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CC Fire 53 Quiz 7
Question | Answer |
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Packaging | The bandaging and preparing of a patient to be moved from the place of injury to a stretcher. |
Panel Doors | Doors with a solid stile and rails with panels made of wood or glass or other materials. |
Panic Hardware | Hardware mounted on doors that enable them to be opened by pushing from the inside. |
Parapet | The projection of a wall above the roofline of a building. |
Passport | A term given to a specific accountability system where crews are tracked using a card (passport) with all members listed. An accountability manager tracks the passports on an accountability board. |
Permeation | The movement of chemicals through chemical protective clothing on a molecular level; does not cause visual damage to the clothing. |
Permissible Exposure Limit | An OSHA value that regulates the amount of a chemical that a person can be exposed to during an eight-hour day. |
Personal Alert Safety System | A device that emits a loud alert or warning that the wearer is motionless. |
Personnel Accountability Report | This is an organized roll call of all units assigned to an incident. |
Pipe Chases | A construction term used to describe a void designed to house building water supply and waste pipes. |
Pitot Gauge | A device with an opening in its blade-shaped section that allows water to flow to a bourdon gauge and registers the flowing discharge pressure of an orifice. |
Plan View | A drawing or diagram of a building or area as seen from directly overhead. May include a site plan or a floor plan. |
Platform Framing | A style of wood frame construction in which each story is built on a platform, providing fire stopping at each level. |
Polar Solvent | A material that will mix with water, diluting itself. |
Polymerize | A chain reaction in which the material quickly duplicates itself and, if contained, can be very explosive. |
Positive Pressure | A feature of SCBA providing a continuous supply of air to the face piece, keeping toxic gases from entering. |
Post Indicator Valve | A control valve that is mounted on a post case with a small window, reading either "OPEN" or "SHUT". |
Preaction System | Similar to the dry pipe and deluge systems. Has closed piping and heads with air under no or little pressure, but water does not flow until signaled open from a separate fire detection system. Usually used when water can cause a large dollar loss. |
Pressure | The force, or weight, of a substance, usually water, measured over an area. |
Pressure-Regulating Device | Designed to control the head pressure at the outlet of a standpipe system to prevent excessive nozzle pressures in hoselines. |
Purlins | A series of wood beams placed perpendicular to trusses to help support roof decking. |
Pyrolysis | Decomposition or transformation of a compound caused by heat. |
Piercing Nozzle | Nozzle originally designed to penetrate the skin of aircraft and now has been modified to pierce through building walls and floors. |