FIRE SUPPRESSION (30%)

PRE-FIRE PLANNING

Direction: Read carefully the following sets of questions. Shade the best answer.

1. Bureau of Fire Protection was formed by virtue of:

RA 6975

RA 4567

RA 9514

RA 6973

2. All but one can compose the First Responders in an incident:

a. HAZMAT Team

b. Police

c. Fire Fighters

d. Media

3. Is a process of obtaining information about a building or property and storing the information in a
system readily available as reference during emergencies and or incidents:

a. Size Up

b. Preincident Planning

c. Fire Suppression

d. None of the Above

4. Arrange the following in accordance to prioritization of life safety hazard:

i. School

ii. Nursing Home

iii. Hotels and Rooming Houses

iv. Public Assembly Occupancies

a. i, ii,iii,iv

b. ii,iii,i,iv

c. ii,i,iii,iv

d. none of the above

5. This type of occupancy requires a special pre-incident planning with the concept of “defend in place”
and is equip for horizontal evacuation:

a. Healthcare Facility

b. Public Assembly

c. Educational

d. Mercantile

6. FIRE is defined by the Fire Code of the Philippines as:

a. A rapid oxidation process, which is a chemical reaction resulting in the evolution of light and
heat in varying intensities;

b. The active principle of burning characterized by heat and light of combustion;

c. An exothermic chemical reaction that emits heat and light;

d. All of the Above

7. Is the transfer of heat via heat waves:

a. Conduction

b. Convection

c. Radiation

d. None of the above

8. Which among is not a principle of extinguishment:

a. Removal of Fuel

b. Redirection of Heat

c. Control of Oxygen

d. None of the Above

9. The principle of extinguishment where unaffected structures are directed with streams to contain the
fire;

a. Starvation
b. Cooling
c. Blanketing
d. All of the above

10. The principle of extinguishment that allows fire development to full decay:

a. Starvation
b. Cooling
c. Blanketing
 d. All of the above

11. This is being done by fire ground commander to estimate, evaluate and analyze the situation as basis
for sound decision making.

a. Size Up

b. Fire Ground Tactics

c. A&B

d. None of the Above

12. PSI stands for:

a. Pressure per Square Inch

b. Pounds per Square Inch

c. Pull per Square Inch

d. Push per Square Inch

13. A fire suppression technique where firefighters advance hose lines into a building to attack a fire:

a. Offensive Firefighting

b. Defensive Firefighting

c. Offensive-Defensive Fire Fighting

d. None of the above

14. A fire suppression technique that generally uses larger hand lines:
a. Offensive Firefighting

b. Defensive Firefighting

c. Offensive-Defensive Fire Fighting

d. None of the above

15. A hose stream that divides water into droplets which have a very large surface area and can absorb
heat efficiently, used combined with ventilation when heat levels in a building need to be lowered:

16. A stream intended for offensive fire fighting, interior direct attack;

a. Fog stream

b. Solid Stream

c. Straight Stream

d. None of the above

17. Are large caliber devices that are used primarily during defensive operations:

a. Master Stream Devices

b. Nozzles

c. Hose

d. None of the above

18. Are used to connect individual lengths of hose, to connect to hydrants, valves, nozzles and
fittings:

a. Coupling

b. Hose

c. Nozzle

d. Valve

19. Is any fire department emergency vehicles that participate in fire suppression or other
emergency situation:

a. Fire Truck

b. Fire Ambulance

c. Fire Apparatus

d. None of the Above

20. Is a fire apparatus usually used in firefighting and rescue operation of high rise building:

a. Nozzle

b. Aerial Ladder

c. Ambulance

d. None of the Above

21. Involves ordinary combustible such as wood, paper, cloth, plastic & rubber:

a. CLASS Q
b. CLASS B

c. CLASS A

d. CLASS D

22. It involves combustible cooking fuels such as vegetable oil, animal oil and fats:

a. CLASS E

b. CLASS D

c. CLASS K

d. CLASS B

23. Defined as the minimum temperature a combustible material reaches enough to produce vapor
gases:

a. Ignition temperature

b. Flash Point

c. A&B

d. None of the Above

24. All except one is a kind of fire extinguisher:

a. Water Type

b. Carbon Dioxide Extinguisher

c. Halon Agent

d. None of the Above

25. AFFF stands for:

a. Aqueous Film Forming Foam

b. Aqueous Foam Forming Film

c. Aqueous Forming Film Foam

d. None of the Above

26-27 You have been dispatched for a report of a structural fire. As you are responding, the dispatcher
informs you that this is a woodworking shop at a private residence. When you arrive, you find a
lightweight wood-frame building, about 20 feet by 30 feet. Heavy smoke is being pushed from the open
door. The building is located about 50 feet from a two-story brick house.

