FLORIDA PUMP OPS TEST 200+
SOLUTION UPDATE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
When does brake fade occur? - when the brakes overheat from excessive use
What area is between wild-land and rural area? - Wild land urban interface
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FLORIDA PUMP OPS TEST 200+
SOLUTION UPDATE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
When does brake fade occur? - when the brakes overheat from excessive use
What area is between wild-land and rural area? - Wild land urban interface
Older vehicles may be equipped with what type of braking system? - Hydraulic braking
system
If the operator on an aerial has the DCDL locked and hears tires scrubbing what should
he do? - Not worry because it is normal
Brush trucks have the ability to do what? - Pump and Roll
Audio sirens out run the effective range its audible warning device at speeds above
what? - 50mph
What are some of the problems with homemade pumpers? - They are top heavy
2 short blast of the air-horn indicate what? - Backing up
Play in the steering wheel of more than what % is not allowed? - 10% - 20" diameter
steering wheel 2" play in either direction
NFPA 1901 requires water tenders to be designed to be filled at rate of ______ gpm? -
1,000
When a nozzle is shut down quickly, the pressure goes all the way back to? - The water
main
It is dangerous and discouraged to ___ while filling trucks? - Filling through the TOPS of
tanks with an open butt of a hoseline
Most common drafting problem? - Air leaks
What is the proper flow rate percentage? - (100%) of their maximum flow rate at 150
PSI,
(70%) of their maximum flow rate at 200 PSI,
(50%) of their maximum flow rate at 250 PSI
Most common relief valve? - Spring-controlled pilot valve
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