Exam 2
Across
- 3. an indicator of damage or lack of damage created by a combination of smoke, flames, and heat effects.
- 6. radiant energy transmitted per unit area
- 7. the PBS show that produced a documentary on the Texas death penalty case involving a fire that was improperly classified as arson.
- 8. classification of a liquid that includes both flammable and combustible classes.
- 9. the plane where pressure differentials meet in a fire that is often shown by a separate layer of smoke and undamaged or unburned materials.
- 10. flow of current across an air gap
- 11. surface deposits that reveal the height at which smoke and soot stained the walls and windows of a room without thermal damage.
- 14. another term for self-ignition.
- 15. a superheated incandescent particle
- 16. a liquid fuel used in portable heaters and for home heating in the northern parts of the United States.
- 17. the resistance of movement of electrical current through a material.
- 18. the collapse of burning material in a room that induces separate low-level ignition.
- 21. Todd ____________ was put to death for the arson in which his 3 children were killed.
- 23. Douglas ____________ was the investigator who misinterpreted fire data in the Texas death penalty documentary.
- 24. Char _______ is the measurement of pyrolytic damage to a wood surface compared to the original surface characteristics.
Down
- 1. the measure of fire power
- 2. the material property that determines whether a vapor will freely move up or down in the atmosphere.
- 4. long trails of fast-burning materials used to spread fire through a structure.
- 5. rectangular patterns of char formed on burned wood.
- 11. Direct contact between a current – carrying conductor and another conductor.
- 12. the recommended practice for fire investigation.
- 13. New water heaters have a flash _____________________ to prevent fire from escaping the water heater enclosure.
- 19. firefighter operation to ensure the fire is completely out in a structure fire.
- 20. the location where the fire ignited.
- 22. a type of burn pattern that is created by a burning pool of ignitable liquid in which unburned material may be present in the center of the pattern.