Fire 101

Supplemental Study Materials

Chapters 1-15
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 Safe Practices for Riding in Apparatus
What safety practice goes in the blank?
For better practice, fold the bottom of the paper so you can not see the answer choices.

Wear
Secure tools Close cab
and loose hearing
equipment. protection. doors.

Seated securely
and belted before
No helmet NFPA 1001, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
apparatus moves. in the cab. Book Page, 39
Chapter 1, Slide 103
 Firefighter
Wellness
Chapter 1
Use the mind map to summarize the
concepts of Firefighter Wellness.
One has been started for you.

Illnesses, Training
Injuries and
and Education
fatalities

Firefighter
Safety

Medical and Wellness

Physical Programs
Requirements

Obesity

NFPA 1001, 4.1.1,

Book Pages 24-32
Slides 55-99
Everyone Goes Home NFPA 1001, 4.1.1, Book Pages 24-25
Summarize the initiatives, and/or rephrase into your own words. Slides 69-70
Use additional paper if needed.
1. Define and advocate the need for a cultural change within the fire service relating to
safety; incorporating leadership, management, supervision, accountability and personal
responsibility.

2. Enhance the personal and organizational accountability for health and safety throughout
the fire service.

3. Focus greater attention on the integration of risk management with incident management
at all levels, including strategic, tactical, and planning responsibilities.

4.All firefighters must be empowered to stop unsafe practices.

5. Develop and implement national standards for training, qualifications, and certification
(including regular recertification) that are equally applicable to all firefighters based on the
duties they are expected to perform.

6. Develop and implement national medical and physical fitness standards that are equally
applicable to all firefighters, based on the duties they are expected to perform.

7. Create a national research agenda and data collection system that relates to the
initiatives.

8. Utilize available technology wherever it can produce higher levels of health and safety.
Everyone Goes Home
Summarize the initiatives, and/or rephrase into your own words. NFPA 1001, 4.1.1, Book Pages 24-25
Use additional paper if needed. Slides 69-70

9. Thoroughly investigate all firefighter fatalities, injuries, and near misses.

10. Grant programs should support the implementation of safe practices and/or mandate safe
practices as an eligibility requirement.

11. National standards for emergency response policies and procedures should be developed
and championed.

12. National protocols for response to violent incidents should be developed and championed.

13. Firefighters and their families must have access to counseling and psychological support.

14. Public education must receive more resources and be championed as a critical fire and life
safety program.

15. Advocacy must be strengthened for the enforcement of codes and the installation of home
fire sprinklers.

16. Safety must be a primary consideration in the design of apparatus and equipment.
 Fire Service Organization
Chapter 1
Write the letter of the corresponding term in the box. The page numbers are noted for reference.

Fire Companies (page 15)

1. ____ Performs rescue and fire suppression activities

involving aircraft incidences.
2. _____ Performs forcible entry, search and rescue,
ventilation, salvage, overhaul, and utilities control.
Provides access to upper levels of a structure. May also A. Brush Company
provide elevated water streams, extrication, and B. Engine company
emergency medical care. C. Aircraft Rescue and
3. _____ Extinguishers ground cover or grass fires and Fire Fighting
protects structures in areas close to fields Company
and woodlands. D. Hazardous Materials
Company
4. _____ Performs fire suppression duties at structure,
E. Rescue Company
vehicle, wildland, and other fires. Additional duties may F. Emergency
include search and rescue, extrication, ventilation, and Medical/ambulance
emergency medical care. Assigned to a pumping Company
station. G. Truck (ladder)
5. _____ Provides emergency medical care to patients Company
and may transport them to a medical facility.
6. _____ Mitigates hazardous materials incidents.
7. _____ Searches for and removes victims from areas of
danger or entrapment, may be specifically trained to
perform technical rescues, and may serve as the rapid
intervention crew.

