Firefighter study guide 1-2003
study guide for national firefighter written test
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- 325' 150+175=325
- The department has 3 hoses, one at 150', one at 175' and one at 200'. What is the length of the first two hoses?
- Be cautious of answer containing exact words or phrases. they can distract you from the correct answer
- answers that "look good"
- operating (note spelling)
- Most departments have standard ______ procedures
- 20 minutes 12 miles takes 60 minutes so 4 miles (1/3) takes 1/3 of 60 or 20 mintues
- The fire is 4 miles away and the engine can only average 12 mph in traffic. How long will it take to reach the fire
- polypropylene rope
- A firefighter is using a rope that melts at 330 degrees, has good resistance to electrical coductivity, acid and oil. What type of rope is he using?
- $1288 (note: in the example they didn't line up the decimal points so watch that)
- What is the total cost of equipment if hose cost $300, ladder cost $600, pick cost $125, saw cost $185 and bettering ram cost $78
- Don't skip them, but narrow down the choices and pick the one that makes the most sense
- guessing errors
- 252 sf 10x12=120 12x11=132 132+120=252
- A small house with 10x12 living room, 6x8 bedroom, 6x6 bathroom and 12x11 kitchen has smoke and water damage in the kitchen and living room. How many square feet is that
- Toxic (note spelling)
- Burning chemicals emit _______ substances which can cause serious health problems
- 1:14 Take 8 divided into 112= 14 so for every 1 high rise there are 14 low
- There are 8 hight rise structures and 112 low rise structures. What is the ratio of high-rise to low-rise
- 12 minutes
- Engine dispatched at 9:38, arrives at 9:45, police at 9:51, ambulance arrived at 9:53, extract driver at 9:57. how much time elapsed between engine arriving and extraction
- 2,736 First take Q x Q because it's squared so, 12 x12= 144 the equation is 38 (c) x 144 (q) x 0.5 (l)
- friction loss on a hoseline is FL=CQ2L Give C=38 and Q=12 and L=0.5 what is the FL
- considerations (note spelling)
- saving lives is always one of the first ______at a fire
- 9:51
- at 9:45, police at 9:51, ambulance arrived at 9:53, extract driver at 9:57. What time did the police arrive
- 96 sf area is length x's width or 8x12=96
- A room 8 feet long and 12 feet wide is filled with smoke what is the area
- 259
- There were 236 apartment buildings in 2000 and 23 more in 2002, how many were there in 2002
- hydrant (note spelling)
- To achieve max water supply, it is best to attach multiple hose lines between the ____ and the fire pump
- one foot less than the designated length
- What is the average reach of a ladder 35' or less in length
- 1/5 because .2 is the same as 2-tenths of 2/10 which can be reduced to 1/5
- .20 is equal to what fraction
- Parking garages 12 divided by 30 = 40%, 2 divided by 8=25% 33 divided by 112=29%
- 30 parking garage fires increased by 12 in a year, 8 high rise fires increased by 2 and 112 low rise fires increased by 33. Which had the highest percentage of increase?
- 30 square feet
- how large is a 5' x 6' opening
- 108 6 x 18=108
- A firefighter must climb 6 flights with 18 steps each. How many steps must he climb
- Underline key word or phrases, check details, don't rush, look for best answer
- Misreading questions or answers
- 90' 5x18=90
- The bulding is 5 stories and each story is 18', how tall is the building
- fire apparatus (note spelling)
- When driving a _________, the driver must be cognizant of the fact that he has little control over the way members of the public react
- polyester rope
- What type of rope started to melt at 500 degrees
- 3 times hotter 177 divided by 59 = 3.0
- Manila rope chars at 177 degrees C the temperature is 59 dgrees C. How many times hotter must the building get before the rope chars
- 20 square root is what times what would equal this number so 20 x 20=400
- What is the square root of 400
- indicator (note spelling)
- Pump engines have an _____to show the temperature of the coolant.
- cotton rope
- What rope has the worst resistance to acid
- No, they would need 6---6 x 3000 = 18,000
- Commercial building must have one 2 1/2 gallon water extinguisher for every 3000sf. The shooping center is 16,000sf and has 3 extinguishers, is that enough?
- Nylon
- What rope has poor resistance to electrical conductivity but good resistance to oils and acids
- 16% (remember when percentages are all added to gether they must always = 100
- The department's budget is 4 parts, salaries, equipemnt, maintenance and training. 48% of the budget goes to salaries, 23% to equipment, 13% to maintenance what percentage is left for training
- 9.5 miles 38mph = 60 minute 15 min is 1/4 of an hour 1/4 of 38=9.5
- The engine averages 38 mph and takes 15 minutes to get to a fire, How far away was the fire
- If you don't know a word, reread the sentence to determine overall meaning
- Not knowing the meaning of key words
- 78'
- A story is 13'. What size ladder do you need to reach to top floor of a 6 story building
- 29.33' or 29'-8" 4" is 1/3 of a foot or .33, so you have 60.66 hose and couplings 90-60.66=29.33 that you're missing
- You have three section of 20' hose and two coupling at 4" each. You need the hose to be 90' long. How much more hose do you need??
- maneuvering (note spelling)
- Getting the engine into the station requires the driver be skilled in _____the vehicle
- 3- one for every 40'
- how many men are required to carry a 120' fire hose
- 127 feet first add all of the hoses together (2x125=250)+(3x75=225)+(5x150=750)+175 = 1400 next add up the number of hoses 2+3+5+1=11 then divide 11 into 1400 which goes 127.2 times for an average length
- The engine carries two 125' hoses, three 75' hoses, five 150' and one 175' hose, what is the average length of the hoses