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| What is pressure exerted in terms of blast pressure? |
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| Pressure that is pushed away from the center |
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| What is a partial vacuum in terms of blast pressure? |
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| Its when the airs sucks in towards the center of the explosions, usually occurs after the pressure is exerted |
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| What is the difference in terms of use between high and low explosives? |
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| Low explosives are used to propell, while high explosives are used to destroy |
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| What is the fire tetrahedron?(what is in it?) |
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| Heat, Oxygen, Fuel, Chain Reaction |
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| What is the term used to describe the input of energy in a fire? |
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| What is a reaction called if it needs input of energy? |
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| What is a chemical reaction that releases energy? |
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| The reaction of a fuel with oxygen |
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| What two things determine whether combustion results in fire or explosion? |
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1. Nature of Fuel
2. how close the oxygen and the fuel are to each other |
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| The lowest temperature that will allow a liquid to produce a flammable vapor |
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| The minimum temp to which a substance must be heated before it will sustain a burn |
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| Smoke occurs when there is incomplete combustion usually from lack of oxygen |
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| carbon particles and unburned and partially burned gasses |
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| fire burns with limited oxygen than is suddenly ventilated and explodes |
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| a substance that speed up the burning of a fire |
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| From a forensics standpoint name three types of fires |
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| Natural, Deliberate, Accidental |
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| Why is the Point of Origin important? |
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| The point where the fire starts because it has the most evidence of how the fire started. |
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| Why are V-Patterns Important? |
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| They can generally show whether the fire was intentional or accidental. |
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| Th white space left when a heavy piece of material or furniture is blocking the wall in a fire. |
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| The fires central point where it becomes extremely hot and can burn a hole in the ceiling |
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| Color of smoke determines what? |
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| The type of material burning |
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| What does the color of the fire determine? |
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| the temperature at which fire burns. |
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| The intentional burning of someone elses property |
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