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36 Cards in this Set
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How many gallons per minute does each AFFF station produce? |
1000gpm |
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How many gallons of AFFF concentrate does each storage tank hold? |
600 gallons |
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What type of AFFF stations do we have? |
Balanced pressure proportioning system |
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How much AFFF concentrate is kept in reserve at each AFFF station? |
50% tank capacity stored in 5 gallon drums (300 gallons) |
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What color valve hand wheels does AFFF concentrate piping have? |
Light blue and red |
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What color valve hand wheels does AFFF finished foam product piping have? |
Red and green |
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What spaces have bilge sprinkling coverage? |
AUX1, MER1, MER2, 3GEN |
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How many Halon systems are on board? |
14 (7 spaces, 7 engine modules) |
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What spaces have Halon coverage? |
AUX1, MER1, MER2, 3GEN, HAZMAT issue, HAZMAT storage, TACTAS |
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How does Halon and PKP extinguish a fire? |
Interrupts the uninhibited chain reaction |
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What is used to actuate the Halon system? |
5lb CO2 actuator |
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How many Halon bottles are used in MER1? |
10 primary and 10 reserve 125lb bottles |
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How many Halon bottles are used in MER2? |
11 primary and 11 reserve 125lb bottles |
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What net is manned by repair 2, 3, 5? |
2- net 81 3- net 82 5- net 86 |
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What kits are kept in a repair locker? |
Patching, plugging, shoring, investigator, electrician, emergency lighting |
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What are the four types of pipe patches? |
Soft patch, ewarp, Jubilee, banding |
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What is the max psi of a Jubilee, banding, soft patch, ewarp patch? |
Jubilee- 100 psi banding- 150 psi soft patch- 150 psi Ewarp- 150 psi |
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What items are found in a pipe patching kit? |
Rubber, Marlin, oakum, wedges, saw, hammer |
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What items are found in a plugging kit? |
Plug, hammer, saw, oakum |
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What are the two lengths of steel shoring? |
3-5ft and 6-11ft |
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What is the max weight capacity of steel shoring? |
3-5: 20000lb collapsed, 12000lb extended 6-11: 20000lb collapsed, 6000lb extended |
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What is the rated capacity of each fire pump? |
1000gpm at 150-175psi |
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How many volts of electricity do fire pumps operate on? |
440vac |
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What type of fire main system do we have? |
Offset vertical loop |
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What types of portable fire extinguishers do we have? What size are they? What are their ranges? |
15lb CO2- 4-6ft 18lb PKP- 19ft 27lb PKP- 21ft 2 1/2G AFFF- 15ft |
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How does CO2 extinguish a fire? |
Displaces the oxygen |
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What is VAPS? Where are they? |
Vital area perimeter sprinkling. CSER3, CCS, 5 inch |
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What type of gas mask do we use? What type of canister? |
MCU/2P. C-2 |
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Who uses 30min SCBAs and who uses 45min? |
30: investigators 45: fire party & boundary men |
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What is an HPFA and what is it's purpose? |
High pressure filter assembly. Part of the recharging station that filters the high pressure air |
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What is an ABPA and what is it's purpose? |
Air booster pump assembly. It increases the air from the HPACs from 2700psi to 4500psi to fill SCBAs |
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What is used to fill SCBAs if the HPACs don't work. |
EBAC (emergency breathing air compressor) |
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How many EBACs do we have and where are they? |
3 Port break, stbd break, aft decon station |
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What fuel is used to run the EBACs? |
JP-5 |
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What grade of air is breathable? |
D or higher |
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How are SCBA face piece sizes identified? |
Color: Small - green Medium - black Large - red |