Firefighter (page 17)

1. _____ Personnel trained to extinguish fires in outdoor
vegetation, including the wildland/urban interface.
2. _____ Personnel certified to perform rescues in specific
in specialty areas such as high angle, trench, structural
collapse, confined space, vehicle and machinery, A. Fire apparatus
water, ice, and cave or mine rescues. driver/operator
3. _____ Personnel trained to drive fire apparatus to and B. Airport firefighter
from fires and other emergencies. They must be able C. Wildland firefighter
to operate fire apparatus pumps and aerial devices, D. Hazardous
and are responsible for servicing and maintaining the materials
apparatus. technician
4. _____ Personnel certified to mitigate hazardous E. Rescue technician
materials and chemical, biological, radiological,
nuclear, or explosive emergencies.
5. _____ Firefighters specially trained in
airport operations.
 Fire Service Organization
Chapter 1
Write the letter of the corresponding term in the box. The page numbers are noted for reference.

Officers (page 19)

1. _____ Person who monitors the department's health and

safety program.
2. _____ Personnel who managed the fire prevention, plans review,
and investigational divisions. They may hold a chief
officer rank. Fire investigators and fire inspectors often hold the title
of Fire Marshall as well. A. Fire marshals
3. _____ Person responsible for all operations within the department. B. Fire Department
4. ____ Personnel who supervise a fire company in the station and at incident safety officers
fires and other emergencies. They also supervise a group of fire C. Fire department health
companies within their response area. and safety officers
5. _____ Personnel who supervise a group of fire companies and D. Fire chief
stations. They may also manage units responsible for logistics, fire E. Company officers
F. District/Battalion chiefs
prevention, training, planning, or other functions.
G. Assistant/Deputy Chiefs
6. _____ Personnel who manage a variety of upper level functions,
such as emergency operations, administration, fire prevention, or
training period these titles and their functions vary between
organizations.
7. _____ Person who monitors operational safety at
emergency incidents. This task may be assigned to any qualified
fire officer during the incident.

Fire Prevention (page 19)

1. _____ Personnel who informed the public about fire and life safety
hazards, fire causes, and precautions or actions to take before and A. Fire prevention
during a fire. Public information officers and youth fire officers/inspectors
setter intervention specialists also fall into this category. B. Plans examiners
2. _____ Personnel who insure code compliance by reviewing C. Fire and arson
architectural and site plans and fire protection system plans and investigators
calculations for new construction and renovations. D. Fire and life safety
3. _____ Personnel who perform periodic inspections, enforce building educators
E. Fire protection
and fire codes, and interact with the public.
engineers/specialists
4. _____ Personnel who check architectural
and fire protection systems plans for proposed buildings to ensure
compliance with local fire and life safety codes and ordinances.
They may also act as consultants to the fire department
administration in the areas of fire department budgeting,
operations, and fire prevention.
5. _____ Personnel who investigate fires and explosions to determine
their origin and cause. In some jurisdictions they must have the
same certification and training as law enforcement officers.
AHJ Acronyms
A - _____________ Chapter 1
H- _____________
J- _____________ Write what the letters stand for
Give an example of a AHJ. in the acronym.

COPD ICS IDLH

C - _____________ I - _____________ I - _____________
O- _____________ C- _____________ D- _____________
P- _____________ S- _____________ L- _____________
D- _____________ H- _____________
PTSD
GFCI P- _____________ CRR
G- _____________ T- _____________ C- _____________
F- _____________ S- _____________ R- _____________
C- _____________ D- _____________ R- _____________
I- _____________
PTO (Page 41) SOP
BSI P- _____________ S- _____________
B- _____________ T- _____________ O- _____________
S- _____________ O- _____________ P- _____________
I- ______________
ARFF
EMS A- _____________
E- _____________ R- _____________
NFPA 1001, 4.1.1,
M- _____________ F- ______________
4.1.2, 4.3.3
S- _____________ F- ______________
Chapter 1
1.Create a sample Non-Emergency Calls NFPA 1001, 4.2.2
Book Pages 57-62
Chapter 2
conversation for a Slides 3-8

Non-Emergency
call. Hello, 2.Follow up on
This is ____ your call.
from ____ unit at
___ station. How What information did
you collect from the
may I help you? caller? What should
you do with that
information?

What follow up is
required after this
call?

3.Did your call follow

the guidelines listed
on page 57?
 Radio Systems
Chapter 2
Sort the attributes of the radios.

