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Test Review

Fire Knowledge Exam Review from IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting, 7th ed.

• overall mission of the fire service
• type of fire departmental organizational structure
• division of labor necessary in the fire service
• types of specialized fire company 
• example of situational awareness 
• types of communications center equipment 
• channel would be assigned for fireground operations only
• Type of construction 
• construction classification 
• type roof is often found on buildings
• portion of the roof is called
• roof-mounted equipment
• type of windows
• rolling steel shutters 
• substance changes it undergoes a
• products of combustion 
• chemical asphyxiant
• hypoxia 
• convection
• sawdust 
• surface-to-mass ratio
• fires develop through four stages
• fire triangle come 
• combustion 
• flashover
• ventilation-limited compartment fire 
• fuel-limited
• PPE can provide
• eye protection 
• SCBA facepiece
• PPE designed for structural fire fighting 
• use of fire fighting helmets
• protective coat parts
• fire fighting boots must be
• safety consideration related to PPE
• routine inspections of PPE
• type of cleaning PPE
• fire classification 
• extinguishing agents
• type of extinguishers 
• utility rope can be used
• synthetic fiber rope
• inspecting kernmantle rope
• lumps in the sheath 
• clean synthetic fiber ropes
• section of an extension ladder
• placing an extension ladder 
• marking or label does NFPA 1931 require to be on all ladders
• ladders should be service tested 
• the halyard should be
• removing a ladder that is mounted on the side of an apparatus
• ladder commands
• deploying a roof ladder
• unconscious victim down a ladder
• factors affects the decision of where to force entry
• forcible entry task
• pick-head ax use
• forcible entry in an area with limited space
• rescue tools 
• door frames
• using power saws for forcible entry
• wooden tool handles should be inspected
• locking device that is often found in hotel rooms 
• sliding doors opening
• tool was developed to force entry on locks with protective collars or cone-shaped
• breaking windows during forcible entry
• shards
• air management
• closing rooms or close areas 
• bypass valve on a cylinder, sharing air, and breathing directly from the cylinder
• IDLH environment, you must
• fire encountered in a room during search and rescue operations
• ventilation used 
• overhaul
• loss control
• fresh air from ventilation is introduced into a room
• ventilation during overhaul
• wind speeds and firefighters working safely 
• ventilation tool use
• types of ventilation 
• types of hose
• types of lugs 
• prevent mildew
• hose roll 
• booster hose
• dry-barrel hydrant
• hydrant wrench
• portable water tank
• charged hoselines
• hose fitting 
• apply water to the hot gas layer in a compartment
• controls doors and windows during fire attack
• attack team 
• low neutral plane and turbulent smoke
• type of fire attack
• stop the flow of water from an activated sprinkler
• LPG fire 
• passenger vehicle fire
• overhaul operations 
• wear SCBA when necessary
• rolled salvage covers
• chutes 
• inspection of salvage covers
• heat affect masonry
• type of building material is used to protect other materials because its moisture content
• considering the potential that a building will collapse
• building’s contents affect fire growth and structural collapse
• collapse zone clearance