Exam 2

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