Fire Academy Week 3

Front 1

What are the three primary types of rope used?

Back 1

Life safety, escape, utility

Front 2

Which NFPA sets the standards for ropes?

Back 2

NFPA 1983

Front 3

What are the two types of life safety rope?

Back 3

Technical Use, general use

Front 4

What is the diameter of technical use life safety ropes?

Back 4

3/8" in or greater, but is less than 1/2"

Front 5

True or false, technical rescue ropes are weaker than general use?

Back 5

True

Front 6

What is the breaking strength of escape rope?

Back 6

3304 lbf

Front 7

What is the breaking strength of technical use lofe safety rope?

Back 7

4496 lbf

Front 8

What is the breaking strength of general use life safety rope?

Back 8

8992 lbf

Front 9

What is the most common life safety rope carried by firefighters in the US?

Back 9

General use

Front 10

What is the escape rope intended for?

Back 10

Self rescue

Front 11

True or false, escape ropes are not classified as life safety ropes?

Back 11

True

Front 12

When is utility rope used?

Back 12

When its not necessary to support the weight of a person

Front 13

What material of rope floats?

Back 13

Polypropylene

Front 14

What are the drawbacks of natural fiber ropes?

Back 14

Lose load carrying ability over time, subject to mildew, absorbs 50% of their weight in water, degrade quickly

Front 15

Whhat types of synthetic materials are used in making rope?

Back 15

Polypropylene, polyester, and polyethylene

Front 16

What are some drawbacks of synthetic ropes?

Back 16

Prolonged UV light, acids and alkalis can decrease life expectancy

Front 17

Life safety rope must be woven of what type of construction?

Back 17

Block creel construction

Front 18

Whats the most common synthetic fiber?

Back 18

Nylon

Front 19

What are twisted ropes also known as?

Back 19

Laid ropes

Front 20

Whats a disadvantage of twisted rope?

Back 20

Exposes fiber to outside of the rope (abrasion)

Front 21

Dynamic rope is designed to be _______

Back 21

Be elastic and stretch when its loaded

Front 22

Static rope has a _______ range of elasticity

Back 22

Limited

Front 23

What are two types of technical rescue hardware?

Back 23

Carabiner, harness

Front 24

What is a class one harness?

Back 24

Ladder belt

Front 25

What is a class two harness?

Back 25

Seat harness

Front 26

What is a class 3 harness?

Back 26

Chest harness

Front 27

What are the four parts of rope maintenance?

Back 27

Care, clean, inspect, store

Front 28

Working end = _______

Back 28

Forming the knot

Front 29

Running end =_______

Back 29

Used for lifting or hoisting

Front 30

Standing part =_____

Back 30

Between the working and running end

Front 31

Safety knot is also known as?

Back 31

Overhand or keeper knot

Front 32

Which knots wrap around an object, for hoisting?

Back 32

Hitches

Front 33

Which knot needs to be used in conjunction with other knots because it is not secure by itself?

Back 33

Half hitch

Front 34

Which type of knots joins two ropes together?

Back 34

Bend

Front 35

Which knot is usefull when attaching to a ring or solid object with an "eye"?

Back 35

Figure eight follow through

Front 36

Which figure eight knot can be used to tie a life safety rope around a person?

Back 36

Figure eight on a bight

Front 37

What are the 9 basic knots?

Back 37

Safety, half hitch, clove hitch, figure 8, figure 8 om a bight, figure eight on a bend, figure eight follow through, bowline, bend

Front 38

Water is obtained from which two sources?

Back 38

Municipal and static (lakes, ponds, pools, etc)

Front 39

What are the colors of the Omaha fire hydrants?

Back 39

Red, orange, green, blue, maybe black

Front 40

How fast does a blue top hydrant flow?

Back 40

1500 gpm and up

Front 41

How fast does a green top hydrant flow?

Back 41

1000-1499 gpm

Front 42

How fast does orange hydrant flow?

Back 42

500-999 gpm

Front 43

How fast does red top hydrant flow?

Back 43

Less than 500 gpm

Front 44

How far apart are hydrant locations in a high value area (omaha)?

Back 44

Every 300 ft

Front 45

How far apart in a residential area are the hydrants?

Back 45

500 ft

Front 46

What does a white adaptor mean?

Back 46

White = national standard fitting

Front 47

What does a yellow painted adaptor mean?

Back 47

OFD adaptor

Front 48

What are couplings used for?

