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Hit or Miss
100

The most common and needed tool

What is a Haligan?

100

The first fire extinguisher

What is a water bucket?

100

DRD

What is a Drag Rescue Device?

100

Rope used for anything other than for rescue operations

What is Utility rope?

100

The sudden surge in water pressure when you open or close a valve or hydrant too quickly

What is Water Hammer?

200

A married couple/pair of irons

What is a Haligan and Flathead Ax?

200

Leading cause of firefighter injury on the fireground  (2019)

What is Overexertion or strain?

200

IC

What is the Incident Commander?

200

Used to join two ropes of different diameters

What is the Sheet/Becket Bend?

200

Getting water from a static water source

What is Drafting?
300

The tool most commonly used to open ceilings to check on fire extension

What is a pike pole?

300

The year the first smokejumper jumped

What is 1940?

300

PPV 

What is a Positive Pressure Ventilation?

300

Used to tie webbing together

What is the Water Knot?

300

The amount of water that E123 holds

What is 1500 gallons?

400

A device used to find hot spots

What is a Thermal Imaging Camera?

400

The material which the first fire hose was made out of

What is leather?

400

SCBA

What is Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus?

400

The kind of rope used only for supporting people

What is Life Safety/Static?

400
The priorities on any fire scene

What is Safety, Stabilization and Conserve?

500

The correct angle for placing a ladder against a structure

What is 75%?

500

Location of the first paid Fire Department

What is Cincinnati Ohio?

500

PASS

What is Personal Alert Safety System?

500

One of the best knots to use in a rescue situation

What is a Figure 8?

500

The percentage of oxygen in the air and the percentage of exhaled oxygen

What is 21% and 17%?

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