Final Exam Review

• Order of rank and authority in the fire service.
• The proper sequence of information and command flow as described in the Incident Management System.

• System by which facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications are organized to operate within a common organizational structure designed to aid in the management of resources at emergency incidents.
• Management system of procedures for controlling personnel, facilities, equipment, and communications so that different agencies can work together toward a common goal in an effective and efficient manner.
• Recommended method of establishing and maintaining command and control of an incident. It is an organized approach to incident management, adaptable to any size of type of incident.

Guide to decision making in an organization.

A written communication closely related to a policy.

Standard methods or rules in which an organization or a fire department operates to carry out a routine function. Usually these procedures are written in a policies and procedures handbook and all firefighters should be well versed in their content. A SOP may specify the functional limitations of fire brigade members in performing emergency operations.

Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications

integrity, moral character, pride, work ethic, and courage

Life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation

An officer can effectively manage only a certain number of individuals or groups (usually 3-7, 5 best).

Disease that is transmissible from one person to another.

Informal discussion with incident responders conducted after the incident has been terminated either at the scene or after the units have returned to quarters. Here commanders address possible chemical and medical exposure information, identify damaged equipment and apparatus that requires immediate attention, identify unsafe operating procedures, assign information gathering responsibilities to prepare for the Post-Incident Analysis and reinforce the positive aspects of the incident.Click to flip

Any atmosphere that poses an immediate hazard to life or produces immediate irreversible, debilitating effects on health.

International distress signal broadcast by voice

Electronic lack-of-motion sensor that sounds a loud tone when a firefighter becomes motionless. It can also be manually triggered to operate.

General overview and critique of the incident by members of all responding agencies (including dispatchers) that should take place within two weeks of the actual incident.

Two or more fully equipped and immediately available firefighters designated to stand by outside the hazard zone to enter and effect rescue of firefighters inside, if necessary. Also known as Rapid Intervention Team.

Respirator worn by the user that supplies a breathable atmosphere that is either carried in or generated by the apparatus and is independent of the ambient atmosphere. Respiratory protection is worn in all atmospheres that are considered to be Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH).

An atmosphere-supplying respirator for which the source of breathing air is not designed to be carried by the user; not certified for fire fighting operations.

Instantaneous explosion or rapid burning of superheated gases that occurs when oxygen is introduced into an oxygen-depleted confined space. The stalled combustion resumes with explosive force. It may occur because of inadequate or improper ventilation procedures.

Rapid vaporization of a liquid stored under pressure upon release to the atmosphere following major failure of its containing vessel. The failure of the containing vessel is the result of over-pressurization caused by an external heat source causing the vessel to explode into two or more pieces when the temperature of the liquid is well above its boiling point at normal atmospheric pressure.

Colorless, odorless, heavier than air gas that neither supports combustion nor burns. CO2 is used in portable fire extinguishers as an extinguishing agent to extinguish Class B or C fires by smothering or displacing the oxygen.

Physical flow or transfer of heat energy from one body to another through direct contact or an intervening medium from the point where the heat is produced to another location or from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature.

Transfer of heat by the movement of heated fluids or gases usually in an upward direction.

Model of the four elements/conditions required to have a fire. The four sides of the tetrahedron represent fuel, heat, oxygen, and chemical chain reaction.

The range between the upper flammable limit and lower flammable limit in which a substance can be ignited.

Minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off enough vapors to form an ignitable mixture with air near the liquid's surface.

Stage of a fire at which all surfaces and objects within a space have been heated to their ignition temperature and flame breaks out almost at once over the surface of all objects in the space.

The fuel that is being oxidized or burned during combustion.

Condition in which the unburned combustible gases released in a confined space (such as a room or aircraft cabin) during the incipient or early steady-state phase and accumulate at the ceiling level. These superheated gases are pushed, under pressure, away from the fire area and into uninvolved areas where they mix with oxygen. When their flammable range is reached and additional oxygen is supplied by opening doors and/or applying fog streams, they ignite and a fire front develops, expanding very rapidly in a rolling action across the ceiling.Click to flip

Weight of a substance compared to the weight of an equal volume of water at a given temperature. A specific gravity less than 1 indicates a substance lighter than water; a specific gravity greater than 1 indicates a substance heavier than water.

Outcome of combustion in a confined space in which gases tend to form into layers according to temperature, with the hottest gases are found at the ceiling and the coolest gases at floor level.

The area extending horizontally from the base of the wall to one and one-half times the height of the wall.

Another term for Type I construction; construction that maintains its structural integrity during a fire.

Another term for Type II construction; construction made of the same materials as fire-resistive construction except that the structural components lack the insulation or other protection of Type I construction.

Another term for Type III construction; construction that requires that exterior walls and structural members be made of noncombustible or limited combustible materials.

Another term for Type V construction; construction that has exterior walls, bearing walls, floors, roofs, and supports made completely or partially of wood or other approved materials of smaller dimensions than those used for heavy-timber construction.

A type of wood frame construction in which the studs in exterior walls extend from the basement or foundation to the roof.