Test

Question 0

What does the E stand for in 4WE ?

Answer 0

Public safety hazard consider evacuation

Question 1

What is the safety distance when working near air craft front and rear ?

Answer 1

Front 7.5m

Rear 45m

Question 2

What is the cordon size for a car with explosives ?

Answer 2

200M

Question 3

When is stage 2 ECP required?

Answer 3

1. More than one ECP.
2. Protracted incident.
3. BA emergency team committed.
4. Guidelines.
5. Hi-Ex foam
6. EDBA
7. Relief BA teams.
8. 10 or more BA wearers.
9. Other agencies.
10. GTS are out of sight.
11. Telemetry leaky feeder deployed.
12. Confirmed basement fire.

Question 4

What level of of PPE is required near water ?

Answer 4

Full PPE, PFD, helmet needed if hazards above but chin strap undone.

Question 5

What is the safe distance from electric pylon with a handheld jet ?

Answer 5

20m

Question 6

A request to remain on site to provide cover for the gas authority.

Who can authorise this ?

Answer 6

Duty DAC

Question 7

How would you relay sensitive information from an incident ground to control from an incident ?

Answer 7

Point-to-point call

Mobile telephone from command unit.

Question 8

When can you cross a central reservation?

Answer 8

By order of police or HATO

Question 9

When can an appliance traverse soft ground?

Answer 9

If the nature and/or severity of the incident justifies it.

Question 10

What incidents are FIU required to attend ?

Answer 10

1. 4 pump fires and above.
2. Persons reported.
3. Firefighter Emergency.
4. Fatalities at fires.
5. Explosions.
6. On request for an ambulance from an incident where a fire related injury has occurred to a member of public.
7. On request of the IC.

Question 11

Can you send a coded stop from a level 1 hazmat incident ?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What is a tactical withdrawal ?

Answer 12

Tactical withdrawal is the removal of personnel from a specific area of potential danger in a safe and planned manner

Question 13

What is a FF Emergency ?

Answer 13

One or more firefighters or personnel working under the control of the LFB are unaccounted for and/ or in need of rescue.

Question 14

What information do you send control at a fire in a railway arch?

Answer 14

Nature of occupancy.

Question 15

Large spills unit/bulk spills unit has a tank capacity or what ?

Answer 15

6000L

Question 16

Do you always need radio comms in a BA team ?

Answer 16

Yes each BA team should have at least one means of radio communications.

BA teams are not to be committed without communications equipment.

Question 17

What colour is a sector commanders tabard ?

Answer 17

Yellow with red shoulders.

Question 18

Which rank has the authority to sectorise an incident ?

Answer 18

Incident Commander.

Question 19

When a HLU is mobilised,who else will be mobilised ?

Answer 19

BMA ( Bulk Media Advisor )

Question 20

What is an emergency evacuation ?

Answer 20

An emergency evacuation is the immediate and controlled withdrawal of all personnel from the scene of operations to a place of safety.

Question 21

Will acetylene ever be in a composite cylinder ?

Answer 21

NO

Question 22

Yankee hazard symbol ?

Answer 22

A red triangle with a black ! In it

Question 23

When do you use a police accident sign ?

Answer 23

When OIC deems it safe to do so.

Question 24

What do you do when occupants refuse to leave premises ?

Answer 24

Inform police.

Question 25

When are reliefs implemented ?

Answer 25

3hrs.

Question 26

What must be in place before breaking basement stall lights ?

Answer 26

A charged 45m jet must be in place.

Question 27

What should be carried out on an FSG call ?

Answer 27

Regular comms back to control to assist with information with caller.

Question 28

Where should the OIC be on a high rise incident ?

Answer 28

Outside.

Question 29

What characteristics does a timber framed building have ?

Answer 29

A greater resentence to collapse.

Question 30

What is the definition of an emergency evacuation ?

Answer 30

An emergency evacuation is the immediate and controlled withdrawal of all personnel from the scene of operations to a place of safety.

Question 31

When can you enter a silo ?

Answer 31

If there is immediate life risk.

Question 32

What is the inner cordon at an RTA ?

Answer 32

3m

Question 33

When can an acetylene 200m cordon be reduced ?

Answer 33

On completion of the cap test.

Question 34

Where are the keys found for a LUL intervention point ?

Answer 34

At adjacent Stations.

Question 35

When do you use seatbelts ?

Answer 35

All the time while in PPE

Question 36

Under what circumstances would it be permitted to search a suspect package ?

Answer 36

If there is a device on a fire station.

Question 37

Sign & Symptoms of a Flashover ?

Answer 37

1. Ventilated fire. 2. Increased turbulence of the neutral plane rapidly descending in the compartment. 3. Tongues of flames visible in the gas layer at the top of compartment. 4. A sudden change in colour of the smoke, darkening in colour. 5. Flammable surfaces in compartment pyrolising. 6. Rapid increase in temperature.

Question 38

Signs & Symptoms of a Backdraft ?

Answer 38

1. Hot doors & handles. 2. Fire gases being pushed out under pressure from gaps or openings. 3. Air being drawn in through any gaps/openings in the compartment (whistling sound). 4. Smoke blackened windows/no visible sign of flame.

Question 39

What is the orange square on a vehicle ?

Answer 39

Vehicles carrying dangers goods in containers or packages.