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Compared to full-size pumpers, initial attack fire apparatus have ?
a. Larger Chassis
b. smaller chassis
c. larger agent tank size
d. the same chassis and agent tank size - ✔✔b
When water converts to a gas, water vapor, or steam, the water:
a. immediately dissipates so it is rarely visible
b. changes to droplets that will fall back to the surface
c. only become visible if the ambient air temp is above 40 degrees
d. only becomes visible as it rises away from the surface of the liquid and it begins to condense. - ✔✔d
Water may be used to smother fires in a combustible liquid
a. when the liquid;s specific gravity is higher than 1
b. when the liquids specific gravity is less than 1
c. when the ambient air temp is below 32
d. when the ambient air temp is above 32 - ✔✔a
Which statement about water curtains is MOST accurate
a. radiant heat does not pass through water, so water curtains are very effective
b. radiant heat easily passes through water, rendering water curtains in effective
