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| NFPA ___ is the Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications. |
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| NFPA _____ is the Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. |
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| NFPA _____ is the Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program. (Specifically for the physical fitness of driver/operators.) |
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| NFPA 1582 regulates what health aspect for driver/operators? |
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| What is the NFPA standard for the Firefighter driver operator training program? |
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| NFPA 1451 is the Standard for a Fire Service Vehicle Operations Training Program. |
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| What is the min pump capacity for fire pumpers? |
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| Municipal fire pumpers rarely exceed ___ gpm. |
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| Industrial fire pumpers frequently exceed ____ gpm. |
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| What NFPA standard regulates the min amount of equipment on fire pumpers? |
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| Compressed Air Foam System. |
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| Smaller that Class A pumpers. Commonly having the same equipment but in less numbers. Designed to handle small fires that do not require the capacity or personnel needed for a larger pumper. Only having the pump capacity for 500-1000 gpm. |
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| Larger than MiniPumpers and smaller than Municipal Pumpers. Same equipment as full size pumpers. Well suited for nuisance fires such as small grass and trash bin fires. Pumps commonly have 1000 gpm ability. |
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| What is a mobile water supply apparatus? |
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| Known as water tenders or tankers. They have more water that standard pumpers. |
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| What NFPA standard regulates water tender construction? |
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| What two methods are water tenders used for fire operations. |
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| Water tender is directly supplying attack pumpers. Water tenders do shuttle operations with dump tanks. |
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| What terms describe wild land fire apparatus? |
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| Brush trucks, brush breakers, booster apparatus, and engines. |
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| How much water is on wild land fire apparatus? |
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| Foam used to but out Class A materials (natural wood products). |
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| True or False: Do wild land apparatus use foam for wild land fire suppression? |
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| What is Apparatus Typing? |
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| Separating apparatus by capability. |
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| Apparatus typing is controlled by? |
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| National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) and Federal Emergency Managment Agency (FEMA). |
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| What does ARFF stand for? |
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| Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting. |
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| What types of fire are ARFF trucks designed for? |
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| Flammable liquids and vapors. |
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| What standard regulates ARFF vehicles? |
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| NFPA 414 Standard for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles. |
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| What are the three classes of ARFF vehicles? |
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1. Major fire firefighting vehicles.
2. Rapid intervention Vehicles (RIV).
3. Combined agent vehicles. |
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| An apparatus that is designed to put out boat fires, pump to land based operations, and Ice or water rescue. Can pump up to 26,000 GPM. |
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| What is an aerial apparatus? |
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| An apparatus with a ladder or platform to conduct firefighting operations or fire suppresion operations. Can have 250 GPM to 2,000 GPM capabilities. |
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| Small ladder truck. Water tanks are 300 Gal and usually pump 300 GPM. Used for small fire fighting operations. |
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| No, water is considered to be incompressible. |
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| What is the weight of 1 Gal of water? |
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| Close to it's freezing point. |
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| Close to it's boiling point. |
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| What 2 ways do water extinguish fires? |
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| By cooling and absorbing the heat from the fire. By smothering when the substance on fire has a specific gravity greater than 1. |
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| A measure of the heat absorbing capacity of a substance. |
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| British Thermal Unit. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree F (starting at 60 degrees). |
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| What is latent heat of vaporization? |
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| The quantity of heat absorbed by a substance when it changes from a liquid to a vapor. |
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| What is the boiling point? |
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| The temperature at which a liquid absorbs enough heat to change to vapor. |
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| How many BTU's does a pound of water need to convert to steam? |
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| What is the correlation of heat absorbed to water surface area? |
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| The more surface area of water the greater amount of heat that is absorbed. |
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| What is the approximate water expansion rate? |
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| Water expands to 1,700 times it's original volume. |
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| What happens if there is not proper ventilation and water is rapidly turned to steam? |
