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52 Cards in this Set
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A Large Fire, Often involving multiple structures. |
Conflagration |
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A strategy in wich the victims are protected from the fire with out relocating them |
Defend-In-Place |
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Any person or property that could be endangered by fire, smoke, gases, runoff, or other hazardous conditions. NFPA (402) |
Exposure |
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Part of the fire alarm system that indicates the source of an alarm within a building |
Fire alarm annunciator panel |
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The Weight of combustibles in a fire area (per sft) or on a floor in buildings and structures, including either contents or building parts, or both (nfpa 450) |
Fire Load |
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A system of computer software, hardware, data, and personnel to describe information tied to spatial location (NFPA 450) |
Geographic Information System (GIS) |
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A System to manage the internal environment that is often found in large buildings |
HVAC |
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Moving Occupants from a dangerous area to a safe area on the same floor |
Horizontal Evacuation |
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___________ : are materials or advanced engineering, or both practices, which result in a weight saving without sacrifice of strength or efficiency |
Lightweight Construction |
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A Form, provided by manufacturers and compounders (blenders) of chemicals, containing information about chemical composition |
Material Safety Data Sheets MSDS |
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A term describing individuals who can not move themselves to an area of safety owing to their physical condition, medical treatment, or other factors |
NonAmbulatory |
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A written document resulting from the gathering of general and detailed information to b used by public emergency response agencies and private industry for determining the response to reasonably anticipated emergency incidents at a specific facility |
Preincident plan |
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The process used to gather information to develop a _____________ |
Preincident Plan |
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The System that usually activated by heat from a fire and discharges water over the fire area |
Sprinkler System |
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Arrangement of piping, valves hose connections, and allied equipment installed in a building or structure with a hose connection outside. |
Standpipe System |
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Any occupancy type or facility that presents a high potential for loss of life or serious impact to the community resulting from fire, explosion or chemical release |
Target Hazard` |
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Where a pumper can draft water directly from a static source |
Drafting Sites |
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A Lake or a Stream |
Static Water Supply |
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System of tankers that transports water from a water source to the fire scene |
Tanker Shuttle |
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Ongoing observation and evaluation of factors that influence the objectives, strategy and tactics for fire suppression |
Size-Up |
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What is one item that should be especially noted on a diagram in a preincident plan |
The location of any special hazards to the public |
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When is the information gathered that goes into a preincident plan |
During a preincident survey |
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When a preincident survey is to be conducted, when if ever, should the property owner be contacted? |
Before the inspection takes place |
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Fire Departments sometimes use a certain type of camera to record information during a preincident survey, what type? |
Digital Camera |
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Can a buildings Occupancy change over time |
Occupancy and classification as well can change |
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The Preincident plan is intended to help certain officer make informed decisions when an emergency incident occurs at the location? |
IC Incident Commander |
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What do hospitals, nursing facilities, assisted-living facilities, and schools have in common? |
They all have increased life saftey hazard |
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When conducting a preincident survey, fire fighters should ensure that which aspect of a buildings address is as it should be? |
That the address is visible |
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Why might the private water supply system on an abandoned property be useless? |
Because it is not longer properly maintained |
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A hospital is considered part of which major use classification |
Institutional |
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________ is a system to manage the internal environment that is often found in large buildings |
HVAC |
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During the preincident survey, the amount of _______ needed to fight a fire in the building should be tetermined |
Water |
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________ may change over time. an outdated factory may be transformed into a residential building, or an unused school may be converted into an office building |
Building use |
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The preincident plan should address_______ to the exterior of the building |
All possible issues related to access |
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_________ us an occupancy type or facility that presents a high potential for loss of life or serious impact to the community resulting from fire, explosion, or chemical release. |
Target Hazard |
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__________ Collects data on geographic environment, such as population charactreistics, types of occupancies, water, other utilities, and road maps. presents information digiataly |
Geographic Information System GIS |
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The Preincident plan should be made available to all ______ to an incident a that location |
Units that might respond |
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__________ Gives you the tools an knowledge that you need to become a much more effective fire fighter. |
Preincident planning |
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To facilitate a safe search and rescue operation at a site the preincident survey should identify all ________ _________ including ______ _______ |
Entrances exits/fire escapes roof exits |
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To support safe __________ ____________ the preincident survey should identify the best locations for placing _________ or ______ _________ |
Ladder Operations / ladders or aerial apparatus |
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Include apartment complexes and condo. The preincident plan should identify the locations of sleeping areas the water supplies |
Residential Occupancies |
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Security concerns may make it difficult for fire fighters to gain rapid access to the building or for occupants to exit the facility |
Detention and correctional facilities |
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These structures are vary large and contain nonambulatory occupants who need assistance in evacuating |
Healthcare facilities |
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These structures are often vary large and contain large numbers of people to be evacuated |
Public assembly venues |
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Special issues include difficulty in gaining access and the large number of occupants to evacuate |
High rise |
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Preincident plans should include the most efficient route to a property and an ______________ Route in case of traffic interruptions |
Alternate |
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A properly designed and maintained ________ _______ ________ can help control or extinguish a fire before the arrival of the fire department |
Automatic sprinkler system |
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Properties that pose an increased risk to fire fighters during an emergency response are identified as |
Target Hazard |
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List five commercial occupancy subcategories |
Retail Stores, industrial factories, warehouses, parking garages, offices |
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List three Institutional occupancy subcategories |
Schools, Nursing homes, and hospitals |
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A high rise building is generally defined as a structure that is more then _________ Feet |
75 feet |
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During an emergency situation, it may be necessary to shut off the utilities such as _________ or __________ _________ |
Electricity or natural gass |