Fire. Fighting test

Which piece of firefightering equipment is used to attach two hoses with the same coupling connection

Adapter

Two types of nozzles carried on a ship

Combination all purpose Vari nozzle

What are the two types of heat detectors

Fixed temperature, rate of rise

Why would you use a 2 1/2 inch hose into a 1/2 inch hose

Gated wye

the fire tetrahedron consists of what 4 elements

Heat , chain reaction, oxygen, fuel

List the 2 dangers / limitations of the firefightering gear

Heat exhaustion Heat smoke

At the scene of the fire on the ship who is most likely to be in charge of operations

On scene leader

What are the 3 types of smoke detectors

Photoelectric cell , Ionization chamber , combination

Transfer of heat through electromagnetic or radiant heat propagation or heat felt directly from a fire would be defined as what heat

Radiation heat

What is the purpose of a reducer

Reduces a larger hose into a smaller hose

List 6 possible sources of ignition on ship

Smoking Electric equipment Welding/buming Galley operations Fuel oil transfer Spontaneous combustion

Which sprinkler system always has water in the system

Wet / automatic