SBM History
SBM Fire Department was established this year
What is 1944?
SBM teams up with this business for Smoke Alarm Blitz.
This tool is used to break windows, open walls, and can be paired with a Halligan for forcible entry.
What is a flathead axe?
This is how many chirps a smoke alarm makes.
What is 3?
This phrase tells dispatch and other units that you received and understood their radio transmission.
What is “copy” or “received”?
SBM serves this many cities.
What are the 3M Open, SBM Golf Tournament, & Santa Parades.
Firefighters commonly call the combination of a Halligan and flathead axe by this married nickname.
What are "the irons"?
This alarm chirps 4 times.
What is carbon monoxide alarm?
Firefighters should do this before pressing the push-to-talk button to avoid cutting off the beginning of their transmission.
What is listen to make sure the channel is clear?
This person was the first Fire Chief of SBM
Who is Ron Fagerstrom?
The Culinary Team has made this many EMS meals this year.
What is 7?
This handheld device allows firefighters to detect differences in heat through smoke and darkness.
What is a thermal imaging camera (TIC)?
These are the three things needed to start a fire.
What is oxygen, fuel, and heat?
When giving a radio transmission, this should generally be identified before delivering your message.
What is your unit/ call sign?
SBM's modern staffing model includes nine full-time members holding this officer rank.
What is Shift Captain?
What are Fire Blankets?
This tool has an angled blade that is useful for cutting, scraping, and overhaul.
What is a New York Hook?
This is the most common way for a fire to start.
What is cooking?
This radio report is typically given by the first-arriving unit and describes what crews see upon arrival.
What is a size-up?
This business sits where the original Spring Lake Park Fire Department was located
What is Spring Lake Park Auto?
This is the number of people we have on the EMS team.
What is 6?
This portable piece of equipment moves large amounts of air and is often placed near an entrance after a fire is controlled.
What is a positive-pressure ventilation fan (PPV fan)?
These are the classes of Fire Extinguishers.
What are A, B, C, D, and K?
"Two-story residential, smoke showing from the Charlie side” uses this system to identify sides of a structure.
What is Alpha-Bravo-Charlie-Delta?