Fire Safety Awareness Practice Questions — All Questions

The three elements a fire needs (the fire triangle) are:

• a.Water, air, and light
• b.Heat, fuel, and oxygen✓
• c.Smoke, heat, and water
• d.Fuel, water, and light

Fire needs heat, fuel, and oxygen; remove one to extinguish it.

Removing any one side of the fire triangle will:

• a.Extinguish the fire✓
• b.Make it bigger
• c.Have no effect
• d.Create smoke only

Removing heat, fuel, or oxygen puts the fire out.

Which commonly spreads fire quickly through a building?

• a.Closed fire doors
• b.Wet floors
• c.Smoke and open doors/voids✓
• d.Alarms

Smoke and open routes let fire and toxic gases spread; fire doors slow them.

Most fire deaths are caused by:

• a.The flames only
• b.Heat only
• c.Falling
• d.Smoke and toxic gases✓

Smoke inhalation and toxic gases cause most fire fatalities.