center for Disease Control recommends that residential pools have a
fence be at least - -4 ft tall.
page 26
- The process wherein occupants become aware of a fire-related emergency
within the building and experience a variety of mental processes and actions
before and while they travel to reach a place of safety within or outside the
building is known as: - -evacuation.
page 17
- The time between the recognition of the cue that an emergency is
occurring to the moment the occupants actually begin to evacuate is known
as: - -pre-movement time.
page 20
- What is the first step of the community risk reduction process? - -Identify
risks
page 29
, - What is the term for the behavior exhibited when conditions, such as
emergency exit signs, are repeatedly encountered and occupants learn to
ignore them? - -Learned irrelevance
page 18
- What national program was introduced in 1998 with the goal of integrating
interactive injury prevention lessons with the school curriculum for children
ages 3 to 14 years? - -Risk Watch
page 24
- What type of burn is cared for by applying water to cool the area? - -
Thermal
page 27
- What year was the "Everyone Goes Home Program" and the "16 Fire
Fighter Life Safety Initiatives" created? - -2004
page 15
- Which of the following "Three Es of Prevention" is an intervention used to
change structures, products, and processes through the use of technology,
materials, construction, and environmental change? - -Engineering
page 1
- Which of the following "Three Es of Prevention" is the creation and
adoption of codes, ordinances, and requirements for compliance? - -
Enforcement
pages 1-2
- Which of the following "Three Es of Prevention" is the process of
preventing or altering specific unsafe attitudes, behaviors, and conditions? -
-Education
page 2
- Which of the following fires has the distinction of being America's worst
single building fire, with 602 fatalities? - -IroquoisTheater Fire
page 3
, - Which of the following fires was the real precursor for today's National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA) 101—Life Safety Code? - -Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory Fire
page 6
- Which of the following historical fires has its anniversary marked by Fire
Prevention Week? - -The Great Chicago Fire
page 2
- Which of the following is the leading cause of death for people between 1
and 44 years of age? - -Motor vehicle crashes
page 24
- Which of the following phases of injury prevention involves efforts focused
on stopping an injury before it occurs? - -Primary prevention
page 22
- Which of the following phases of injury prevention involves efforts
implemented to reduce the seriousness of an injury once it occurs? - -
Secondary prevention
page 22
- Which of the following phases of injury prevention involves medical
treatment and rehabilitation to reduce the disability immediately after an
injury occurs? - -Tertiary prevention
page 22
- CHAPTER 2 - -Fire Behavior, Systems and Devices and Fire Prevention
- Which form of heat transfer involves the transfer of heat through solid
objects, liquids, and gases? - -Conduction
pg 35
- Which class of fire involves combustible metals and alloys such as
magnesium, sodium, lithium, and potassium? - -Class D
page 39
, - A(n) _____________ smoke detector/alarm operates by using a light source
aimed at a light sensor within the sensing chamber to initiate an alarm when
the light source reflects or obscures smoke particles. - -photoelectric
page 53
- Which class of fire involves ordinary combustibles such as paper, cloth,
wood, plastics, and rubber? - -Class A
page 38
- Which class of fire involves energized electrical equipment? - -Class C
page 39
- Which stage of a fire is occurring when all fuel has been consumed and
there are no longer any materials to burn, and the fire begins to weaken? - -
Decay stage
page 37
- In the combustion process, heat is energy and can be chemical,
mechanical, electrical, or _____________ in origin. - -nuclear
page 35
- What is the minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off sufficient
vapor to form an ignitable mixture at the surface and "flash," but is not
sufficient to sustain combustion? - -Flash point
page 39
- A(n) _____________ smoke detector/alarm works by using a small amount of
a radioactive material that electrically charges air particles to produce a
measurable current in the sensing chamber and when smoke enters the
chamber, the flow of ions to the electrode changes and the alarm is
activated. - -ionization
page 53
- What type of gas is produced when there is incomplete combustion of
burning fossil fuels such as gasoline, wood, coal, propane, oil, and methane?
- -CO
page 54