Base Station Radios Portable Radios Mobile Radios

• • •

• • •

• • •

1. An external antenna is mounted to the vehicle.

2. In a fixed location such as fire stations.
3. Equipment includes a receiver, transmitter, antenna,
microphone and speakers.
4. Headset connections are usually provided for all users.
5. Have interference-resistant receivers.
6. Powered by battery pack.
7. External antenna is attached to the top of the radio.
8. Stable, powerful transmitters.
9. Mounted in the fire apparatus.
10. Least powerful of the three types. NFPA 1001, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3
Book Pages 63-65
Slides 32-36
 Communications
Chapter 2
Write the number of the corresponding term in the box.
The page numbers are noted for reference.

1. concise 7. portable 13. physical

2. direct 8. identify 14. FCC
3. fixed 9. strait 15. brief
4. receiver 10. ambient 16. PPE
5. clear 11. dead
6. electronic 12. accurate

1. The ___ regulates all radio communications in

the United States. (63)
2. Any ____ barrier between the transmitter and
the ____ can block a signal, this includes ___.(67)
3. Emergency scenes are filled with ____ noise. (68)
4. When transmitting information and orders be
A___, B___, and C___. (69)
5. The use of plain English, no 10-codes or agency
specific codes is referred to as ___ text. (63)
6. At an emergency scene, follow two basic rules,
____ yourself, and acknowledge the message
received. (61)
7. A television override is an example of an ____
alert. (62)
8. ____ radios are handheld devices that are less
powerful than ____ radios. (64)
9. ____ communication refers to the ____ line travel
of radio signals between devices. (66)
10. If someone looses their radio signal inside a
building, they could be in a ____zone. (67)
 Chapter 3 – Building Construction
Directions: Sort the building attributes into the correct building classification.
Type I Type II
• _____________________________________ • _____________________________________
• _____________________________________ • _____________________________________
• _____________________________________ • _____________________________________
• _____________________________________ • _____________________________________
• _____________________________________ • _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

Type III Type IV

• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

Type V Factory Homes

• _____________________________________ • _____________________________________
• _____________________________________ • _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

Building Attributes tip: Cross off as you sort. If the attribute contains many words, consider just writing the number.

1. Collapse of masonry walls can be caused by 14. Interior walls, columns, beams, floors and
loss of structural integrity of timbers. roofs are completely or partially constructed
2. Highest level of protection from spread as of wood.
well as structural collapse. 15. Panelized homes (built on site with pre
3. Non-combustible- materials will not constructed panels) ,
contribute to fire development or spread. 16. Fire stops may be installed.
4. Reinforced concrete, precast concrete, 17. Hybrid modular structure (elements of both
protected steel. modular design and panelized design)
5. Precut homes (assembled on site, precut 18. Unprotected, open web joist supporting
custom parts, ie pole houses, log homes, A- metal roof decks.
frames, geodesic domes), 19. High concentration of wood can contribute
6. Constructed of noncombustible or limited to the intensity of the fire once it starts.
combustible materials. 20. Concrete block wall construction
7. More prone to collapse than type I due to 21. Metal framing members, metal cladding,
lighter weight construction materials 22. Exterior walls- noncombustible materials.
8. Heavy Timber- large dimension lumber and 23. Wood frame. Exterior load bearing walls
laminated wood. composed entirely of wood.
9. Extremely stable, resistant to collapse. 24. Windows may be non-operating
10. Compartments can retain heat, 25. Fire can spread through void spaces.
11. Manufactured (mobile) homes- most 26. Roofs may be difficult to penetrate,
common, Modular homes (stackable, 27. Fire resistive construction.
connectable),
12. Ordinary construction- commonly found in
mercantile, business, residential, older NFPA 1001, 4.3.12
13.
schools.
Single family residence, multi-story apt. Book Pages 78-84
Slides 5-22
 Basements
Chapter 3
Write the letter of the corresponding term in the box.

A. Walk-out or
“Daylight”
B. Partially
Underground
C. Fully Underground

1. Fires in basements may be ____

A. breaker box
hazardous that in other
B. storage
compartments because of limited
C. load-bearing
means of ingress/egress and limited
D. underground
____.
E. more
2. Being partially or fully ____ can limit
F. ventilation
____ to the basement.
G. collapse
3. Fires in basements can damage
H. access
floor joists and ____ walls.
I. damaged
4. If the floor joists are ____ the floor
J. HVAC
above will _____ into the basement.
5. Basements can contain things such
as, _____, _____,_____, and/or water
heater. NFPA 1001, 4.3.12
Book Page 87
Chapter 3, Slides 45-48
 Stairs
Chapter 3
Write the letter of the corresponding term in the box.