Back 48

Connecting individual lengths of hose

Front 49

How often are hoses tested?

Back 49

Annually

Front 50

What must be kept for each piece of life safety rope?

Back 50

Rope record

Front 51

Whats the reduction in strength for a bowline knot?

Back 51

33%

Front 52

Whats the reduction in strength for a figure eight on a bight?

Back 52

20%

Front 53

Whats the reduction in strength for figure eight follow through?

Back 53

19%

Front 54

Which knot is formed by making a circle in the rope?

Back 54

Loop

Front 55

Which knot is formed by making a loop and then bringing two ends of the loop parallel to each other?

Back 55

Round turn

Front 56

What are the three categories of knots?

Back 56

Hitches, loops, bends

Front 57

True or false, the water knot can be used to join webbing of the same or different sizes?

Back 57

True

Front 58

Ropes constructed without knots or splices in the yarns, strands, or braids?

Back 58

Block creel

Front 59

Drafting hydrants are also known as ____

Back 59

Dry hydrants

Front 60

Which hydrants use a strainer?

Back 60

Dry hydrant

Front 61

A portable pump can deliver ____ gpm

Back 61

500

Front 62

Mobile water supply apparatus are also called?

Back 62

Tankers or water tenders

Front 63

Tankers usually carry _____ to ______ gallons of water.

Back 63

1000 to 3500, with some as much as 5000 gallons

Front 64

Portable tanks hold _____ to ____gallons

Back 64

600 to 5000

Front 65

Which tank or apparatus must be accesible from multiple directions?

Back 65

Portable tanks

Front 66

How much and how fast can a dump valve transfer?

Back 66

3000 gal in one minute to portable tank

Front 67

Where would you find wet hydrants?

Back 67

Climates that dont drop below freezing

Front 68

Primary feeders carry ______ quantities of water to a section of town or city?

Back 68

Large

Front 69

Secondary feeders distribute water to ____ areas

Back 69

Smaller areas

Front 70

Where do distributors carry water to?

Back 70

Users and hydrants along individual streets

Front 71

Pressure is measured in?

Back 71

PSI

Front 72

Flow is measured in?

Back 72

GPM

Front 73

Small diameter hoses range from?

Back 73

1 to 2 inches

Front 74

How big is booster line?

Back 74

1 in

Front 75

What type of hose is used for forestry or brush fires?

Back 75

Booster

Front 76

Medium diameter hose ranges from?

Back 76

2.5-3 in

Front 77

Whats the range for large diameter hose size?

Back 77

3.5 or more

Front 78

Attack hoses are tested at what PSI?

Back 78

300 intended for 275

Front 79

Supply hoses are tested at what PSI?

Back 79

200 psi intended for 185

Front 80

Hoses up to 3in use what type of coupling?

Back 80

Threaded

Front 81

What shows the position on a hose where the threads are aligned?

Back 81

Higbee mark

Front 82

Large diameter hoses use what type of coupling?

Back 82

Storz

Front 83

What are the common sizes of attack hose?

Back 83

1.5 or 1&3/4 in, 1 in booster or 1.5 forestry

Front 84

Which device splits one hose streams into 2?

Back 84

Wye

Front 85

Which connection combines two hose lines into one?

Back 85

Siamese

Front 86

What does a four way hydrant valve do?

Back 86

Hydrant through valve to supply line, second engine connects, redirects flow. Supply engine Increases pressure to attack engine

Front 87

General use life safety rope has strength of ______lbf

Back 87

8992 lbf

Front 88

Technical use life safety rope has a strength of ______lbf

Back 88

4496 lbf

Front 89

Escape rope has a breaking strength of ____lbf

Back 89

3304

Front 90

What rope is not used to support the weight of a person?

Back 90

Utility

Front 91

General use life safety rope can be no larger than _____" and no smaller than ____"

Back 91

5/8" & 7/16"

Front 92

What rope construction consists of fibers that are twisted into strands, and then strands are twisted together?

Back 92

Twisted or laid

Front 93

True or false, life safety rope can also be used as a utility rope if needed?

Back 93

False

Front 94

Which method of rope construction involves weaving and intertwining?

Back 94

Braided

Front 95

What are the three types of rope construction?

Back 95

Twisted, braided, kernmantle

Front 96

Which rope is typically used in safety lines for mountain climbing, dynamic or static?

Back 96

Dynamic

Front 97

Which rope is more suitable for fire rescue situations, static or dynamic?

