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1. What are the 5 common denominators that contribute to fire accidents or incidents?
2. Look up the saying "Leave Early or Stay and Defend" as it relates to fire. Do you agree or disagree with this? Why or why not? Reference the websites you viewed.
3. List the various elements that go into a Fire Protection System.
4. What are the four stages of fire?
5. What does OSHA say about who must comply with the "two-in/two-out rule during rescue operations?
6. What are the necessary elements for a fire to occur?
7. How is heat transferred during a fire?

LOSS CONTROL PROGRAMS:
8. Why are loss control programs necessary?
9. What are some of the major components of a loss control program?
10. Many organizations develop and publish nationally recognized Standards that affect Life Safety. Name 5 of the 7 organization that develop Life safety standards.
11. What is a consensus standard and how are they used?
12. The two main componentsof the emergency organization are the crisis team (CT) and the emergency operations center (EOC) Describe the function of the CT and EOC.

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1. What are the 5 common denominators that contribute to fire accidents or incidents?

5 common denominators contributing to any fire accident or incident are that most incidents occur on smaller fires or on isolated portions of larger fires, many innocent fires in appearance unexpectedly shift in wind direction and/or speed resulting in flare-ups or extreme fire behavior, light fuels such as grass and light brush are deceptively responsible for many flare-ups, chimneys, saddles, gullies, and steep slopes contribute to fires because fires have the capacity to run uphill at alarming rates, and that tools that are supposed to suppress fires such as helicopters or air-tankers, can have adverse impacts on fire behavior actually contributing to the flare-ups.

2. Look up the saying "Leave Early or Stay and Defend" as it relates to fire. Do you agree or disagree with this, why or why not. Reference the websites you viewed.

When deciding whether to leave early or stay and defend, a concept borne out of the increasingly deadly wildfires in Australia several factors must be considered. These include answering whether YOUR property can be defended, are the defenders emotionally and physically capable of standing and defending the property, is the proper equipment necessary to fight available and readily accessible, does property have enough water supply to adequately fight the fire, and can arrangements be made to ensure the safety of elderly individuals and children who may be in harms' way. If a person cannot definitively answer yes to all these questions, it is not recommendable for them to stand and fight. I concur with that statement.
http://www.stayanddefendinamerica.com/

3. List the various elements that go into a Fire Protection System.

When designing a fire protection system the following elements must be in place to give the system the ...

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