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| A central station alarm system |
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| Receives alarms from different properties not under the same ownership. |
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| The fixed temperature alarm-igniting device |
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| Designated to activate at a given temperature is called preset. |
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| A rate compensation device |
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| Refers to a rate of rise detector. |
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| A dry-system which employs a deluge type valve, a pre-detection device and closed sprinkler heads |
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| A sprinkler head that is classified as having a high temperature rating |
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| The color used in the NFPA 704 to identify the health hazard is |
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| Planning is when a company officer decides |
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| Which objectives or goals to pursue, when they will be achieved and what equipment will be used. |
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| Halogenated agents are used in fire protection for? |
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| High valued areas such a fur vaults, computer rooms and record storage. |
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| A retard chamber prevents? |
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| Accidental system alarms caused by water pressure surges. |
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| The 2” main drain test should be conducted? |
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| During a re-inspection of a business, the inspector is to inspect? |
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| Only those areas that failed the previous inspection. |
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| The best foam to use for subsurface injection on bulk oil type-fire is |
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| 18. One advantage of AFFF foam is its ability not to? |
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| The temperature at which a liquid will give off sufficient flammable vapors to ignite, but will not continue to burn is called |
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| Flammable liquids have a flash point of? |
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| Combustible liquids have a flash point of? |
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| Approved incinerators shall be a minimum of? |
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| 22. 15’ from a structure. |
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| A container shall hold a minimum of __ gallons of flammable or combustible liquids in order to be classified as a storage tank. |
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| The life of an in-ground storage tank is __ years. |
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| The minimum gallons an inside storage tank used for storage of flammable or combustible liquids can be before the requirements to install additional life safety equipment is ____ gallons. |
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| The quality or electricity is defined in the term? |
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| The company officer can delegate authority, but can never delegate? |
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| Any device which promotes learning. |
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| Protective suits- the molecular movement of chemicals through the protective clothing is called? permeation. |
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| The person who can plug a leak on a tanker is? |
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| 55. An MC 312 carrier carries? |
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| High corrosives such as hydrochloric acid. |
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| The highest level of protection in a Haz-mat suit is? |
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| The shipping papers for highway are called? |
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| Wet-pipe sprinkler systems should be visually checked? |
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| A fixed temperature alarm-initiating device is designed to activate at? |
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| What type of spill has occurred when liquid product enters a dry storm sewer? |
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| A liquid turning into a gas and back to a liquid. |
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| Alcohol foams have been developed for use on? |
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| What are the three strategic steps or basic rules of firefighting? |
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| Locate the fire, confine it and extinguish it. |
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| Minimum water supply must be able to deliver to the highest sprinkler head with a residual pressure of _____ psi. |
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| What is the standpipe that is for the fire department; people trained in heavy streams & occupants? |
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| The class I standpipe system requires? |
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| Closed heads, dry system & detection devices. |
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| Extinguishers less than 40 pounds need to be mounted a maximum of__feet off of the floor and a minimum of __inches from the floor. |
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| Extinguishers more than 40 pounds need to be mounted a maximum of____feet high and a minimum of____inches from the floor. |
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| Class “A” extinguishers need to be____feet apart from each other. |
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| Always enforce the ______________ code when comparing state, federal, and local codes. |
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| Ionization detectors are for? |
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| Invisible products of combustion. |
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| The OS&Y valve on a sprinkler system should be fully opened and backed off_____of a turn. |
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| What color is the “ordinary” sprinkler head. |
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| Unpainted and is the most common for ordinary room temperatures. It activates at 165°F. |
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| Electricity is measured in quantity, pressure, and resistance. |
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| Pressure is voltage, quantity or volume is amperage and resistance is Ohms. |
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| When pressure at a standpipe outlet exceeds 100 psi an approved device should? |
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| Reduce the pressure to 100 psi. |
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| Wet standpipe systems should be inspected? |
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| Wet chemical extinguishing agents are used for? |
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| Dry and wet chemical systems should be tested? |
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| What percentage of the static water pressure is required by the air on the other side of the clapper valve in a low differential dry system? |
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| The required air pressure for a dry system is ______ to a maximum of _____above the pressure at which the system will trip. |
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| NFPA 14.- A Standpipe must be no greater than_____feet. |
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| The orifice size of a standard sprinkler outlet is? |
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| The minimum pipe size for a residential sprinkler is? |
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| How long do you keep detection system records? |
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| For the life of the building. |
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| 33. Dry standpipe is inspected? |
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| 33. Dry standpipe is inspected? |
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| 38. A sprinkler head that is classified as having a “high” temperature rating has a blue color and activates at temps between? |
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| 50. The PIVA uses a _____ valve assembly. |
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| 56. Existing door widths is 28 inches, the new code is __ inches. |
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| 65. Carbon dioxide extinguishers need refilled after a ___loss in weight. |
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| 68. Product storage cannot be stacked within __ inches of the sprinkler head. |
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| 69. A sprinkler system that has open sprinkler heads, a deluge valve, and a detection device is a? |
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| 70. Rate of rise detectors respond to? |
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| quick changes in temperature, rather than activating at a fixed temperature. |
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| 71. Alarm test valve is located? |
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| On the pipe, which connects the supply side of the alarm check valve to the retard chamber. |
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72. Dry pipe system:
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unbalances the differential in the dry pipe valve.
quickly expels air from the system. |
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| Shipping documents are kept in |
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• the cab of the motor vehicle,
• the possession of the train crew member,
• a holder on the bridge of a vessel, or
• an aircraft pilot’s possession.
The 4-digit ID Number may be shown on the diamond-shaped placard or on
an adjacent orange panel displayed on the ends and sides of a cargo tank,
vehicle or rail car. |
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| A special fire hazard is? |
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| a fire hazard arising from the processes or operations that are particular to the individual occupancy. |
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| one where the contents would burn extremely fast or that would result in poisonous fumes or explosions during a fire. |
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