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FIRE BEHAVIOR
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Fire Triangle The fire triangle: Oxygen Heat Fuel
Without these three things you can not have the chemical reaction.
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FLASHOVER The temperature point at which the heat in an area or region is high enough to ignite all flammable material simultaneously.
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FLASHOVER Temperatures soar to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit within a matter of seconds. Regardless of protective clothing, a firefighter caught in a flashover is unlikely to survive without serious injury.
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FLASHOVER SIGNS OF A FLASHOVER
Dense black smoke with tightly packed curls that pushes out of a window or doorway. Smoke as low as the door knob in a room. Rollover of flames on the ceiling.
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FLASHOVER
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BACKDRAFT A backdraft is an explosive event caused by a fire, resulting from rapid re-introduction of oxygen to combustion in an oxygen-depleted environment
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BACKDRAFT
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BACKDRAFT
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BACKDRAFT Signs of a backdraft: black smoke becoming dense grey and yellow. Little or no visible flame. Smoke stained windows. Pressurized smoke exiting small openings. A simulated breathing appearance.
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