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Firefighter 2 Certification Exam Complete Solutions
1.
Responsibilities
for
FF
2:
Prepare reports, communicate the need for assistance, coordinate an interior
attack
line
team,
extinguish
an
ignitable
liquid
fire,
control
a
flammable
gas
cylinder
fire,
protect
evidence
of
fire
cause and
origin,
access
and
disentangle
victims
from
motor
vehicle
accidents,
assist
special
rescue
team
operations,
perform a
fire
safety
survey,
present
fire
safety
information,
maintain
fire
equipment,
perform
annual
service
tests
on
fire
hoses
2.
Emergency
traffic:
An
urgent
message
that
takes
priority
over
all
other
communications
3.
Mayday:
Emergency traflc that is used for a firefighter that is downed, lost, missing or needs immediate
assistance.
4.
Evacuation
signal:
Warns all personnel to pull back to a safe location. Usually a sequence of 3 blasts on an
apparatus air horn.
5.
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS): Used to compile and analyze incident
reports at the local, state, and national levels.
6.
NIMS
Guide
0001:
National resource typing criteria. NIMS document that lists the proper terminology for
the
common resources used at large-scale emergencies.
7.
Strategy:
The "big picture" plan of what has to be done.
8.
Tactics:
The
steps
that
are
taken
to
achieve
the
strategic
objectives.
9.
Tasks:
The
specific
assignments
that
will
get
the
job
done.
