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Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 26mins
How many BA wearers are permitted under Rapid Deployment?
2
3
2 teams
3 teams
When should Stage 1 or 2 board replace Rapid Deployment board?
When BA wearers exit
Never
As soon as practicable
On instruction from OIC
How many BA wearers are permitted under stage 1 procedures?
The total number of BA wearers does not exceed 6
The total number of BA wearers does not exceed 6
The total number of BA wearers does not exceed 8
The total number of BA wearers does not exceed 10
How many ECP (Entry Control Points) are permitted under stage 1?
1
2
Up to OIC
As many as required
How many Branch guidelines may be deployed at stage 1 procedures?
1
2
0
4
At stage 1 who is responsible for effectively monitoring the BA wearers/teams within the risk area and for ensuring that effective briefing and debriefing takes place?
ECO
Incident Commander
The BA team
All three
What colour is the ECO tabard at stage 1 ECP
Red and Blue
Red and Yellow
Black and Red
Black and Yellow
Under stage 2 Emergency Procedures how many emergency teams are required?
One team of two for every ten BA wearers committed to risk area
One team of three for every ten BA wearers committed to risk area
One team of two for every six BA wearers committed to risk area
One team of two for every six
BA main control must be established when?
More than 1 stage 1 ECP established
More than 3 stage 1 ECP established
More than 1 stage 2 ECP established
More than 3 stage 2 ECP established
What is the minimum contents of a cylinder before entry to a risk area?
50%
60%
80%
85%
When must guidelines be used?
On the instruction of the ECO
All ship incidents
On instruction from Main BA Control
Entry into high expansion foam
What is the distance between the tabs on a guideline?
1.5m
2.5m
3.5m
4m
What length are the knotted tabs on a guideline?
25mm
30mm
50mm
75mm
What length are the unknotted tabs on a guideline?
125mm
130mm
175mm
150mm
Which team member attaches their personal line to the guideline?
All
Number 2 on a team
Number 3 on team
Team leader
Guideline ID Tally is fitted by whom?
Team Leader
ECO
OIC
Team Member
How many guidelines may operate at any ECP?
None
2
1
3
How many Branch Guidelines may operate at any ECP?
1
2
3
4
The Branch-guideline ID Tally is placed how far from the guideline?
1m
1.25m
.5m
1.75m
The BA wearers personal line has two lengths. What distance will the short length allow the wearer to extend?
1m
1.25m
1.5m
6m
When can the cage of an aerial appliance be used as an ECP?
Never
On orders of the OIC
On orders of the CFO
Stage 2 procedures only
At what % should the BA cylinder be changed at station?
85%
80%
90%
75%
Working duration is defined as
The period during which the low pressure warning whistle operates
The period during which BA is expected to provide respiratory protection from the moment the cylinder valve is opened until the cylinder content is exhausted
The period during which BA is expected to provide respiratory protection from the moment the cylinder valve is opened until the moment at which the low pressure warning whistle starts to operate
The period during which BA is expected to provide respiratory protection from the moment the cylinder valve is opened until the moment at which the BA wearer looks like a smurf
Full Duration is defined as
The period which the low pressure warning whistle operates
The period during which BA is expected to provide respiratory protection from the moment the cylinder valve is opened until the moment at which the cylinder content is exhausted
The period during which BA is expected to provide respiratory protection from the moment the cylinder valve is opened until the moment at which the pressure warning whistle starts to operate
The period during which BA is expected to provide respiratory protection from the moment the cylinder valve is opened until the moment at which the BA wearer will need to talk to cism head the ball
The max number of BA wearers permitted to be connected to a single airline is
2
3
4
5
Brigades are allowed use short airlines up to what length?
2.5m
5m
7.5m
10m
While wearing CPC, what is the optimum time a wearer should be limited to?
10 mins
20 mins
25 mins
15 mins
Which team member should not carry the thermal imaging camera?
No.1 (Team Leader)
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
What should your cylinder content be at your pre entry test?
90%
85%
80%
50%
The monthly test has a minimum wearing duration. This duration is
10 bar
20 bar
40 bar
50 bar
What length is a BA guideline?
40m
50m
60m
70m
What is the distance between the tabs on a guideline?
2.5m
3m
1.25m
.6m
A BA personal line is what length?
1.25m
6m
7.25m
10m
As well as irrespirable atmospheres, BA wearers may face risk from hazards such as fire, explosion and what?
Structural Collapse
Trips
Electricity
Getting Lost
A bridgehead is a position in _________, where entry control procedures are established within a structure at a distant point from open air.
Safe air
A floor below
The lobby
A ship
What is meant by "Time to Whistle"?
It is a feature available with telemetry equipment in addition to estimated time of whistle. telemetry equipment can display the estimated number of minutes before whistle activation
It is the time available for BA wearers to exit the risk area
It is the time the ECO tells the BA team they have in the risk area
It is when the IC tells you to whistle a song
An ECB that has been augmented with a radio base station, with electronic displays for use with telemetry equipment is known as?
Entry Control Unit
Telemetry Control Unit
Telemetry Control Board
Telemetry Entry unit
A "Portable Unit" is attached to a firefighters BA set and can provide what functions?
Transmission of a distress signal to any ECU
Transmission of an alarm signal to any ECU indicating a wearer is withdrawing from the risk area for reasons of personal safety
Transmission of an alarm signal from an ECU to all portable units causing an audible alarm on the units initiating an emergency evacuation
All of the above
Telemetry equipment has the ability to transmit a signal from an ECU to a selected portable unit to cause an audible alarm and initiate an emergency evacuation of the portable unit wearer and any members of the wearers team.
TRUE
FALSE
The ECU can display data of portable units indicating cylinder pressure, ambient temperature, time of whistle, elapsed time and what else?
Time to Whistle
Wearers location
Wearers heart rate
Oxygen levels
Telemetry equipment allows BA wearers and ECO's to send, receive and acknowledge signals
TRUE
FALSE
Telemetry increases safety and can replace other safety measures and procedures
FALSE
TRUE
It is acceptable that one member of the BA team wears a telemetry portable unit device while the rest of the team don't .
TRUE
FALSE
What can an IC use to evacuate a specific BA Team in an emergency whilst using telemetry equipment?
Selective emergency evacuation
3 blasts of a whistle
Emergency evacuation signal
Portable Unit Selector
In telemetry, portable units are pre set by the supplier to send an automatic data message to the ECU that updates the information of the portable unit wearers on the display. what is the frequency, pre-set by the supplier?
20 seconds
30 seconds
1 minute
5 minutes
BA Identification tallies have dimensions of
125mm x 38mm
130mm x 40mm
120mm x 30mm
110mm x 35mm
BA Guideline is __mm to __ mm in diameter
6 to 8
5 to 7
7 to 9
5 to 10
When testing BA Guideline it should be examined about _____mm at a time
300
400
500
1000
The holes in branch guideline tallies are
15mm
20mm
10mm
12mm
Branch guideline tallies are
100mm x 50mm
120mm x 50mm
100mm x 80mm
100mm x 75mm
Main Guideline tallies are discs ___ mm in height
75
60
80
90
