Verbal & Visual Comprehension Flashcards
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A fire dispatch report states: 'Structure fire, 3-story residential, reported victims on second floor, wind from the NW at 15 mph.' Which direction should crews expect smoke to travel?
Answer: Toward the southeast
Wind blowing from the northwest pushes smoke toward the southeast.
A passage reads: 'Firefighters must don full PPE before entering any IDLH atmosphere.' What does IDLH stand for?
Answer: Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
IDLH stands for Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health, a threshold defining atmospheric hazards.
You see a placard on a tanker truck showing the number 1993 inside a diamond shape with a flame symbol. What information does this convey?
Answer: The truck is carrying a flammable liquid
UN 1993 is the hazmat placard number for flammable liquids, combined with the flame symbol confirms the cargo type.
A written order states: 'Evacuate all occupants from floors above the fire floor and two floors below.' The fire is on floor 7 of a 12-story building. Which floors must be evacuated?
Answer: Floors 5 through 12
Two floors below floor 7 is floor 5, and all floors above floor 7 go up to floor 12, so floors 5–12 must be evacuated.
Looking at a building floor plan, you notice a shaded rectangular area labeled 'stair shaft' adjacent to a shaded area labeled 'elevator shaft.' What is the primary significance of these features during a fire?
Answer: They are potential vertical channels for smoke and fire spread
Stair and elevator shafts act as vertical channels that can rapidly spread smoke and fire between floors.
A report reads: 'The fire originated in the attic space, likely due to improper storage of combustible materials near the HVAC unit.' What is the most probable ignition source implied?
Answer: Heat from the HVAC unit igniting nearby combustibles
The passage directly implies that heat from the HVAC unit ignited the improperly stored combustibles.
On a site map, dashed lines represent underground utilities and solid bold lines represent the building perimeter. You see a dashed line crossing directly beneath the main entrance. What should this alert you to?
Answer: Underground utilities that could be damaged or become hazardous during operations
Dashed lines indicating underground utilities beneath an entrance warn crews to avoid damaging pipes, conduits, or lines during operations.