26. Which of the following are possible hazards in this situation?

1. Electrical hazards

2. Lightweight construction that may fall early in the fire

3. High fuel load because of the building occupancy and contents

4. Unknown hazards such as gasoline storage or the presence of propane (LPG)

a. 1 and 2

b. 3 and 4

c. All of the above

d. None of the above

27. If the IC directs you to protect that adjacent house, where should you direct your hose stream?

a. On the corner of the burning building closest to the house

b. On the heaviest concentration of flames

c. On the adjacent house

d. Into the air between the house and the woodworking shop

28. A hazmat incident was reported to your station, your crew chief dispatches on the scene, upon
arrival in the area what would be the best action to take first?

a. Ask the first responder on site regarding possible trapped victims

b. Immediately penetrate the warm zone

c. Stay in the cold zone and coordinate for initial status of the incident

d. None of the above

29. The substance was unidentified but area has good oxygen concentration higher than 19.5%,
what would be the action to take?

a. Wear Level A suit but wear Air Purifying Respirator

b. Wear fully encapsulated, vapor tight suit with Self contained breathing apparatus

c. Neither a or b

d. None of the above

30. A fire fighter responds on a cargo fire incident, he sees that the cargo on fire has a placard
displaying number “4” at the bottom of the placard, this means:

a. explosives
b. flammable liquid
c. flammable solid
d. gas
31. Refers to all of the tactics and tasks that are performed on the fire scene to achieve the final goal of
extinguishing the fire

a. Size-up

b. Fire Suppression

c. Forcible Entry

d. Ventilation

32. Refers to the phase that begins when the emergency call is received and continues as the unit
travels en route to the incident scene;

Response/Size Up

Ventilation

Preincident Planning

None of the above

33. All except one are factors to consider in sizing up:

a. Nature of Incident

b. Life Safety Hazard

c. Resources

d. None of the above

34. Is the careful planned release of the products of combustion from a confined area or structure;
a. Forcible entry

b. Ventilation

c. Fire Suppression

d. None of the Above

35. All except one are signs of backdraft

a. Puffing Smoke

b. Smoke Stained Windows

c. High Oxygen and High Heat

d. Black smoke becoming densely gray yellow

36. Is defined as gaining access to a structure when the normal means of entry are locked, secured,
obstructed or unable to be used for some other reason

a. Ventilation

b. Forcible Entry

c. Salvage

d. Overhaul

37. All but one is an example of a striking forcible entry tool

a. Battering ram

b. Sledge hammer

c. Halligan Tool

d. Bolt Cutter
38. During forcible entry, the first step to take is

a. Check for door locks and or window locks

b. Immediately use any available forcible entry tool at hand

c. None of the above

39. It is the prime consideration when using tools and equipment that includes wearing of proper
Personal Protective Equipment:

a) a. Safety
b) Effective Use
c) Experience
d) None of the Above

40. Which of the following is a rotating tool?

a) Ceiling hook
b) Clemens hook
c) Box-end Wrench
d) Pike Pole

41. All but one are equipment used in salvage and overhaul operations

a. Lighting equipment

b. Water chute

c. Pike Pole
d. All of the above

42. The important concept in salvage and overhaul operations

a. Try before you pry

b. Use least possible amount of water needed

c. A and B

d. None of the Above

43-47. You are dispatched for a report of smoke coming from a house from a house in the middle of the
afternoon. As you are donning your turnout coat and pants, you hear the dispatcher report that she has
received multiple calls. As your truck company pulls into the residential street, you see a 2 ½ story
Victorian House that looks like it was built in the 1930s. Smoke is coming from a second story window on
the A side of the building and from the dormer of the attic.

