This module is part of FireLearn, an online Fire Fighter I & II course designed to enhance students’ learning experience by allowing them to experiment with key concepts and skills in the safety of a virtual environment.
This online training module brings content to life with interactive audio, video, Flash™ animation, photographs, illustrations, and case-based scenarios. It is designed to serve as either a distance learning solution to reduce classroom lecture hours or as a review tool to help students master more challenging subject matter presented to them in the classroom.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Discuss the fire tetrahedron.
- Identify the physical states of matter in which fuels are found.
- Describe the methods of heat transfer.
- Define the flash point, flame point, and ignition temperature as they relate to liquid fuel fires.
- Define the relationship of vapor density and flammability limits to gas fuel fires.
- Define Class A, B, C, D, and K fires.
- Describe the phases of fire.
- Describe the characteristics of an interior structure fire.
- Describe rollover and flashover.
- Describe backdrafts.
- Describe the principles of thermal layering within a structure.