A. enclosed H. smoke
B. adjacent I. movement
C. unprotected J. exterior
D. means of K. similar
egress L. integrity
E. enclosed M. doors
F. protection N. protected
G. fall

1. Stairs in commercial and multifamily buildings that are

part of the required _____ must provide _____ for the
occupants as the travel to safety.
2. Stairs can be a flow path for _____ of the air, fire gases
and ___ throughout a structure.
3. Stairs can also be a ____ hazard
4. ____ stairs are ____ with fire-rated construction.
5. Firefighters should control the ____ on protected stairs
to maintain the ____ of the stairwell.
6. Stairs open to the air are classified as ____ stairs.
7. ____ exterior stairs must comply with requirements ____
to those of interior protected stairs.
8. When the stairs connect only two ____ floors above
the basement level, they may be ____ stairs.
NFPA 1001, 4.3.12
Book Pages 88-90
Chapter 3, Slides 49-55
Roof Types
Label the roof types
Common Styles

1. Shed
2. Hip
3. Mansard
4. Arched
5. Pitched
6. Gambrel
7. Flat
8. Sawtooth
9. Lantern
10. Butterfly

What considerations
must be taken for
each roof type while
firefighting?

NFPA 1001, 4.3.12

Book Page 90
Chapter 3, Slide 61
 Beams and Trusses
Chapter 3
Label the descriptor as belonging to either a Beam or a Truss.

1. Assembled using metal gusset plates that only

penetration about 3/8 inch into the wood.
2. Sections of lumber located directly under the roof
decking.
3. May be exposed or concealed behind a ceiling.
4. Provide adequate structural strength under normal
conditions, but thin web portion of plywood makes
them susceptible to early failure in a fire.
5. Consist of top and bottom chords and webbing
that extend from the peak to the walls.
6. Types include parallel chords, pitched chords and
arched chords.
7. As wood burns away from the metal plates during
a fire, the plates fall out and are no longer a
structural support.
8. On flat roofs, they extend from wall to wall.
9. On pitched roofs they extend from the ridge line or
pole at the peak to each side wall.
10. May be conventional framing constructed on site
or pre-manufactured is a factory and shipped to
the site.
11. A horizontal joist with supports between the joist
and the rafters connect the ends.
12. Manufactured from plywood and are often used in
conjunction with wood joists to support flat roofs
and floors.

NFPA 1001, 4.3.12

Book Page 93-94
Chapter 3, Slides 72-78
 Roofs NFPA 1001, 4.3.12
Book Pages 90-101
Chapter 3 Chapter 3, Slide 60-101
Complete the chart below, the first one has been started for you. .

Building Page Considerations and/or

Examples/Details
Attribute # hazards for firefighting

101 • HVAC Units • Can cause collapse of fire-

Roof-Mounted • Water Towers weakened roof
• Steeples, minarets, spires • Can affect ventilation efforts
Equipment
• Affects load distribution

Flat Roofs

Pitched Roofs

Roof Decks

Roof Coverings

Roof
Penetrations
and Openings

Green Roofs

Photovoltaic
Roofs

Rain or Snow
Roofs
 Chapter 3 – Building Construction
Directions: Sort the door attributes into the correct door classification.
Swinging Doors Sliding Doors

• _______________________
• _______________________
• _______________________
Label the parts of the door: Hinges, Door Jamb
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________

Folding Doors Vertical Doors

• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ______________________________
• ________________________
• ________________________
• ________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

Revolving Doors Extra Practice:

• ________________________ - List where the type of door can be
• ________________________ found and/or additional examples.
• ________________________ - Cut up the page and use as
flashcards.

