Safety & Environmental Protection (Deck) USCG Question #615 (Set 18)

What is required in addition to the heat, fuel, and oxygen of the fire triangle to have a fire?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option A — Chain reaction

The fire tetrahedron expands the traditional fire triangle by adding the uninhibited chain reaction. Without this sustained chemical chain reaction of free radicals, combustion cannot continue even if heat, fuel, and oxygen are simultaneously present.

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