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What are the 4 types of aerial ladders?
- Aerial ladders - 100 ft or longer
- telescopic booms - 65 - 85 feet are prepiped with a fog nozzle
- Articulating boom - 50 - 100 feet are two or more arms attached at swivel joint
- aerial towers and platforms - 50 - 100 feet have basket or platform at the end
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What is the general rule of thumb for nozzle flows on aerial apparatus?
Between 1900 L/min and 3800 L/min
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What are the 5 things a “quint” has?
- hose bed
- pump
- water tank
- hydraulically operated ladder
- ground ladders (minimum 198 feet of ground ladders)
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What are the tree main components of an aerial device?
- turntable
- elevating boom
- operating platform
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What is on the bottom of a turntable?
Machined ball races in a large diameter heavy steel ring bolted to the chasis. In these races are hardened steel balls that support all down loading of the ladder and permit free rotation
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What do elevating cylinders consist of?
seamless outer shell containing a packed and tightly fitted piston, which is attached to a piston rod.
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What do trunnions do?
They are attached to piston rods and tie the two cylinders together forcing them to move in unison
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How many control lever are on the control pedestal?
3 - hoisting/lowering, extend/retract, rotation
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what are some other items that be on the control pedestal?(5)
- engine starter
- throttle control
- gauges
- incline meter
- safe to load chart
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what does the ladder hold down hook do?
Prevents the ladder from bouncing around when the apparatus is moving
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What stops the hydraulic fluid from moving once the ladder is in the desired position
Hoist lock valve
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what should be considered when positioning an aerial? (5)
- Stability of the serial itself
- overhead wires
- steep grades
- parked cars
- other apparatus