43. What is the top priority for ventilation in this fire?

a. Fire containment
b. Property conservation
c. Life safety
d. Protecting exposures

44. If you need to ventilate a second-story window from a ladder, where should you place the ladder?

a. Just below the window

b. Just above the window
c. On the downwind side of the window
d. On the upwind side of the window
45. Which of the following types of ventilation should be used in basement or confined fires:

a. Positive pressure ventilation

b. Negative pressure ventilation
c. Natural ventilation
d. None of the above

46. It is best to operate any type of fire stream through a ventilation hole during offensive operations

a. Agree
b. Disagree
c. Neither
d. None of the above

47. Which of the following methods can be used to break a window from above?

a. Power saw
b. Halligan tool toss
c. Pike pole
d. Master stream

48. You have recently completed basic training and you are assigned to a series of different companies
for 30-day periods, you have been assigned in a ladder company for the first time:

a. One of the first things that you should do;

b. Check the warranty for all of the power tools carried on the apparatus;
c. Make a mental note of where each tool is carried so you can find it quickly when you need it;
d. Sharpen the blades of all the cutting tools;
e. Make sure that the striking tools and the prying tools are kept in separate compartments’

49. The fire officer tells you that your assignment for the day is to carry “the irons”. You understand
from this assignment that your first responsibility at the scene of a fire will be:
 a. Search and rescue
b. Forcible entry
c. Ventilation
d. Rapid Intervention Crew

50. The “irons” refers to two specific tools that are usually used together. These tools are:

a. Pick-head axe and pike pole

b. K tool and rabbet tool
c. Flat head axe and halligan tool
d. Battering ram and bolt cutters

51. You respond on the second alarm for a fire in a three-story garden apartment building. While the fire
officer reports to the IC, you observe that the smoke is coming from the top of the floor and escaping
from under the eaves of the building . When the officer returns, he tells you and the other crew
members to bring pike poles inside the building. Your assignment will most likely be:

a. Vertical ventilation
b. Rapid intervention crew
c. Horizontal ventilation
d. Opening ceilings to expose hidden fires

52. While working with a pike pole inside an apartment on the third floor, you observe smoke coming
from behind the wooden baseboards , just above the floor . The fire officer tells you to open this area
and see if there is fire in the wall. You should:

a. Use your pike pole to pry the baseboard away from the wall
b. Use a sledgehammer to break the baseboard
c. Get a screw driver from the tool kit and remove the screws that secure the baseboard to the
wall
d. Get a pick-head axe and use it to cut the baseboard away from the wall

53. The fire officer tells you and another fire fighter to set up positive pressure ventilation to clear the
smoke out of the area where you will be working. You should place a positive pressure ventilation fan:
 a. Outside a doorway to blow fresh air into the building
b. On the roof of the building to suck smoke out through a hole
c. In an open window to blow smoke out
d. Inside the building to blow smoke toward an open door

54. Late one night your ladder company responds to a call for smoke coming from a store in a shopping
center. When you arrived , you see that all of the stores are closed , but there is a light smoke inside a
coffee shop. The coffee shop has a cylinder lock in the metal frame or a glass door . Which tool are you
most likely to use to gain entry?

a. Pick head axe

b. Spring loaded center punch
c. K tool
d. Rabbet tool

55. Is an equipment that can be used to pump out water that accumulated from basements or fire
below ground:

a. Water vacuum
b. Drainage pumps
c. A and B
d. None of the above

56. Is a phenomenon where all combustible materials in an enclosure reaches a point of combustion;

a. Flash over
b. Back draft
c. A and B
d. None of the above

57. An impending explosion characterized by high heat, smoldering fire, high fuel vapor concentrations
and low oxygen

a. Flash over
b. Back draft
 c. A and B
d. None of the above

58. When a room is impending for a back draft, what is best action to take?

a. Induce oxygen
b. Wait for temperature to decrease on its own
c. Offensive Fire Fighting
d. Defensive Fire Fighting

59. It is the process of ensuring that fire incident will no longer rekindle:

a. Overhauling
b. Salvaging
c. Suppression
d. Fire tactics

60. It is the responsibility of the fire fighters to clean up excess water inside a structure during fire
incidents:

a. True
b. False
c. Neither
d. None of the above