Door Attributes tip: cross off as you sort. If the attribute has many words, consider just writing the number.
1. Pocket doors slide into wall assembly
2. Used for elevators, and storefront entrances NFPA 1001, 4.3.4
3. Usually have a counterbalance mechanism Book Pages 102-106
4. Overhead track and floor guides or tracks Chapter 3
5. Must be specifically listed for use as means of egress
6. Rotate in a circular frame
Slides 103-111
7. Bi-fold or multi-folding
8. Wings of the door are designed to collapse under pressure
9. Single Acting or Double Acting
10. Can be single leaf or horizontal panels
11. Overhead track and floor guides or tracks
12. Often found in industrial occupancies
13. Doors that consist of interlocking metal slats are common in factories and
loading docks.
14. Never allowed as part of means of egress
15. Usually required as EXIT doors in means of egress
16. Raised manually or mechanically, or power operated
17. Found in residential occupancies or assembly places
18. Designed to minimize airflow and reduce heating or cooling loss
19. Single or Double Leaf
Movable
Windows
Label the windows

1. Jalousie
2. Vertical Pivot
3. Casement
4. Double Hung
5. Horizontal Pivot
6. Horizontal
Sliding
7. Projecting
8. Awning
9. Single Hung

What considerations
must be taken for each
window type while
firefighting?

NFPA 1001, 4.3.3

Book Page 110
Chapter 3
Slides 131-132
 Windows
Chapter 3
Write the letter of the corresponding term in the box.

A. Jalousie G. Single hung

B. Pivoting H. Horizontal sliding
C. Rolling Steel I. Double hung
shutters J. Awning
D. Projecting K. Security
E. Casement windows
F. Fixed Window

1. Swings outward at the top or bottom and slides

upward or downward in grooves.
2. Two sashes that can move past each other in a vertical
pane.
3. One or more top hinged outward swinging sashes.
4. Only a frame and glazed stationary sash. Display,
picture and deadlights are examples.
5. Protect a fire wall opening in an industrial occupancy
or an opening in a wall separating buildings into fire
areas.
6. One openable sash.

7. Two or more sashes of which at least one moves

horizontally.
8. Has a sash that pivots horizontally or vertically on a
central axis. Part of a pivoting window swings inward
and part swings outward when opened.
9. Large number of narrow overlapping glass sections
swinging outward (same basic concept as awning).
10. Side singed sash- usually swings outward.

11. Security bars or grills can slow access time and must be
removed when interior operations begin to ensure
firefighter safety in case a rapid egress is required.
NFPA 1001, 4.3.4 Book Pages 109-111 Chapter 3, Slides 131-134
 NFPA 1001, 4.3.4, 4.3.12
Vocabulary Book Page 112-114
Chapter 3 Chapter 3

Terms with more

than one word
will have a
blank square in
between the
words.

Across
1.Bricks, blocks, stones, and unreinforced and Down
reinforced concrete products.
2. Door whose entire core is filled with solid material.
5. Home assembled on site consisting of constructed
3. The edge of a pitched roof that overhangs an outside
panels made of foam insulation sandwiched between
wall. Attic vents in typical eaves provide an avenue for an
sheets of plywood. The panels are assembled on-site
exterior fire to enter the attic.
and require no framing members.
4. Weight of the structure, structural members, building
7. Concealed space between the top floor and the
components, and any other features permanently
roof of a structure.
attached to the building that are constant and immobile.
8. Lightweight truss design noted by the bow shape, or
6. Horizontal structural members used to support a ceiling
curve, of the top chord.
or floor. Drywall materials are nailed or screwed into the
9. Joist with a web composed of materials that do not ceiling joists, and the subfloor is nailed or screwed to the
fill the entire web space. Examples include steel bars or floor joists.
tubes.
10. Horizontal member between trusses that support the
11. Inclined beam that supports a roof, runs parallel to roof.
the slope of the roof, and to which the roof decking is
12. The horizontal line at the junction of the top edge of
attached.
the two sloping roof surfaces.
13. Portion of the exterior walls of a building that
14. Structural member used to form a roof or floor
extends above the roof. A low wall at the edge of a
framework
roof.
 Fire Dynamics NFPA 1001, 4.3.10,
4.3.11, 4.3.12
Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Write the letter of the corresponding term in the box.

