Water
The majority of boating related deaths are caused by?
What is not wearing a lifejacket or PFD?
What is the most significant cause of residential fires in Canada (at over 20%)?
Smoking materials (cigarettes, lighters)?
In Canada what day of the week sees the highest number of vehicle accidents?
What is Saturday (increased recreational driving & alcohol consumption)?
What is the most common type of injury in the home?
What are falls?
This is first aid intervention is crucial for emergency treatment if you have allergies from insect bites.
What is an EpiPen?
This can happen in colder water and occurs when your body loses heat faster then it can produce it.
What is hypothermia?
Hypothermia can occur in water temperatures below your body temperature, even if the water isn't extremely cold. While very cold water (below 10°C or 50°F) can lead to hypothermia in minutes, even water temperatures between 15°C (60°F) and 21°C (70°F) can cause hypothermia with prolonged exposure
In British Columbia approximately what % of wildfires are caused by human activity (10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100)?
What is 40% of fires are caused by human activity in British Columbia.
This amounts to 640 fires a year (avg year is 1600 total fires).
What is the best safety practice when driving?
What is defensive driving?
Which type of detector should every home have, in addition to smoke alarms, to help prevent accidental poisoning from an invisible, odorless gas produced by furnaces, stoves, and cars?
What is a Carbon monoxide (CO) detector?
What is more dangerous, heat stroke or heat exhaustion?
What is heat stroke?
What do you require in Canada to legally operate a boat?
What is a Pleasure Craft Operations Card (PCOC)?
BC Wildfire Services posts fire restrictions on its website. For which Fire Center is Fort St. John area under?
What is Prince George Fire Center?
What percentage of animal strikes involve deer?
What is 80%?
What is the leading cause of deaths in the home in Canda?
What is fire related?
This is the place you should never seek refuge during a thunder storm if you're caught outdoors.
What is under a tree?
What is the minimum ice thickness for activities on foot?
What is 4"?
Name 3 pieces of safety equipment that NRM staff should carry in their vehicles.
What is (3 of)
What is the 'Smith Driving System' proper following distance when driving between two vehicles?
What is the 4 second rule?
What is the most common injury from a lawn mower?
What are open fractures or lacerations?
(shrapnel ejecting up to 200mph!)
The most common cause of hunting accidents?
What is falling from a tree stand?
What is the CPR protocol for drowning?
What is 2 rescue breaths followed by 30 chest compressions?
During high/extreme fire conditions high-risk hot work must be suspended or mitigated. What are (atleast) two activities considered as high risk / hot work?
What is (two of)?
(a) mechanical brushing;
(b) disk trenching;
(c) preparation or use of explosives;
(d) using fire- or spark-producing tools, including cutting tools;
(e) using or preparing fireworks or pyrotechnics;
(f) grinding, including rail grinding;
(g) mechanical land clearing;
(h) clearing and maintaining rights of way, including grass mowing;
(i) any of the following activities carried out in a cutblock excluding a road, landing, roadside work area or log sort area in the cutblock:
(i) operating a power saw;
(ii) mechanical tree felling, woody debris piling or tree processing, including de-limbing;
(iii) welding;
(iv) portable wood chipping, milling, processing or manufacturing;
(v) skidding logs or log forwarding unless it is improbable that the skidding or forwarding will result in the equipment contacting rock;
(vi) yarding logs using cable systems;
Winter tires are required between these dates in Northern BC?
What is October 1 - April 30?
At what percentage can home security deter burglars?(10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100)?
What is 90%?
How long should you wait to go outdoors after hearing the last clap of thunder?
What is 30 minutes?