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Select the fire extinguisher you would use on a breaker panel fire
Halon
In contrast to a gas fire, a liquid fire's burning rate is dictated by how fast the flame can transfer heat back to the
source
A thermal expansion is the result of
two or more chemical compounds
Hose reels are designed to take the hose to the fire. Most hose reels have an adjustable nozzle and approximately____ feet of ____-inch hose
100 ft of 1 1/2 in
A denotation wave for air-hydrocarbon mixtures expand at a high velocity of _______ feet per second
4,000 to 8,000
Select the fire extinguisher you would use on a compressor motor fire
Dry
The worst industrial accident in the United States took place at
Galveston Bay
Select the fire extinguisher you would use on a computer fire
Halon
The development of a fire includes four stages. Please match this statement to the stage (excessive heat, flame, smoke, toxic gases)
Heat
The development of a fire includes four stages. Please match this statement to the stage. (no smoke or flame, little heat, combustion begins)
Incipient stage
Which company was responsible for using unskilled, unqualified labor to perform a job at a plant
Phillips Chemical Company
The Phillips and ARCO incidents directly led to the development of
Process Safety Management (PSM)
The development of a fire includes four stages. Please match this statement to the stage. (increased combustion, smoke, no visible flame)
Smoldering Stage
Which industrial incident killed 581 people
Texas City
Select the fire extinguisher you would use on a trash fire
Water
Denotations are a special type of explosion that are extremely destructive because they
travel at high velocities, through plant pipe work and process equipment, and produce high internal pressures
A solvent is best described as
used to dissolve another material; includes aqueous and non-aqueous
The development of a fire includes four stages. Please match this statement to the stage. (flames become visible)
Flame Stage
Select the fire extinguisher you would use on a grease fire
Carbon Dioxide
The primary reason the Texas City incident occurred was
a small fire likely from a cigarette
________ from the fire before the extinguisher is emptied
back away
A BLEVE is a physical explosion involving
boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion, involving the release and ignition of an expanding vapor
Solid and liquid fires must burn in the _______ phase
gas
Liquid fires depend on a ___________ mixture above the product
gas and air
The effects of absorbed heat include all of the following except
increase in volume, temperature, change of state, chemical change and electrical transfer