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Questions
1. Describe the four primary types of fire service rope.
2. List the two types of life safety rope and their minimum breaking strength.
3. Describe the characteristics of escape rope and fire escape rope.
4. Describe the characteristics of water rescue throwlines.
5. Describe the characteristics of utility ropes.
6. Describe the characteristics of webbing.
7. List the disadvantages of natural fiber ropes.
8. List the advantages and disadvantages of synthetic fiber ropes.
9. Describe how twisted ropes are constructed.
10. Describe how braided ropes are constructed.
11. Describe how kernmantle ropes are constructed.
12. Explain the differences between dynamic kernmantle rope and static kernmantle rope.
13. Describe how to inspect, clean, and store rope properly.
14. List the terminology used to describe the parts of a rope when tying knots.
15. List the terminology used to describe the bends in rope that are formed when a knot is tied.
16. List the common types of knots that are used in the fire service.
17. Describe the characteristics of a safety knot, half hitch, clove hitch, figure eight, bowline, sheet bend and water knots.
18. Describe the methods used to hoist a tool.