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| The steam, hot gases, or fire will harm firefighters. |
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| The tendency of a liquid to possess internal resistance to flow. |
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| What is Specific Gravity? |
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| The density of liquids in relation to water is known as specific gravity. Water has a specific gravity of 1. Higher than 1 is heavier than water. Less than one is lighter than water. |
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| Force per unit area. Usually described as PSI. |
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| Simple measure of weight usually expressed in lbs or kg. |
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| The speed at which an object (water) travels. |
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| What is the First Principle of Fluid? |
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| Fluid pressure is perpendicular to any surface on which it acts. |
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| What is the Second Fluid Principle? |
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| When a fluid is at rest it is the same pressure in all directions. |
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| What is the Third Fluid Principle? |
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| Pressure applied to a confined fluid is transmitted equally in all directions. This is only true if on the same grid line with no change in elevation. |
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| What is the Fourth Fluid Principle? |
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| The pressure of a liquid in an open vessel is proportional to its depth. The deeper the vessel the greater the pressure at the bottom. |
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| What is the Fifth Fluid Principal? |
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| The pressure of a liquid in an open vessel is proportional to the density of the liquid. The more dense the fluid the more pressure is applied to the bottom of the container. |
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| What is the Sixth Fluid Principle? |
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| The pressure of a liquid on the bottom of a vessel is independent of the shape of the vessel. |
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| What is atmospheric pressure? |
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| The depth and density of the atmosphere exerts pressure on the earth. At sea level it is 14.7 psi. |
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| What are the gpm's for a Class AA Light Blue fire hydrant? |
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| What are the gpm's for a Class A Green fire hydrant? |
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| What are the gpm's for a Class B Orange fire hydrant? |
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| What are the gpm's for a Class C Red fire hydrant? |
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True or False?
May firefighters ride on the tailboard of apparatus? |
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| No, NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program, prohibits this practice. |
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| Rescue apparatus equipped with fire pumps usually carry how many gallons of water? |
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| Apparatus equipped with an aerial device, ground ladders, fire pump, water tank, and fire hose. True quints have to have a pump that is capable of 750 gpm. |
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| What is the min pump capacity for aerial apparatus? |
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| NFPA 1901 specifies that it shall be 250 gpm at 150 psi. |
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| Aerial apparatus may be used for? |
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| Small fires encountered when an engine company is not present. The apparatus will be capable of supplying its own elevated master stream. |
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True or False?
All rescue apparatus are equipped with foam proportioning systems and a foam concentrate tank. |
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| False, Some rescue apparatus are. |
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| For tank capacities larger than ____ gallons, tandem rear axles, tri axles, or a tractor trailer design should be considered. |
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| New apparatus should be able to come to a complete stop from a speed of ___ mph within ___ feet. |
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True or False?
The schedule for performing maintenance functions and checks should be the same for all fire dept. big and small. |
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| False, Maintenance functions and checks varies from dept to dept. |
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| The apparatus park brake should hold the vehicle in place on grades up to ___ %. |
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| Apparatus with air brakes are to be equipped with an air pressure protection valve that prevents the air horns from being operated when the pressure in the air reservoir drops below___ psi. |
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| When testing the park brake, the apparatus should come to a complete stop within about: |
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| Some fire departments have a designated apparatus maintenance officer who meets the requirements of an Emergency Vehicle Tech according to: |
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| How often do you check packing glands for excessive leaks? |
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True or false?
All preventative maintenance functions can be carried out by driver/operators. |
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| How old must an apparatus be before applying wax or polish? |
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| How often should you Operate the pump drive control? |
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| During daily inspections. |
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| How long should it take for air pressure to build to a sufficient level to allow vehicle operations? |
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| In the walk-around method, the first portion of the vehicle specifically checked should be the right (officers) side of the front of the vehicle? |
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| False, the first portion of the vehicle checked is the driver's (Left) side. |
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| What is another term for the left side of the apparatus? |
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| Driver, street and left sides. |
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