Knowing The Truck | Fire | Hose/Firestream | Rescue | SCBA |
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What is the Jake Break
In the snow, ice or rain never use this style brake.
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What is the Fire Tetrahedron
Oxygen, Fuel and Heat and a self-sustained chemical chain reaction called
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What is Storz couplings
Referred to as sexless couplings and are connected with one third of a turn
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What is Primary search
A rapid, thorough search done to locate victims as soon as possible
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4500 PSI
The pressure at which a full SCBA cylinder is charged too
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What is 800'
How much 6" LDH is in Compartment 4 of the hose bed
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Who is the RIT team
Before going into a fire at PLNGS what must be established
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What is a Fog stream
Used to achieve maximum water surface for heat absorption and is composed of very fine water droplets
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What a firefighter should do when injured, trapped or lost ETC
Immediately activate the PASS device
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What is the Pressure reducer assembly
Once through the high pressure hose, air flows through this component of the SCBA, in which pressure is severely decreased
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What is 2000GPM
How many GPM is are pump
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What is Wildfire
An Unplanned or unwanted natural or human-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that threatens to escape its bounds
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What is hose clamp
Used to stop the flow of water to allow replacement of a burst section of hose or add more sections
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What is Stabilization
Providing additional support to key places between an object and the ground to prevent further movement
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What is the Viber Alert
You Should immediately begin to exit an IDLH atmosphere once this is close to activating
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What is 10 and 6 feet
What Size's are the Pike Poles on the Engine
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What is an Educator
Used in a line to add foam to a water supply
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What is the Flat load
The type of load that is the easiest to load for large diameter hose and most prevalent on our trucks
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What is removing tempered glass from the side or rear windows
Using a spring-loaded center punch or striking with a sharp point at the lower corner
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What is Wheeled breathing
What SCBA breathing technique us shown to conserve the most amount of air
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What is 428 GAL
How much Water does the Engine hold
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Who is Ryan Curtis
The Word Chaos is used when this appears on the PLNGS Site
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What is the Higbee cut
A feature on the screw thread couplings where the beginning of the tread is cut to provide a positive connection
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What is a V-Shaped collapse
The pattern of collapse when outer walls remain standing and the floors or roof fail in the middle leaving voids on both sides of the collapse
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What is slightly above atmospheric pressure
The Pressure at which air enters your facepiece
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