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| 4 Types of Heat Measurement |
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1. Celsius
2. Kelvin
3. Fahrenheit
4. Rankine |
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| What is the normal percentage of oxygen in the air? |
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| What are the 3 basic factors required for combustion? |
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| What are the 4 components of the fire tetrahedron? |
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1. Reducing Agent (fuel)
2. Oxidizing Agent
3. Heat
4 Chemical Chain reaction |
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| Turbulent smoke is an indication that what will occur soon? |
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| What class of fire involves ordinary combustibles such as wood and paper? |
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| What state must a fuel be in for combustion to take place? |
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| What is the term for the lowest temperature at which a liquid produces a flammable vapor? |
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| What makes a fire a Class C fire? |
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| Energized electrical equipment |
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| As a solid fuel heats up, it decomposes and releases individual molecules into the atmosphere. What is this process called? |
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| What is one warning signal of possible backdraft conditions? |
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| Glass that is smoke-stained and blackened due to heavy carbon deposits from the smoke. |
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| Will a gas with a vapor density of 2.6 rise, fall, or have neutral buoyancy in air? |
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| What is one of the toxic gases often present in smoke? |
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| What term refers to the weight of a gas compared to air? |
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| What is the term for the transfer of heat in a material directly from one molecule to another? |
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| As electricity flows through a wire, what relationship, if any, is there between the resistance in the wire and any heat produced by the current? |
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| The greater the resistance, the more heat is produced |
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| In what direction does radiated heat energy from a fire travel? |
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| What is the transfer of heat energy in the form of invisible waves called? |
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| What is an endothermic reaction? |
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| What is the vapor density of air? |
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| What danger is suggested by the observation of smoke puffing in and out of a structure? |
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| The presence of backdraft conditions |
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| What type of oxidation is combustion? |
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| What phase of fire is introduced by flashover? |
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| What is the fire phase called when the fire has consumed either the available fuel or oxygen and is starting to die down? |
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| Name the 4 Stages of Fire. |
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| Incipient, Growth, Fully Developed and Decay |
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