A. increase G. oxygen M. Liquids

B. smoke H. not toxic N. toxic
C. autoignite I. kinetic O. combustion
D. environment J. expand P. incomplete
E. complete K. particles Q. friction
F. compression L. buoyant

1. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a ____ and flammable

product of the ____ combustion of organic materials.
2. ____ have mass and volume but no definite shape,
and will not ____ to fill all of a container.
3. When the air supply is limited, the level of incomplete
____ is higher, which produces more ____.
4. Some petroleum-based materials will ____ in oxygen-
enriched atmospheres.
5. ___ and ___ generate mechanical energy.
6. Heated gasses will rise, remain aloft, or____ , and
generally travel up and out.
7. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a product of ____
combustion of organic materials. It is ____ in the
same manner as CO.
8. Temperature is the measurement of the average
____ energy in the ____ of sample matter; heat.
9. The wind can ____ the pressure inside a structure.
10. The combustion process consumes ____ from the air,
effectively removing it from the____.
 Incipient Stage
- The fire begins.
Stages of Fire
Development
Chapter 4
Name the stages of fire development.
Write the corresponding attributes in the box.
The first one has been started for you.

A. All combustible materials in the

compartment are burning at
their peak heat release rate.
B. The fire is consuming the
maximum amount of oxygen
that it can.
C. The heat release rate begins to
decline. Fires may self-
extinguish.
D. More of the initial fuel package
becomes involved and the
production of heat and smoke
increases.
E. Radiant heat from the fire may
begin to pyrolize nearby fuels
which could spread the fire to
new fuel packages.
F. Starts with ignition when the
three elements of the fire
triangle come together and
the combustion process begins.
G. The fire is small and confined to
the small portion of the fuel first
ignited.
NFPA 1001, 4.3.11, 4.3.12
Book Page 146
Chapter 4
Slides 91-105
 Fire Dynamics, Chapter 4
NFPA 1001,
4.3.11, 4.3.12
Chapter 4

Circle the term that best describes what is seen in the photo.

1. Kinetic Energy Potential Energy

2. Endothermic reaction Exothermic reaction

3. Non-flaming combustion Flaming Combustion

4. Low thermal radiation Higher thermal radiation

5. Measured in megawatts Measured in watts

6. Incipient Stage Fully Developed Stage

7. Fuel-limited Ventilation limited

Describe the chemical process occurring in the photo?

_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
What potential chemical hazards could be present in this fire?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Fire Dynamics
NFPA 1001, 4.3.10,
4.3.11, 4.3.12
Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Pages 177-180

Terms with more

than one word
will have a
blank square in
between the
words.
Chapter 2 Review
(page 69)
ABCs of Good Acronyms
Communication Chapter 5
A - _____________
Write what the letters stand for
B- _____________ in the acronym.
C- _____________
Give an example of a
communication using
the ABCs.
Chapter 1 Review (page 12)
AHJ
A - _____________ NFPA 1001, 4.1.1,
H- _____________ 4.3.2, 4.3.3
J- _____________ Chapter 5
Give an example of a AHJ.

SCBA PAPR QLFT

S - _____________ P - _____________ Q - _____________
C- _____________ A- _____________ L- _____________
B- _____________ P- _____________ F- _____________
A- _____________ R- _____________ T- _____________

PASS HEPA EOSTI

P- _____________ H- _____________ E- _____________
A- _____________ E- _____________ O- _____________
S- _____________ P- _____________ S- _____________
S- _____________ A- _____________ T- _____________
I- ___________
PPE APR
P- _____________ A- _____________ HUD
P- _____________ P- _____________ H- _____________
E- _____________ R- _____________ U- _____________
D- _____________
 Personal Protective Equipment
NFPA 1001, 4.3.1,
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Circle and describe the incorrect PPE protocol in the photo.
Write the correct PPE procedure for the situation. Use additional paper if needed.

