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Firefighter 2 (Certification Exam) Questions and Answers Already Passed Responsibilities for FF 2 Correct Answer-Prepare reports, communicate the need for assistance, coordinate an interior attack ... line team, extinguish an ignitable liquid fire, control a flammable gas cylinder fire, protect evidence of fire cause and origin, access and disentangle victims from motor vehicle accidents, assist special rescue team operations, perform a fire safety survey, present fire safety information, maintain fire equipment, perform annual service tests on fire hoses Emergency traffic Correct Answer-An urgent message that takes priority over all other communications Mayday Correct Answer-Emergency traffic that is used for a firefighter that is downed, lost, missing or needs immediate assistance. Evacuation signal Correct Answer-Warns all personnel to pull back to a safe location. Usually a sequence of 3 blasts on an apparatus air horn. National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Correct Answer-Used to compile and analyze incident reports at the local, state, and national levels. NIMS Guide 0001 Correct Answer-National resource typing criteria. NIMS document that lists the proper terminology for the common resources used at large-scale emergencies. Strategy Correct Answer-The "big picture" plan of what has to be done. Tactics Correct Answer-The steps that are taken to achieve the strategic objectives. Tasks Correct Answer-The specific assignments that will get the job done.Search and rescue tools Correct Answer-Pushing tool (short like pole), prying tool (halligan tool), striking tool (sledgehammer or flat-head axe), cutting tool (axe), portable hand light, thermal imaging devices, life lines. Tool staging Correct Answer-Placing a tarp or salvage cover on the ground at a designated location and laying out commonly used tools and equipment. Carabiner Correct Answer-Used to connect one rope to another rope or to other hardware such as an anchor plate, swivel, or pulley. NFPA 1983 Harness Correct Answer-A piece of rescue or safety equipment made of webbing and worn by a person. Class 2 harness Correct Answer-Seat harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist and legs and has a design load of 600 lbs. Class 3 harness Correct Answer-Full body harness. Fastens around the rescuers waist and thighs as well as secures the rescuers waist and shoulders. Trench rescue Correct Answer-Rescue in collapsed trenches. Confined space rescue Correct Answer-Rescue in tanks, silos, underground electrical vaults storm drains and other similar structures. Water rescue Correct Answer-Throwing a rope to a person in the water and pulling them to shore, a rope stretched across a stream or river, a boat going to get a victim. Venting for life safety Correct Answer-Venting to clear smoke, heat, and toxic gasses from the structure to give occupants a better chance to survive. Venting for fire containment Correct Answer-Releasing smoke and superheated gases to the exterior to prevent the products of combustion from spreading throughout the interior of a building or into adjoining spaces.Venting for property conservation Correct Answer-Reducing the losses caused by other means than direct fire involvement. NFPA 1962 Correct Answer-Standard for inspection, care and use of fire hose, couplings, and nozzles and service testing of fire hose. Annual testing of fire hose Correct Answer-1. Don PPE 2. Connect 300 ft of hose to a hose testing gate valve on the discharge of FD pumper or hose tester Hose records Correct Answer-A written history of each individual length of fire hose Hose line crew Correct Answer-The optimal people on a hose line is 4 personnel Foam concentrate Correct Answer-Firefighting foam is produced by mixing ??? With water and air to produce a solution that can serve as an effective extinguishing agent. Class A foam Correct Answer-Used to fight fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, paper, and textiles. It is also effective on organic materials such as straw and hay. Increases the effectiveness of water as an extinguishing agent by reducing the surface tension of water. Class B foam Correct Answer-Used to fight class B fires, fires involving flammable and combustible liquids. A blanket of foam is used to smother the fuel of the fire putting it out. Foam solution Correct Answer-The product that is actually applied to extinguish a fire or to cover a spill. Compressed air foam systems (CAFS) Correct Answer-Relatively new method of making Class A foam. Compressed air foam (CAF) Correct Answer-Produced by injecting compressed air into a stream of water that has been mixed with 0.1 percent to 1 percent foam.Protein foam Correct Answer-Made from animal by-products. They are effective on Class B hydrocarbon fires and are applied in 3 percent or 6 percent delivery rates. Fluoroprotein foam Correct Answer-Made from the same base materials as protein foam but include additional fluorochemical surfactant additives. Film-forming fluoroprotein (FFFP) Correct Answer-Composed of protein plus film-forming fluorinated surface-active agents, which make them capable of forming water solution films on the surface of most flammable hydrocarbons and of conferring a fuel-shedding property of the foam generated. Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) Correct Answer-A synthetic based foam that is particularly suitable for spill related fires involving gasoline and light hydrocarbon fuels. Alcohol-resistant foam Correct Answer-Formulated so that alcohols and other polar solvents do not dissolve the foam. Foam proportioner Correct Answer-The device that mixes the foam concentrate into the fire stream in the proper percentage . Foam eductor Correct Answer-Draws foam concentrate from a container or storage tank into a moving stream of water. Foam injectors Correct Answer-Add the foam concentrate [Show More]

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