Back 97

Static

Front 98

What type of rope construction do most fire departments use for life safety ropes?

Back 98

Static kernmantle

Front 99

What is the design load of a class 2 harness?

Back 99

600lbs

Front 100

Which supply line load is capable of laying both single and dual supply lines?

Back 100

Split bed

Front 101

Hose that is at least 3.5 inches in diameter is considered _____ diameter

Back 101

Large

Front 102

The pressure in a system when no water is flowing is called _____ pressure

Back 102

Static

Front 103

A soft suction hose is used to connect a pumper to a ______

Back 103

Hydrant

Front 104

According to the NFPA, whats the minimum distance between the center of a fire hydrant outlet and the fi ished grade of the ground?

Back 104

18"

Front 105

The volume of water that is being moved through a pipe or hose is termed the _____

Back 105

Flow

Front 106

Which pipe pattern supplies water to hydrants from more than one direction?

Back 106

Grid

Front 107

What is the color code for a hydrant flowing 1500 gpm or more?

Back 107

Light Blue

Front 108

Flow is measured in _____

Back 108

Gpm

Front 109

Which NFPA standard covers fire hose?

Back 109

1962

Front 110

In a ____ lay, hose is laid out from the fire to the hydrant

Back 110

Reverse

Front 111

When water is motionless, which kind of energy does it have?

Back 111

Potential

Front 112

Which hose appliance combines two hose lines into one?

Back 112

Siamese

Front 113

How many GPM can a tanker shuttle operation deliver without interruption?

Back 113

Several hundred

Front 114

How close must a fire engine get to a static water source to be able to draft directly from it?

Back 114

20ft

Front 115

What color hydrant flows less than 500 gpm?

Back 115

Red

Front 116

Two firefighter stiff arm method is used to ______

Back 116

Uncoupling

Front 117

How does a doughnut roll differ from a straight hose roll?

Back 117

Both couplings are on the outside

Front 118

Which device splits one hose stream into two?

Back 118

Wye

Front 119

Fire hydrants should be inspected once every ____ months

Back 119

12

Front 120

Whats an advantage of fog stream?

Back 120

Greater heat absorption

Front 121

Which preconnected hose load does the FF shoulder part of the load, with hose paying off the top of that load as the FF advances?

Back 121

Minuteman

Front 122

Which type of foam contains a surface-active agent that produces a fast spreading film?

Back 122

Fluoroprotein

Front 123

Low surface tension of class A foam affects its extinguishing properties by ______

Back 123

Enabling the water to penetrate the fuel more deeply

Front 124

Whats the second stage of advancing an attack line?

Back 124

Advancing the line to the point of attack

Front 125

Which type of nozzle is used most commonly with fluoroprotein foam?

Back 125

Aerating

Front 126

Which nozzle type has the fastest flow rate?

Back 126

Master Stream

Front 127

How does foam extinguish flammable liquid fires?

Back 127

Separates the fuel from the fire

Front 128

1&3/4" attack hose can flow ______

Back 128

120 to 180 gpm

Front 129

Most common preconnected hose load?

Back 129

Minuteman

Front 130

Which type of hose ranges from 1" to 1.5"?

Back 130

Forestry

Front 131

Which type of foam is well suited for gasoline spills?

Back 131

AFFF

Front 132

What is a benefit of class a foam?

Back 132

Reduces surface tension of water

Front 133

Whats the correct procedure for deploying triple layer load?

Back 133

Place nozzle and top fold over the shoulder and walk away

Front 134

How should FFs space themselves when advancing an uncharged line up a ladder?

Back 134

One FF on each ladder section

Front 135

The function of a standpipe system is to provide _____

Back 135

Water supply for interior attacks

Front 136

Which type of fog stream nozzle provides a flow between 90 and 225 gpm?

Back 136

Automatic adjusting

Front 137

Compared to fog nozzles, smooth bore stream _____

Back 137

Absorb less heat

Front 138

Batch mix 3% foam into a 500 gal tank requires how much foam concentrate?

Back 138

15 gal

Front 139

Which statement about straight streams is correct?

A) its the same as solid stream

B) straight is discharged from an adjustable fog nozzle

C) straight resists breakup better than solid stream

D) straight is discharged from smooth bore

Back 139

Discharged from adjustable fog nozzle

Front 140

A hose must be ____ when operating from a ladder

Back 140

Tied to the ladder