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| minimum acceptable flow rates for interior structural fire attack |
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| 150 GPM minimum/ 180 GPM preferred |
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| minimum acceptable flow rate for commercial occupancies |
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| the flow at which the company can win the battle and kill the fire |
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| water extinguishes fire primarily through ______ |
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| hoseline handling characteristics are a function of what four factors? |
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flow rate
hose size
friction loss
PDP |
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| practical flow limit for 1.5 inch line |
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| practical flow limit for 1 3/4 inch line |
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| NFPA standard ______ covers all things regarding fire hose |
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| smooth bore tip orifice size should be ___ the inside diameter of the hose |
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| most common nozzle valve configuration? |
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| 1 3/8 waterway quarter turn ball valve with bale type handle |
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| the simplest and most trouble free nozzle type |
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| the simplest and most trouble free of the fog nozzles |
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| constant gallonage fog nozzle |
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| some fog nozzles have a ____ feature that allows small pieces of debris to be discharged |
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| the authors preffered combination of hose and nozzle size for maximum flow rate and lowest nozzle reaction is.... |
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| 2.5" line with 1 1/8 tip with 50 psi at the nozzle, 266 gpm, and 95 lbs of reaction force |
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| the ADULTS acronym helps in remembering when a 2.5" line is indicated. it stands for ...... |
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Advanced fire on arrival
Defensive operations
Unable to determine extent of fire
Large, uncompartmented areas
Tons of water
Standpipe systems |
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| which style of fire attack would be suitable when life hazard exists? |
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| direct attack or modified direct attack |
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| in combination attack the nozzle should be rotated in a ________ direction to direct fire products away from the operator |
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| the ceiling must have attained a temperature of ______ to make indirect attack or combination attack effective |
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| what is fog nozzle ricochet? |
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| when the products of combustion pushed ahead of a fog stream overwhelm ventilation openings and roll back around the nozzle team |
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| William Clark, of FDNY, found that solid streams were preferable to fog streams in which 3 ways? |
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extinguish fire faster
require less total water to achieve extinguishment
have less measurable runoff water. |
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| efficiency of work performed as well as death and injury rates are directly related to ... |
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| company staffing (quantity and Quality) |
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| attack lines are best laid in _____ , as opposed to in _______ |
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| series, parallel (causing faster access to the seat of the fire, since all efforts go into the first hose deployment) |
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| the officers position on the line is ______ the nozzle operator to the side of the line |
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| removing kinks is the responsibility of whom? |
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| all personnel on the fireground |
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| once a fire stream is in operation, visibility will be greatly ________ |
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| true or false: never put water on smoke |
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| false (an outdated saying) |
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| fast moving, thick black smoke only needs ______ to complete the fire triangle and achieve flashover |
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| sweeping the ceiling with copious amounts of water when thick black smoke is moving rapidly outwards will effectively kill the potential for _______ |
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| at least _____ feet of dry hose should be flaked out near the entrance to the fire area before charging the attack hose |
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| it is important to avoid having ______ knees on the floor for any significant amount of time, or at all if possible |
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| the nozzle bale should be either fully ____ or fully ______ closed during active fire suppression |
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| the _______ position on the line does most of the physical labor of the nozzle team |
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| back up position should be on the _____ side of the line as the nozzle man, with his forearm in contact with the nozzle man |
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| the position of door man has what 2 responsibilities? |
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| ensure smooth movement of hose, and eliminate kinks |
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| to hydraulicaly ventilate, the operator should have the fog nozzle set to a ______ stream first, and then adjust to a _____ stream until the pattern just barely fills the venting space |
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| the hose should be _______ during overhaul |
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