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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