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PUMPING AND AERIAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS NFPA 1002 - Standard for fire apparatus driver/operator professional qualifications Overthrottling - Process of injecting or supplying the diesel engine with more fuel than can be burned Fire department pumper - Main purpose is to provide ...

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PUMPING AND AERIAL EXAM QUESTIONS
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NFPA 1002 - ✔✔Standard for fire apparatus driver/operator professional qualifications


Overthrottling - ✔✔Process of injecting or supplying the diesel engine with more fuel than can be burned


Fire department pumper - ✔✔Main purpose is to provide adequate water pressure for effective fire

streams


NFPA 1901 - ✔✔Standard for Fire apparatus, requirements of pumper design. Minimum capacity/750

GPM & water tank w/ capacity of at least 300 gallons. Pump capacities larger than 750 GPM increase in

increments of 250 GPM with most municipal fire departments operating Pumpers of 2000 GPM or less.

however industrial Pumpers may exceed 2000 GPM


Rescue pumper - ✔✔Specially designed apparatus that combines the functions of both a rescue vehicle

and a fire department pumper


Class A - ✔✔Ordinary combustible's


Class B - ✔✔Flammable and combustible liquid and gas


Compressed air foam systems CAFS - ✔✔Hi energy foam generation system consisting of a water pump,

foam proportioning system, & Air compressor to inject air into foam.


Initial attack fire apparatus - ✔✔Initiate a fire attack on structural/wildland fires. Aka a midi pumper or

minion pumper




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Mini pumper - ✔✔Small fire apparatus mounted on a pick up truck sized chassis, usually with the pump

having a rated capacity < 500 GPM. ADV- Speed and mobility


MIDI pumper - ✔✔Apparatus size between a mini pumper and a full size fire dept. pumper. gross

vehicle weight of 12,000 lbs or greater. Capacity not greater than 1000 GPM


Water tenders /tankers - ✔✔Mobile water supply apparatus. Equipped with tank capacity of at least 1000

gallons. Have two basic functions on the fire ground one water tender maybe using a mobile shuttle

operation and two as a nurse tender or stationary reservoir. In accordance with NFPA 1901 water tenders

must be able to be filled at a rate of 1000 gpm. Also must be able to dump from Left right and rear.

pumper assigned to the fill site must be rated with at least 1000 gpm. single axle are restricted to 2000

gallons however more axles = more gallons. NIMS typing of a tender requires a fire pump. Don't fill

through top of tank.


Class A Foam - ✔✔Agents are extremely effective in attacking wildland fires and protect exposures


Wildland fire apparatus - ✔✔Specially designed wildland apparatus are often mounted on one ton or

larger chassis featuring all wheel drive. Commonly known as brush trucks brush breakers or booster

apparatus these vehicles offer a pump capacities and water tanks of 500 gallons or less


Quint - ✔✔Apparatus that serves as an engine and as a ladder truck ; equipped with a fire pump, water

tank, ground ladders, hose bed, and aerial device NFPA 1901 states must have minimum of 1000 GPM

Pump and minimum of 300 Gallon Tank


Pump and roll - ✔✔Allows the apparatus to be driven while discharging water advantage is when

combating wildland fires. Vehicles with this feature use a separate motor or a power take off PTO to

power the fire pump. If PTO is used the pressure developed is determined by the speed of the engine so

vehicle speed increases pumps pressure. So if hoselines are being used drive by pressure gauge not

speedometer. Lower gears helps to find the balance of speed and pressure.




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Inverter - ✔✔Step up transformer that convert a vehicles 12 or 24 VoLt DC current into 110 or 220 Volt

AC current. Typically used to power vehicle mounted flood lights


NFPA 1906 - ✔✔Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus


Fixed lights - ✔✔provide lighting around apparatus/scene . May be raised or lowered. 500-1500 watts per

light


Maintenance - ✔✔refers to keeping apparatus in the state of usefulness or readiness.


NFPA 1701 - ✔✔Standard for emergency vehicle technician professional complications; basis to train and

certify fireapparatus mechanics and department maintenance officers.


Fireboat - ✔✔Used to protect hazards on and adjacent to waterways common operating area containing

boat or ship traffic as well as harbors with wharves piers and docks. Some fireboats have capacity as high

as 50,000 GPM. individual master stream device on his bus is my discharge large volumes of water

sometimes an excess of 10,000 GPM


NFPA 1911 - ✔✔Standard for Inspection, Maintenance, Testing, &Retrirement of In-Service Fire

Apparatus


States that pumper must be tested every year or when major pump repair or powertrain repair.


Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle (ARFF) - ✔✔A vehicle used to provide immediate suppression of

flammable liquid fires and suppression of vapors from fuel spills. intended to carry rescue and

firefighting equipment for rescuing occupants and combating fires in aircraft at, or in the vicinity of, an

airport.


NFPA 414 - ✔✔Standard for Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting Vehicles while the standard classifies

apparatus by the type of suppression agent carried, agent capacity or number of drive wheels many local

jurisdictions divide the apparatus in the three general categories.




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Waxing - ✔✔Wait until the apparatus is six months old to apply these products if necessary. During first

6 months while paint is unseasoned the vehicle should be washed with cold water to harden paint and

keep it from spotting.


CDL commercial driver license - ✔✔License is issued to individuals demonstrate competence inspecting

& driving vehicles w/ GVR of 26,001 lbs or more


NFPA 414 classifies ARFF Apparatus in 3 different categories according to their water carrying capacity.

What are the three groups?... - ✔✔Major firefighting vehicles


Rapid intervention vehicles


Combined agent vehicles.


Circle or walk around a method - ✔✔Inspection Method in which the driver/inspector starts at 1 point of

apparatus & continues in either clockwise/counter-clockwise inspecting entire apparatus


Operational readiness inspection - ✔✔Inspecting an apparatus & equipment on the apparatus ensure that

all equipment is in place, clean and ready for service


Generators - ✔✔Are the most common power source used for emergency services. Run 110 or 220 Volt

and can be powered by Gas, Diesel, PTO, or hydraulic systems


Pre-trip road worthiness inspection - ✔✔Visual inspection of an apparatus to ensure major components

of the chassis are present and in proper working condition


Functional check - ✔✔An inspection where a certain system or component of an apparatus is operated to

ensure that is functioning properly


Junction Box - ✔✔are used to supply power to several connections from one supply source.


Diesel exhaust - ✔✔May contain up to 100 harmful chemicals in compounds




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