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_______________________ Photos Credit: Firefighterclosecalls.com
 SCBA 1.Cylinder Valve
2.Nose Cup
3.CO2 Filtration Canister
4.Bypass Valve
Label the components of the SCBA.
5.High-Pressure Air Hose
6.O2 Injection Line
7.Diaphragm
8.Air Cylinder
9.Facepiece
10.Breathing Chamber
11.Facepiece
12.Backpack Assembly
13.RIC UAC
14.Exhalation Hose
15.O2 Cylinder
16.Inhalation Hose
17.Regulator
18.Hose-Cylinder Connection
19.Exhalation Valve

Label the Valve

Assembly
1. Pressure Gauge
2. Threaded Stem Describe the process NFPA 1001, 4.3.1
3. Control Valve and
Handle of taking on and off Book Page 207
(page 209) SCBA gear. Chapter 5, Slide 82
Personal Protective Equipment NFPA 1001, 4.3.1
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Pages 229-231

Terms with more

than one word
will have a blank
square in
between the
words.
 NFPA 1001, 4.1.1,
Helmets, Eye Protection and Hoods 4.3.2, 4.3.3
Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Page 188-190

1 2 3 4
Match the picture to the term. _____ Safety Glasses
_____ Safety Goggles _____ Helmet Faceshield
_____ SCBA Facepiece

Choose the best answer. 3. Which of the following can be used as

primary eye protection?
1. Helmets provide all of the following a. Helmet faceshield
benefits EXCEPT: b. Hoods
a. provide protection from heat c. SCBA facepiece
and cold d. Reading glasses
b. provide primary eye 4. Put your protective hood on __ the
protection protective coat.
c. protect the head from a. Before
impact b. After
d. prevent embers from c. Hoods are not worn at the same
reaching the ears and neck. time as coats.
2. A helmet can also be used to 5. Hoods cover areas that may not be
identify a firefighter and may covered by SCBA, such as all of the
include the following information: following EXCEPT:
a. rank a. Ear flaps
b. unit b. Helmet
c. nickname c. Coat collar
d. all of the above d. Feet
Personal Protective Equipment NFPA 1001, 4.3.1
Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Number the pictures in the correct order for donning PPE. Page 232

Write the process to don

structural PPE.

Step 1. _____________________

Step 2. _____________________

Step 3. _____________________

Step 4. _____________________

Step 5. _____________________
Personal Protective Equipment
NFPA 1001, 4.3.1,
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Pages 222-225

Fill in the Venn

Diagram with
attributes of the two
systems for providing
Stationary/Mobile air for SCBA. Be sure to
SCBA Fill Stations include maintenance
and operation of
systems.

Provides Type 1
Grade D quality air

Both

FBARS

Suggestions:
- Installed at a Located in high-rise buildings.
station
- Fill cylinder
slowly
- Can be contracted
out
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Nonemergency Exit Techniques Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Page 228
Write the letter of the corresponding term in the box. Slide 151

Buddy System
In all atmospheres or situations, firefighters work in A. landmarks
teams of at least members. Each team member is B. habit
responsible for the ____ of the other member. At the first C. hose line
sign of any exit indicator orders, low air , or change in D. confined
conditions team members must leave as a or in pairs. E. hums
Individual members must never be left alone in the ___ F. efficient
atmosphere. The only time one member may work alone is G. rescue
in a space where two members cannot fit. The second H. egress
team member should remain in the I. outside
area monitoring his , ready to enter the space if the J. expanding
need for arises. K. mouth
L. Reilly
Controlled Breathing M. nose
Controlled breathing techniques allow for air use in N. search line
the IDLH atmospheres. in one method, firefighters inhale O. obstructions
naturally through the , then forcefully exhale through P. two
the , reducing air consumption. Q. situational
Another controlled breathing method is the ____ R. alarm
Emergency Breathing Method. This method involves S. enter
inhaling deeply through the nostrils, the to fill the T. hazardous
lungs fully. When the lungs are full, the SCBA wearer U. disoriented
while exhaling in a slow, consistent manner. V. exit
W. IDLH
Egress Paths X. group
When you an IDLH area, it is important to use the same Y. direct
path that you used to . This path will have familiar , Z. diaphragm
and it may also be the most . This method reduces the AA.conditions
possibility that you will become lost or and allows you BB.safety
to calculate the time it will take to exit the area. Make a
of this technique by practicing it during training.
You should also be aware of other means of in case
your entry route is blocked. One exit technique is to follow
the or search lines out of an area. Always apply your
___ awareness as you arrive at the scene of an incident
and prepared to enter the structure. Look for other possible
exit points note any potential , and observe the fire
visible at the time you enter the IDLH area.