Question 15Safety & Environmental - 1st Asst/Chief
70% to passA fire can be extinguished by removing _______________.
Athe heat
Bthe fuel
Cthe oxygen
Dany of the above
AI Explanation
The correct answer is D) any of the above. To extinguish a fire, you need to remove one of the three elements of the fire triangle: heat, fuel, or oxygen. Removing any one of these elements will disrupt the chemical reaction that sustains the fire, causing it to be extinguished. Therefore, any of the answer choices (A, B, or C) would be correct, as they all represent a way to extinguish a fire. The other options are incorrect because they only represent one way to extinguish a fire, whereas the correct answer recognizes that there are multiple ways to achieve this goal.
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