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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the primary duty of the firefighter?
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Saving Lives
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What is the Secondary responsibility of the firefighter?
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To extinguish fires and limit the damage to aircraft, shipboard, airfield installed equipment, and/or airfield structures.
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What is the fire tetrahedron?
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- heat
- fuel - oxygen - chemical reaction |
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What is done to prevent or extinguish fire?
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Removal of any one of the elements of the fire tetrahedron.
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How many classes of fire are there?
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4
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What are the four classes of fire?
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- Class Alpha fire
- Class Bravo fire - Class Charlie fire - Class Delta fire |
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Which Fire Class occurs in combustible materials that produce an ash such as burning wood and wood products, cloth, textiles and fibrous materials, and paper products?
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Class Alpha Fires
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What are the effective extinguishing agents used for Class Alpha fires?
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- Water (H2O)
- Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) |
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Which Fire Class occur with flammable liquid substances such as gasoline, jet fuels, oil, and other petroleum based products?
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Class Bravo Fire
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What are the effective extinguishing agents used for Class Bravo fires?
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- AFFF
- Halon 1211 - PKP - CO2 |
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Which Fire Class are energized electrical first that are attacked by using non-conductive agents?
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Class Charlie Fire
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What are the effective extinguishing agents used for Class Charlie fires?
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Energized
- CO2, Halon, PKP, and H2O in fog patterns with a minimum distance of 4 feet De-Energized - Treat as Class A, B or D Fire |
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Which Fire Class are combustible metals such as magnesium and titanium?
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Class Delta Fires
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What are the effective extinguishing agents used for Class Delta Fires?
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- H2O in large quantities in high velocity fog, apply water from a safe distance or from behind shelter as small explosions can occur.
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What are the 5 extinguishing agents used?
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- AFFF
- H2O - Halon 1211 - Carbon Dioxide - PKP |
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Which Firefighting agent are liquid concentrates consists primarily of synthetic fluorocarbon surfactant materials that are non corrosive and have unlimited shelf life when stored in a protected area?
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AFFF
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What is the AFFF mixture approved for naval use?
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3% and 6%
** Current shipboard equipment requires 6% |
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Which firefighting agent is used effective for cooling ordnance, batteries, and Class A Fires?
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Water (H2O)
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Which Firefighting agent is intended primarily for use on Class B and C fires? However, it is effective on Class A fires.
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Halon 1211
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Which Firefighting agent are primarily used on Class B and C fires?
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Carbon Dioxide
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Which Firefighting Agent is primarily used on Class B Fires?
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PKP
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